Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Digital Questions & Possibilities

http://www.kurzweilai.net/your-future-smartphone-and-tablet-will-have-48-cores-intel

datalinks.blogspot.com/2010/09/types-of-computers-portable-devices.html
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http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/07/29/connect-laptop-to-tv-via-s-video-port

The Function key between life & machines

http://www.kurzweilai.net & http://www.kurzweilai.net/blog
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Types of Computers & Portable Devices

Computer_types, categories and their creators.
ARPANET & History_of_the Internet
From the World_Brain concept to the_World_Wide_Web
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John von Neumann
http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/von_Neumann.html
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/VonNeumann.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/vonneumann.html
http://hans.wyrdweb.eu/about-hole-time-crazy-experiments-nikola-tesla-and-john-von-neumann-created-many-legends-and-movies/
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Alan Turing
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/#Unc
http://www.computer50.org/mark1/turing.html#turingmachine
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Vannevar_Bush
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/bush.html
Memex: As_We_May_Think
http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/Secondary/Bushframe.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1969/12/as-we-may-think/3881/
http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Secondary.html
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http://biorob.epfl.ch/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete
The_beginnings_of_the_personal_computer_industry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_1

The Pocket_PC & Phone
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Urban Tech Links (UTL)

Urban Tech Links is about what makes (or allows) some cities to be BIG or remain small, or somewhere in between. Perhaps almost every city or town will have its peculiarities, myths or urban_legends & even some synchronicity.

UTL ranges from referencing old & new tech involving urban things, statistics & legends & sci-fi stories that are connected to the fusion of buildings, inventions & technology in general. An integral part of this blog network is exploring architecture & symbolism , coincidence  and synchronicity. Some of the coolest sites are, http://ancientx.com , www.history.com/shows/ancient-aliens , www.cyberpunkreview.com , www.technovelgy.com , www.world-mysteries.com , www.wired.com , http://io9.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frankenheimer#Film , 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Favreau#Filmography

The Face of Serendipity
"The name stems either from Serendip, an old name for Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), or from Arabic Sarandib, or from Skt. Simhaladvipa which literally translates to "Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity#Etymology,
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=serendipity&searchmode=none

The_Roots & Interpretation_of_Coincidence

The Meaning of Synchronicity
Example:
Larry_Page helped to create a process to link & track each webpage called the PageRank.



This is a basic blog about civilization and urban technology, Etc.

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The Terminal Connection

http://www.hudsoncity.net/tubesenglish/hudsonterminalshowingundergroundsection-640.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40045986@N00/3093305042/in/set-72157610917034284/

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Monday, July 19, 2010

The Twin Towers of the Royal Liver Building: 1,911

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/The_Royal_Liver_Buildings_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526323.jpg RLB https://rlb360.com/history , 
So, John Lennon started a band in a city where a big building is topped with twin towers. Eventually, he moves to another city that becomes famous for its giant twin towers.
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Driving on the waterfront road eventually reveals the Liver Building complex with its twin towers.
A similar effect was created with much taller twin towers in NYC.
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Before the Liver Building, architect Walter_Aubrey_Thomas had designed the 11 story Tower Buildings. Most accounts of the day that he died state that had occurred on September 13. However, there is one web site that makes a distinction between the 11th & the 13th.
So far, this flickr site seems to be the only place on the Web that states, Walter A Thomas died on September 11, 1934.
It was his obituary that was published on the 13th of September.
The Liver Building Ice Sculpture Liverpool event took place at Liverpool One on 11th September 2009.
The Liverpool Urban Legend of Cease to Exist.
Legend has it that "If the Liver Birds were to fly away Liverpool would cease to exist"
Manson writes Cease to Exist & became an intense Beatles fan in the 1960s.
The Beatles, The Beach Boys & Charles Manson share a strong synchronicity with the #911, among other things.
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You can find a lot of things connected to the #911, it just depends upon how curious people are with coincidence & synchronicity.
"The first public beta of Windows Live Search was unveiled on March 8, 2006, with the final release on September 11, 2006..."
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Bay Bridge: Competing Against Time

