It would appear that researchers at the University of Texas have found a way to kill the HIV virus!
If this is legit, the world is in for alot more sex.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080715165520.htm
Thursday, July 31, 2008
UFO dudes vs Bill Nye on Larry King!
This was a great episode. Larry King is awesome as usual and Bill Nye just takes a beating from these UFO nuts.
Definately worth watching.
Definately worth watching.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Savage 2 Update
Well I got a chance to play this online.
Wow, this game is terrible!
Instead of the 5 hours of online play they promised me for free, I only got one hour. I quit playing after 40 minutes. This game simply isnt fun. Combat is way to fast, everything you do is futile, and the majority of the game is spent staring at a respawn timer.
Great concept, extremely poor execution. I wish they wouldnt let idiots make games :(
Wow, this game is terrible!
Instead of the 5 hours of online play they promised me for free, I only got one hour. I quit playing after 40 minutes. This game simply isnt fun. Combat is way to fast, everything you do is futile, and the majority of the game is spent staring at a respawn timer.
Great concept, extremely poor execution. I wish they wouldnt let idiots make games :(
Extra Terrestrial Life
This article was posted on July 24th 2008.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1fd_1216911065&p=1
One of the astronauts that walked on the moon claims to know that we (humans) have been visited by beings from other worlds.
Given the known laws of physics, it would be impossible for humans to travel far enough to encounter alien life. But it may be possible for other species to travel here if they have knowledge that we cant currently comprehend (faster than light travel, interdimensional travel, etc) and/or life spans much longer than ours.
There could be truth to what he is saying, but Im going to remain of the opinion this is just more alien BS and no fact.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1fd_1216911065&p=1
One of the astronauts that walked on the moon claims to know that we (humans) have been visited by beings from other worlds.
Given the known laws of physics, it would be impossible for humans to travel far enough to encounter alien life. But it may be possible for other species to travel here if they have knowledge that we cant currently comprehend (faster than light travel, interdimensional travel, etc) and/or life spans much longer than ours.
There could be truth to what he is saying, but Im going to remain of the opinion this is just more alien BS and no fact.
Savage 2
After hearing about this game from a few friends and seeing a few reviews I tried it out last night.
At first glance, I was impressed. After playing through the tutorial, I was VERY impressed.
This game is pretty awesome, Cant wait to find a team and really get into it!
At first glance, I was impressed. After playing through the tutorial, I was VERY impressed.
This game is pretty awesome, Cant wait to find a team and really get into it!
Rockband Hack Proposal
I think It would be a fun little project to connect my PC up to RockBand and have it play songs as the full band for 100% scores on expert difficulty.
There are a couple of different ways I thought of to do this.
Method 1:
Create a USB device that could act as all the instruments and connect this directly to the Xbox. The USB device would be a hub interface which is controlled directly by the PC. The PC could then feed the USB device all the button presses needed to play the song on all the instruments.
Problem here is that USB dev boards are between $1500 and $5000. Way to much money to spend on a little fun project.
Method 2:
Wire the instruments directly to the PC using a Microcontroller to simulate button presses. Basically Im thinking that I would add an RJ45 port to each instrument. From this RJ45 port, I would solder leeds directly to the button leeds on the board inside the controller. This would (hopefully) achieve the desired effect of being able to simulate a button press by sending electricity down that specific pin. The instrument should remain fully functional as well.
I would also build a box containing a microcontroller and leeds wired from the I/O ports of the microcontroller to RJ45 ports on the outside of the box. Then I could connect the box to the instruments and also to my PC. The PC could then trigger button presses on all the instruments as it would need to.
The Sequencer:
With either method, I would need a sequencer application running on my PC to actually play the song. I am thinking of making a user interface similar to the Rockband interface itself. And just putting in the rockband notes for each specific song by hand. This could be tedious, but it really is the best way imo.
There are a couple of different ways I thought of to do this.
Method 1:
Create a USB device that could act as all the instruments and connect this directly to the Xbox. The USB device would be a hub interface which is controlled directly by the PC. The PC could then feed the USB device all the button presses needed to play the song on all the instruments.
Problem here is that USB dev boards are between $1500 and $5000. Way to much money to spend on a little fun project.
Method 2:
Wire the instruments directly to the PC using a Microcontroller to simulate button presses. Basically Im thinking that I would add an RJ45 port to each instrument. From this RJ45 port, I would solder leeds directly to the button leeds on the board inside the controller. This would (hopefully) achieve the desired effect of being able to simulate a button press by sending electricity down that specific pin. The instrument should remain fully functional as well.
