This link is to a video posted on Google Video which contains some 25 minutes of 1950s and 1960s vintage commercials. They are somewhat intriuging to watch, as they seem to appeal more to thought than emotion -- reasoning with the viewer, instead of just outright assaulting them with the Spend! More! Money! message.
Here's a blog entry from Dreamhost wherein they detail several problems they experienced in a rental datacenter which resulted in outages to several users at once. Supposedly, the facility is a very good one, but the article leaves me with some doubt due to the level of complexity in failures. Redundant generators, anyone?
Samsung has filed one of their own in hopes of using the atmosphere as an antenna. Researchers and employees in Korea are devising a method to use the ionosphere -- the layer of the atmosphere at around 50 kilometers above the Earth's surface -- as a medium for "long distance communication" without the need for expensive satellites. The ionosphere already plays a role in communications as a "radio reflector" that bounces low frequency radio signals from sea to shining sea. But by launching UHF signals behind a 1GHz carrier signal, scientists hope to alter the behavior of the ionosphere to create an alternating current, which can then be modulated at a particular frequency in order to create an antenna of global proportions.
I'm curious as to exactly how they intend to use this. From reading the patent it appears that this is just an ordinary means of communications bounced off the Ionosphere, which means they'll be haggingly for More! Wireless! Spectrum! at an insane end-user cost for supposedly "public" airwaves. I'm also a bit concerned about the power levels they intend to use to facilitate this method of communications. I'm also certain the US Military has in some way, shape, or form a documented demonstration of prior art in this particular form of radio.
A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. Learn more or organize your own Barcamp!.
They are organizing a BarCamp near my location in AL, which I find mildly amusing. What I find more amusing is that if you talk to Emmanuel and some of the other people involved in 2600, this has been a core tenent of 2600 from day one as well. I guess it's just so much more l33t when you take the "hacker" out of the meeting.
