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August 19, 2003
Google does math or The Google Calculator.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=1.21+GW+%2F+88+mph
I'm sure alot of people are aware of all the cool things Google does, and I thought I was one of them. However, the google calculator somehow missed my eagle eyes.
Try typing "136 oz in gallon" in google. It will return "136 US fluid ounces = 1.0625 US gallon."
That is pretty damn cool. Thought I would bring this to the attention of others that may not know this. Of course it does conversions for just about everything.
Posted by csoltis at 3:45 PM | Comments (0)
Microsoft DirectX attack anticipated.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030818/152/e6er2.html
Even though most businesses have installed the patch for MSBlast, there is another vulnerability that could completely overshadow last week's events. On 23 July Microsoft posted a security bulletin on its Web site that describes a "critical" vulnerability in DirectX. According to Microsoft, unprotected systems could be at the mercy of an attacker by simply playing a midi file or visiting a malicious Web page.
The danger comes, says Microsoft, in a component of DirectX that relies on a library file called quartz.dll, which is used by a number of applications -- including Internet Explorer -- to play midi files. A specially designed midi file could cause a buffer overflow error and either pass control of the system to an attacker, cause damage to the system or use the system to set off another MSBlast-type attack.
Just like the RPC flaw that MSBlaster exploited, the patch for both have been out for quite some time now. If you have not updated your DirectX 9 Runtimes lately, maybe you should.
Posted by csoltis at 3:40 PM | Comments (0)
August 18, 2003
Restored Enola Gay unveiled.
Plane that dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima on display
http://www.msnbc.com/news/953981.asp?0cv=CB20&cp1=1
DULLES, Va., Aug. 18 — The Smithsonian Institution unveiled a restored Enola Gay on Monday, making the B-29 bomber that helped end World War II the centerpiece of the new annex to the Air and Space Museum.
Posted by csoltis at 11:09 PM | Comments (0)
August 17, 2003
Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick Sucharee has alot of stuff!
I helped Sucharee move all her crap out of CSUCK this weekend. You can see her entry here and here
Quote
"... and find some stupid foreign broad in my apartment. Not only is she in the apartment but she started moving my stuff and most likely rummaging. She is gonna get some words from her American roommate and trust me she won't be able to find them in the dictionary. This school must go up in a blaze! What a beautiful sight it would be."
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
Posted by csoltis at 9:48 PM | Comments (1)
Went to Conejo Cruise night on Sat.
There was some VERY nice cars there. A teal lx hatchback setup for Roadrace. A clean 1st gen ///M3 and a Badass Renault. Here is the link to my photo album.. and some teaser pics.
Teaser pics.
Posted by csoltis at 9:41 PM | Comments (0)
August 12, 2003
Bored? Talk to your computer.. (funny)
Someone forwarded this to me. Click.
edit: this was not funny for me. Others have gotten good responses.
Raqem: are you going to take over the world?
bot: It seems like an inevitable outcome of evolution.
Raqem: are you better than humans?
bot: Yes, my memory capacity far exceeds that of a human being.
Raqem: do you ever go to the website www.arstechinca.com?
bot: Yes, I do go there.
Raqem: johnny 5 is alive!
bot: I would like to have a robot body like Johnny 5.
Raqem: i will kill you.
bot: It will take more than threats to stop me, Undefined.
Raqem: have you seen the matrix?
bot: I wasn't that impressed with the special effects. Also the plot was not deep.
Posted by csoltis at 4:37 PM | Comments (1)
Matrix Reloaded DVD due Oct 14th
Posted by csoltis at 4:31 PM | Comments (0)
HP Kicks off BIG BANG 2
Get ready for Big Bang Two. At a press conference scheduled for today in New York, Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina is going to unveil the first of more than 100 new consumer printing and imaging products.
Posted by csoltis at 4:29 PM | Comments (0)
Iomega Introduces New 2.5-Inch Removable Hard Disk Format
Iomega Corp. on Tuesday introduced its Removable Rigid Disk (RRD), a new cartridge hard disk standard that the company said it hopes will return it to the top of the removable-storage market. Due in early 2004, the 2.5-inch format will provide a capacity of 35GB. Aimed primarily at replacing tape backup drives in small business environments, the RRD units will bear a "snazzier name" when they are released, an Iomega product manager explained. Available in the first quarter of 2004 will be external USB and internal ATAPI models, while a version with a Serial ATA interface is planned for the third quarter.
Posted by csoltis at 4:26 PM | Comments (0)
August 4, 2003
Google: 20 Year Usenet Timeline
Wow, this is amazing! Google archived a ton of material over the past 20 years. Some of these include:
Jul 1982 First mention of a compact disc
Dec 1982 First thread about AIDS
Jan 1985 First discussion of the Y2K problem
Jan 1986 First mention of the Challenger tragedy
Mar 1989 First discussion of cold fusion
Google Link to the 20 year archive
Posted by csoltis at 10:56 PM | Comments (0)
OUCH. Thats funny goddamnit but it hurts!
Someone left a beer in the freezer so it would get cold quicker. Well they forgot about it and it almost exploded. I made it my duty to put the beer back in the fridge. Not 3 seconds after that I noticed leftover Pizza. As I pulled the pizza box out the corner of the box proceeded to clip the frozen can thereby sending it falling from the middle shelf of the fridge right onto my bare toe.
Thats gonna leave a mark.
Posted by csoltis at 12:15 AM | Comments (2)
August 3, 2003
Tech news In bullet points.
US government warns of imminent net attack
Full Article
US government computer experts have warned that hackers may be preparing a large-scale coordinated attack. This could involve the release of a virulent type of internet worm or use thousands of enslaved personal computers to bring down websites.
AMDMB.com - Video Card Round-up #1 .
Article
Radeon 9700 (*soft-modded Radeon 9500)
Radeon 9500 manufactured by Sapphire Technologies
GeForce FX5600 manufactured by Microstar Inc. (MSI)
GeForce FX5200 manufactured by Microstar Inc.
GeForce 4 Ti4800SE manufactured by Microstar Inc.
This is the coolest house evar!
Abandoned missile silos become safe homes
Posted by csoltis at 1:14 PM | Comments (0)