How to Convert a Windows 7 Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk When Microsoft says It’s Irreversible! Firstly, Do Not Dance with the Devil! I made the mistake (again!) of trying dynamic disks with my new Windows 7 installation. I must have been asleep – the use of this system is seriously frowned upon for most [...]
Dr Who and the Death of SelfEach one of the fuzzy white bits in the photo above is a galaxy containing billions of stars and thus many, many life-forms, all at various stages of evolution. This statement is derived from the work of thousands of intellectuals using the powers of observation and deduction available to us all. Tonight there was a [...] |
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US Debt and Richard Feynman, a repriseRichard P. Feynman related to US Debt in Today’s News Yet again, I’m reminded about the late, great Feynman. Not only did he give incredibly accessible and incisive open lectures, he also left the world a legacy of humorous and yet accurate quotes for us to ruminate on… In the latest development from “The Credit [...] |
Another Positive Use for the Computer to Human InterfaceIn a recent post, http://strangelyperfect.tv/629/hannys-voorwerp-shows-what-ordinary-people-can-do/, I mentioned the power that can be gleaned from combining massive computer power and the pattern recognition capabilities of 3 million years of evolution on the human brain/eye system. Now another use has just surfaced… Many web-using people will be used to filling in forms with the deciphering of some [...] |
Hanny’s Voorwerp shows What Ordinary People can DoHanny’s Voorwerp is a new type of astronomical object that’s been found by a Dutch woman as part of the Galaxy Zoo project. The BBC were the first English speaking news outlet to pick up on this, here: Teacher finds new cosmic object Hanny Van Arkel,started this caper after she read a book by Queen [...] |