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/23/60minutes/main6425427.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

South Philadelphia Sports Complex

South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex#History & Current_facilities
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Monday, February 22, 2010

The Old & New WTC

http://mattmarello0x2.blogspot.ca/2009/02/911.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6220282.shtml?tag=currentVideoInfo;segmentUtilities,
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228927n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel,
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228842n&tag=contentBody;housing
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The Two Key Towers of Mecca & NYC
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_05.html
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Domes and Stadiums

Air-supported Domes
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The Tokyo Dome opened on March 17, 1988. It was intended to be part of a larger entertainment area like the 1965 Astrodome complex.
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The Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome opened on April 3, 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings_Stadium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Field
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The Pontiac_Silverdome opened on August 23, 1975 & was closed in February, 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome#Usage_after_Lions.27_move_to_Ford_Field -
The Georgia_Dome opened in 1992. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1998
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2012 Olympic_Stadium_(London)
Wembley_Stadium
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6808
The London Millennium_Dome is situated on the Greenwich_Peninsula & was completed in 1999.
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A fine example of the Multi-purpose_stadium configuration & Capacity concept can be found at the Louisiana_Superdome. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6437

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Monday, December 21, 2009

The Channel Tunnel: 3, 2, 1

#3 September 11, 2008_Channel_Tunnel_fire
#2 August 21, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/5271784.stm
#1 November 18, 1996_Channel_Tunnel_fire
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Passengers suffer on stuck trains in Channel Tunnel
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BG1VI20091219
Channel_Tunnel Rail_Link Eurostar
http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/tunnel.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/19/channel.tunnel/index.html
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/20/201722/channel-tunnel-rail-service-stopped-amid-probe-sta/news-breaking/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8424953.stm
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/c/channel_tunnel_1880_attempt/index1.shtml
http://www.bechtel.com/channel_tunnel.html
http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/tunnel.htm#dup
http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/79/The-Channel-Tunnel.aspx
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#3 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1073891/Channel-Tunnel-blaze-shutdown-costs-operator-Eurotunnel-17million-lost-revenues.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDxT4TxHAZs&feature=related
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Friday, November 27, 2009

The Metropolis









Not always in alphabetical order.
apple-computer-inc., south-philadelphia-sports-complex, the-royal-liver-building-1911, subterranean-buildings-and-things


What spoiled the party in Dubai?
Friday, 27 November 2009
By Ben Thompson BBC Middle East business reporter, Dubai
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8382935.stm
Dubai announces debt payment delay
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Saint Petersburg

The Saint_Petersburg Okhta_Center
Quite a big and substantial city in its own right for many decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg#1900_to_present

It could become the 2nd tallest building in Russia.
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Friday, November 13, 2009

2012, The Movie

2012 is quite a big budget disaster movie.




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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge

The Bay_Bridge#Construction

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The National Library of Belarus

http://old.nlb.by/newbuilding/arch_decision.php
http://old.nlb.by/newbuilding/foto/user/category_foto_page.php?category_id=5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Library_of_Belarus
http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=238796
http://www.nlb.by/portal/page/portal/index?lang=en
Geometry & Leonardo-da-vinci
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Friday, September 11, 2009

The Pentagon

Pentagon Construction
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/450323/Pentagon
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The 911 Connection
"The groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 11, 1941."
http://www.dtic.mil/ref/html/Welcome/general.html
"Construction began on September 11, 1941, and was completed on January 15, 1943."
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/pentagon.htm
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The Details
"921 feet along each outer side facade"
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html
#"9. There is no photography allowed inside and outside of the Pentagon."
http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/security.html
http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/facts.html
http://www.hqda.army.mil/aoguide/Pentagon_Map.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301296.html?hpid=artslot
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1538570.stm
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/05/if_the_pentagon/
http://www.freshwap.net/ebooks/20767-the-pentagon-building-performance-report.html
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Other Motives & Opinions about 911 + Pentagon
http://www.gardinersworld.com/content/view/191/39/
http://www.rense.com/general32/phot.htm
http://www.thewebfairy.com/killtown/flight77/building.html
http://www.thewebfairy.com/killtown/oddities.html
http://killtown.911review.org/
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Transportation and Development in Portland, Oregon




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Saturday, August 29, 2009

GWB 1931, 1946 & 1962.

