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new pc and Windows 7 my review

jason818_253.33 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:55:45 GMT

As stated on a different thread my video card burned out on my 7 year old computer. I thought I would upgrade to Windows 7 from XP and buy a new computer...

Dell hardware.

Dell's Studio XPS 8000. The i7 Intel core processor helps run the machine smoothly and quietly. The 1TB hard drive should be enough room for all my programs, pictures and video.

The entire tower is nice and compact and weighs about half what my last computer weighed.

The dell key board is a little compact. Or maybe I just have large hands, but I don't think that is the case. Until I get used to this key board I think Ill like a little larger key board.

Software and OS

Manufacturer installed Windows 7 home premium and the thing ran from boot up. Every thing seems to be plug and play from additional external drives to my side winder joy stick and canon inkjet printer. Even the internet ran with out having to put in some install disk. Very easy set up.

Interface is well designed with hints of artistry. the only thing I would change would be the color over the x button to exit a window. I think red is a little dramatic. I would like to have seen a yellow or orange. red just says "stop" and some times a person really does want to close the window.

I got rid of the dock on the interface. I am accustom to having shortcuts placed directly on my desk top and I don't need this doc thing to tell me where to put them. I am not a mac user, I don't need my hand held. I did look at a mac but they were so over restrictive they made me feel like I had to fit into a cookie cutter mold to use one.

IE8 is running just fine. I have two tabs set, each running ether google or bing as my primary search engines. kind of a neat thing I could do.

What I am amazed with is the compatibility of windows 7 and that it runs all my old software. Adobe CS2, Office XP and so on. Windows and the i7 Intel processor opens aps in a flash.

The personalized Aero themes are a family favorite. lots of fun art and games. The sounds for Windows 7 are kind of pleasant as well.

This is the first time I have looked at an operating system with admiration towards those who have built it. With windows XP and Windows 95 I never gave it much consideration. I hope my windows 7 experience continues to be an enjoyable one.

Technology is so cool, U2 concert on interwebs [Technology is so cool, U2 concert on interwebs]

jason818_253.33 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:00:20 GMT

Sitting listening to U2 on the internets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4QLFVrZ-fw

best song evar at 33min. another wonderful song at 37min.

Jamie, should i have added this to the radio thread?:P

So im finishing up listening to the concert. Is music technology?

Then for some reason i jumped over to here to read about this person. I dont know. very unrelated but still a thread that runs together.

I was wondering if information has mass or some kind of measurable weight.

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Soapbox closes up shop [Soapbox closes up shop]

jason818_253.33 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:15:59 GMT

Dang, i liked soap box but i just got the notice in my email account. darn. Im going to be forced to use You tube.

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people as stochastic calculators? [people as stochastic calculators?]

jason818_253.33 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:09:27 GMT

lets say you want to know what the stock market is going to do next month, or if its smart or not to get into the buisness of healthcare in the year 2012, whats the best process for creating dynamic programming or building a quantum computer?

Can you send a person/person’s on a random walk using reinforcement learning then take the data and run a Markov process and use that information to decipher a course of action based on their collective desision making?

Currently we don’t have a computer that rival the human intelligence but we do have computers that crunch data and numbers extremely effectively. What if there was a way to merge the two by taking the actions and ideas of people collected and create data sets, then take those data sets and combine them all to come up with an average of some kind that predicts a specific out come. Is this kind of thing already being done?

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Bing on the US TV show the philanthropist [Bing on the US TV show the philanthropist]

jason818_253.33 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:15:55 GMT

Any one see the add for Bing on the show the philanthropist? I was watching the show, it cut to advertising. A commercial comes on with a girl gazing upon the beautiful picture displayed up on Bing on her computer. She comments that each day she gets to imagine she is taken away around the world to these wonderful places featured on the site. Then her boss comes in and says come on lets go. But wait, its not a commercial, its still the dang TV show. And off the two go to Nigeria. Interesting and catchy way of advertising. Trick me into think I am watching the commercials but yet its still the tv show. Any one ells get sucked in?

