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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| The case of the missing CD |
| 2:54:16 am mst / 26 January 2001 found by paul / filed in digital media / source Forbes 45 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| The new AudioRequest CD player will let you play a CD once, then record the entire contents onto its hard drive. That way, you can play it again whenever you want even if the original disc has been lost or lent out. The unit will store either 325 or 500 hours of music, and also plays MP3s. |
| It won't be long before hackers find ways to increase the storage space. |
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| Computerized handwriting analysis |
| 6:12:58 am mst / 26 January 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source UniSci 17 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Researchers at SUNY Buffalo have developed software that can take handwriting samples and identify the author. |
| Of course, the accuracy depends on the training samples used as well as the algorithm. I anticipate that the next natural extension of this idea for the criminally minded will be a computer system that helps bad guys forge another person's handwriting... |
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| Police radios can trigger positive breath test |
| 9:56:22 am mst / 26 January 2001 found by paul / filed in legal / source Register 63 hits / 0 comments / 1 e-mail |
| A former policeman in the UK reveals that their police radio handsets can trigger a false positive on the alcohol breathalyzers. Policemen would then use it to inconvenience obnoxious or belligerent drivers, even if later tests done at the station showed their blood alcohol levels were still legal. |
| To serve and protect, indeed... |
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| GeekPress is going to Disneyland |
| 12:34:41 pm mst / 26 January 2001 found by paul / filed in geekpress / source GeekPress 6 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Diana and I will be taking a long weekend off to visit LA and to go to Disneyland. Stories may be a bit spotty until we return from the Happiest Place on Earth. |
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| How to Build the World's Best Paper Airplane |
| 11:55:55 pm mst / 26 January 2001 found by diana / filed in fun / source Costa Rica In Focus 203 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Step-by-step instructions (with pictures) on how to build and then fly a great paper airplane. (Thanks to BBspot for the link.) |
| I haven't tested this out yet, but the instructions look very thorough! |
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