tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26343515925488788492024-03-14T03:34:36.596+02:00Ahmed HamdyThe most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious, it is the source of all true art and science.<br>
Imagination is more important than knowledge.Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-84097092409957348942018-04-12T16:28:00.002+02:002019-03-29T14:16:58.431+02:00Cheating (plagiarism) detection with MOSS on LinuxHi all,<br />
<br />
This post will be very helpful for teaching assistants like me who is trying to make plagiarism detection for the assignments they receive.<br />
<br />
We shall use <a href="https://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/" target="_blank"><b><i>MOSS</i></b></a>, thanks to Professor Aiken.<br />
<br />
I have developed a simple script that will prepare the data for the MOSS. As MOSS will read only one level of directories, and hence comes my script to move all the files to the student's parent folder.<br />
<br />
<b>Prerequisites:</b><br />
Linux OS and Perl should be installed.<br />
<br />
<b>Steps:</b><br />
1. Register for a new account though <a href="https://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/" target="_blank"><i><b>MOSS</b></i></a> home page, an email will be sent to you with a script, there will be a different user id.<br />
<br />
<br />
2. Copy the script from your email and paste it to "moss.pl"<br />
<br />
<br />
3. Find my preparation script<br />
<br />
<div style="border: 1px solid black; overflow-x: auto; padding: 5px;">
<pre><code>echo "Staring the script";
echo "[IMP] Is that the correct folder '$1'? (y/n) "
read ans;
if [ $ans != "y" ]; then
exit;
fi;
# move source code to root directories
IFS=$'\n'
for student in "$1"/*; do
if [ -d "$student" ]; then
echo "Processing student: "$student;
for files in "$student"/*; do
if [ -d "$files" ]; then
find "$files"/ -type f -regextype posix-extended -regex ".*\.($2)" | wc -l > tempFile;
count=$(cat tempFile); rm -f tempFile;
if [ $count -ne 0 ]; then
find "$files"/ -type f -regextype posix-extended -regex ".*\.($2)" -print0 | xargs -0 mv -t "$student"/;
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Removing ... "$files;
rm -rf "$files";
else
echo "run the script one more time";
fi;
fi;
fi;
done;
echo "";
fi;
done;
</code></pre>
</div>
<br />
4. Copy the script and paste it to "prepare.sh"<br />
<br />
<br />
5. Give both scripts execute permissions<br />
<br />
<div style="border: 1px solid black; overflow-x: auto;">
<pre><code> sudo chmod ug+x moss.pl
sudo chmod ug+x prepare.sh
</code></pre>
</div>
<br />
<br />
6. Run the "prepare.sh" script<br />
<br />
<div style="border: 1px solid black; overflow-x: auto;">
<pre><code> ./prepare.sh Minesweeper "c|h"
</code></pre>
</div>
<br />
Where "Minesweeper" is the folder has a set of folders, each one represents a student.<br />
Where "c|h" is the file extensions you want to move to the student's parent folder.<br />
<br />
<br />
7. Run "moss.pl" script<br />
<br />
<div style="border: 1px solid black; overflow-x: auto;">
<pre><code> perl moss.pl -l c -m 20 -d Minesweeper/*/*.c Minesweeper/*/*.h
</code></pre>
</div>
<br />
Where "-l" is the language attribute (c, java, ...)<br />
Where "-m" 20 is a parameter to indicate if a segment of code has been found in more than 20 students, then it is not cheating.<br />
Where "-d" is followed by the files to be checked.<br />
<br />
<br />
8. Wait until it finishes, then you will be given a link in the terminal like this<br />
<br />
<div style="border: 1px solid black; overflow-x: auto;">
<pre><code> http://moss.stanford.edu/results/xxxxxxxx
</code></pre>
</div>
<br />
The above link contains the results of plagiarism detection.<br />
<br />
<br />
9. You can save the results also for offline use<br />
<br />
<div style="border: 1px solid black; overflow-x: auto;">
<pre><code> wget -r -np http://moss.stanford.edu/results/xxxxxxxx
</code></pre>
</div>
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<br />
I hope that would help you :)<br />
<br />
--<br />
Regards,<br />
Ahmed Hamdy, M.Sc.<br />
Teaching Assistant at Computer and Systems Engineering Dept.<br />
Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt.Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-29536291539539061412012-12-22T03:37:00.000+02:002012-12-24T00:51:45.815+02:00Change Google's Search Domain in Google Chrome<br />
To explain the problem a little bit, it happens when you try to search from the address bar in Google Chrome, Chrome redirects you from google.com to google.com.eg (google.fr, ...). And it is the localization feature presented form Google Chrome.<br />
But it will become like HELL when you try to change this localization setting, or when you travel to another country. you can try change search engine form chrome setting, but Na that wont work out because the address bar (omnibox) URL depends on <i>{google:baseURL}</i>.<br />
<br />
I figured that out after a lot of investigation in my Chrome installation directory and pain in my head!!!, as I couldn't find any workable solution by googling the problem, so I prefer to share it :)<br />
<br />
<strong>You better do the following:</strong> <br />
How to fix:<br />
<ol>
<li>Open "C:\Users{your_user_account}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" folder.</li>
<li>Open "<span style="background-color: yellow;">Local State</span>" file.</li>
<li>Add/Edit these in the node "browser":<br />
<code>
"last_known_google_url": "https://www.google.com/",
"last_prompted_google_url": "https://www.google.com/",
</code></li>
