Posts by Martin Huizing

Re: I remember a time...

Thanks for the many replies but I feel you are missing my point (boy am I getting down voted for saying that!)

One day a solar flare WILL hit us hard enough to erase magnetically stored data. A quantum computer generated virus WILL disrupt and destroy precious data.

There have been floods, earth quakes and fires but ancient data still exists in the form of hieroglyphics and wall paintings. Granted we have a hard time deciphering some of it but it is still there. Why can't we follow in their footsteps?

Here are some ideas I have for data storage and recovery:

1. Light/radio/waves; Send data in packets in different light/radio frequencies out into space. Packets are picked-up by a station somewhere in space and send back to a relay and re-transmitted to said station. After the signal has been send it is no longer necessary to store data locally (it is traveling trough space) so local storage on both ends can be kept to a minimum.

2. Etching; Photosensitive etching paper made of non-corrosive materials and is of a WORM type (Write once, read multiple). Etching can be done with current printing technologies. Yes, I mean like punch cards...

3. Holographic storage; I can already hear you sighing 'No more!'. That's okay, but like I said, big companies have to get together and invest into this new technology that WILL eventually work. It is just a matter of time. It's the electric car vs the petrol car all over again. *sigh*

4. Whatever the dreamers can come up with.

Had to reply here...

"The proposed Mars mission will apparently be focussed on the Red Planet’s origins and evolution, its climate and geography and whether life can be sustained there."

What can they possibly discover what the Americans haven't already discovered?

NASA has not exactly been holding out on information, have they? I think money would be better spend on a joint operation than going at it themselves.

It's like saying they want to have the first man on the moon, again!

...like flash?

<sent from my radioshack stereo transistor radio>

Re: that's actually pretty cool for Australia’s :)

*Swings magic wand* Back to school to you!

Yes, The Hawk! He is an intellectual force to be reckoned with and is right up there with The Hoff, The Heff and Chuck Norris!

Prof. Hawking also has a great sense of humor often shown during his lectures and, of course, his many TV appearances.

Furthermore I think The Reg is far above the Daily star. Go cry somewhere else, poopie-face!

Re: Phineas Gage....

Well, I heard he turned out to be a real bastard, so screw him!

They lost one... Me...

Even with Skype credits I get annoying ads in the corner of the screen. If I leave my pc on for a while those ads accumulate and I have to click each one away... with 3 seconds interval...

If ever I had a conversational topic about those ads with my partner on the other side of the line, it would be how pissed off I was with those freaking talking ads!

Well... At least they get people talking...

Re: Makes you think though...

Yes, I agree with you. Hence me stating that I understand the situation.

I am watching 'Dr. Strangelove' as I type and I feel history is repeating itself. The Communist threat then is the North Koreans' now. I believe NK people are being oppressed, starved and ruled by a puppet master hiding behind a cloak of a giant military force ruled by but a few, but I am also aware of the continuous negativity in which NK is being portrayed. As I have never visited NK, all information I have been receiving has been from sources keen on making NK look like the worst place on earth.

A bit like Communist Russia was portrayed during the cold war, don't you think?

Before you ask, 'yes' I have seen the BBC docu on NK and I feel deeply for the people, but in war those same people would fight harder for their country then any other. They can't help it...

Pics...

...or it didn't happen!

msx actually

It switched on the relay that would start or stop the tape drive. A buzzing sound would emit from the msx. I actually used a timer function so the mayhem started after I was well clear of the place. Fun times!

Re: Are you shitting me?

Ah, for fuck's sake, lighten the hell up!

Re: @Martin Huizing Seriously?

Eh... sorry guys... should have read the article proper before posting. Please be gentle...

Re: Another success story ...

Well I, for one, am inspired. You might think of me as one of those sheeple but I get my inspiration from the internet. It is an interactive medium where I can browse my interests without being held prisoner by a remote control. What I got, when I was watching the video, is the equivalent of a magic show. And I didn't even have to pay the price of an admission.

No, the woman does not really hover but the guy did swallow the sword whole. Believe what you want to believe.

I am out buying small pieces of wood to build my own Ornithopter. What will you do?

Re: I like it.

Yeah and you can go into a KFC and ask for a Big Mac, right?

Re: 18mph?

And it didn't say in which direction. Opposite one guess then...