Bill Nye the Science Guy was born on November 27, 1955, making him 50 years old today (if my math is right). He is a mechanical engineer who graduated from Cornell in 1977 with a B.S., and became licensed in the state of Washington in 1983. He developed a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor used by…Continue Reading…
This has been all over the news lately, and I personally am not an expert in this and therefore have nothing to add. But if you have time, this is very interesting reading. Think about the wider implications. Any software you buy or download could have something like this, and it’s easily possible that nobody…Continue Reading…
I had a dream and it went something like this.. Imagine the world’s top ten hackers, crackers, and programmers gathered together to work as one team for one purpose: the creation of the world’s deadliest computer virus. The International Virus Project Convention is an event that is doing just that. With all of the world’s…Continue Reading…
Simply awesome. I put together a team including Adam, John, and Rupesh. We’re all freshman living in Marks Hall. Our team was named ‘DeansHalls.com’ (I wonder if anyone visited). It was held at universities across the nation; you can see the final rankings for just USC here. We ranked 5th, having solved five puzzles. Considering…Continue Reading…
I can’t figure out what’s wrong with this. “Connection was refused when attempting to contact www.googleadservices.com” Nevermind… I’ve found the problem: C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot>tracert googleadservices.com Tracing route to googleadservices.com [127.0.0.1] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms localhost [127.0.0.1] Trace complete. It’s blocked in my HOSTS file (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc). I’ve…Continue Reading…
Sometimes, I do wonder. What if I hadn’t left high school early? Was I really enjoying my time there? Was a learning? The changes I made to Walnut High continue to resonate. I never realized how much of an impact I would make. High school was a smaller environment, where you could directly relate with…Continue Reading…