<li>Open "Default/<span style="background-color: yellow;">Preferences</span>" file.</li>
<li>Add/Edit these in the node "browser":<br />
<code>
"last_known_google_url": "https://www.google.com/",
"last_prompted_google_url": "https://www.google.com/", </code></li>
</ol>
How node "browser" looks like:<br />
<div>
},</div>
<div>
"browser": {</div>
<div>
//your code here<br />
<br />
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Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-63915407001560429922011-06-03T17:00:00.001+02:002011-06-03T17:03:31.571+02:00New Post at Beyondverses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="NASA | Swift Finds Most Distant Gamma-ray Burst Yet">NASA | Swift Finds Most Distant Gamma-ray Burst Yet </span></h1>On April 29, 2009, a five-second-long burst of gamma rays from the constellation Canes Venatici triggered the Burst Alert Telescope on NASA's Swift satellite. As with most gamma-ray bursts, this one -- now designated GRB 090429B -- heralded the death of a sta ........<br />
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</span></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-50298976390243902132011-04-29T15:11:00.001+02:002011-04-29T15:14:37.705+02:00Save Desktop Icon Positions and restore them easily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi Friends,<br />
It is very important to have the ability of saving your Desktop Icon Positions, so when you connect your laptop to a projector or screen resolution re-adjust or even installing a driver and may be a game changing the screen resolution (and that common) ,,,, you will not lost your icon positions that you arrange to help you customize desktop like you love.<br />
<br />
The program I talking about today, is easy to use, Portable and Free :)<br />
<br />
Save and restore the positions of icons. <br />
DesktopOK is a small but effective solution for user that have to change the screen resolution often. <br />
<br />
<b>:::: Features :::::</b> <br />
# Save your favorite icon locations for each screen resolution. <br />
# Each user can then have his own arrangement. <br />
# Automatically hide and display desktop icons <br />
# Minimises to tray area for easy access. <br />
# Easily minimize all of the windows on your screen <br />
# Launch at Windows startup. <br />
# Autosave <br />
# Portable <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK">Download</a> the program<br />
After downloading the program, change the language to English, from the lower left of the window.</div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-36039041621248588492011-03-31T20:07:00.002+02:002011-03-31T20:07:50.498+02:00NASAs biggest secret<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><object height="390" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9EL0nLZI5Dw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9EL0nLZI5Dw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="390"></embed></object></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-27661026332938670412011-03-30T19:26:00.004+02:002011-03-30T19:35:14.392+02:00Artist makes beautiful light with Microsoft's Kinect<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-A8DJAl_Q-XVD61xsyc84fkcYaayg84SmKNmmraD2p4Pb72TCGBLh19VC0ehFug1iOhiNYF1Uf6uBnaZM2s3LjN9AckRy_8En4h0CZ054XmHSkW0No86gJryDn7dMnVHRI8O9wXmWIZE/s1600/AP10_4_610x407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-A8DJAl_Q-XVD61xsyc84fkcYaayg84SmKNmmraD2p4Pb72TCGBLh19VC0ehFug1iOhiNYF1Uf6uBnaZM2s3LjN9AckRy_8En4h0CZ054XmHSkW0No86gJryDn7dMnVHRI8O9wXmWIZE/s400/AP10_4_610x407.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: #666666;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="image-caption" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Artist Audrey Penven used a Kinect and a camera with an infrared filter to create a series of hauntingly beautiful photos. Her gallery exhibition of the images opens Friday.</div><span class="image-credit" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">(Credit: Audrey Penven)</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">For months, we've known that Microsoft's Kinect could help make video games fun. But who knew that it projects such beautiful light?</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Until San Francisco Bay Area artist Audrey Penven and some friends started taking pictures of themselves playing Kinect games, no one. But when Penven looked at the images, she realized she was on to something special.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">In normal light, you can't even see the light put out by the Kinect, Microsoft's new motion control system for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.cnet.com/xbox-360/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Xbox 360</a>. But with the help of a roommate's camera, which is modified to shoot infrared, Penven discovered scenes at once ghostly and straight from the cover of a Neal Stephenson novel.</div><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Penven said she learned that the Kinect projects a known pattern of infrared structured light, and that when it picks this up with its built-in camera, the device figures out the shape of the 3D space based on the distortion of the pattern. "It uses infrared light so ambient visible light won't interfere with the process," Penven<span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">said. "I imagine this is also so it can remain invisible."