Main Page - heimskringla.no Science thrives in virtual worlds Courtesy of George Djorgovski Second Life residents Desdemona Enfield and Curious George work on a virtual-reality visualization that classifies stars, galaxies and quasars according to their colors, brightness, distance and morphology. By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Does the virtual-reality world known as Second Life have anything to offer for real-world scientists? Absolutely — and a trailblazing researcher says the payoffs are sure to increase when the Internet goes 3-D. "We are really meant to interact in 3-D, with other people and with information," Caltech astronomer George Djorgovski, director of the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics, told me today during an interview in Second Life. Djorgovski will talk about the past, present and future of virtual worlds on "Virtually Speaking Science," a talk show that's simulcast in Second Life and on the Web via BlogTalkRadio. "This technology is already basically a killer app," he told me. Why is that? What do you think?
Thorgal - komiks.gildia.pl - komiks, recenzje, newsy, galerie, konkursy Thorgal to wielokrotnie nagradzana i najpopularniejsza seria komiksowa na kontynencie europejskim. Tytułowy bohater nie jest zwyczajnym człowiekiem. W pierwszym tomie serii (Zdradzona Czarodziejka) kruczowłosy barbarzyńca przypomina swoim zachowaniem bohatera celtyckich legend. Dziki i nieokiełznany, o tajemniczej przeszłości, nie lęka się niczego. W kolejnych opowieściach Thorgal powoli odkrywa swoje pochodzenie. Ukochaną (a później również żoną) Thorgala, z woli bogini Frigg, zostaje Aaricia, księżniczka Wikingów, z którą dorastał. Thorgal i Aaricia mają dwójkę dzieci - Jolana (uzdolnionego telepatycznie) i Louve (rozmawiającą ze zwierzętami), które większą rolę odegrają w nowym cyklu komiksowym, rozpoczynającym się od tomu 30. Kolejne albumy opowiadające o przygodach Thorgala i jego rodziny czerpią z wielu konwencji: science fiction, mitologii, horroru.
Unallocated Space, Unlimited Possibilities for Hackers - Technorazzi This is not your every day, run-of-the-mill hacker. This is C-P: the hacker with the world-record mohawk at DefCon. And this is C-P: the hacker with a hacker facility that facilitates other hackers with their hacking. About his background, C-P explains. “I was always into engineering growing up, didn’t call it hacking back then though. Childhood heroes? The 1,640 square feet space is located in Severn, Maryland. C-P explains what motivated him. I moved out to the east coast a little over a year ago, from Southern California. C-P describes it as a very “Field of Dreams” moment. Unallocated Space was a dream that its founder C-P had. The response from Unallocated Space participants, or members, has been incredible. “I’m constantly finding little things, like a new sticker, or new whiteboard drawings, or *something* that bring a smile to my face. This is paradise for geeks What drew me to become a keyholder of Unallocated Space is that hacking is important. Innovation without limits.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, News, Stories, Forum File Carving: Recover Data From Hard Drive, USB and CD-ROM When you erase a file on your computer, it doesn’t just disappear. The directory table is updated saying that the space used by the file is now able to be overwritten. But the file is still intact. Data recovery programs exist to “un-erase” these files. What if you could recover data from a drive without using the directory table at all? When files are stored on a drive, they are stored in a particular pattern. It works very well, I ran it on my laptop and it found thousands of deleted items, which I could easily view. Like this: Like Loading...
Memory Collection and Analysis Tools Recently, there was a post on the SANS Forensics blog about memory collection and analysis tools, but for some reason, it seems that folks are STILL having trouble with this process; I'm seeing posts in forums (forii??) saying that "...this tool doesn't work..." or "...that tool crashed when I tried to use it...". My suspicion is that the tools aren't being used correctly as folks may not understand their limitations. CollectionI tend to separate collection and analysis...I've found that it's better to do each one right separately than it is to try to do both at the same time and split your resources. XP/2003There are a number of tools that allow for collection of physical memory on Windows XP and 2003 systems. These tools are also available on the Helix CD. The delineation mark for the tools came with Windows 2003 SP1, as that's when MS removed user-mode access to the PhysicalMemory object. One tool that must be mentione d here is F-Response.
10 Destructive Faults in Our Way of Thinking post written by: Marc Chernoff Email The human mind is wonderful and powerful, but it’s far from perfect. There are several common judgment errors that it’s prone to making. Over the past few months I’ve become fascinated by these biases and fallacies, so I’ve read several books about them . Negative self-fulfilling prophecies. – A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that motivates a person to take actions that cause the prediction to come true. If you can relate to some of these destructive thinking faults, and you’re interested in learning more about them, give these books a read. Photo by: Pejman Parvandi If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)...