It is just another project. You may wonder: but is it functioning? Indeed it is. However, is it functional? I don’t know yet. I cracked it open. But I need a way to reboot the computa first! This is the inside of Apple… cracked open. Copper, insulation, a lot of glue and not that many… Continue reading Renegade HW
Category: Science
Postcard From Mars
Ref.: NASA/JPL-Caltech. And don’t forget about the Voyagers; 1 & 2. Please see: Serious Speed.
It Is Eternal
1996, 1999, 2002 and 2004? It is a: veritable tour de force by Dom & Roland. The numbers are years… 1996 – 1999? Words simply can’t describe the period, but hey, all you all need to do is to listen. The relentless progression; the no sitting down kind of music. And now? 25 years later… Continue reading It Is Eternal
Connected World
Ref.: Connected World: Untangling the Air Traffic Network.
Brit Summer For Yu
No comment. Or please see: Yu
Spot The Difference
After a head-on collision* with one of the all-too many electric scooters around and in the city my bike was different, missing pieces.. – Can you spot the difference? * I was riding in the right direction and on the right side of the road.
Fugaku
It is a computer and it currently holds the first place on the TOP500 list. It is Japanese. It is three times faster than the second fastest one in the World. The appearance? I am lost for words. How can something, anything; a machine even begin to look like that? The symmetry, the roof, the… Continue reading Fugaku
Where Are We?
The United Arab Emirates’ Hope mission has returned its first picture of Mars. The spacecraft Hope (Arabic: الأمل, Al-Amal). On the day the UAE Hope probe took its first image, the Chinese Tianwen-1 orbiter arrived at Mars. A black-and-white picture of Mars taken by Tianwen-1, the first snapshot from the Chinese craft. China’s Tianwen-1 Mars… Continue reading Where Are We?
You Are Going To Break Any Second Now
My machine is going to break any second now. I know this. Salvaged and in service for a long time. I just felt it. You are going to break. We’re playing the mighty Rother, so it is a fitting end? – My brother is living in the US and he is working for Hewlett-Packard. What… Continue reading You Are Going To Break Any Second Now
Why Can’t You Write An OS Working In Parallel?
– It is because of the multi-core processors. The machines doesn’t work that way and you know this… every bit counts. – Why can’t we network it? The speed is there and it has been for quite some while. + Gbit Ethernets, that is as fast or faster than the discs? – You need power… Continue reading Why Can’t You Write An OS Working In Parallel?