The Grindery | Punching you in the mouth with technology news. Strange Effects: The Mystifying History of Neutrino Experiments | Wired Science. Late last year, scientists with the OPERA collaboration in Gran Sasso, Italy reported an incredible finding: neutrinos that appeared to be moving faster than the speed of light.The news spread at a barely slower pace, fascinating the public. One thing everyone knows is that a very famous physicist named Albert Einstein once said that nothing should travel faster than light speed.In February, the OPERA researchers found a couple small problems with their experimental set-up, calling into question the original faster-than-light neutrino result.
The event highlighted the difficulty of science at the edge of the unknown -- and neutrinos are especially tricky.More often than not, neutrino experiments throughout history have turned up perplexing results. Images: 1) Wolfgang Pauli in 1955. Strange Effects: The Mystifying History of Neutrino Experiments | Wired Science. Late last year, scientists with the OPERA collaboration in Gran Sasso, Italy reported an incredible finding: neutrinos that appeared to be moving faster than the speed of light.The news spread at a barely slower pace, fascinating the public. One thing everyone knows is that a very famous physicist named Albert Einstein once said that nothing should travel faster than light speed.In February, the OPERA researchers found a couple small problems with their experimental set-up, calling into question the original faster-than-light neutrino result.
The event highlighted the difficulty of science at the edge of the unknown -- and neutrinos are especially tricky.More often than not, neutrino experiments throughout history have turned up perplexing results. Images: 1) Wolfgang Pauli in 1955. Russia Plans Moon Base, Mars Network by 2030 | Wired Science. By Mark Brown, Wired UK Russia plans to send probes to Jupiter and Venus, land a network of unmanned stations on Mars and ferry Russian cosmonauts to the surface of the Moon — all by 2030.
That’s according to a leaked document from the country’s space agency. [partner id="wireduk"]The cosmically ambitious plans were submitted to the government by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) this month, according to a report in the Kommersant, Russia’s business-focused daily newspaper. The document lays out a blueprint for the country’s space industry to follow in the next 18 years, up to 2030. It’s rare for Russia to set a deadline for its future space plans. By 2020, the six-seater Angara rocket will replace the Soyuz as the spaceship of choice for launching Russian payloads.
By 2030, Russia will send robots to the Moon to collect samples. Prime Minister Vladmir Putin has made his feelings about space exploration clear. Image: NASA Source: Wired.co.uk. NASA Unveils New Galactic Atlas | Wired Science. NASA has released a new atlas of more than 560 million stars, galaxies and asteroids, many never seen before. The more than 18,000 images were taken by the Wide-field Survey Explorer (WISE), NASA’s infrared space telescope. With WISE, scientists discovered Y Dwarf stars, the dimmest stars of the brown dwarf family. By solar standards, they’re exceptionally cold: One discovered in 2011 had a temperature of only 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
By comparison, our sun has a scalding surface temperature of about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Infrared WISE image showing the light echoes from the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team Scientists were also able to find the first-ever asteroid with the same orbit as Earth. For apocalypse worrywarts, WISE also brought some good news: A survey of near-Earth asteroids showed fewer mid-sized objects than previously thought. A quick guide to WISE’s all-sky archive is available online.
Task Management. The Seduction of the Knowledge-Based Society. The most promising trend in geopolitics is the transition from hydrocarbon-based economies to knowledge-based societies. Leadership for that change is emerging from Arab nations. The appeal of the Knowledge Society is apparent. Who could object to nations preparing their citizens for the 21st century? Yet unless knowledge is changed, the result could worsen an already dangerous situation. The sharing of values and knowledge has long been the best way to bridge cultures and promote peace. Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are breaking new ground with education models that build on state-of-the-art information and communication technologies.
This is the inevitable path for the Middle East and North Africa. Just consider the costs when knowledge is corrupted…. How Zionists Corrupt Knowledge Those who induced the U.S. to war in the Middle East deployed knowledge like a weapon. In retrospect, we now know that the knowledge on which the U.S. relied was false. The Beijing Wushu Team is Coming!
Jan 18-19 , Stanford University | Jan 21 , San Francisco About the Beijing Wushu Team The world renowned Beijing Wushu Team is touring the San Francisco Bay Area in January. Considered one of the best wushu (moderinzed Chinese martial arts) teams in the world, the team's history is legendary. It has consistently dominated national and world championship events. From 1975 to 1985, the team achieved a feat that no team has ever accomplished, before or since – winning the national championship for ten consecutive years. The team has also produced a number of famous action movie stars. About the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Along with performances at Stanford University, the Beijing Wushu Team will also have two performances at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco on January 21, 2012.
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Run Away From The CEH Certification. "$2500 for CDs that are assembled from tool found on the net. " Thanks for the business tip chief! ;-) great heads up. I'd glanced at the CEH stuff ages ago and had written it off for one reason or another. I've only just found this blog a few months ago and am going back over the old case files and podcasts. I'm surprised at how much I'm getting off the old podcasts. The case files are good stories that are reasonably timeless (well for a few years), while the podcasts are more current affairs or contemporary. I think some general classes are a good idea, just something to get people pointed in the right direction. Timely article. Not to defend the EC-Council folks, be careful in letting the vitriol spill over. Dear Readers, I was in receipt of a posting that I found to be highly inaccurate and filled with malice. I am of the opinion that anyone can hide behind the internet and fire salvo at anyone else without facts or reasoning.