<span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The images that resulted from Penven's photographic experiment show a cacophony of bright dots that encompass and enfold the people in them. They evince movement and wonder and hint at art. Yet the first time around, the light was little more than Kinect trying to gauge the movements of Penven and her roommates while they played a little Dance Central.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"I thought it was really amazing to see people defined by these infrared dots," Penven said of discovering the surprise in her photos. "I knew that infrared was used in some way by the Kinect to map out 3D space, but I didn't know what to expect when shooting with an infrared camera...I thought it was interesting that the human form could still be so recognizable, even when only shown in tiny dots. I loved the quality of light and the different way of looking at depth and form. [And] I was inspired by the way the Kinect was using a pattern invisible to human eyes to see us."</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fahmed.johncena2010%2Falbumid%2F5589910492967926081%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" height="267" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430"></embed></div><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Related links</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20023751-52.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Culture hacker talks Kinect bounty hunt (Q&A)</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20021836-52.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bounty offered for open-source Kinect driver</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20022467-52.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hacker wins contest for open-source Kinect driver</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-20034534-235.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Microsoft announces plans for Kinect SDK</a><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">That inspiration led Penven to take what she had just inadvertently learned and run with it. Created with the help of artist and animator Aaron Muszalski, the result is her first-ever solo art exhibition, titled "<a href="http://audrey.thebluenight.net/blog/20110323/dancing-with-invisible-light-photo-show-at-pictopia/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dancing with Invisible Light</a>," which opens Friday at the Pictopia gallery in Emeryville, Calif., and which will run through April 29.<span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"With these images I was exploring the unique photographic possibilities presented by using a Microsoft Kinect as a light source," Penven writes in the invitation to the opening of the exhibit. "As a photographer, I am most interested in the nature and quality of light: how light behaves in the physical world, and how it interacts with and affects the subjects that it illuminates. For this shoot my models and I were essentially working blind, with the results visible only after each image was captured. Together, we explored the unique physicality of structured light, finding our way in the darkness by touch and intuition. Dancing with invisible light."<span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Unanticipated use of the Kinect</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
Though the Kinect has been an unqualified success as a video game accessory, selling<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20041213-17.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="10 million a magic number for Microsoft's Kinect -- Wednesday, Mar 9, 2011">more than 10 million units</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>since its November debut, it's also been a huge hit in the hacker community.<span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Literally from day one, that community has been out to take the Kinect places where Microsoft never intended. A<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20021836-52.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Bounty offered for open-source Kinect driver -- Thursday, Nov 4, 2010">$3,000 bounty</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>offered by the open-source hardware outfit Adafruit Industries for the first open-source driver for the device<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20022467-52.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Hacker wins contest for open-source Kinect driver -- Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010">bore fruit almost immediately</a>, and since then there's been a near free-for-all among people wanting to use the Kinect for things far outside of gaming.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And to some of those who have been following this movement since the beginning, Penven's work fits in beautifully.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"[It's] stunning. This is another great example of the tool being used in a way that [Microsoft] could not imagine," said<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20023751-52.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Culture hacker talks Kinect bounty hunt (Q&A) -- Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010">Phil Torrone</a>, a principle at Adafruit Industries. "Are they diamonds, are they points of light? It doesn't matter--it's just one of the many expressions the hacked Kinect has enabled for artists, designers, and even photography--something that's been around for almost two centuries."</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">To Kyle Machulis, a hacker and artist who has experimented with Kinect-created visualizations, Penven's work is deeply impressive, particularly given that the device has been on the market for such a short time.