Help Mozilla break the Guinness World Record of most software downloads within a 24-hour period. Go HERE to download Firefox 3 (which is a good idea anyway) and help contribute to the Guinness World Record. You have to download by 1:00pm on Wednesday (tomorrow as I write this) or as Mozilla says: Please download Firefox … Continued
Q&A with nVidia at EggXpert
The guys over at EggXPert (affiliated with my favorite computer store newegg.com) put together a Q&A with some of the staff over at nVidia. I read part 2 today and I have to say I like where they’re going. ATI has some good stuff out right now too, and its a great time if you’re … Continued
Any day now
A friend of mine said once “China better not invade Taiwan. They’ve got transformers over there that will make WWIII look like Autobots vs Decepticons.” I have no idea what country this video is from, but put some AI in that thing and it is downright creepy. Like Skynet creepy, or Matrix creepy. Like I … Continued
Watch our for Hadrons!
I have no idea what a Hadron is. But it sounds awfully dangerous. Especially when they’re being collided in a, um, Super Collider. CERN to Morons: Large Hadron Collider Won’t Destroy Earth. Morons. I’m all about pushing boundaries of physics and stuff. But doesn’t the fact that you’re trying to create “new” particles potentially raise … Continued
Only 10 Megajoules
I think I need a moment… This is undoubtedly the coolest thing I’ve seen so far this year. The Navy is testing rail-guns for possible deployment on their battleships. This particular version is a 32megajoule version that is only using 10 megajoules to fire at… get this… 8,270 feet per second. Yes that is feet … Continued