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30 Days | 30 Reasons : Computer Stuff

2008-10-12T23:38:34Z

#27 : Here's a shoutout to anyone who was suspended from school for breaking into a teacher account to play Zork on a PDP-11.

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Authors@Google:Harry Lewis & Hal Abelson

2008-10-16T16:42:08Z

Wherever you go, whatever you say, write, photograph, or buy, you are generating information. That information can be captured, digitized, retrieved, and copied--anywhere on Earth, instantly. Sophisticated computers can increasingly uncover meaning in those digital tracesunderstanding, anticipating, and influencing you as never before. Is this utopia? Or the dawning of a 1984/Brave New World horror world? Whatever you call it, it's happening. What kind of world are we creating? What will it be like to live there?
Blown to Bits offers powerful and controversial answers to these questions and gives you the knowledge you need to help shape your own digital future, not let others do it for you. Building on their pioneering joint MIT/Harvard course, the authors reveal how the digital revolution is changing everything, in ways that are stunning even the most informed experts.

Hal Abelson is Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, and an IEEE Fellow. He has helped drive innovative educational technology initiatives such MIT OpenCourseWare, cofounded Creative Commons and Public Knowledge, and was founding director of the Free Software Foundation. Harry Lewis, former Dean of Harvard College, is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard. He is author of Excellence Without a Soul: Does Liberal Education Have a Future.
This event took place on June 25, 2008
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Authors@Google: Sandy Blaine

2008-10-16T16:42:12Z

Author Sandy Blaine visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Ca, to discuss her book "Yoga for Computer Users". This event took place August 22, 2008, as part of the Authors@google series. For more information about Sandy and the book, please visit www.sandyblaine.com

More and more people depend on computers for work and entertainment, which means more and more hours spent slumped in a chair -- and more and more hand, wrist, neck, shoulder and lower back injuries. Yoga for Computer Users was written to help stem this epidemic of musculo-skeletal injuries through a yoga-based program of preventive self-care, using simple but effective exercises to teach people how to support and maintain healthy posture, relieve neck and shoulder tension and help prevent injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis. You can use this program regardless of your age or yoga experience, and many of the exercises are designed to be done right at your desk. This event will be participatory and interactive, with some instructor-led chair stretches as well as discussion and Q&A.

Sandy Blaine has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, and teaching and writing about yoga since 1993. A founding member and co-director of the Alameda Yoga Station and author of Yoga for Healthy Knees and Yoga For Computer Users, she is also the long-time in-house yoga instructor for Pixar Animation Studios. Her writing has also been published in a number of magazines, including Yoga Journal, Yoga International and Ascent. Sandy believes that greater health, well-being and joy are available to everyone and strives to share the gifts of yoga with others through her work.

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Mitt Romney: Town Hall 12/21/07

2008-09-10T14:44:58Z

Mitt Romney
Town Hall
Rochester, NH 12/21/07

TRANSCRIPT:
MITT ROMNEY: I want to keep pornography off the screens in our homes, so the kids don't, uh, don't continue to be bombarded on the internet with pornography. [Applause] And finally I want our kids to learn a very important lesson. And that is before they have babies, they should get married. Marriage comes first. [Applause] And marriage is between a man and a woman.

LABEL: MR NH 12-21 (BH#36) IHESA - ClipB

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Mitt Romney: Town Hall 12/20/07

2008-09-01T14:49:22Z

Mitt Romney
Town Hall
Fort Dodge, IA 12/20/07

TRANSCRIPT:
MITT ROMNEY: I am also concern about pornography that comes into our homes. If I become president of the United States, I will make sure that every computer sold in the home has an easy to engage internet filter that blocks pornography in the home. [applause]

LABEL: MR IA 12-20 (JJ#19) KE - ClipA

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John McCain, Please Stop Hating Computers

2008-10-16T14:48:27Z

John McCain can't use a computer.lol. He can't use the internet. Why would I vote for a person who in 2008 can't use a computer.