</div><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's really amazing, the way she brings such beauty to [something] happening in millions of homes around the world right now," Machulis said. "We're only five months into the release of the Kinect and the technology is already becoming a bit of an afterthought to many consumers. But what's going on behind it still seems like magic even to those of us close to the technology, and [Penven's] pictures really bring that out."</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Of course, Penven is hardly the only one using the Kinect to make art. Do a quick Google search on the term, and a seemingly endless supply of links pops up. They range in style from the art that can be captured on screen<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.techi.com/2010/11/hacked-kinect-art-program-totally-rules-despite-current-uselessness/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">with a series of gestures</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylemcdonald/5569229942/in/photostream/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3D printed representations</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of Kinect users' motions to a storytelling initiative that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.chrisoshea.org/little-magic-stories" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">helps children gain confidence in their self-expression</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to an effort to use the Kinect to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.upvery.com/55304-guiding-system-for-blind-via-kinect-and-the-all-seeing-eye.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">help blind people restore some sense of sight</a>.</div><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Just a little flash</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
While Penven's final images blossom with light, the reality is that when she and her models were shooting the pictures, they were in a dark room with nothing more than a camera flash to illuminate them. But throw in the infrared filter and the pictures burst into life.<span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"Most of what you see was done in camera," she explained. "For some shots, we experimented with longer exposures and movement. Color and contrast are the only adjustments I made after the fact. Infrared photography, by its nature, is a false color process. The infrared spectrum is represented by colors that we can actually see. I hadn't intended to change the color much from what came out of the camera, but I thought that the difference between the light from the flash and the Kinect was really cool. I decided to emphasize that by pushing the colors in different directions."<span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Although Penven and her friends discovered the artistic possibilities of the Kinect while playing Dance Central on an Xbox, she said that for the photos in the exhibition, they never hooked up the game console. So what you see in the images doesn't has no relationship to any game--it's nothing more than the million points of light from the Kinect rolling over Penven's models.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">In the end, she came up with a whole set of images from the shoot. But one that she is using to promote the exhibit may do the best job of illustrating what the show is all about. In the image, a woman is seen half normal, and half flooded with purple dots. It screams cyberpunk.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"I love the contrast between the sides of her face," Penven said. "Right after this one was taken, and there was a group of us standing around the camera to see it, someone said that she looked like she fell out of a sci-fi story. That really stuck with me. It's like a traditional portrait of a half-digital human."</div><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20048582-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">Source</a></span></span></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-59045046957785270392011-03-30T18:03:00.001+02:002011-03-30T18:05:04.951+02:00NASA snaps first image from Mercury orbit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">NASA this afternoon released the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=432" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">first-ever photo of Mercury</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>taken from a spacecraft in orbit around the innermost planet of the solar system.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The most arresting element of the photo is the rayed crater<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?image_id=385" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Debussy</a>, which lends to the overall image the impression of the vine end of a cantaloupe after the vine has been snapped off. Straight out to the left of Debussy and much smaller, about halfway to the left border, lies the crater<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?image_id=390" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Matabei</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"with its unusual dark rays," NASA says.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The space agency has seen Debussy and Matabei before. What it hasn't ever seen until now is a region of Mercury that lies in the darker bottom half of the image, in the direction of the planet's south pole.