Thursday, November 29, 2007
USB 3.0 Inbound
Looks like various forces in the industry are trying to get USB 3.0 "SuperSpeed" out next year. @ 4.7Gb/s it will be 10x faster than today's 480 Mb/s.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/29/intel_seeks_usb_3_contribs/
I wonder if Apple et al are working on Firewire 4000?
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/29/intel_seeks_usb_3_contribs/
I wonder if Apple et al are working on Firewire 4000?
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Do you use your Browser's Home button?
I recently came across this article Firefox Homepage JavaScript Execution, which asks the question:
"how often do you click on the Homepage button?"To which I think to myself, "as often as I need to visit about:blank....ie: never." How often do other people use the Home button? Personally I always found it kind of useless.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Learned something today
Will wonders never cease, eh?
Reading through some comments on Bad Astronomy BLOG I came across this.
At first I didn't understand what the commenter was talking about. "kilopicoseconds, wtf" I thought to myself. After reading the colostate URL info it struck me, Phil had written "11 kps" in his blog.
I know lots of people that use p as "per" but now I know better. I'll stick with the "/" in the future.
Reading through some comments on Bad Astronomy BLOG I came across this.
"11 kilopicoseconds as Earth’s escape velocity makes no sense.
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/correct.htm"
At first I didn't understand what the commenter was talking about. "kilopicoseconds, wtf" I thought to myself. After reading the colostate URL info it struck me, Phil had written "11 kps" in his blog.
"The symbol for a compound unit that is a quotient of two units is indicated by a solidus or by a negative exponent.
* RIGHT: km/h or km·h-1 (for kilometers per hour)
* WRONG: kmph or kph (do not use p as a symbol for "per".)
* BUT: It is correct to say or write "kilometers per hour"."
I know lots of people that use p as "per" but now I know better. I'll stick with the "/" in the future.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Exit or Not?
The green sign above says it's an Exit (even Green for GO!!!!).
The signs to the left say 1st floor stairwell & "-> Exit this floor".
The sign on the door says "Not an Exit".
WTF? In case of fire, get stuck in logic loop, burn, die....GAH!
The signs to the left say 1st floor stairwell & "-> Exit this floor".
The sign on the door says "Not an Exit".
WTF? In case of fire, get stuck in logic loop, burn, die....GAH!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Starting a campaign against "and/or"
I've decided to wage a small war against the use of "and/or" in English. I'm going to fix the world one small step at a time :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Grading_scheme#Grading_Template_Needs_Copy_Editing
Well I probably won't fix the world but at least it makes me happy to try and fix the problems I see.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Grading_scheme#Grading_Template_Needs_Copy_Editing
Well I probably won't fix the world but at least it makes me happy to try and fix the problems I see.
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