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Amazing life on earth = DNA [Amazing life on earth = DNA]

jason818_253.33 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:33:52 GMT

I’m trying to get my head around some of these concepts.

Just how does DNA work to create different organisms based on the genetic code within?

How do the brilliant people go about finding out about DNA and all its intricacies when I have a challenging time just understanding it when it’s laid out before me?

When and by whom will the genetic human genome code be broken? It’s been said, that’s work that will take the next hundred years to decode. Is that something computers can speed up?

It’s been just the last ten years that we have now had the code for an entire human genome. Are there computers working on breaking the human genome code right now?

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life on other planets? [life on other planets?]

jason818_253.33 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:31:38 GMT

NASA is planning the launch of the first mission capable of finding earth-size planets. The Kepler mission will focus on one point of the Milky Way galaxy for the duration of its function in search of planets that might sustain life.
http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/

Do you think there is life on other planets?

Edit:

The technology is impressive. It can detect an earth like planet passing in front of a star. By measuring the brightness of that star it will be able to detect the dim in brightness on a scale of 1 part per 10 thousand. It uses a ccd like in a camera. A really good camera might have 10 megapixels. The Kepler has 96 million megapixels.

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Theorem provers [Theorem provers]

jason818_253.33 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:24:31 GMT

There are a number of them out there. Call me a newb but what is a theorem prover? I know in the c9 community there are probably a majority of people who could elaborate on the subject.

At Microsoft research they are developing Z3 theorem prover (Satisfiability Modulo Theories). What theorems are they asking the machine? What is it being built to do? I went to the frequently asked questions portion of the site but didn’t find the answers. If C9 gets over in that direction I would be fascinated to hear people talk about it.

Im trying to wrap my head around something that is still clearly in the fog to me.

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George Smoot shows stunning images of the Universe [George Smoot shows stunning images of the Universe]

jason818_253.33 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:08:00 GMT

First watch the video. (as soon as it goes to You Tube ill post it here)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe.html

Is the Universe intelligent? Or is it being ‘born’ into being something intelligent. Just looking at the images and form to the universe lead’s me to think maybe it is. It sure looks like a network of some kind. If we could look at the Universe over a time span/lifetime of a Billions of Billions of years (maybe longer) and see that data gets transferred from galaxy cluster to galaxy cluster then maybe the Universe is a live and actually computing. Or will be computing. Maybe we view the universe all wrong. Maybe some day we could be viewing it as something living and intelligent. (note: not to be mistaken for “intelligent design”)

the number of universes just boggle the mind. :)

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Star Trek XI Trailer [Star Trek XI Trailer]

jason818_253.33 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:20:58 GMT

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/index.html

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Coffeehouse 2008 Census [Coffeehouse 2008 Census]

jason818_253.33 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:04:12 GMT

What operating system do you support?
	Linux and UNIX
	Microsoft Windows
	Mac OS X
	Other

Pic your fav!
	Microsoft
	GOOGLE
	apple
View Results

it appears the html i pasted didnt work. hmm.

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Question: IE 8 URL history [Question: IE 8 URL history]

jason818_253.33 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:09:14 GMT

I just installed IE 8 Beta.

How do i get the history to work in the URL pull down bar? currently it only shows my url home page.

thats primaraly how i find sites i have already been to. i dont generaly use favorets. i use the url pull down menu.

Thanks.

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Windows Live [Windows Live]

jason818_253.33 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:35:48 GMT

get.live.com

I thought I would take a little spin around some of the windows live features. It’s broken down into three categories, "Hotmail", "Spaces" and "More services".
I think over all the services are great. I use Hotmail as my primary email and find using it enjoyable. I especially like the new look and increased speed. Spaces are slow and some times I can’t even view other user’s spaces. I have yet to try out more services section.

