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Ron K Jeffries - Google+ - #geeky and #OMG QUOTE: [Craig S Wright ] says: I was…
november 2011 by milkmiruku
"For those who do not know, 747's are big flying Unix hosts. At the time, the engine management system on this particular airline was Solaris based. The patching was well behind and they used telnet as SSH broke the menus and the budget did not extend to fixing this. The engineers could actually access the engine management system of a 747 in route. If issues are noted, they can re-tune the engine in air."
technology
flight
scada
security
it
networking
vlan
transport
wtf
internet
telnet
november 2011 by milkmiruku
The Post Office Railway (Mail Rail) | Silent UK – Urban & Underground Photography
april 2011 by milkmiruku
"It is without a doubt the Mail Rail sits at the throne, laughing maniacally at the puny adventurers unable to even stare it in the eyes without bursting into flames, the pinnacle of exploration in London, if not England. There is, and will never be anything like it again, its uniqueness "forever unrivalled, London’s final unconquered “Grail” now a slain beast.
underground
photography
abandoned
london
interesting
cool
images
blog
transport
train
april 2011 by milkmiruku
Nissan gives silent electric cars 'Blade Runner' appeal | Los Angeles Times
september 2009 by milkmiruku
“We decided that if we’re going to do this, if we have to make sound, then we’re going to make it beautiful and futuristic,” Toshiyuki Tabata, Nissan’s noise and vibration expert, told Bloomberg. “We wanted something a bit different, something closer to the world of art.”
news
cars
technology
hardware
sound
futuristic
electriccar
legal
transport
september 2009 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Hydrogen car to be 'open source'
june 2009 by milkmiruku
"The manufacturer of a hydrogen car unveiled in London on Tuesday will make its designs available online so the cars can be built and improved locally."
Features the use of ultracapacitors.
bbc
news
transport
cars
opensource
design
mechanics
uk
travel
interesting
predction
hydrogen
Features the use of ultracapacitors.
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Christian Voice: Press Release
january 2009 by milkmiruku
"We always knew the ASA was just another tool of the politically-correct secularist establishment, but here's the proof."
news
uk
transport
advertising
advert
religion
humanism
law
humour
secular
january 2009 by milkmiruku
Tiny boat skims over water like a bug - tech - 14 January 2009 - New Scientist
january 2009 by milkmiruku
"WATCHING Sung Kwon Cho's model boat glide silently across the still water with no propellers or sails, you'd be forgiven for thinking a phantom hand was drawing the vessel forward. The boat is actually being driven by water surface tension, the same force that allows some insects to skate across the surface of a pond."
news
robot
water
transport
interesting
cool
technology
january 2009 by milkmiruku
brad's life - Android Garage Door Opener, part 2
october 2008 by milkmiruku
"it figures out using wi-fi signals when Brad is approaching his house, so even if he turns it on an hour before it won't actually open until he's close by. This isn't possible on other phones because they don't let you get access to the wi-fi bits to do AP scanning."
blog
technology
wifi
googleandroid
opensource
mobiles
transport
cool
geek
october 2008 by milkmiruku
NASA's New Lunar Rover
october 2008 by milkmiruku
"The Chariot lunar rover would serve as a mobile home away from home for astronauts venturing from a lunar base to explore the lunar surface."
news
space
nasa
technology
travel
transport
science
moon
october 2008 by milkmiruku
BLASPHEMING BUSES WILL BURN IN HELL, SAY CHRISTIANS - The Daily Mash
october 2008 by milkmiruku
"director of Christian Voice"Any bus which allows itself to be abused in this way will spend eternity in the company of Satan's bus. They will burn alongside gay buses, buses that have had abortions and buses that knowingly took people to see Jerry Springer: the Opera."
news
transport
philosophy
atheism
religion
humour
hate
marketing
advert
advertising
october 2008 by milkmiruku
kanYe West : Blog - ANIME INSPIRED GADGETS
august 2008 by milkmiruku
"Kaneda's Bike from the Anime Classic Akira is currently being replicated by Neo Fukuoka, and is a fully-functional vehicle."
blog
motorcycle
anime
technology
travel
images
transport
cool
august 2008 by milkmiruku
The Buzzball, A Motorized Hampster Ball For Humans | Laughing Squid
july 2008 by milkmiruku
"At the heart of the Buzzball is a dual motor configuration, enabling the pilot to control the motion and direction of travel via left and right control triggers, which provides power to the driving wheels."
blog
travel
technology
hardware
sport
ball
interesting
cool
iwant
hamster
cars
transport
july 2008 by milkmiruku
Polish teen derails tram after hacking train network | The Register
january 2008 by milkmiruku
""He studied the trams and the tracks for a long time and then built a device that looked like a TV remote control and used it to manoeuvre the trams and the tracks," said Miroslaw Micor, a spokesman for Lodz police."
poland
news
hardhack
hack
humour
prank
security
technology
transport
weird
travel
trams
january 2008 by milkmiruku
Inscribed in the living tile: Type in the Toronto subway (Joe Clark)
september 2007 by milkmiruku
"The Toronto subway has a typographic heritage all its own, starting with a unique font. But, with renovation after renovation and after a series of new station additions, signage and wayfinding in the system are a total mess."
aesthetics
architecture
design
typography
history
canada
underground
modernism
transport
article
urbanism
september 2007 by milkmiruku
Lothian Buses
may 2007 by milkmiruku
Lothian Buses timetable site.
edinburgh
transport
resource
tools
busses
may 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | 'Start pushing', passengers asked
may 2007 by milkmiruku
"It took them more than half an hour to move the electric train 12ft (4m) so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey."
bbc
news
india
transport
humour
culture
may 2007 by milkmiruku
Parking Lot Presence at Ignite Realtime
january 2007 by milkmiruku
"It turns out that the sensors and lights are just the beginning of a system that is designed to direct drivers to available parking slots efficiently without the need to drive up and down aisles looking for that elusive open spot."
technology
transport
interesting
cars
productivity
january 2007 by milkmiruku
train
january 2007 by milkmiruku
"Ongoing research into the language and aesthetics of mobility, which aims to build a mobile transportation unit that moves along a disused railway track."
transport
urbanism
images
interesting
art
january 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Flatulence leads US jet to divert
december 2006 by milkmiruku
"An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Nashville after passengers reported the smell of sulphur from burning matches."
news
america
flight
transport
security
humour
december 2006 by milkmiruku
Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | I'm all for putting more vehicles on our roads. As long as they're coaches
december 2006 by milkmiruku
"A better organised, more attractive network could get people around faster, save tonnes of carbon - and cost almost nothing."
politics
travel
uk
transport
busses
december 2006 by milkmiruku
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