Month: January 2012

Wikipedia protesting the SIPA legislation that threatens the Internet.

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SOPA/SIPA legislation threatening a free and open Internet. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/protesting-sopa-what-you-can-do.ars. The SIPA legislation that is aiming to censor the Internet and take away Freedom of speech is still a threat to the freedom and open-ness of the global Internet. The Wikipedia website has blacked out their website in protest at the censorship of online content. If … Read more

The broken Ubuntu runlevel system.

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http://caulfield.info/emmet/2008/03/add-a-textonly-runlevel-to-ubu.html. The Ubuntu distribution is broken in one big way, the Red Hat Linux distribution has run levels properly configured, where you can type su -c “init 3” to shut down the graphical login manager and switch to a run-level that only has the seven TTY virtual consoles running. That needs to be brought back, … Read more

Installing E17 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise pangolin.

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Installing E17 on Ubuntu Installing the E17 Enlightenment desktop on Ubuntu 12.04 is very easy, just type this command in a terminal emulator window. sudo apt-get install e17sudo apt-get install e17 And then all the packages will be installed. You will need to convert old themes into the new format for them to work with … Read more

House representative kills SOPA Internet Censorship bill.

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The House of Representatives in the United States have killed the Stop Online Piracy Act. This is a great success in protecting the freedom and openness of the Internet. There have been many people attacking the Internet and even Google for copyright infringment. Rupert Murdoch was speaking out against Google on Twitter accusing Google of … Read more

Amazing facts about the Universe we live in.

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This is a white super-giant star, this star is 185,000x brighter than the Sun, making it one bright stellar object indeed. This is the amazing Universe we live in. There are some strange objects out there that are stranger than we can imagine. Life could not exist around this super bright star, there would be … Read more

Department of Homeland security monitoring social media and blogs.

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The Department of Homeland Security is using new resources to watch social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as blogs for any postings that show dissent. They really have gone insane, they are always asking for more and more powers to crush dissent and they are invading the privacy of air travellers with … Read more

Will Ubuntu become mainstream?

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If the Ubuntu Linux distribution is a mainstream operating system, will it become so popular that it will become the operating system of choice for home theatre appliances and smart televisions as shown in the picture to the left? We can only hope. http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/1/9/2693228/ubuntu-tv-has-unity-inspired-ui-will-ship-on-televisions-by-end-of. The Ubuntu distribution is planned as a smart television operating system … Read more

Ubuntu moving into the future.

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With the Ubuntu 14.04 Linux distribution confirming that Canonical are supporting tablets and smartphones, the Ubuntu Linux distribution will become a truly mobile operating system although the Unity desktop interface must go, it is a horrid desktop experience to use, there is no fast window switching and it is not configurable at all. I assume … Read more

Ubuntu 14.04 to run on tablets and cars. And become a smartphone OS?

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The Ubuntu 14.04 release will run on a wider variety of appliances than ever before, with tablet computers and in car computers to be targeted. This would be more reliable and usable than the Windows mobile operating system that is powering the Windows mobile telephone and of course many computers around the world. Tablet computers … Read more

Xbox Kinect technology to control computers?

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The Xbox Kinect technology is being released for use on Windows. I do not see how this technology will be useful on a PC, waving your arms in front of a computer screen to control your computer would get tiring very quickly. This technology is not exclusive to the Xbox, other companies before Microsoft have … Read more

Problems with Fedora Core 16 and move to Ubuntu 12.04.

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I have had a show-stopper bug in Fedora Core 16 that is preventing the distribution from loading. I have tried everything to fix this, to no avail. I am installing a CD of Ubuntu 10.10 which I will then upgrade to 12.04 Precise Pangolin. That will work better than Fedora, hopefully installing updates on that … Read more

Linux and UNIX security compared to Windows and Apple.

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Linux and UNIX security compared to Windows and Apple Comparing Linux and UNIX security to Windows and Apple. The OSGUI tech show host has posted a video with 6 reasons why Linux sucks, with one of the reasons being that there are many packaging systems instead of just one. But that is the thing with … Read more

Science Fiction movies losing their magical appeal.

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Science Fiction shows like Stargate Universe and even the original Stargate series have lost the magical appeal of classic movies like the 3 Star Wars movies and the original Star Trek television series. I just watched the first Star Trek film and it was a mind-blowing film, the size of the V,Ger probe inside the … Read more

Quantum levitation using superconducting magnets.

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This video depicts a Wipeout model craft making its way around a Wipeout track using the repulsion betwixt supercooled superconducting magnets in the craft and electromagnets in the track that repel each other due to each having the same magnetic poles. This is how a real 430 kilometre an hour magnetic levitation train works, the … Read more

American people slowly dying.

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No wonder that the Homeland is dying, slowly replaced with the new superpowers like China and India. The majority of television is dumbed down execrable pap like Jersey Shore and more and more reality shows than fleas on a heath-cropper. The television that I watched as a child was full of incredible educational shows about … Read more