Category Archives: Computers

One of the most complicated things I have done in a really long time

Posted on 22 May 2009 by dlhitzeman

So, I decided on Wednesday night to install Adobe Creative Suite 3 on my newer laptop (why I have a newer laptop is another story in itself).

It has been a long since I have had to work so hard to make a computer work. […] Continue reading →

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Battlebots

Posted on 19 February 2009 by dlhitzeman

The US Navy’s Office of Naval Research released an omnibus report on the potential pitfalls of autonomous combat systems slated to be delpoyed by the US and other militaries in the coming decades. Among the report’s warnings is that future civilization could be threatened by an uprising of military robots against us all. […] Continue reading →

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20:34 Slightly off topic

Posted on 15 October 2008 by dlhitzeman

For the record, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 and Office 2007 Enterprise have to be the worst release combination in the history of that company except for perhaps Windows Millennium Edition. If it weren’t for the fact that my Tablet PC was dictatorially shackled to Microsoft, I would abandon that cursed company in favor of Linux. Heck, if I could afford it, I would buy a new MacBook Pro right now… Continue reading →

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Technology trying to kill us

Posted on 25 September 2008 by dlhitzeman

Well, the Large Hadron Collider is off the hook from killing us until next spring, so the tragic collapse of the Internet may beat it to the punch. […] Continue reading →

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Digital heart failure

Posted on 22 September 2008 by dlhitzeman

Before you wonder: yes, I know better. I discovered my first and, I hope, only casualty of the power outage that occurred the week of 14-19 September 2008: my 500Gb Western Digital NetCenter network attached storage device failed somewhere between … Continue reading →

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