The GWB becomes a 14-lane suspension bridge in 1962.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge
No train lines were ever installed on this major crossing.
8 lanes on the upper deck & 6 lanes on the lower.

http://curbed.com/archives/2011/08/02/the-new-tallest-building-in-the-world-all-the-must-know-stats.php
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Chicago's Sears Tower takes on name of British financial services company

By The Associated Press {CHICAGO - When Chicago residents go to bed Thursday night their beloved Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., will no longer be the Sears Tower. It will be Willis Tower. Or will it? "It's always going to be the Sears Tower. It's part of Chicago and I won't call it Willis Tower. In Chicago we hold fast," Chicago teacher Marianne Turk, 46, said as she stood in line to go up to the building's Skydeck on Monday. Mayor Richard M. Daley, the building's owners and others will be at a Thursday renaming ceremony hosted by Willis Group Holdings. The London-based insurance services company secured the naming rights as part an agreement to lease 140,000 square feet of space in the tower. The building has been known as Sears Tower since it opened in 1973. It's original tenant, Sears Roebuck and Co., moved out in 1992. A real estate investment group in 2004, American Landmark Properties of Skokie, now owns the 1,450-foot (440-meter), 110-story skyscraper. When the renaming was announced in March, a spokesman for Willis Group Holdings said the company understood the "sentimental attraction to the Sears Tower name," but noted the company was bringing hundreds of jobs to the city. The Sears Tower isn't the only well known building to undergo a name change - New York City's Pan Am Building became the MetLife Building and Chicago's Standard Oil Building is now the Aon Center, said Carol Willis, founder and director of The Skyscraper Museum in New York. Historically, skyscrapers have been ever-changing buildings and businesses within themselves, acting as a commodity to compete for high rents and tenants, Willis said. People are mistaken when they see tall buildings as symbols of a corporation, she said. "Skyscrapers are really buildings that are about money," Willis said. "Naming rights are an asset of the building. They can be turned into money and that's what the new owners are doing." It's become common for professional sports teams to sell the naming rights of their stadiums and arenas, as Chicago White Sox fans can attest, when their team's stadium, Comiskey Park, renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003. But the public hasn't always taken to renamed skyscrapers. Many New Yorkers still refer to the Sony Building as the AT&T Building, said William Lozito, head of Minneapolis-based brand naming company Strategic Name Development. Getting the public to accept the Willis Tower name will be all the more difficult because the company is British and not immediately recognized by most Americans, he said. "I don't think people are going to let go," Lozito said. "You don't mess with a landmark. It would be like trying to change the name of the Brooklyn Bridge. It's a reference point. I think it's disorienting to try to change the name." The tower's owners acknowledge it will take time for some people to accept the new name, but they're confident it will happen eventually. "It is controversial to a lot of people," said John Huston of American Landmark Properties, who represents the building ownership. "It is an icon, but I believe over time it will become known as Willis Tower and a name that we'll be proud of." Alex Lucas, 29, an Arlington Heights business systems analyst who works down the street from the skyscraper, was so displeased with the name change that he started a Web site, http://www.itsthesearstower.com/. "The people of Chicago do value history," he said. "Just because it's a commercial structure doesn't mean it isn't historical. Chicago is going to lose a big part of what is its identity and I don't know what's going to fill that space."}http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090716/business/us_sears_tower
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Of course a big city like Chicago has all sorts of buildings.

