The Geeks chat about the trouble with translations, virus protection, faster internet and much more. Plus a call or two from you.
The Worldwide Lexicon is web API that enables you to add collaborative translation to almost any website or web application.
The Galaxy Zoo files contain almost a quarter of a million galaxies which have been imaged with a camera attached to a robotic telescope (the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, no less). In order to understand how these galaxies
It’s not clearly stated in the article, but this router is rated at 40 TB/s (322 Tb/s)… that FORTY TERABYTES PER SECOND! Droooool…
Cisco’s CRS-3 router made a bit of a splash when it was announced on March 9, but the power of this new device hasn’t yet sunk in. Consider: The CRS-3, a network routing system, is able to stream every film ever made, from Hollywood to Bombay, in under four minutes. That’s right
This is not NEW news… but it’s still happening and good to be aware of…
No, no, Apple is not stealing your money through its online music store. Rather, it turns out that thieves are beginning to use online services (i.e., iTunes), to test the legitimacy of stolen credit cards. According to The Mail on Sunday, this is referred to as the
comcast_logo (300 × 157)For those of you out there that can
“Last Thursday, the Eleventh Circuit handed down a Fourth Amendment case, Rehberg v. Paulk, that takes a very narrow view of how the Fourth Amendment applies to e-mail. The Eleventh Circuit held that constitutional protection in stored copies of e-mail held by third parties disappears as soon as any copy of the communication is delivered.
“A team of scientists has succeeded in putting an object large enough to be visible to the naked eye into a mixed quantum state of moving and not moving.”
! Anti Virus Software
Alex suggested [Avira|http://www.avira.com/] for anti virus software.
Alex also suggested reading his [blog entry on internet connectivity and safe computing|http://geekspeak.org/blog/2007/07/07/internet-connectivity-and-safe-computing] .
! Wipe your System Information
This is a nuclear option when it comes with cleaning your system. You erase all software and install windows clean. It take a long time and you loose all information on the machine, so you need to have your content someplace else.
eHow, has an article on [How to Wipe Your Computer and Reinstall|http://www.ehow.com/how_5907104_wipe-computer-reinstall.html], you will need a lot. You might want to pay someone to do this. Know a geek who likes something you do? Do you cook – and they like to eat? Make a trade.
! Contributed Content
This is from the [Etherpad|http://etherpad.com/geekspeak] page.
[Comcast 100mb network service | http://www.multichannel.com/article/450400-Comcast_100_Meg_Residential_Service_Coming_This_Year.php]
[Galaxy Zoo 2: help astronomers explore the universe | http://www.galaxyzoo.org/]
Watch out for [iTunes Fraudulent charges | http://credit.about.com/b/2010/03/06/watch-out-for-unauthorized-charges-from-itunes.htm]
! Translation
! Email Issues
11th Circuit Court Decision – largely [eliminates 4th Amendment protection in E-Mail| http://volokh.com/2010/03/15/eleventh-circuit-decision-largely-eliminates-fourth-amendment-protection-in-e-mail/. http://www.liberalwhoppers.com/2010/03/15/eleventh-circuit-decision-largely-eliminates-fourth-amendment-protection-in-e-mail/] . Case: [Rehberg vs Paulk/Hodges/Burke| http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200911897.pdf] . "The Eleventh Circuit held that constitutional protection in stored copies of e-mail held by third parties disappears as soon as any copy of the communication is delivered.
