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The Guardian on Thursday

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Hi everybody,

Well it’s Thursday. That day of the week when TechnologyGuardian comes out.

technologyGuardian 30/07/09

It’s a must read but I guess not EVERYBODY (who is ANYBODY) can get hold of a copy.
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We in Tullamore get at least three copies from the-only-newsagent-in-town-that-has-it.
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I got mine so I will share (it cost €1 so any contributions will be gratefully accepted)
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REM : Set up a donations page on Irish Secure
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HeadLine : “When the chips are down”
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This is all about fabs – chip fabrication plants, and their cost.  Moore’s Law is quoted (please look it up) but the cost of designing a new chip is estimated as $50m , mostly for software (?) and this economic fact may prohibit the production and research of a new chip.
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• 18nm > the expected size of chip circuits in 2014 [it was 3,000nm in 1982]  nanometer = billionths of a meter.

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Global Foundries, a spin-off of AMD, who is building a new $4.2bn plant in Saratoga County, New York. (thanks to help from New York state who contributed $1.2bn). The plant is due in operation in 2012 and is expected to generate 1,400 jobs, a welcome boost in these economic downturns. BTW  the goverment of Abu Dhabi is investing $6bn over the next two years in FAB2. Ha! a FAB2 already.
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But from the gloom comes Rock’s Law – the cost of a chip fabrication plant doubles every four years. Rubbish says  Philip Ross IEEE. (Just love acronyms doncha know. Remember TWAIN for scanners “Technology Without An Interesting Name”  lol). Sorry. The article concludes “Kurzweil…reckons that the next stage is that chips will be built in 3 dimensions”
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Got It? Well a bit over my head I must admit. But it’s good about job creation  and if your know-it-all-friend starts talking about fabs just toss in “mumble…Abu Dhabi…cough….$6bn….then loudly: FAB2!

Refs: http://bit.ly/fabs1 , http://bit.ly/fabs2

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On The Inside : Microsoft has a bad year at the office

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The Boys

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“For the first time in its 34 years, Microsoft has seen revenues dip. Is this a sign of the times or a symptom of decline?” Aaaahh Le pouvre Microsoft. and ” Microsoft is loved; it is hated; but above all Microsoft is big” blah….infatuation with search engines / capitulated in arguments with EU / download other web browsers…. stuff. But the fact is Microsoft got smaller. see graph.

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MS Graph

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> IBM saw revenue drop
> Google’s ship remains steady
> Apple seems to be ignoring the recession entirely, merrily posting blockbuster profits thanks to the iPhone

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But what I found interesting was Mini-Microsft, :

Microsoft FY09Q4 Results

“This is it. The wrap up of FY09, coming fresh to us Thursday July 23rd.
I’ll put this up a bit early in case there are any initial questions, thoughts, or insights regarding how FY09 is closing.” [and]
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Disclaimer : These are sole individual personal points-of-view and the posts and comments by the participants in no way represent the official point-of-view of Microsoft or any other organization.
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This is a discussion to foster debate and by no means an enactment of policy-violation. These posts are provided “as-is” with no warranties and confer no rights. So chill. And think.

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Cool.  Back to the topic Mini-Microsoft commenters – despite MS $60bn revenues 2009-  ” …there is a serious psychological impact to suddenly being on the back foot after so many years of having the Midas touch”. So they are not happy bunnies. Finally:  things will bounce back…Microsoft’s size may prove to be its biggest strength rather than a weekness. So, don’t lose any sleep worrying where Bill’s next cup of cofee is coming from.

Coffee Bill?

P.S. Got a great video of Mr Gates when he was but a boy….you must see it but it is difficult….

Go To Now Host Your Site .com

Click on Solutions

Go to the sub menu Media

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Not a trick honest, it’s embedded in a flash file and I can’t remember how to get it out…..
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Opinion : Virtual Worlds are getting a second life
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NOT VRML (that was last week) but stuff like:

World of Warcraft

Entropia Universe

Habbo Hotel

Club Penguin ….and others

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Snippets : Virtual worlds growth up 39% / estimated $579m / subscriptions / micropayments / 5 to 10 year olds – 76 million registered users / 10 to 15 year olds – 251 million / tails off 15 to 25 year olds only (!) 35 million
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WOW
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So…Watch out for Twinity ~ ha! shall I join? BETA ~ it’s free, just raised €4.5m; Bluemarsonline.com, testing..”Blue Mars is a free to play massively multiplayer virtual world featuring stunning graphics, realistic characters, and endless social bonding activities. ” again BETA / Free bit spoiled for choice I am : Will Test and report..
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To sum up : ” ….a whole generation growing up for whom having an avatar is second nature, virtual worlds have nowhere to go but up. Only they won’t be virtual worlds – just a part of normal life.”
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What do you think ? Leave a comment. sorry this is a Friday add on but couldn’t resist

Please Read The Comments!!