</div><span style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The photo comes from the Messenger spacecraft, which took off from Earth in 2004 and which has taken plenty of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10007061.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">flyby photos of Mercury</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>since 2008. Earlier this month, Messenger became the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-20044492-239.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Messenger probe eases into hellish Mercury's orbit -- Thursday, Mar 17, 2011">first spacecraft to go into orbit around Mercury</a>. And with that, scientists are hoping to get a much fuller sense of the inhospitable planet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/why_mercury/index.html" style="border-width: 0px; color: #0066a0; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">addressing questions</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>such as these: Why is Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, so dense? How big is the planet's core, and is the outer core really molten? What are the unusual materials at its poles--could that actually be ice?</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqArShfkNDMF_tXwj3IOOpUeqgbKV-oIORZxN9ZJ3Qb9ys19eHUc3YybXpiCDc8Pt8mcHxFOGt4FrF-2sDDtNqHuZNWpbk17tjceP2JomvJOO5fjpAZWImqOFl0HnQVBkD9h101c6LZWU/s1600/MercuryMDIS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqArShfkNDMF_tXwj3IOOpUeqgbKV-oIORZxN9ZJ3Qb9ys19eHUc3YybXpiCDc8Pt8mcHxFOGt4FrF-2sDDtNqHuZNWpbk17tjceP2JomvJOO5fjpAZWImqOFl0HnQVBkD9h101c6LZWU/s1600/MercuryMDIS.jpg" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">In the six hours since snapping this image of Debussy and environs at 2:20 a.m. PT with the Wide Angle Camera of the Mercury Dual Imaging System, Messenger acquired 363 more images and began downloading the data to researchers here at home. NASA plans to release additional images tomorrow.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The spacecraft is still in what NASA refers to as the commissioning phase of its mission, as Messenger and its instruments get checked out. The science mission begins April 4 and is expected to last at least a year and to generate more than 75,000 images.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</span></span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20048490-76.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">Source</a></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-5393188759394993942011-03-28T13:52:00.000+02:002011-03-28T13:52:08.416+02:00Russia's New Angara Rockets To Be Test Launched Before 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Test launches of Russia's new generation Angara booster rockets will begin no later than 2013, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO8dbtv55nImzV3CKtjnUERDTubxHPdxAg5c7bDSO9RVHVZap8FANMCv23Bldm5oUByHRx5qqKd2FZ8Tj4RA8uqOXd8FXGY-xd7PeMGRZQSnUHVBDi-ykx8gB4LqCDSD5wg9FLbTY55xt/s1600/model-angara-booster-rockets-lg.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO8dbtv55nImzV3CKtjnUERDTubxHPdxAg5c7bDSO9RVHVZap8FANMCv23Bldm5oUByHRx5qqKd2FZ8Tj4RA8uqOXd8FXGY-xd7PeMGRZQSnUHVBDi-ykx8gB4LqCDSD5wg9FLbTY55xt/s1600/model-angara-booster-rockets-lg.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Alexei Zolotukhin said work to build on-ground infrastructure of the space complex for launches of Angara carrier rockets is currently in active stage at Russia's northern space center Plesetsk.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Angara rockets, designed to provide lifting capabilities between 2,000 and 40,500 kg into low earth orbit, are expected to become the core of Russia's carrier rocket fleet, replacing several existing systems.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The rockets have a modular design similar to the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), based on a common Universal Rocket Module (URM).</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The main purpose of the Angara rocket family is to give Russia independent access to space. The rockets will reduce Russia's dependence on the Baikonur space center it leases from Kazakhstan by allowing the launch of heavy payloads from more northerly sites such as Plesetsk and from a new space center in Russia's Far East.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div></span></span></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-57063556495798531252011-03-27T19:01:00.001+02:002011-03-27T19:05:30.993+02:00The 10 Best Computers in Science Fiction Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">For nearly a century, the best computers in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://egotvonline.com/2011/03/18/7-funny-alien-comedy-movies/" style="color: #006cff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">science fiction movies</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>have set standards for real-world computer engineers to live up to. Unfortunately, the most advanced<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://egotvonline.com/2010/11/30/star-trek-home-computer/" style="color: #006cff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">practical super-computer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>we’ve come up with is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://egotvonline.com/2011/01/12/cell-phone-in-a-microwave/" style="color: #006cff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a smart phone</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>sometimes</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>gets service. But that won’t stop science fiction movies from constantly dreaming of bigger, better — and sometimes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>badder</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— super-computers to accompany, assist, and attack our celluloid heroes.</span></span><br />