I could go on and on , but the facts are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. You may be entitled to an award for creative use of Red Hat or JBoss. If your implementation of Red Hat or JBoss was simply brilliant, you may be entitled to official recognition (and other goodies) from Red Hat for it. The company is seeking submissions for its 2011 Red Hat Summit & JBoss Innovation Awards . The deadline for submissions is rapidly approaching: March 11, 2011.
Here's a link to the entry form . I implore you, if your project is good, submit it. I'll be a judge this year and I'm looking forward to reading pages upon pages of project nominations that make me say, "Wow! " (The full list of judges for this year's awards can be found here, middle of the page .) There are five categories in which your project can win, four of them are outlined below. Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony at Red Hat Summit and JBoss World May 3-6, 2011 in Boston. The official categories are (per Red Hat's nomination page): Need inspiration? Hope to read about your project soon! Network World - LAS VEGAS -- Despite the specter of perhaps the largest layoff in Cisco's history overhanging its annual customer conference , the company last week conducted business pretty much as usual at Cisco Live!
The conference, attended physically by 15,000 and virtually by 40,000, was heavy on topics such as data center, cloud - and Cisco's moves to correct the mistakes of recent quarters and recent years. Indeed, CEO John Chambers' keynote was almost contrite in tone as he sought to reassure customers that Cisco will come through its current challenges stronger and more resolute - in every aspect of the company. "We're structuring Cisco to be leaner, drive innovation faster," Chambers told the customer audience. "We've got to be easier to do business with, include you in driving our product direction, share our roadmaps, have an easy-to-use product portfolio.
The upheaval still to come at Cisco did not dilute the company's mission at Cisco Live! Cisco also used Cisco Live! Proceedings - SPIE Digital Library. Fire Up Your Laptop? “Fire up your laptop”!?!?!? I’ve lost count of how many times I have heard this expression and remain baffled by how end-users have become accustomed to and accept the fact that it can take minutes, many minutes in some cases, before a user begins to productively start work. This is nuts! I can’t even begin to fathom how much productivity time is lost or abandoned altogether simply due to how long it takes a system to “fire up.” I get that I may want to warm up my car on a cold morning, but the majority of times I like to get in it, buckle up, turn the key, and go.
We don’t have to “fire up” our smart phones–they just work and provide instant access to calling and applications. It baffles me when I watch how long it takes some people to boot their systems or simply just not turn it on at all because of how long it takes to log on. I believe this is one of the many reasons we are starting to see such an insurgence of smartphone and tablet usage inside companies – they work – instantly!
Cybersecurity. Cyber Commander Presses for Math, Science Education. Cyber Commander Presses for Math, Science Education By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service BALTIMORE, Oct. 20, 2011 – Ask the top U.S. cyber warrior how to ensure the next generation of Americans is able to confront future security challenges and he’ll tell you: beef up their math, science and technology education today. Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, is on a campaign to boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics education nationwide.
The United States lags behind much of the world in building these capabilities that will be essential to the future national security framework, he told participants today at the International Systems Security Association conference here. Alexander rattled off statistics about the percentage of graduates around the world earning so-called “STEM” degrees. In the United States, only 4 percent of all graduates earn STEM degrees. Video: Microsoft Research in Redmond, a personal tour - On The Verge. Build your own holodeck: the 10 technologies you'll need. Star Trek: The Next Generation and Caprica have, for years now, shown us devices that transport the characters who use them to virtual locales, while we the viewers sit and pine over the experience on our couches.
Until now! All the components you need to build your own step-in virtual world are here! First, let's settle on a model. Star Trek's holodeck, a room which can fool all five senses of those who enter as to immerse them in a world of their own choosing — whether it's a scene from Robin Hood or from the pages of Sherlock Holmes — is larger and more famous. We'll build that one. (Click on any image below to see it larger.) 1. In Star Trek: The Next Generation, characters walk up to the outside wall of the holodeck and announce what they would like it to create before entering.
While delivering a start-stop performance on the show, Watson is proof positive of a computer's ability to reason out the nuance of human communication. 2. 3. iSmell… Something 4. 5. 6. Thank you, porn. 7. 8. OpenVPN - Open Source VPN. Steve Barth | Reflexions. Open Innovation. Stereoscopic screens for handheld devices will make the UI look a lot better, and cleaner. Look Better On stereoscopic screens, 3D objects look more real than they do on regular 2D screens. They enable designers to create visual delights that previously couldn’t be achieved on regular 2D screens.
Cleaner Stereoscopy uses the brain’s built in depth sorting functionality to isolate objects from each other. The benefit of this is that you can concentrate more easily on things at a certain depth, while ignoring the other stuff. Stereo-what-scopy? The word breaks down into stereo, which means 2, and scope, which means eye. One image for your left eye, and one for your right Blinking like this almost gives a sense of what it looks like on a stereoscopic screen You can create a stereoscopic image by moving the camera sideways slightly between two shots. Taken with two cameras separated by a few centimeters Reflections look better on stereoscopic screens This is me, shot with a regular camera in Malmö. Project EVIL. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 IDE Enhancements –Part2. Total votes: 2 Views: 26,132 Comments: 2 Category: .NET Print: Print Article Please login to rate or to leave a comment. In this article HimaBindu Vejella explains IDE enhancements in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0.
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 IDE Enhancements Series Part 1 In this article HimaBindu Vejella explains IDE enhancements in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0.Part 2 In this article I am going to cover Multi monitor support, Multi targeting, Parallel Development, Side by Side execution, Backward compatibility and SqlServer 2008 integration.Part 3 In this article I am going to explain Add Reference enhancements for developers, Windows 7 support for developers, Share Point 2010 enhancements , Office Business Application Support, Cloud Development, Document Map Margin and Visual Studio 2010 Tips.
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