The new Matrix movie is out. Matrix Reloaded. Personally I havent seen it yet, but heh, maybe this weekend. But already its got some `street cred` because of the PVC clad goddess in it, Trinity, using nmap to find a SSH enabled machine in a private network (inside an office) to break into another machine and take down the power... way hey!

Article stolen from The Register below:

We have a new Freeside article, written by a young lass called RainbowGyrl titled Paranoid Delusions: Consciousness and the Future of Multimedia. Its a paper that explores the effects of multimedia on our lives. Read, enjoy and make constructive critques.

An interesting article about body modifications and high tech implants by the owner / operator of BMEZine.com.

I wont post the whole article here out of the respect for Shannon by the byline is:

Do we want something that`s going to be "neat" for 15 minutes, asks body mod guru Shannon Larratt, or something that will permanently enrich our lives?

Enjoy.

A rather interesting project by DARPA about Self Healing Mine Fields [darpa.mil].

Although I disagree with the use of minefields, from a technology point of view this is rather interesting and does lead to the potential of having deactivation of mines with the sending of an encrypted command.

The Flash animation is rather spiffy and cute. I think I should hack around and do a CP.o Animation ;)

This will be one of those long winded thoughts that I pound out now and again in order to produce cohesive thoughts.

My line of thinking (and I do welcome comments) is based around producing reliable and stable and useful communications methods for in-the-field people.

Once again, cp.o becomes an advertising medium! Oh for kickbacks, oh for casual sex with models! Where are our kickbacks?

Accent Office Password Recovery 2.10 is a password recovery software for Microsoft® Access, Microsoft® Excel and Microsoft® Word 6.0/95/97/2000/XP.

Scientists from the university of Texas have come up with a new and improved way of creating live holograms, all though still in its infancy it looks promising.....

WhiteTown Software has released new line of products for working with DBF files. This line of products contains such titles as CDBF - advanced DBF viewer and editor, CDBFlite - software that allows you to work with DBF files using command line and via Web, and CDBFAPI.DLL - the library of over 120 different tools for working with DBF files that does not require database drivers, like ADO/BDE/ODBC.

This is a short story i wrote myself....

I was hoping to send an email and get a response about mind reading/control, so I am submitting this to hopefully get more information regarding the possibility and probability that I could be a guinea pig for such a device.

PERTH is one of two spots in the world being considered for development of a space elevator, a new concept in space travel which it is claimed would make possible tourism on the Moon.

Which makes it one hot spot... which is pretty wierd for Perth i must say :) Read the original article here

\"Values are the best single predictor of real behavior,\" according to Paul ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, the authors of The Cultural Creatives. This group which according to research is 50 million strong is largely unknown even to themselves. But the Cyberworld is allowing them to know each other and for the world to know and hear them. This is evidenced by such groups (websites) as the America\`s Progressive Community - Common Dreams NewsCenter, http://www.commondreams.org/community.htm where over 120 groups on the frontlines of change - represent tens of millions of progressive-thinking Americans.

[NOTE TO THE AUTHOR: please be aware that a large percentage of our readers are not Americans... there are other countries too. Also, your article reads a bit like an ad - which makes me sceptical - however, I`ve published it to give you (and our readers) the benefit of the doubt - mab]

Scientists fired rockets into raging Florida thunderstorms and learned that lightning produces not just bright flashes and a lot of noise, but also intense bursts of radiation believed to be X-rays.

Read the original article here

Sorry I`ve been offline for a while - I`ve been on "forced vacation" (ie an unemployed bum) for a few weeks and enjoying myself... and having my internet connection dumped over and over again... roll on ADSL... Can`t say whether or not my access will be better from now on, but I`ll give it a go. Cheers, mab

I am deeply saddened by the terrible accident involving the shuttle Columbia. My condolences to all those affected by this tragedy.
- mab

Wow. This is a great article on the theory of co-evolution. This theory states that Galaxies and their super-massive black-holes evolve together and that both are required for a mature galaxy to exist. The article shows evidence for and against (including pictures and side-tracks) and discusses past disoveries leading up to this conclusion etc etc - it`s great. Read the original article here

Scientists have used a synchrotron to study the internal workings of an insect`s system for breathing and discovered that they squeeze air into and out of their tracheae. Read the original article here

First in a two-part series on the state of domain-name security (or lack thereof). Read the original article here

Researchers at Imperial College London have used a technique called neurofeedback to train people to remember more clearly.

While the above may be the case I don`t agree with the further claim that is was used to "boost memory by 10%"... The BBC article doesn`t discuss whether the tests were double-blind, whether recall was affected by other things or whether the results were even statistically significant... but still, it does appear to be an interesting result. Read the original article here

The technology behind printing documents is being used to create 3D living tissue.

Print yourself up a new set of kidneys... Read the original article here