Brainery

Goldfish Memory

2005-11-29T10:01:00.001-08:00

How long is a goldfish's memory?

Many, including this BBC Goldfish Quiz, believe goldfish have only a three-second memory. Alas, this is incorrect. Nevertheless, we were interested to learn that if you keep a goldfish in a dark room it eventually turns white, and the correct term for a pregnant goldfish is "twit."
The Mad Scientist notes that if you tap on the tank before feeding your goldfish every day, the goldfish will eventually learn to look for food immediately after the tank-tapping. This kind of "classical conditioning" indicates goldfish have some memory.

Dr. Karl seconds that emotion, citing anecdotes of goldfish responding happily to their owner's faces, while hiding in their tiny castles when confronted with strangers. And while goldfish were domesticated in China roughly a thousand years ago, they still swim in schools, and thus have some learned social behavior.

The MythBusters TV show taught some goldfish to swim through a maze, noting that their time got better on each successive run. And an interesting response to the AnswerBag Forum describes goldfish memory as "selective" -- they have a general idea of what happened on a previous occasion, they're just not sure what. We empathize.

Solar Powered Street lamp/router/cam

2005-11-28T11:42:00.000-08:00

A partnership between London-based sustainable development firm Kolam and Singapore-based networking expert Nex-G Systems has yielded a solar-powered WiFi router/WiMax router/surveillance cam that can be situated atop a streetlight (which is also solar-powered). The access point by StarSight uses a high gain omni antenna and a high gain parabolic antenna to provide access/security to both developed and developing regions; it is already in use in Cameroon, with plans for deployment to India, China, and Morocco.

PPC 6700 - Picture mail issue

2005-11-14T13:23:00.000-08:00

I recently discovered that sending pictures that are taken from ppc 6700 doesnt work using Gmail. for some reason gmail thinks its a corrupt file due to having 17 more byte added to the file which changes the format of a jpg.

a bit of annoyance from this issue, i started researching this issue and seemed like all the 6700 users who use their ppc to update blogs,etc were having issues too..looking for answers i found out that if you change the option from 640 to 320 on camera which makes from large to medium size picture.. you can send it thru gmail and if you wanna preserve the same large size.. you can download this free photoshop software from here and with this software you can edit the pictures and save it a jpg format which gmail accepts. although this seems like a lot of pain. i have just decided to use a diff accnt to update my blogs and send pics to other thru my ppc..

Bluetooth Rear-view Mirror integrates Speakerphone and caller ID

2005-11-14T08:35:00.000-08:00

If you’re determined to jabber on your cellphone while driving, there’s no shortage of devices that purport to make it easier and safer. One that seems more useful than most is this Bluetooth rear-view mirror, which includes a speakerphone and integrated caller ID display, so you can check the numbers of incoming calls with a quick glance. It may not be a perfect heads-up display, but it looks like it comes pretty close.

Click here to buy it

HTC Breeze

2005-11-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

HTC keeps pumping out new handsets on the regular, the latest is the HTC Breeze, a not-so-slick-looking new Windows Mobile-powered Smartphone with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS, a QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) LCD screen, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera (with flash), a lower-res camera on front for making video calls, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of ROM, and a microSD slot. Should drop in May of next year.

Pocket Pc apps

2005-10-31T10:45:00.000-08:00

Download Aim for pocket PC Here

& here is the list of softwares that work with Windows Mobile 5.0

MS+YAHOO

2005-10-13T11:47:00.000-07:00

Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to make their two instant-messaging programs work together, a partnership that could threaten market leader America Online.

Article

My view on this .. its because google and comcasts is considering to get aol.. which is going to make them stay at #1 plus all the perks that come with these two corps..

Sprint PPC 6700 - HTC Apache

2005-10-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

Finally, I got this phone.. it is really nice.. specs on this phone
EVDo- sprints data network for internet - you can get this from sprint for $15/mo - unlimited data- tested was 700kbps.
WIFI- as soon as u turn it on.. it scans the network for available accesspoints. i found 3 in my apt complex...
Mini SD card- for memory expansion, you can get a 1gb mini sd card for around 72 bucks.. if you can nextag it
1.3mp camera/camcorder- i took a picture with and it came out really nice...
it has a qwerty keyboard that slides out and a stylus. when you slide the keyboard the screen goes from portrait to landscape.
it is smaller and lighter than treo..
i tested the speaker phone and it was pretty good and came clear on the other end..

from sprint it came with cradle with power and sync cord,2 stylus,leather case, ear phones for mp3 and phone of course and also $100 from audible or 1 month free option . audible- you can download books from here . its $13 a month for 3 books a month.

i tested the mp3 on this and it was pretty good but earphones it came with was pretty crappy

OS is windows mobile 5.0, which is bundled with all sorts of enterprise apps- trial and free
trial was citrix - if i had one on my pc.. i could citrix into my pc
mobile-word,excel and ppt ... its pretty awesome

416mhz processor on this pda and 64mb built in memory...

i give it a 5 star... definitely worth the price

i bought it off ebay brand new for $349 on a new line..- ebay dealer is sprintnetwork
Got 1 month free on fair and flexible minutes.

More pics - coming soon

MS Software Inventory Analyzer

2005-09-30T14:01:00.000-07:00

This is a free tool by microsoft if you want to do asset management at your company. this is awesome because it creates awesome reports in html,xml and also have an option schedule it and send it to your email.

Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer

Task List Programs...hmm

2005-09-27T12:43:00.000-07:00

Wondering about whats all running in your task list.. i found this site very useful... check it out

Windows server Update services (WSUS)

2005-09-27T08:06:00.000-07:00

I have installed this service on my 03 server and this works very well.. i can easily make a decision on my server about which computers can get the updates, that way i can test and see if it is confilcting with other apps,etc. I have deployed it on all 400 pcs thru the server instead of pc's going out and getting it and now i have disabled the pc update function on a pc thru gp.... WSUS - Windows Server Update Services

Enjoy

Microsoft Free Elearning

2005-09-26T11:45:00.000-07:00

Free Microsoft Sql Server 2005 Elearning & Visual Studio 2005 Elearning

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