Splat Originally uploaded by sneezypb. One of the reasons I like Flickr is its use of Creative Commons. I got this yesterday because I use the Attribution license, others are required under that license to ask how I would like my work used. So, Sean at the University of Florida is going to use this…
Watching the Superbowl. The Half Time Show stars Prince. Fine. He starts playing some song, at first I thought it was a Jimi Hendrix cover, but then he sings lyrics… No, not a Jimi song, ohhhhh… That’s the Foo Fighters’ Best of You. Huh? Is Prince a fan? Really? Odd.
» Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw | George Ou | ZDNet.com I heard back from the folks at the MSRC, and they let me know that Microsoft is investigating public reports of a possible vulnerability in Windows Vista’s speech recognition feature. Microsoft’s initial investigation reveals that this vulnerability could allow an attacker…
Moon men == bomb threat? Well, I expected Aqua Teen Hunger Force to bomb when I first saw it. So, thanks to the Boston police this media campaign which intended to be subtle and inexpensive is getting a tsunami of free media coverage. No matter the outcome of the two guys going to prison or…
Moon men == bomb threat? Well, I expected Aqua Teen Hunger Force to bomb when I first saw it. So, thanks to the Boston police this media campaign which intended to be subtle and inexpensive is getting a tsunami of free media coverage. No matter the outcome of the two guys going to prison or…
Icy Car Originally uploaded by sneezypb. Picture is of someone’s car in the parking lot outside my building. Mine didn’t nearly have so much ice on it. Its not black so the ice wouldn’t show up as well. Today has been a freebie. Yesterday, weather people predicted this morning would be freezing rain with the…
The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: A Computer Program Wins Its First Scrabble Tournament When Deep Blue first defeated chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, the computer program’s victory was hailed as a watershed moment for artificial intelligence, and rightfully so. But in November, another program reached a gaming milestone of its own, and no one seemed to…
Microsoft Windows is a pain to diagnose. However, Run has many of the tools to determine issues. Someone at Microsoft hates it. Can someone tell me why? Finding Run has gotten more and more difficult over time. Now in Vista they hide it by default. 🙁 Where’s the “Run†dialog box in Windows Vista? »…
The difference a decade makes! I actually knew a couple other kids in school who were mixed growing up. Jimmy was part Spanish and part Black. I’m not sure what Eddie was. Some people still wanted me to pick one. J2, my aunt, was very Afro-Centric. She decided that my white mother could not raise…