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Re: Joe Biden Promises "Republic of Georgia" A Billion Dollars?

2008-08-28T11:00:08Z

Video Cam Direct Upload

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iphone movie of aluminum Imac

2008-10-16T16:24:35Z

just an iphone movie of my aluminum Imac in action

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McCain is indeed aware of the Internets!!!

2008-10-16T16:24:35Z

McCain is indeed aware of the Internets and The Google and like all seniors; can one day too; send an email.

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John McCain: Is the You Tube on The Google???

2008-10-16T16:24:35Z

McCain is indeed aware of the Internets and The Google and like all seniors; can perhaps one day too; send an email online or purchase Viagra

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Why the iPhone Matters - Walt Mossberg

2008-09-03T14:47:04Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

New York Times technology columnist Walter Mossberg discusses the technological significance of the popular Apple iPhone.

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Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg discusses the future of the internet and the rise of the cell phone at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival, forecasting the fate of the PC and exploring the implications of the iPhone and other smart phones.

Walt Mossberg writes two columns and edits a third for the Wall Street Journal. He also publishes periodic interviews for the Journal and occasional blog posts on their site.

With Kara Swisher, he co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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Robert Lang: Idea + square = origami

2008-10-16T16:32:14Z

www.ted.com Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.

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Kwabena Boahen: Making a computer that works like the brain

2008-10-16T16:32:14Z

www.ted.com Researcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain's supercomputing powers in silicon -- because the messy, redundant processes inside our heads actually make for a small, light, superfast computer.

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Episode 31: 2008 - A Spying Odyssey (7/29/08)

2008-10-16T16:34:58Z

The government has a database, known as Main Core, with 8 million Americans in it. They're considered threats to national security. It's like something out of a science fiction movie.

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Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web

2008-10-16T16:32:15Z

www.ted.com At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what's coming in the next 5,000 days?

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Mac Versus PC: The Final Word

2008-09-30T20:44:29Z

The debate is over.

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Authors@Google: Michael Chorost

2008-08-29T22:43:35Z

Author Michael Chorost visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human". This event took place on June 30, 2008, as a part of of the Authors@google series.

Michael Chorost became a cyborg on October 1, 2001, the day his new ear was booted up. Born hard of hearing in 1964, he went completely deaf in his thirties. Rather than live in silence, he chose to have a computer surgically embedded in his skull to artificially restore his hearing. This is the story of Chorost's journey -- from deafness to hearing, from human to cyborg -- and how it transformed him. The melding of silicon and flesh has long been the stuff of science fiction. But as Chorost reveals in this witty, poignant, and illuminating memoir, fantasy is now giving way to reality. For more information about Michael Chorost and Rebuilt, visit www.rebuilt-thebook.com

Michael Chorost has a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in San Francisco, where he writes, teaches, and consults.

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Torsten Reil: Using biology to make better animation

2008-10-10T12:41:50Z

www.ted.com Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4.

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Robby Roadsteamer Vs Radiohead Okay Computer!

2008-08-08T22:23:14Z

Robby names his album "OKAY COMPUTER" just like Radiohead... Whose is better?

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Bruce Schneier on Identification & I.D. Security

2008-10-16T16:38:43Z

Bruce Schneier is the chief security technology officer of BT. An internationally renowned security technologist, he is referred to by The Economist as a "security guru." He is the author of eight books, including the best sellers Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, Secrets and Lies, and Applied Cryptography, as well as hundreds of academic articles and papers, and the influential Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms. Best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator, his influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram," and his blog "Schneier on Security," are read by over 250,000 people. He has testified before Congress on several occasions, and has served on several government technical committees. He is a prolific writer and lecturer, and his essays have been published in national and international publications. He is a frequent guest on television and radio, and is regularly quoted in the press on issues surrounding security and privacy.