Soldier_Field isn't that tall, but it sure is big. https://www.soldierfield.com/
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/The_Soldier_Field.jpg 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg


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Friday, July 10, 2009

Tokyo Sky Tree




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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

The 12 lane Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge

{The lower deck opened on June 28, 1969.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge#History
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The 14 lane George_Washington_Bridge
{As originally built, the bridge offered six lanes of traffic, but in 1946, two additional lanes were provided on what is now the upper level. A second, lower deck, which had been anticipated in Ammann's original plans, was added, opening to the public on August 29, 1962. The additional deck increased the capacity of the bridge by 75 percent, making the George Washington Bridge the world's only 14-lane suspension bridge, providing eight lanes on the upper level and six on the lower deck.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#History
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

1 and 2 Worldwide Plaza, NYC

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/1-worldwide-plaza/1030 237.1 m / 778 ft

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Groundbreaking Set for New Jersey Transit Tunnel Under Hudson

By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Published: June 7, 2009
"New Jersey officials have been planning the next train tunnel under the Hudson River for so long that it is already on its third name. This month, work is scheduled to begin on the Mass Transit Tunnel — formerly known as the Trans-Hudson Express and, before that, Access to the Region’s Core — more than 15 years after it was conceived."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/nyregion/08tunnel.html?ref=nyregion
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Work to start on $8.7 billion NY-NJ tunnel
Published: 6/8, 2009
http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7406&eeid=6620256&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=3&ck=&ch=ne&rg=blsadstrgt&_lid=332&_lnm=tg+ne+topnews&ck= -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Hudson_Express_Tunnel#Construction_.282009_-_estimated_2017.29
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PATH
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Friday, May 8, 2009

Two New Cloaking Devices Close In on True Invisibility

Richard A. Lovettfor National Geographic News
May 6, 2009
{Cloaking devices, like the Star Trek technology that can make whole Romulan warships disappear, came a step closer to reality last week.
Two independent teams have developed silicon-based materials that can hide microscopic objects. The materials are the first to work in near-infrared light, wavelengths very close to visible light.
On a flat surface, an object covered with a piece of cloth would normally be detectable based on its telltale bump. But with the new materials, even the bump seems to vanish.
A team led by Xiang Zhang at the University of California, Berkeley, achieved this effect by drilling scores of tiny nano-holes into the cloaking material.
(See pictures of materials that use nanotechnology.)
These holes change the material's optical properties, allowing light to bend around the hidden object, as described in the April 29 issue of Nature Materials.
The other team, led by Michal Lipson at Cornell University, achieved the same effect by covering their material's surface with tiny pillars also designed to bend light. The Cornell group's paper is currently under review by Nature Photonics.
Jason Valentine, one of the Berkeley researchers, calls his team's material a "carpet cloak." In both cases the process is like hiding something beneath a rug.
"The object is effectively hidden on the ground," Valentine said.
Small But Effective
Both materials still have a long way to go before they're ready for stealth military operations. To start with, both cloaks work only in infrared light for now. The next step is to try to develop a version that works in visible wavelengths.
The cloaks are also capable of hiding only microscopic objects.}
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek.html
{But even that has potential uses, Valentine said. In optical computing, for example, such cloaks could be used to allow light to move more efficiently, by hiding the parts of a computer chip that get in the way of the beams.
Also, expensive dielectric mirrors—special mirrors used to make printed circuits for electronics—can be ruined by tiny defects in their surfaces.
"You could cloak a defect and make it look like a perfect mirror again," Valentine said.
Scaling up to hide an object the size of a BB-gun pellet might be possible, but going larger will be difficult, he said.
In the Berkeley material, for instance, "the holes have to be smaller than the wavelength of light, and many are required."
From Theory to Practice
The development of these working invisibility cloaks is exciting, but it's not a huge theoretical breakthrough, Ulf Leonhardt, a theoretical physicist at Scotland's University of St. Andrews, said in an email.
"Such an idea already appeared in my very first paper on cloaking," published in the journal Science in 2006, he said.
(Read "Invisibility Cloaks Possible, Study Says.")
Carl Poitras, a researcher with the Cornell group, agrees.
"Like a lot of things we can do," he said, "the theory is predicted ahead of time, but the technology isn't there to show it."
Now, for cloaking devices at least, the theoretical models are starting to become real-life products.}
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek_2.html
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Invisibility Cloaks Possible, Study Says
Sean Markeyfor National Geographic News
May 25, 2006
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060525-invisibile.html
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Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers
James Owen in Londonfor National Geographic News
February 28, 2005
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0228_050228_invisibility.html
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Friday, May 1, 2009

