Radiators are pretty inefficient heating machines. They don’t, for instance, radiate so much as make the wall they’re leaning up against really hot. That’s lost efficiency right there since the heat that went into the wall or even the ceiling right above the radiator is heat that didn’t go into preventing you from freezing. With winter pretty much here, something like this Radiator Booster could prove to be useful. It sits right atop your current heater and hooks up into a wall socket for power. With an internal thermostat, all it has to do it detect when your radiator is sending out heat at 30C degrees or above, then it turn some fans on and shoots the hot air out into the room. (more…)
On November 20, 2011,
in News,
by Johny
Some questioned if recent in-fighting between hacker collective Anonymous’ more vocal members would affect the group’s efficacy combating its latest target, the “Protect IP” bill. Considering the group launched a DDoS attack on Monday which temporarily knocked out service to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s official website, the answer is fairly clear: it didn’t.
ZeroPaid noticed the website outage and a message on Twitter by “@Anony_Ops” that confirmed the LOIC-powered DDoS attack, part of the group’s ongoing “Operation Payback,” had succeeded.
“Current target: www.uschamber.com :: Status: Down,” read the message, which also went on to explain the motivation behind the movement: the controversial “Protect IP” bill, which is backed by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
VentureBeat, however, reported that the attack was a bust and the site was “humming and shows no sign of slowing down” following the scheduled cyber assault. Other reports suggest the downtime was just extremely brief.
Anonymous members may also be on the verge of targeting specific Senators.
One member at AnonNews recommended that others should “tweet some hate” at the bill’s authors. Another commenter ominously suggested that those interested in aiding the operation should save their questions for an IRC this Thursday so the group is “a well oiled and ready machine on Friday.”
Many fear “Protect IP” could potentially grant overwhelming power to the government, allowing it to essentially shut down sites at will, regardless of whether or not copyright infringement took place.
Erik Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, warned last week that combating a complex issue such as piracy with a simple response would do more harm than good. Schmidt suggested a decision to “whack off DNS” would “set a very bad precedent” and could potentially result in internet censorship akin to what presently happens in China. The executive promised to fight any passed law which restricts or disallows free speech.
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On November 17, 2011,
in News,
by Johny
Google CEO Eric Schmidt just came out swinging against PROTECT IP, saying, “I would be very, very careful if I were a government about arbitrarily [implementing] simple solutions to complex problems.” And then he went even further. From the LA Times:
“If there is a law that requires DNSs, to do X and it’s passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president of the United States and we disagree with it then we would still fight it,” he said, according to the report. “If it’s a request the answer is we wouldn’t do it, if it’s a discussion we wouldn’t do it.”
Big content is irate. The Motion Picture Association of America released a statement saying, “We’ve heard this ‘but the law doesn’t apply to me’ argument before – but usually, it comes from content thieves, not a Fortune 500 company. Google should know better.”
PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
Here you can see how many votes we pulled in, and also what more we have to do! (more…)
TorontoJack233 claims to be an ex-employee of Rockstar and as a final act of supposed heroism (read: lawsuit aggravating) posted this grainy, ghostly pic of GTA V’s map, which again raises the curious issue of why whistle-blowers on the internet always have awful, non-focusing, cameras? Odd. Either way after the first leak we now have a full, color, good quality picture of the full actual map.
Click to enlarge!
The map certainly looks legit and we imagine the Las Palmas area will house the beach you see at the beginning of the trailer (see it again below) and the Onlay Hills will be the mountainous region, which we’re largely linking because a mountain is a large hill.
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Mysterious Structures in the desert can be seen on satellite images, what are the Chinese are up to anyway?
The internet has been speculating over the pictures that show remarkable buildings and structures in the Gobi Desert.
The gadget site Gizmodo has gathered several of the pictures that apparently show remarkable structures and facilities at a distance form the mysterious patterns.
One of the most remarkable pictures, which is located above this article, shows a several hundred meters wide seemingly random pattern of white stripes.
In the center of this structure Aircrafts can be seen
Among the theories is the explanation that the massive patterns should be targets for practice by military satellites.Or maybe missiles? hmm..
Many of the images are captured on the border of Gansu and Xinjiang in China’s northeast, an area where land based equipment for use by the aerospace and military industries.
Blown plane
When zooming in on some pictures you can see the burnt out planes and trucks, which may indicate that the site has been used as targets.
It is also difficult to see if the structures have been dug up or painted on the ground, making the mystery thickens.
Getting no response from Chinese authorities about what actually happens is that not many people hope for.
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