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A "Muay Thai Guy"...in HOW I wrap up 4 Clench Work (LESSON)

2008-10-16T16:37:57Z

A "Muay Thai Guy"...in HOW I wrap up my hands 4 Clench Work
http://ca.youtube.com/user/standupMTB

(LESSON)
STAND UP Muay Thai way of hand wrapping allows the hand a more natural feel for maximum agility in clench & submissions.
The Negative side: is that if you are prone to thumb socket jamming WRAO IT UP. Not wrapping the thumb can cause injury. (Its better than nothing) Straight Street Style

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Authors@Google: Doron Swade

2008-06-10T20:35:28Z

In 1821, Charles Babbage was reviewing a set of mathematical tables with a colleague in preparation for a scientific presentation when, after finding a wealth of errors, he exclaimed in frustration, "I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!" With this outburst, Babbage began to envision an end to human errors in the numerical tables upon which finance, trade, science, and navigation relied. The Difference Engine is the fascinating story of his heroic quest, against all odds, to build the first computing machine more than one hundred years before the modern computer we use today was invented.

Doron Swade, an engineer, technology historian, and leading authority on Charles Babbage, is assistant director and head of collections at London's Science Museum. He is also the mastermind of a six-year project to construct a Babbage calculating engine from original nineteenth century designs.

This talk took place on May 8, 2008 at Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters as part of the Authors@Google program.

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An Overview of Network Hardware

2008-08-10T08:33:52Z

For the uninitiated, network design can be a daunting subject with its seemingly mystical jargon and ever changing protocols. However, once you have a basic knowledge of the equipment involved, myths about networking will be dispelled. The following will walk you through the basic building blocks of a computer network.

While it's possible to create a network by simply connecting two computers together with an Ethernet cable or wireless router, most modern networks are more complex. Most corporate networks connect more than ten computers together along with internet connections and network peripherals.

Modems

Most networks will share an internet connection. Traditionally, modems were designed for dial-up connections but cable/DSL modems are now the norm. Newer cable/DSL modems can handle up to 10 Mbps Ethernet connections, although most internet service providers won't match the higher speeds. Those corporations with higher bandwidth needs require multiple modems with multiple internet connections.

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The Future of Wireless Networking

2008-08-10T08:33:52Z

When it comes to networking, the future is wireless. As the technology develops and transfer speeds increase, it looks increasingly likely that wireless will replace Ethernet in most home and small business networks. In this article, I look at how far wireless networking has come and at what the future holds.

There is little doubt that wireless is the way of the future. In fact, it has already made its way into many homes and businesses. If you own a laptop with wireless capabilities, you already know all the handy wireless hotspots in your local area. While you still have to pay for some of these services, increasingly business like cafes and restaurants are offering free Wi-Fi to attract customers.

Wireless is also becoming the medium of choice for the average home network. Most if not all internet service providers (ISPs) offer wireless routers with their packages for a few extra dollars. Also, you will be hard pushed to find a desktop or laptop computer manufactured in the last couple of years that does not have wireless capabilities. So, wireless is both cheap and easy to set up in the home.

The same is true for small businesses. The average wireless router's signal will cover enough area for most small offices. Wireless networking also cuts out the cost of installing and maintaining Ethernet cables. And, of course, it is much neater.

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Security Issues for Small Business Networks

2008-08-10T08:33:52Z

Internet access is an essential for any small business to compete effectively in today's business world. It allows ease of communication within a business and with customers, clients and other businesses.

Some of the main advantages of internet access for small businesses include:

Communication - Employees and customers can use email, instant messaging and even internet calling to communicate quickly and easily.
Information - The internet and the wealth of information it provides is quickly and easily accessible to employees and can help boost productivity.
Remote access - Employees can access the network and/or their workstation from anywhere using mobile devices such as laptops and PDAs.
Increased exposure - Few companies do not have their own websites nowadays. Establishing and maintaining an online presence should be a priority for all businesses.

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