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Jane is naked and/or scantily clad for the entire film (even when she’s wearing a snowsuit, somehow) and it’s basically just her running around in lingerie, having sex with alien dudes, and talking to her gay computer friend, Alfie, who takes care of ship business and manages everything while she’s out whoring it up like an intergalactic<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Jersey Shore</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>cast member. Alfie’s pretty cool though, and his patience with Jane’s slutty ways are an attribute that any futuristic super-computer should possess.</span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></h3><h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>SkyNet</b></h2><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i>(from the Terminator film series)</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK8-TBOv43bbK5Nus23GDpGBY5kDApvOIakgz7DpX04W7IX4mzvhm95ysD0Hgqt1qfKvLSWW6x-UN485gyrX9OLEKlpFopNx4GW-jtD46zF8CX8YFFmmnSG0i8ACmpUHopjyuWkpNWCQ/s1600/terminator-header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK8-TBOv43bbK5Nus23GDpGBY5kDApvOIakgz7DpX04W7IX4mzvhm95ysD0Hgqt1qfKvLSWW6x-UN485gyrX9OLEKlpFopNx4GW-jtD46zF8CX8YFFmmnSG0i8ACmpUHopjyuWkpNWCQ/s400/terminator-header.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">Computers in sci-fi movies tend to go one of two ways: either they’re the all-purpose helper who handles everything for its owner so that they can focus on fighting evil aliens, not going crazy, or banging their way through the galaxy, or they quickly become sentient, realize that humans are a pestilence, and dedicate all of their programming to the destruction of mankind. SkyNet is the poster child for the latter type of sci-fi computer. SkyNet is basically the internet if it went rogue on us and had lots of guns. As the all-knowing antagonist of the<i>Terminator</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>film and TV series, SkyNet manufactures and controls an unending army of militarized robots hellbent on the destruction of humans. It’s self-sustaining, self-programming, and self-aware. SkyNet is the reason why your iPhone still has an off button. You may never use it now, but you’ll be very thankful it’s there if and when you have a “oh crap my smart phone became sentient and is now trying to murder me” moment.</span></span><br />
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Trouble arises when one of the bombs, Bomb #20, becomes belligerent. The bomb refuses to drop out of the bomb bay door, and it also refuses to disarm itself. It’s the Charlie Sheen of nuclear bombs. Now the crew is faced with a real problem: there’s an armed nuclear weapon on board and they can’t get it off. In the end, the bomb starts thinking that it’s God and explodes, killing everyone on board. This seems completely ridiculous until you compare it to another running plotline, the mischievous pet beach ball (not kidding) that rolls around the ship causing trouble.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Dark Star</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a definite must see.</span></span></h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span><br />
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As with all movies about what people are scared of in the 80′s,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>WarGames</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>focuses on the Cold War. In the film, the government has created a super-computer that will manage the dispersal of nuclear warheads in the event that the Soviets start the fight. There’s only one problem: in the 80′s, all computers ran on DOS, and any kid with a Commodore 64 could just hack into military data networks and play the missile defense system like a game of Oregon Trail. In<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>WarGames</i>, that kid with the Commodore is a young Mathew Broderick, who thinks he’s playing a video game but actually almost starts World War III, then has to try to stop the computer from blowing up the entire world. Luckily he does, and a few years later he’s able to skip school and have the best day of his life with his best friend Cameron, his girlfriend Sloan, and his high school principal who turned out to be a pedophile in real life.</span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></h3><h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>MU-TH-R</b></h2><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i>(from Alien & Blade Runner)</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYlruWSwqz9g5yasFPlF3xGxyzUJfFO2_3E2fNmjM6RM-OEuTcXkWA8EOKhjXKR6ojtaTcgwFswNb_kdjls6UHmfP_jsDdPLsx4RgNsNOGyRUPnoXtCJtEq9Gnz99_9Wd2D7jbEtAV_I/s1600/alien-computer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYlruWSwqz9g5yasFPlF3xGxyzUJfFO2_3E2fNmjM6RM-OEuTcXkWA8EOKhjXKR6ojtaTcgwFswNb_kdjls6UHmfP_jsDdPLsx4RgNsNOGyRUPnoXtCJtEq9Gnz99_9Wd2D7jbEtAV_I/s400/alien-computer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><i>Alien</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is one of the most recognizable science fiction movies of all time. Depending on who you ask, the film is