Posts tagged “computers”
Oqo
A little tiny computer running Windows XP
RAM
There’s a good little tutorial on How to Buy RAM for your PC at Amazon.com.
AI
Life began with direct coding on bare, carbon-chemistry hardware, like amino acids and proteins. Higher programming languages, like DNA and RNA, evolved gradually. Computers began in a similar fashion, with programmers coding on to the bare machinery of their circuits. Higher programming languages have followed, each generation more powerful than the last. There is, of
Dead
Tragedy. My computer is dead. The power supply. This is a sad day. All is lost, lost. You probably won’t see anything new here for some time. No eMail either. There were several (dozen) awaiting replies, I know. Sorry. I’ll write as soon as I can. Crap.
RAM
My computer has been misbehaving lately. It seems to be crashing constantly and the performance has been muddy. A few days ago I downloaded Cool Beans System Info, a nice little app that displays free RAM and processor usage. I realized that even though I have 256 MB of RAM, it seems like it’s all
Haiku You
This is one of my favorites from a long list of computer error messages in haiku: Yesterday it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that
Port Problems
In which I discover a mysterious problem
AOLiza
You simply must visit AOLiza. I was in tears. You can read all about it at the site, but basically here’s the story: A guy took one of the original artificial intelligence programs (ELIZA) and connected it to an AOL instant messenger account. The account sits on line and people attempt to chat with it
AntiTrust
I caught AntiTrust on the plane last week. I liked it, if for no other reason than it was probably the first movie I saw that didn’t have things like “EMAIL!” flashing on the monitor when someone received a message. It’s a pretty good “computer” movie. And Tim Robbins is an excellent actor, meat. Props
Strange Input
A crazy input device