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Yes, that's a real computer and a monitor submerged in a fish tank, with the power on. I found this while I was sorting through the leftover pictures I took from SC07. It has not been photoshopped. Here's a high res version if you'd like a closer look. [See: Full coverage of the SuperComputing 2007 conference .]
Neat picture: Computer running in a fish tank
Java Collections Most real-world applications deal with collections of things: files, variables, records from files, database result sets, and so forth. The Java language has a sophisticated Collections Framework that allows you to create and manage collections of objects of various types.
Introduction to Java programming, Part 1: Java language basics
Web development tips: Ten (or a few more) files every Web site needs
Introduction There are a few standard files that every Web site should really have, but that most neglect. Most of these are matters of convention, not of technical requirement, but you are doing your site wrong not to provide them. Let users who make a wild guess about what they want to find usually succeed when they guess URLs. This tip discusses each of these standard files briefly. Exactly how a given resource is provided depends on the Web server and Web application layers you use.
Health : Breakthrough: sensors that can convert thoughts into speech
A mind reading machine has edged closer to reality after scientists found a way of converting thoughts into words. Researchers were able to render brain signals into speech for the first time, relying on sensors attached to the brain surface. The breakthrough, which is up to 90 percent accurate, will be a boon for paralysed patients who cannot speak and could help read anyone’s thoughts ultimately, reports the Telegraph.
Everyone in the United States who uses the Internet should read this message from Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) and take action
by Marshall Brain | April 27, 2010 This message from Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) is very short and simple: A Note to Google Users on Net NeutralityMake: Online | High-Quality Open Source Body Tracking Sans Kinect
<img src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/predator.jpg?w=600&h=448" alt="" title="predator" width="600" height="448" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-93249" /> Draw a bounding box around an object in the camera’s field of view and Zdenek Kalal’s open source Predator algorithm will continuously track it in real-time with just a standard webcam. That’s right, get Kinect-like body tracking without the fancy hardware. With all those front-facing cameras out there, just think of the mobile applications! Minority Report-style HCI, face tracking, improved visual search, and video stabilization are a few examples.
Remember that old commercial about "Zack, the Lego maniac" ? Well, Zack ain't got nothing on Andrew Carol. When Carol's not working on improving the finer points of OS X as a software engineer at Apple, he's hard at work building analog computers -- like the Babbage difference engine -- entirely out of Legos. Recently, Carol has completed his biggest challenge yet: a working Lego replica of the famous Antikythera Mechanism, created by ancient Greeks in 100 B.C. as a way of predicting astronomical events like eclipses. Though pictures of Carol's device have surfaced before, few people have delved into how it functions.
Watch an Apple Engineer Recreate a 2,000-Year-Old Computer Using Legos | Co.Design
The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field.
70 Things Every Computer Geek Should Know. | Arrow Webzine
Future proof » Tim’s laptop service manuals
Have you come to this webpage looking for Toshiba laptop service manuals? Please read this . Introduction In the same vein as in my driver guide, I’ve started finding laptop service manuals and hosting them on my site.
Win 7 DoS by RA Packets
Added 9-15-2011: Win 8 Developer Preview is also vulnerable Added 5-30-2011: RA Guard Evasion Added 5-29-2011: FreeBSD is also vulnerable! Executive Summary
Cheat Sheet As a network administrator, you know that TCP/IP is the glue that holds the Internet and the Web together. As well as being familiar with security terms and general definitions, you need to pay attention to RFCs (Requests for Comment) published by the Internet Engineering Task Force.