There are a lot of great free services here. But for the life of me I can’t figure out how to close out my spaces account with out loosing my hotmail account. Can it be done?

How do I know im not down loading a virus or something when looking at peoples shared sky drive? Sky drive is a cool idea. But how do I brows threw others who have their sky drive shared?

There are so many services there is a little bit of a learning curve to finding out where every thing is. I wish I didn’t feel down when trying to find what I want.

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Idea for a Project, if someone is REALLY bored. [Idea for a Project, if someone is REALLY bored.]

jason818_253.33 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:01:55 GMT

Solution needed:
Migrate paper medical records to electronic medical records (EMR).

Back Ground:
There are thousands of doctors and millions of people who have their medical records in files on paper. This leads to costly up dates and insufficient use of resources. Such companies like Microsoft and Google have built applications to change this. Microsoft has built Health Vault to facilitate a way to create personal EMR’s. The challenge being that the majority of people are not inclined to place their information on line. Meaning they aren’t coming in droves to sign up individually and doctors are reluctant to change from a system they know and work’s for them to a new way of doing things. The challenge currently is with the aging baby boomer generation. The baby boomer generation didn’t grow up using computers but have recently been introduced to them over the past 20 years. These might be considered slow adopters to the EMR but those who are currently in most need of it. This may be a lost generation to the wide spread use of EMR’s.

Solution:
Build a scalable social networking platform that encourages X and Y generations to incorporate electronic medical records. Some technology that might be included in later iteration contains such things as artificial intelligence. Starting with a “chat box” able to help find and diagnose ailments. Personable interface technology using a simulated health care assistant. With an ever increasing shortage of Primary care doctors there will be even a greater need for the Privet Care Kiosk to aid patients.

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Microsoft Diversity [Microsoft Diversity]

jason818_253.33 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:19:33 GMT

Microsoft does more than just make windows. Microsoft is a diverse company. I think its great. Unlimited Potential group. some interesting videos can be found on the site.

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Wall-E [Wall-E]

jason818_253.33 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:15:22 GMT

Is the Microsoft Robotics team going to go see this one? Warning: spoilers

I'm going to take my family to it tomorrow. :-)

Edit: added spoiler warning.

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Roadrunner Supercomputer [Roadrunner Supercomputer]

jason818_253.33 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:15:01 GMT

Has the unveiling of the worlds “fastest” computer at Los Alamos N.M been mentioned here in the coffee house?

Wish i had one. I understand that it uses a few modified PS3 chip.

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Death and Taxes [Death and Taxes]

jason818_253.33 — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:52:37 GMT

They say its the two things we have to do.
40 billion apparently doesn’t go far. At least not when I think what could be done with it and in light of something like This. (as pointed out on channel 10.)

The united states is 10.1 Trillion dollars in debt. The US dumps more than 500 billion into national defense each year. That looks like half the budget on the chart. *(actual budget being 3.226 Trillion) What would happen if say just a tenth of that was put into diplomacy? I’m not talking about giving the money to other countries but what if the money was put into educating leaders on diplomacy? We might not have to build so many guns.

Then there is the education problem in this country. Education is allocated a meager 59 billion dollars per year. Like I said, 40 billion doesn’t go far. If government actually believed that the children of today are tomorrow’s leaders wouldn’t you think they would be allocating funds to their education like they do to their military? So let’s take just a fraction of what is spent on all armed forces and give our kids more resourse to do more with. I would at least double what is given to the national education fund.

We really want to preserve what we have got here in the United States but big military is and was so 80’s, now its about ideology and the merging of Judaea Christian societies with Muslim and many other faiths but more importantly cultures. This takes education and understanding.

I say this, because I’m a us citizen who gets up every day and goes to work and pays my taxes. I also vote. I hope Obama reads Channel 9. :)

How would you alocate the budget? am i off my rocker? ;)
Edit:* actual budget included.