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Then there is A Lot on Gaming, sorry not really interested……

You wanna piece a me punk?

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—->>> But that would be ignorant and lazy sooooo
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Criminal Behaviour ~ It’s all in the game
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“Street gangs and World of Warcraft (WoW) may not seem linked but analysis of the online role-playing game is helping fight crime in LA”
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Photo : Robert Nickelsberg/Getty

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In the past 5 years there were more than 23,000 verified gang crimes in LA > 12,000 felony assaults > approx 10,000 robberies and just under 500 rapes…:(((
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Phew
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Scary
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Related: ” …the US Southern Command…. is running operations against drugs and narcoterrorism”
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Analysing data from WoW, Dr Neil Johnson with Palo Alto Research Center + University of CA, says ” We studied these online gangs at the same time I was looking at the offline gangs and it turned out the model we were developing to explain the behaviour of the online guilds began to coincide with the offline gangs”
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Disengenuous? Where do you think WoW got their model from? Thin air? ….?
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But questions arose > Is the largest group the most successful? > Is it stable? > Is it hard to join? > How long do people remain members? >>> “Essentially you are looking at the ecology of groups”
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Mentions : Swine Flu, spread of ideas like the spread of a virus, what would happen if? groups, group dynamics, gang mentality, (sorry for throwing words and concepts at you), C++, fission-fusion, non-linear cluster equations, and…paper and pencil…
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Concludes : “That’s why you will never get rid of gangs – we’re all in gangs”
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Got To Have an Ad :

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HA! A Real Newspaper neh!…..anyway here is the……

Headlines from the ‘net edition:

Ballmer: Google will try to stop Microsoft/Yahoo deal

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Movie studios sue Pirate Bay

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+353 76 602 4905

iPhone apps could soon be bigger than YouTube.
But who is making all the money here?
Apple, the developers,
or no one at all?

Well not me…
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• Bebo appoints global chief executive

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Chris Anderson’s Free adds much to The Long Tail, but falls short

Cory Doctorow: The economics of ‘free’ goods and services cannot be explained in terms of the marketplace – we are more complicated than that

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• BTW I LOVE THE GUARDIAN ~ Best Goddamn Newspaper in the World

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by pjfbncyl in Internet, The Guardian, Thursday, Twinity
Tags: crime, fabs, Gaming, Gangs, LA, loadsamoney, Microsoft

11 comments

11 comments for “The Guardian on Thursday”

1. pjfbncyl
    

   Well signed up for BLUE MARS ~ coming out in the summer / but this is the summer????

   Downloading Twinity as we speak……

   I will report back……^–^

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   30. July 2009, 6:45 pm
2. pjfbncyl
    

   email to support (at)twinity.com :
   cc: admin (at) nowireland.net

   I registered
   I downloaded BETA
   I went to the community pages Firefox didn’t like it
   Installed Twinity ~ Error message exception wouldn’t start
   Downloaded client, Installed same message
   Closed PC and restarted ~ same problem
   Tried Internet Explorer 8 Got an apt OK
   BUT user guide & forum give me an error
   Uninstalled everything. Downloaded and installed again
   Same errors

   I run Vista Home Premium 32 bit on an Intel Quad Core 2.3 gigahertz processor with 4 gigs RAM

   http://wp.nowhostyoursite.com

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   30. July 2009, 8:40 pm
3. pjfbncyl
    

   From: Twinity Support [mailto:support 9at0twinity.com]
   Sent: 30 July 2009 22:11
   To: philip(AT)irishsecure.com
   Subject: [#EAN-260138]: Not Working

   Hello Philip,

   thank you for contacting the Twinity Support Team.
   It would be most helpful if you sent us the error message that you receive.
   This will help us for further investigations.

   Best regards,

   Simone

   Replied : Hi Simone

   “The application failed to initialise properly (0xc015002) Click OK to terminate application”

   Philip

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   30. July 2009, 8:58 pm
4. pjfbncyl
    

   “Between you and me:

   my address is:

   Schumannstraße 15A, floor 4 Berlin.

   having a flat warming party next week ~ open invitation”

   REM : shiser, will have to get a Berlin Telephone number off skype

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   30. July 2009, 9:12 pm
5. pjfbncyl
    

   From: Twinity Support [mailto:support(AT)twinity.com]
   Sent: 30 July 2009 22:35
   To: philip(at)irishsecure.com
   Subject: [#EAN-260138]: Not Working

   Hi Philip,

   thank you for your report. Did you make sure that you meet the system requirements? You will find them in our FAQs.
   For further investigations of your problem we need some more information from you as well.
   Could please attach your dxdiag to this ticket?

