Technology
Airbus – Air France 447 – Did Fly By Wire Contribute to Crash?
The internet is just chock-full of speculation about the cause of the Air France 447 crash. The pitot tubes, computer systems, and general design of the Airbus have all been the focus of theorists as root causes.
Information Week published an article that focused on the computer systems and the difference in safety philosphy between Airbus [...]
Irony Abounds – Best Video Game Review is of Worst Game Ever
Another short but sweet post. The best video game review I have ever had the pleasure of viewing was a review of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing – probably one of the worst games ever placed on sale.
It is clear the game is unfinished yet was released on an unsuspecting public. Until this review [...]
Site Was Down…
But – as you can tell, it is back up.
Roxio 2009 – DVD Music Discs
Roxio 2009 has a Music DVD Assistant which will help a user create a DVD for playing music. The program allows the user to select the files for inclusion, select a menu, and then burn the compilation to disc. It is easy to do, but it does not use MP3 files for the disc. Rather, [...]
Orb: A Review
Orb is a free (but not open source) program that allows a user to place-shift any video or music present on his computer. Access to the video and music is available through any device that can access the internet (including the iPhone – but you have to buy an iTunes App for live tv streaming).
How [...]
So, You Want a Free Media Suite? Well You Can — Kinda.
Roxio and Nero both make media suites available that can manipulate, manage, edit and create a broad array of media. However, those suites can cost. On Amazon.com Nero’s suite is $60 and Roxio $75. Admittedly, once you buy the suite you have everything you need.
Sometimes, a user just doesn’t want to pay for [...]
IFOEdit – How to Change Aspect Ratio Without Re-rendering
When recording from a HD receiver, the standard definition channels will sometimes appear stretched when recorded because the software and hardware does not recognize the 4:3 aspect ratio of the standard def programming.
Some DVD authoring software will not offer a function to revise the 16:9 aspect to 4:3. Worse yet, who would want to re-render [...]
Latest HD-PVR Drivers are Released
Hauppauge has released the 1.1 version of the HD-PVR drivers.
You can find them here.
Activision Announces 007 Sweepstakes – Win a PS3
Activision has introduced a new promotion for its new 007 Quantum of Solace Game (which itself is a cross-promotion with the motion picture). Register and play the 007 strategy game for an entry to win a Sony PS3 (a company that often has product placement advertisements in 007 movies).
All you have to do is log [...]
Another Airbus Fly-by-Wire Incident – Quantas Mid-Air Terror
One of the major differences between Airbus and Boeing is the contrasting philosophies on fly by wire and hard limits.
Airbus’ fly by wire systems have “hard limits” that will override a pilot’s command in certain circumstances. Any pilot command to exceed the hard limit programmed into the system will not be honored, but will instead [...]