The PATH and BART


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Although SF isn't an island like Manhattan is, the SF Bay needed an underwater BART tunnel as much as NY&NJ needed its PATH tunnels under the Hudson River.
While the forerunner of PATH was up & running by 1908, BART didn't start until 1974.
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{BART began regular passenger service on September 11, 1972, reporting more than 100,000 passengers in its first five days of operations.} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit#Operation
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As BART opened on September 11, the M2 part of the Istanbul Metro commenced on that date.
{Construction of the Istanbul Metro, also known as the M2, began on September 11, 1992, but faced many challenges due to the numerous archaeological sites that were discovered during the drilling process, which slowed down or fully stopped the construction of many stations. Taking into account the seismic activity in Istanbul, the entire subway network was built with the cut-and-cover method to withstand an earthquake of up to 9.0 on the Richter magnitude scale.}
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The Marmaray Tunnel is on the scale of the BART Transbay_Tube.
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Monday, April 27, 2009

The Pirates of Silicon Valley

Bill and Steve's Excellent Adventure
History_of_tablet computers
Tablet_PC & Apple

http://www.pcworld.com/article/186281/the_dawn_of_the_tablet_pc_ces_2010_roundup.html, http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/27/rim-introduces-playbook-the-blackberry-tablet,
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20017625-260.html,
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/meet-blackberry-playbook-a-tablet-pc-from-rim/39697
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http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2009/04/apple-computer-inc-ac.html
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2010/09/types-of-computers-portable-devices.html
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Conficker virus begins to attack PCs

Fri Apr 24, 5:32 PM

By Jim Finkle

{BOSTON (Reuters) - A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.
Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is quietly turning thousands of personal computers into servers of e-mail spam and installing spyware, they said.
The worm started spreading late last year, infecting millions of computers and turning them into "slaves" that respond to commands sent from a remote server that effectively controls an army of computers known as a botnet.
Its unidentified creators started using those machines for criminal purposes in recent weeks by loading more malicious software onto a small percentage of computers under their control, said Vincent Weafer, a vice president with Symantec Security Response, the research arm of the world's largest security software maker, Symantec Corp.
"Expect this to be long-term, slowly changing," he said of the worm. "It's not going to be fast, aggressive."
Conficker installs a second virus, known as Waledac, that sends out e-mail spam without knowledge of the PC's owner, along with a fake anti-spyware program, Weafer said.
The Waledac virus recruits the PCs into a second botnet that has existed for several years and specializes in distributing e-mail spam.
"This is probably one of the most sophisticated botnets on the planet. The guys behind this are very professional. They absolutely know what they are doing," said Paul Ferguson, a senior researcher with Trend Micro Inc, the world's third-largest security software maker.
He said Conficker's authors likely installed a spam engine and another malicious software program on tens of thousands of computers since April 7.
He said the worm will stop distributing the software on infected PCs on May 3 but more attacks will likely follow.
"We expect to see a different component or a whole new twist to the way this botnet does business," said Ferguson, a member of The Conficker Working Group, an international alliance of companies fighting the worm.
Researchers had feared the network controlled by the Conficker worm might be deployed on April 1 since the worm surfaced last year because it was programed to increase communication attempts from that date.
The security industry formed the task force to fight the worm, bringing widespread attention that experts said probably scared off the criminals who command the slave computers.
The task force initially thwarted the worm using the Internet's traffic control system to block access to servers that control the slave computers.
Viruses that turn PCs into slaves exploit weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Conficker worm is especially tricky because it can evade corporate firewalls by passing from an infected machine onto a USB memory stick, then onto another PC.
The Conficker botnet is one of many such networks controlled by syndicates that authorities believe are based in eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, China and Latin America.}
(Editing by Jason Szep and Philip Barbara)
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090424/tecnology/ctech_us_security_virus
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Sunshine 60, Tokyo opened in April 1978

