19 Nov
Posted by RodneyS as Funneh, General, News For Geeks
Do you know what your stress levels are? I am hoping that someone out there has some information on these graphics. These were sent in as a stress test by one of the StopGeek readers. Here is the information that was included in the tip email.
These patterns are used to test the [...]
I have a junk drawer in my kitchen that is full of cords, miscellaneous tools and of course years of old cell phones. I have always wondered what I should do with them. As expensive as they all were at the time that I bought them I felt really guilt about just throwing [...]
12 Nov
Posted by RodneyS as Computers, General, News For Geeks
Last night my wife had a bunch of pictures that she had taken from our last vacation that she asked me to print. I have a HP Photosmart 7550. Of course, I told her that it would be no problem. I opened up the pictures she wanted and clicked print and went [...]
18 Oct
Posted by RodneyS as General, News For Geeks, Physics, Weird
This video is simply amazing to me. Don’t worry, it isn’t gory. In fact it appears to be taken from an OLN cable broadcast.
Have you ever sky-dived? I have a few times and I have to tell you it is the most exhilarating experience I have ever had. There just aren’t [...]
11 Oct
Posted by RodneyS as Internet, News For Geeks
California computer science researchers have determined that “naive” P2P users who don’t rely on blocklists will inevitably end up connecting to “fake users” who may track their download behavior. Feeling lucky?
Now I don’t personally use these P2P networks, but I know lots of Geeks out there do.
I do know that RIAA won [...]
05 Oct
Posted by RodneyS as Internet, News For Geeks, Rants
The big boss at NBCU knows that the war on piracy is a disaster, but his solution isn’t to try a new tactic. Rather, Jeff Zucker wants to see all ISPs and the government put piracy at the top of their agendas. This includes ISP’s adding filters and helping police activity on the internet. [...]