Today’s Tech News : Diablo Code Follow, Slow death to Piarates, 30 years for traffic light failure, Killer Bees are back from the 70′s, free iTunes, get a GPS for $60, Novel going Comic, and awesome FAIL photo . . .
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Book Busy :: (pen name Diablo Cody) American screenwriter, writer, blogger, journalist and author. First known for her candid chronicling of her year as a stripper in her Pussy Ranch blog and her 2006 memoir, “Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper”. Cody won wider fame as the writer of the 2007 film “Juno”. Cody also wrote a horror-drama screenplay about a demon possessed teenager called “Jennifer’s Body” and is set for a September 2009 release. (Follow Here . . .)
Why they make a follow must: “Everyone had those Underoos in my pic. Was Wonder Woman the sole option for girls, or were there Scarlet Witch ‘roos I didn’t know about?“
Tech News
Pirates Have Gone Soft
The sources to get free software, music and video is going to be a challenge. I doubt anyone would want to pay $20/monthly just for music. Especially if you get it from other sources just as easily. (BBC . . .)
30 Years is a Long Time
Faulty traffic light signal turns green for all for 7 seconds . (Yomiuri. . .)
Video Games Take On History
Hints for student – you can’t write a history paper watching a video, reading just one book or synopsis of a video game. (DenofGeek . . .)
Broken Bones
Using medicine to heal broken bones faster. Side affects, please? (The Local. . .)
Solution : Moving to Moon Colony
Problem : Neil Armstrong is sick and tired of everyone talking about his “one step for mankind”. (Washington Post . . .)
Blind Drivers?
Who would think this is a good idea? The technology would could make a difference in sighted drivers, but will it make a difference? You have to ban teens, cell phones and occupancy limit to make a vocal technology be affective. (UPI . . .)
Again?
Those damn killer bees are a threat, didn’t the 70′s make a movie about this? (AZ Central . . .)
Animal Farm Causes Uprising
If you remove the ebook, they will complain. (The Atlantic . . .)
Without Women
Neanderthals had very few women, big reason for their extinction. Will this hold true for sports, internet programmers, and new buildings? (Yahoo . . .)
Who Needs to take Internet 101?
Lou Dobbs. (Ceasespin . . .)
Tech Video
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Comic Book Pick
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
A science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick first published in 1968 is now in comic book form.
It is the complete novel transplanted into the comic book medium, mixing all new panel-to-panel continuity with the actual text from the novel in an innovative, groundbreaking 24-issue maxi-series experiment. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter of androids, while the secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-normal intelligence who befriends some of the androids.
The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic near future, where the Earth and its populations have been damaged greatly by Nuclear War during World War Terminus. Most types of animals are endangered or extinct due to extreme radiation poisoning from the war. To own an animal is a sign of status, but what is emphasized more is the empathic emotions humans experience towards an animal. Deckard, the protagonist, is faced with retiring six escaped Nexus-6 model androids, the latest and most advanced model. Because of this task, the novel explores the issue of what it is to be human. Unlike humans, the androids possess no empathic sense. By introducing organic and realistically humanoid androids in this novel, Dick asks what qualities, if any, are unique to or are able to define what is human and makes readers question their own humanity.
The book’s plot served as the primary basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner.
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Illustrated by acclaimed Wolf artist Steven Dupre
Covers by Bill Sienkiewicz, Dennis Calero, Moritat, and Scott Keating.
Video Pick
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Tech Deal
The HP 550 Notebook PC KS158UT
, is the laptop with a deal. For an easy-to-use and efficient notebook, cast your eyes on the HP 550 Notebook PC KS158UT. The HP 550 Notebook PC KS158UT comes with an Intel Celeron 550 2.0GHz processor, 160GB hard drive and can support up to 4GB of DDR2 667MHz memory.
The HP 550 Notebook PC KS158UT features a 15.4-inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution providing a widescreen view to explore the Web or watch a selection of your favorite DVDs. Burn your DVDs on the DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL LightScribe Drive and get your multimedia files running in an instant! Other features include 3 USB 2.0 ports, Broadcom 802.11b/g wireless connectivity, high definition audio, and the Windows Vista Home Basic operating system.
Price : $349.99