   Windows XP:
   1) Press your Windows ‘Start’ button normally found at the bottom left hand corner of the screen.
   2) Select the ‘Run’ option in the menu.
   3) Type in ‘dxdiag’ in the box and press ‘OK’
   4) Select the ‘Save All Information’. (Sometimes, you will be asked if you wish to check if the drivers are “digitally signed”. Should this message appear, choose ‘Yes’.)
   5) Save the file to a place on your machine where you can easily locate it again.
   6) Attach the file and send to us.

   Windows Vista:
   1) Press on the ‘Windows Vista’ button normally found at the bottom left hand corner of the screen
   2) Select ‘Start Search’
   3) Type ‘dxdiag’ in the box and press the return/enter button on your key board.
   4) Select the ‘Save All Information’. (Sometimes, you will be asked if you wish to check if the drivers are “digitally signed”. Should this message appear, choose ‘Yes’.)
   5) Save the file to a place on your machine where you can easily locate it again.
   6) Attach the file and send to us.

   Additionally we’d need these files:
   1. The python log file:
   C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Metaversum\Twinity\Logs\python.log

   2. The error log file:
   C:\Documents and settings\Application Data\Metaversum\Twinity\game.twinity.com\cache\log.txt

   
   I replied: DixDiag.txt attached
   I can see hidden files but got Access denied” when trying to view them
   I am not going to re-configure my whole system to suit one application

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   30. July 2009, 9:40 pm
6. pjfbncyl
    

   You and me again: The DixDiag is amazing :

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   System Information
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   Time of this report: 7/30/2009, 22:16:11
   Machine name: COMPUTA
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.090302-1506)
   Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
   System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
   System Model: Dell XPS430
   BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A01
   Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
   Memory: 3326MB RAM
   Page File: 1963MB used, 4886MB available
   Windows Dir: C:\Windows
   DirectX Version: DirectX 10
   DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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   DxDiag Notes
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   Display Tab 1: No problems found.
   Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
   Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
   Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
   Sound Tab 4: No problems found.
   Input Tab: No problems found…….

   and there are pages of the stuff

   Going to watch “et Dieu …created la femme” avec Bridgette while I am waiting…sans subtitles

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   30. July 2009, 9:51 pm
7. pjfbncyl
    

   Well they sent me an email about my graphics card needing updating

   So I did

   I gave them til midnight ~ it is now 11.58 soooo……

   HA HA HA HA HA I AM IN!!!!!!!!! AND IT IS REALLY COOL.

   HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!

   EXCELLENT TECH SUPPORT!!!!!

   WILL UPDATE NEXT THURSDAY LOL

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   30. July 2009, 11:03 pm
8. pjfbncyl
    

   This month zitty Readers Lounge brings some unexpected moments: This Thursday, 30 July 2009 Alexa Hennig von Lange will be reading live from her latest novel “Peace”, describing the situation of protagonist Joshua, who (to say the least) was raised in a very odd family. His mother chose a rather alternative career model (hippie groupie, ultra lesbian, goa dropout, TV addict & pacifist), his father – or at least the guy he thought of to be his father – got himself a secret second family and a block of shares. On top his mom’s LSD pusher suddenly claims to be his true genitor…
   This is just the basic situation from which Alexa Hennig von Langes’ new novel develops a story line which is packed with wit and tempo – and which shows us the partially absurd debates that influenced our role view over some decades. and……

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   31. July 2009, 5:00 am
9. pjfbncyl
    

   follow @twinity on twitter

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   31. July 2009, 10:50 am
10. pjfbncyl
     

    Hi Barbara (The Press)

    Phone: +49 (0) 30 847 12 25 23
    Fax: +49 (0) 30 847 12 25 29
    Email: barbara(at)metaversum.com

    Should I do a press release? +353 (0) 76 602 4905

    >Can we meet at your place?

    >Please Check to see if I have the directions right, I am walking as my car is in the shop
    

    Ein clever Mann verpflichtet keine kleinen Ungeschicklichkeiten Goethe
    bit harsh perhaps…I mean nobody’s perfect
    

    btw philipjamesfinlay-bryan now change your life

    try googling pjfbncyl

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    31. July 2009, 9:53 pm
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