Sunshine_60
{Perhaps the only haunted skyscraper in the world, the Sunshine 60 building was built on the site of a former prison.
This prison had been the site of numerous executions, including those of seven top WWII war criminals, one of whom was Hideki Tojo, the prime minister of Japan during WWII.
Since its construction there have been reports of supernatural sightings in and around the building.
Tallest building in Tokyo and Japan from April 1978 to February 1991, beating out the Shinjuku Mitsui Building and eventually losing out to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
The 1992 manga "X" by CLAMP had this building play a prominent role, housing both a secret basement lab and also being a "kekkai" or sort of protective charm. This manga was made into an animated film in 1996.
In real life this building is still much less mundane than its no-nonsense appearance would suggest. Part of a multibuilding complex that includes a shopping mall and hotel, this building has an observatory on the top floors, and also a planetarium and an aquarium on the 10th floor.}
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

China Towers

Sino Steel Tower Tianjin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Uu1VZAHhk&feature=related

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=888
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Chicago's Towers

Chicago Spire - Construction Technique (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5LWchzlxE&feature=related
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-hDTX-Qgd8&NR=1
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http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_15.html
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Monday, April 13, 2009

The Pentagon's Bionic Arm, etc.

http://fringepedia.net/wiki/MassiveDynamic.com
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CBD5Q01&show_article=1

An arm & a leg.
"...Edward's left leg and right arm are fitted with two sets of automail, a type of advanced prosthetic limb..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Alchemist#Plot
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1792
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomechanoid#History
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60 Minutes: Pentagon Is Working To Develop A Life-Changing, High Tech Prosthetic Arm April 12, 2009
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"The MichelAngelo bionic hand is a new hand prosthesis created by German medical manufacturer Otto Bock. The bionic hand was successfully implanted in a 28 year-old man born without a right hand. Take a look at this Spanish television video demonstrating the use of the MichelAngelo bionic hand."
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Bionic Arms Replace Lost Limbs
Computer, Surgical Technology Allows Life-Like Replicas For Amputees
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University Of Utah To Help Build Realistic Bionic Arm
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Animal legs for humans
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Monkey Brain Controls Walking ‘Bot
By Noah Shachtman
January 15, 2008
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Friday, April 10, 2009

DARPA CITY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)#Plot

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

VC, C of L & W,DC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.
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Sunday, April 5, 2009

S. Korea Towers

By the spring of 2009, construction started on South Korea's first skyscraper that's over a 100 stories. Another skyscraper is planed to be over 150 stories. Thus it will be quite a lot taller than the Lotte_Super_Tower.
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Robo-Tech

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/virus-worm-diffs.html,
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/bot-worm, http://www.joestewart.org/?p=26

Big or small, tech can still be good with the potential to be dangerous.
http://www.infowars.com/experts-warn-of-terminator-style-military-robot-rebellion,
http://www.kurzweilai.net/darpa-looking-for-technology-to-create-transient-electronics-devices,
http://www.infowars.com/pentagon-producing-terminator-like-machines,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrGn8hJgWhQ&feature=related,
http://planet.infowars.com/science/darpas-m3-project-terminator-robots-in-10-years,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMPpnaOLVE&feature=channel_page,
http://www.youtube.com/user/SkynetResearch,
http://www.theblackvault.com

Officially, its still much better to think that life only has ever existed on one world. That way, there is no reason to ever search for evidence of ancient technology on other worlds. Of course, since the universe is several billions of years old, life might have had plenty of time to develop on many other worlds.
http://xfacts.com/x.htm
Perhaps some worlds have been overtaken by machines?
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Urban Bots and Droids, etc.

