The Tech Portal (TTP): 2015

Friday, November 6, 2015

Only one year left to buy a new Windows 7 or 8 Laptop

http://artbell.com/one-year-left-buy-new-windows-7-8-laptop
You can still own a car that's 10, 20 or even 40 years old. As long as you are able to maintain it, you can still enjoy it, for what it is.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-10-now-a-free-service-news
You can have a backup cell phone that's a few years old, or even one that's 5-10 years old, as an alarm clock.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/microsoft-imposes-deadline-pcs-windows-004250723.html?src=rss&nf=1
So, if someone wants to have an old computer still running on Windows_XP, that's their choice. If they want to have a less older computer running on Windows_7 they shouldn't be forced to upgrade. Perhaps Windows_8.1 is a nice compromise between W7 & W10.

How To Get Free Wifi Anywhere, Anytime...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZoiS_sEoWA
A few interesting methods.

How to Get Free Wifi Anytime Anywhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZ2gqk6Fy0

How to get INTERNET (WiFi) ANYWHERE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g13Ci4uJfsQ

Friday, October 30, 2015

Android-Users-Moving-to-iPhone

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/615247/Android-Users-Moving-to-iPhone
Perhaps its still just a matter of personal preference. Some people like & use both kinds of phones for various things.

Australians Invent Architecture for a Full-Scale Silicon Quantum Computer

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/silicon-quantum-computers-look-to-scale-up

The Earth_Simulator became fully operational in 2002, just imagine what the 2052 equivalent would be capable of? You might not even realize that you are temporarily in a simulation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamtime#In_popular_culture ,
http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/dreamtime2.html ,
http://www.crystalinks.com/dreamtime.html

A lot of people can only imagine what is possible with such technology.
http://www.wired.com/2015/09/googles-quantum-computer-just-got-a-big-upgrade-1000-qubits

Tech always has to upgradable, otherwise it just becomes sentimental or something for a museum.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/215296-did-googles-quantum-computer-just-get-the-biggest-processor-upgrade-in-history
I have a Nokia cell phone from 2002 that still works as a backup alarm clock. If you have a smartphone that's more than a few years old, it can still work well as a camera & a PDA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#iOS_and_Android

However, given the constant upgrades, a lot of people want to get a new phone every 2-3 years.
http://www.stuff.tv/smartphones , http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/samsung-smart-phones ,
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/samsung-smart-phones

http://www.phonearena.com/news/A-modern-smartphone-or-a-vintage-supercomputer-which-is-more-powerful_id57149
Big tech such as supercomputers have to try to be as future proof as possible, because they are too costly to just throw one away every 5 to 10 years.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/02/dream-machine ,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2108160/Quantum-computers-IBM-verge-creating-machine-faster-supercomputer.html ,
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/quantum-computing

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/quantum-computing

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2847875/ibm-shares-plans-for-supercomputing-future.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/physics/2014/04/is-there-anything-beyond-quantum-computing

Eventually some modern people wonder if the universe is like a vast interactive running program.
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-universe-works-like-a-big-computer-program

This concept has been around for a very long time.

"The relationships between land, animals and people

In most stories of the Dreaming, the Ancestor Spirits came to the earth in human form and as they moved through the land, they created the animals, plants, rocks and other forms of the land that we know today. They also created the relationships between groups and individuals to the land, the animals and other people.

Once the ancestor spirits had created the world, they changed into trees, the stars, rocks, watering holes or other objects. These are the sacred places of Aboriginal culture and have special properties. Because the ancestors did not disappear at the end of the Dreaming, but remained in these sacred sites, the Dreaming is never-ending, linking the past and the present, the people and the land."

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/dreaming

"...universe may be a Matrix-like computer game designed by aliens, says NASA scientist"
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/575653/The-Matrix-Universe-Planet-Earth-NASA-Scientist

The big question is, how did various ancient cultures get the idea that this world is part of a cosmic construct of space & time for consciousness to interact within?
http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/spirituality/what-is-the-dreamtime-or-the-dreaming#axzz3q6ExjfW5

https://www.facebook.com/AustralianAboriginaDreamtimeLegends

Thursday, October 8, 2015

The secure phone world

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3248377/The-secure-phone-world-799-Blackphone-2-encrypt-selfies-voice-calls-impossible-track.html
A phone can never be too secure so there will always be a market for more secure phones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=199&v=fuvGwai5Uy0

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

NASA Creates ‘Self Healing’ Material That Repairs Itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiT_BR6T_CY
Looks like cool stuff.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/terminator-style-self-healing-material-created-by-nasa-michigan-scientists-1518142
However, there is always a possible dark side application.
http://investmentwatchblog.com/nasa-creates-self-healing-material-that-repairs-itself
Any technology has the potential to be used in war, weather it be a pen, sward or a motherboard.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/nasa-self-healing-material-can-repair-itself-two-seconds-after-being-shot-by-a-bullet/story-fnpjxnlk-1227506001680

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

the primer universe of time travel...

http://theprimeruniverse.blogspot.com
Some people regard Primer as one of the best time travel movies around.
http://qntm.org/primer
Its not just the concept, but how fascinating it can be to explore various scenarios.
http://theprimeruniverse.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-final-post.html
I hope that the creator of this blog eventually makes some more posts. There are always more
questions-and-answers to consider about the concept of time travel.

http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/search?q=primer+time

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Time Travel and Stargate Portals, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_r0ermsqmk

REWIND - Cancelled TV show pilot - Time Travel Sci-fi/Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi6u14oGmh0
Rewind looked liked it could have been quite an interesting & exciting TV series.