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79Ubuntu, CPU Scaling, Battery life and You
CPU Scaling is a feature built into most modern (mobile) CPUs that allows them to scale up or down in how fast they run and how much energy they suck down based on demand. If you have a fairly modern mobile...
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60How to install Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)
You’ve got yourself a nice Ubuntu 7.10 install on a computer that has a similarly nice Nvidia based graphics card and you’re wondering - how do I use it? Wonder no more, here’s a fairly simple, fairly...
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59Real aliens will not be under budget constraints
I’m an avid reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy. I also enjoy the occasional scientific text for those of us who aren’t physicists or biologists. I’m also (to the surprise of many) not a big Star Trek...
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56The future of your interaction with computers
Once again, we’re going to peel back the layers of time and peer into the murky and slightly onion scented future. Where are we going with all of this computer stuff? Where’s the pretty? and will we ever...
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40An ode to caffeine
You know it's going to be a rough day when you hop on to the train for your 45 minute commute, and miss 40 minutes of it due to falling into a deep, deep sleep. Thankfully there's an Au Bon Pain between me...
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45How the X-prize will save humanity
Does that seem a little pretentious? Perhaps it does but I ask you to indulge me for a 900 words or so and we’ll see where all of this is going. The new X Prize was announced by the X Prize Foundation and...
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52Life in other places - how would the discovery of extra-solar intelligence affect us?
Unless you’ve been hidden under a rock or sequestered in an outpatient lead chelation clinic (what can I say, I like the taste) you’ve heard that there are other planets out there that may harbor the...
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52Medieval on your mind
After graduating high school, and floating around between New England and Texas in a series of low-level retail management positions, I had decided to get my 19 year old behind into a college somewhere. Any...
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51Not everyone can be David Hasselhoff
I was reminded several times this week that I am a geek. Most of them were the nice, friendly types of reminders like “dude, you’re such a geek!” A few however were almost pitying in nature. More like...
6 comments46International Laws of Technology and Living With Other People
From this point on and until further notice, the following international laws are in effect: 1. Before being allowed to access the Internet, any person wishing to gain access to the Internet must pass a...
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