Data, C-3PO & other Android concepts.
http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/r2d2 ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-3PO ,
http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Terminator_Wiki ,
http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/photos/movies/tempting-terminators ,
http://terminatorsalvation.warnerbros.com ,
http://www.youtube.com/user/SkynetResearch ,
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/terminatorsalvation
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)#Plot ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner#Plot ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)#Plot_summary
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant#Organic_or_Machine.3F
{One of the most prominent examples of Replicant-like robots in modern culture are the humanoid Cylons on the Sci-Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica. Blade Runner was acknowledged as an influence on the series. Actor Edward James Olmos, who stars in the series, also co-starred in Blade_Runner. Tricia Helfer, who plays the main humanoid-Cylon character "Number Six" on the series, was having trouble determining how to play a humanoid robot when production began, so co-star Olmos advised her to watch Blade Runner. Helfer has stated that it greatly informed how she approached the role. The human resistance on Cylon-occupied Caprica even referred to the Cylons as "skin jobs," the slang term for Replicants from Blade Runner, in the late season 2 episode "Downloaded". Episode writer Bradley Thompson inserted the line hoping science fiction fans would notice and enjoy the reference: the term met with popular reception by fans, and subsequently many characters in the next two seasons of the series regularly refer to the humanoid Cylons as "skin jobs".}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant#Replicants_in_popular_culture
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(Aliens)#Depiction ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)#Plot ,
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R._(Rossum%27s_Universal_Robots)#Overview ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_robots
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimo ,
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2004/12/65885
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http://www.thx1138movie.com
Queen - Machines (Back to Humans)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05s5thkcHsw&feature=related ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138 ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World_(album)#Cover
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil ,
http://transcendentman.com ,
http://singularity.com/themovie




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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Apple Computer Inc. (AC)

Apple Computer Inc., was established on April 1, 1976. AC started long before the public Internet & interconnected potable devices. Eventually the pocket telephone concept became the cellphone & when the technology became small enough, the portable computer was born.
AC was incorporated in January 1977 & it took AC some 3 decades to merge the pocket computer with the cell phone. For many the iPhone is the epitome of having a pocket computer.
http://www.apple.com/why-mac/compare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Park the ring or loop complex.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Campus , https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-park
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"Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers. In order to provide a true zero-configuration experience, Bonjour requires that devices implement three essential things." http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/index.html
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/bonjour.html,
http://aimslife.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/how-to-remove-bonjour-service,
http://www.ajuaonline.com/2007/10/02/how-to-remove-bonjour-service/
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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/cinemaview-moni.html,
http://www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html?tag=insideCNETPanel.0
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http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/Macintosh_Viruses_and_Mac_Virus_Resources.htm, http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/pages/macintosh.html
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http://www.straight.com/content/technology/tech,
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/experts/peterwilson/article/616,
http://www.straight.com/article-214369/software-has-hard-impact-planet, http://www.talkbiz.com/confickertest,
http://www.joestewart.org/?p=26,
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/experts/chrisnull/article/3408
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Bill and Steve's Excellent Adventure
datalinks.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post_27.html,
datalinks.blogspot.com/2010/09/types-of-computers-portable-devices.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Design_for_Learning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundscraper

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Urban Tech (data) Links

Urban Tech Links is an exploration into the urban technology environment as well as some rural and mysterious places. 

This is a semi-private general referencing blog that is not intended to be used for spam purposes.

UTL: 
Cities, people & things in general, all become part of a vast database.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics#History_of_statistical_science
Essentially any technology, idea & concept becomes part of the global data-pool.
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2009/03/utdl-civilization.html   

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