3D Rendered Gummi Bears

If they had to make an imitation margarine, would it be called “I Can’t Believe It’s Not I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter?”

So I’m wondering what my fellow online compatriots think about Windows Vista. No surprise that the launch date was moved back, eh? lol General consensus among published tecchies seems to be that it’s still not going to be a big deal, not a “revolution” like people are expecting. But I’m pretty excited about it anyway. With things to look forward to like the Aero Glass (3D rendered!) interface (alt-tab through thumbnails of yourr windows‘ contents! manna from heaven for togglers like me lol), the included new apps like IE7 (navigate all your open tabs using a page of - again - thumbnails! woohoo!), high speed desktop search, faster & easier networking (“XP’s network stack was based on technology that originally appeared when a 14.4 modem was cutting-edge… We love the plain-English error messages… We were able to download large files about 15 percent faster using Vista than we could on the same PC with Win XP… Vista even includes native support for the next-gen IPv6*protocol.”**), and :: drum roll please :: WinSAT (System Assessment Tool)*** - yes!, it’ll be more than enough of a revolution for this chick. I’m not hard to please. lol

While I’m on my beloved subject of IT, if you’re into this kind of thing, this is an interesting site to monitor - with some current amusing examples… (emphasis mine)

The Browser: Truth and Rumors from the Tech World

Biometrics foiled by Gummi Bears

They're sugary, adorable, and capable of foiling advanced security systems: A Japanese researcher has found that the gelatin used in Gummi Bears can also be used to make fake fingers that fool biometric fingerprint scanners. The research also found that it's a simple matter to lift a fingerprint from a glass, photograph it, and then imprint it onto a mold to create a duplicate fingerprint. This follows a study last year that found Play-Doh worked equally well. So much for plans by large retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco to let shoppers pay for purchases by scanning their fingers at the register.

Chicago cops hop on Segways

Remember the Segway? Soon, Windy City crooks will have trouble forgetting the much-derided scooters. Defense Tech reports that the Chicago Police Department is laying out $580,000 to triple the size of its Segway Human Transporter fleet to 150. Already, Chicago cops patrol the city's lakefront and airports on Segways. While Segways never became the mass-market hit inventor Dean Kamen hoped for, they found willing buyers in law-enforcement agencies -- so much so that Segway now makes a special model specifically for police. The Segway makes foot-patrol operations more efficient, without limiting cops' mobility the way car patrols do. The Browser has some unanswered questions: Do Segway cops have to make their own siren noise? And how, exactly, will riding around on a Segway instead of walking help more police officers pass the department's voluntary fitness test?

LOL! I can just see 'em riding "in pursuit" of a purse snatcher going "wooooooowooooooowooooooo!" lmao Anyway that’s at http://money.cnn.com/blogs/browser/?cnn=yes

-->>And also check out http://fuckedcompany.com hehheh


* Scarier than Y2K? lol See http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/19/technology/fastforward_fortune/index.htm and http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/09/mccurry.internet/index.html

** See “Vista’s Coming: Are You Ready?,” pp. 24-35, Maximum PC June 2006

*** “Say Goodbye to Mystery System Slowdown… We’ve all experienced it: Your once lightning-fast PC’s performance degrades over a period of months until it’s slower than molasses in January… Windows Vista’s System Assessment Tool aims to stop the mystery slowdowns forever by including both a means of analyzing your rig’s performance and a control panel that will help you troubleshoot and repair potential problems.” - from above-named article

Listening to: "8th World Wonder" - Kimberley Locke