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far out computer questions [far out computer questions]

jason818_253.33 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:27:41 GMT

First: Is there work being done on the automation of computer systems where computer systems write and build them selves? Right now we humans ‘appear’ to hold the keys to the evolutionary track for computers. We seem to want to try and make them like our selves. But what if they were able to evolve for them selves? Are there people who actually work on this?

Second: Is it possible for a human mind and body to be used as an automated theorem prover? I can think of several situations where you would want to proof a decision in life where you would like to know if your decision or the line of code in life is going to work before running it. Take for example a war time scenario where you plug in all the numbers and strategy. Another situation is global warming, what is really happening to the world in relation to industrialization. You would wish to know the out come before running it (taking course of action) wouldn’t you. We have computer simulations that do this kind of stuff but what do we use when the simulation or the computer is not equipped to run an accurate simulation? Simulations into social variables that so far cant be predicted by a computer. Has there been any work done that incorporate the human mind to evaluate and surmise a situation that is to ‘complex’ for a computer model?

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Wasn't today the day? MS+Yahoo [Wasn't today the day? MS+Yahoo]

jason818_253.33 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:37:45 GMT

Is Microsoft walking away from its bid to buy Yahoo?

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the price of free [the price of free]

jason818_253.33 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:28:36 GMT

When is free not free? What is the price paid when an item is consumed? I have been reading this article in wired and wonder what take niners might have on it? The big example given in the article is how on line ads have made many on line services free. But do we pay a price by subjecting our selves to those ads? Adds that heard us like cows to particular watering holes. Ads that some one has obviously paid a lot for. Ads that we ultimately pay the price for just by having to look at them.

Grass is free right? Animals that eat grass, they get it for free. For any one who has seen the movie the lion king knows that we are all connected in the circle of life. The animal eats the grass, the animal gets eaten by another animal that later dies and turns to dirt and that dirt helps the grass grow. But what ever you think, all things are connected in some form or fashion. Like a leaver that once one side is lifted the other side is fundamentally moved as well. in this sence you cant get something from nothing.

So my thought is. That maybe by making every thing free, we are actually giving up something ells in for its return. I just want to know what that thing is. What is the real price I am paying when I get all my software for “free”. I guess it takes peoples work to build something like software, many hours, and many cups of coffee, missed daylight from sitting in an office all day. Then by sitting all day, people get out of shape, medical bills rise. on the good side of things. maybe the price we pay is something we want to give up.

But lets not all be tricked into thinking you can truly get something for nothing.

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Google’s kink in the armor? [Google’s kink in the armor?]

jason818_253.33 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:44:44 GMT

Apparently the company has been having a little trouble stock wise with the release of some new data regarding their online clickable ads. Could this be the beginning of a trend or a glimpse into the future? Is it possible Google is a one trick pony with to many of its eggs placed in one basket - internet ads?

"Disappointing fourth-quarter earnings growth and the comScore data is causing more analysts to conclude even Google may be pulled down by the sagging U.S. economy. Other analysts, though, expect Google still will deliver stellar earnings and revenue growth this year."

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worlds hardest puzzle [worlds hardest puzzle]

jason818_253.33 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:56:50 GMT

I’m the end
I have no start
I’m nether black or white
I’m nether on or off
I have no hands my grasp reaches all
I feel no love I feel no hate
Some run to me other run from me, I catch all
Stars have no power

Edit: Answer: Death

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world's fastest computers [world's fastest computers]

jason818_253.33 — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:30:52 GMT

http://www.top500.org/

The brain is clearly the fastest “computer” http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question54.htm we know of to date. If a single human brain is fast then a network of them would be even faster. So the question is, can you think of a real world situation where the human mind and human networks are used as a way to solve a world problem?

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Re: This Just In [Re: This Just In]

jason818_253.33 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:23:52 GMT

Mark Brown wrote:
Can anyone say, Cognitive Dissonance?

;)

I learned something new. this thread has been helpful. cognitive dissonance. Thanks.

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