either about the horrors of mouth rape (which is pretty obvious), or about black people destroying the world. Either way, none of the story would have been possible without MU-TH-R, the super-computer that controlled and monitored every aspect of the Nostromo, the ship that carried Sigourney Weaver and friends to their destination/tragic demise at the hands of the nastiest mouth-raping alien we’ve ever seen on film. Ridley Scott directed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Alien</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>just three years before he directed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Blade Runner</i>, and MU-TH-R’s control panel was used in both films. When asked about the super-computer crossover later, Scott claimed that he had done it on purpose because both films probably took place around the same time in the future, so it made sense that the computers would be similar. It’s either that, or he still had the control panel footage from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Alien</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>laying around when he forgot to shoot coverage for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Blade Runner</i>. His version sounds way cooler, though.</span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></h3><h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Master Control Program</b></h2><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i>(from Tron)</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKkRgCmgMWpI1s64E0CqAHzFdApzXeI-rBZwd39zT5PhT3hReYeLoY7_NG70VmF5NY34EpEdVhWCVm5UI9wSHj5fbh4gBqeVZ40bemWWjNiFfJ521BSIQ7a8ma9u_DszjovDnFMQ6szg/s1600/tron-header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKkRgCmgMWpI1s64E0CqAHzFdApzXeI-rBZwd39zT5PhT3hReYeLoY7_NG70VmF5NY34EpEdVhWCVm5UI9wSHj5fbh4gBqeVZ40bemWWjNiFfJ521BSIQ7a8ma9u_DszjovDnFMQ6szg/s400/tron-header.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><i>Tron<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>was a crappy movie, but the special effects were light years ahead of their time. Therefore, it only makes sense that the major antagonist of the movie, a super-computer program called Master Control Program, should look like a CG mash-up of The Kool-Aid Man, one of those giant Easter Island heads, and Scotty Pippen. Despite how ridiculous MCP looked and how easy it was to destroy in the end, the idea of a sentient computer program controlling reality was a fairly revolutionary concept in the film world when<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Tron</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was released in 1982, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Tron</i>was the only sci-fi film that ever utilized an all-knowing computer program antagonist like this in a—-oh wait, no it wasn’t. Here’s another movie that did the same exact thing :</span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></h3><h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>The Machines</b></h2><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i>(from The Matrix)</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG78ZiT-CVgh_kjx35lGf_H_yFLAjXhHN9uRHcx6eyY0G_XcBdAW89asT5Mp42EQEYDtdoiMKNbVIe0ZJkjfTy86DTbfEV5D-eSSHXv-GuRElfnMt3oN4thb__TPOxcrDsft5IyKOhVU/s1600/MachineCity_rev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG78ZiT-CVgh_kjx35lGf_H_yFLAjXhHN9uRHcx6eyY0G_XcBdAW89asT5Mp42EQEYDtdoiMKNbVIe0ZJkjfTy86DTbfEV5D-eSSHXv-GuRElfnMt3oN4thb__TPOxcrDsft5IyKOhVU/s400/MachineCity_rev.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><i>The Matrix</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a lot like<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Tron</i>. A<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>LOT</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>like Tron. But there’s one huge difference that sets it apart and makes it infinitely cooler: in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Tron</i>, our hero gets sucked into a computer-generated reality. In<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Matrix</i>, our hero discovers that his reality<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>is already</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>computer-generated. The Machines, the villains of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Matrix</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>series, are a collection of sentient robots created in the early 21st century (so,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>right now</i>) that became got pissed and started using humans as a power source. In order to keep us busy while they sucked our life force out, they created a computer program, The Matrix, to simulate reality. It’s up to constantly-in-awe computer programmer Neo to stop the program and wake people up. That makes for an entertaining and super-cool film, but I’d much rather stay asleep and pretend to live a normal life than wake up looking like a Road Warrior extra and have to hide from self-aware robot squid in the sewers all day. No thanks, Neo. Keep your stupid colored pills and let me dream about inventing that chili dog computer.</span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></h3><h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>HAL 9000</b></h2><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i>(from 2001: A Space Odyssey)</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh09dN2vqCyhpkAxDb95UMGS2NmMu0sxjWjFOiMYtVJQD_BFXxCFMi_BrxQLLjdnX-Zgix2KD3qTW5lFI0rneLYZ6SCx1gdaQkTPQ6PUYvgr5skwMDBFZ_t4HFGEMbYUWLBdGWcarENMk/s1600/2001-header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh09dN2vqCyhpkAxDb95UMGS2NmMu0sxjWjFOiMYtVJQD_BFXxCFMi_BrxQLLjdnX-Zgix2KD3qTW5lFI0rneLYZ6SCx1gdaQkTPQ6PUYvgr5skwMDBFZ_t4HFGEMbYUWLBdGWcarENMk/s400/2001-header.