I would also build a box containing a microcontroller and leeds wired from the I/O ports of the microcontroller to RJ45 ports on the outside of the box. Then I could connect the box to the instruments and also to my PC. The PC could then trigger button presses on all the instruments as it would need to.
The Sequencer:
With either method, I would need a sequencer application running on my PC to actually play the song. I am thinking of making a user interface similar to the Rockband interface itself. And just putting in the rockband notes for each specific song by hand. This could be tedious, but it really is the best way imo.
Joseph Newman
This guy is a real piece of work!
Joseph Newman is the inventor of a perpetual motion machine known as the Newman Motor. The principal behind this motor is capturing the BEMF (Back Electro-Magnetic Field) energy that is wasted in the typical electric motor. There are people speculating that there is also extra energy coming into the circuit from some other currently unknown source of energy (Zero Point Energy maybe).
As amazing as this technology is (and it has been reproduced and works), the more amazing thing is the inventor himself. Joseph Newman claims to have been given this knowledge by God. Watching his videos is a true experience and I recomend anyone who reads this to watch all of his videos. He is like the faith healer of the science world.
Some links about Joseph Newman:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Newman_%28inventor%29\
http://www.josephnewman.com/
A newman machine reproduction:
Joseph Newman is the inventor of a perpetual motion machine known as the Newman Motor. The principal behind this motor is capturing the BEMF (Back Electro-Magnetic Field) energy that is wasted in the typical electric motor. There are people speculating that there is also extra energy coming into the circuit from some other currently unknown source of energy (Zero Point Energy maybe).
As amazing as this technology is (and it has been reproduced and works), the more amazing thing is the inventor himself. Joseph Newman claims to have been given this knowledge by God. Watching his videos is a true experience and I recomend anyone who reads this to watch all of his videos. He is like the faith healer of the science world.
Some links about Joseph Newman:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Newman_%28inventor%29\
http://www.josephnewman.com/
A newman machine reproduction:
Rhapsody
So for the past few years I have been a subscriber to Yahoo Music Unlimited. Recently they merged with the Rhapbsody service. Rhapsody happened to be the service that verizon is partnered with. So with me getting a new multimedia phone and Yahoo Music merging, I figured I should try out Rhapsody.
So far I am really liking it. Its a bit more expensive than Yahoo Music was, but for $15/month I am getting unlimited access to their entire library. The coolest part of this subscription is the ability for me to put any/all of these songs on my phone and take them wherever.
With iTunes I would have to buy a new song (for $1 or whatever) if I want to listen to it and/or take it with me on my phone. With this subscription, I can simply download the new song and put it on my phone without buying it. If I wanted to burn them onto CDs I would have to buy the songs, but I dont really want to burn anything to a CD.... ever.
Heres a link:
http://www.rhapsody.com/home.html
So far I am really liking it. Its a bit more expensive than Yahoo Music was, but for $15/month I am getting unlimited access to their entire library. The coolest part of this subscription is the ability for me to put any/all of these songs on my phone and take them wherever.
With iTunes I would have to buy a new song (for $1 or whatever) if I want to listen to it and/or take it with me on my phone. With this subscription, I can simply download the new song and put it on my phone without buying it. If I wanted to burn them onto CDs I would have to buy the songs, but I dont really want to burn anything to a CD.... ever.
Heres a link:
http://www.rhapsody.com/home.html
Plasma Spark Plug
There are people in the open source free energy community working on a technology that could possibly be used to run an internal combustion engine using water as fuel. This technology involves using a normal spark plug and a high voltage induction coil to produce a plasma arc. The plasma arc is enough energy to split the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The spark from the normal spark plug ignites the hydrogen and oxygen causing a rapid expansion of the gasses (aka heat energy).
The idea is to reproduce this effect within the cyllinders of an internal combustion engine to push the pistons and drive the motor. If this becomes viable, we will be able to convert our cars to run on water, no more hydrocarbons.
Some videos showing the effect:
The two forum threads where this is developing:
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,5024.0
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,3977.0
The idea is to reproduce this effect within the cyllinders of an internal combustion engine to push the pistons and drive the motor. If this becomes viable, we will be able to convert our cars to run on water, no more hydrocarbons.
Some videos showing the effect:
The two forum threads where this is developing:
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,5024.0
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,3977.0
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