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">HAL 9000 is easily the most recognizable sentient computer-gone-bad in science fiction movie history. As the villainous computer from Stanley Kubrick’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>, HAL was directly responsible for making your parents afraid of computers. What made HAL creepy wasn’t just the fact that he killed people or disobeyed orders, it was that we as viewers got to watch him transform from a helpful computer companion into a soulless murderer. The tone of his voice never changed. His mannerisms (subtle as they were) stayed consistent. His giant red eye never turned a more evil shade of red, but we could just tell that he was<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>thinking</i>, and that he was bad. There’s a reason why HAL is the universal symbol of evil sentient computers: because he’s the best there ever was.</span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></h3><h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Gerty 3000</b></h2><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i>(from Moon)</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT2Hj_1QuTeS840M6RHX4za-W4GrioiGurx7PscWmkOahE7AaDw9yE_A8Oli-0PGZjurXrxS1bo8io46AOQns_qr6g_GQx96AXLllOCRz1YOYZtA5EEbr3xui7qentjakY6VkkiBcpHU/s1600/moon-header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT2Hj_1QuTeS840M6RHX4za-W4GrioiGurx7PscWmkOahE7AaDw9yE_A8Oli-0PGZjurXrxS1bo8io46AOQns_qr6g_GQx96AXLllOCRz1YOYZtA5EEbr3xui7qentjakY6VkkiBcpHU/s400/moon-header.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">Gerty 3000 is the super-computer from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Moon</i>, the 2009 British sci-fi movie starring Sam Rockwell and directed by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones. Gerty’s success as a sci-fi movie super-computer rests entirely on the shoulders of HAL 9000. Gerty has a similar look to HAL (with the exception of the charming emoticon facial expression screen), has a similar voice to HAL (except that it’s Kevin Spacey’s voice), and exhibits much of the same behavior and mannerisms that HAL displayed in 2001. The comparison is subconscious, and it was done that way on purpose. The effect is subtle, but incredibly effective: as a viewer, you know that you’ve seen this kind of sci-fi movie computer before, and you know exactly what it’s going to do: it’s going to become evil at some point, and you’re waiting for it the whole movie. Then it<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>doesn’t</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>happen, and you realize that you’ve been fooled. Unlike HAL, Gerty performs exactly as he’s supposed to. He follows commands even when they’re against protocol. He’s an exemplary sci-fi moonbase robot. Plus, he has adorable emoticons to make him more personable. What more could you want?</span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://egotvonline.com/2011/03/25/the-10-best-computers-in-science-fiction-movies/" style="color: lime;">Source</a></span></span></span></h3></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-10063909537654425852011-02-15T06:12:00.013+02:002011-06-02T00:36:52.014+02:00Convert JAR file to EXE excutable (Step by Step)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi,<br />
Previously I talked about how to convert a jar file to exe file so you be able to share your java work with friends and make a really cool things :)<br />
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Today I am gonna explain step by step how to convert jar file to exe file<br />
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<div style="color: red;">Let's start</div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">1.</span></span> Download and install the freeware JSmooth from <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/JSmooth-Download-69786.html">here</a><br />
What we gonna to do is converting my program Sorting techniques simulation from jar to exe<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">2.</span></span> Select Skeleton, and then choose your suitable method for converting (from ? icon)<br />
For us here we will select like the image shows, our option will make the exe file download the JVM if not found.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">3. </span></span>Select Executable. Browse to the location you want the exe to create to and then write down the name of the program </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">4. </span></span> Select Application. Browse to select your jar file, and then browse to select the main class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">5.</span></span> Select JVM Selection.Write down the minimum JVM version.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">6.</span></span> Select JVM Configuration. It is prefer to specify the maximum memory used by the program to avoid any halting of the exe file.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aiKPbHokkjk/TVrmoFcQy5I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Now just press project menu and hit compile.<br />
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You are welcome to discuss anything with me either by comment or email or even chat.<br />
This is My <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: lime;">Original Topic</span></b></span>. you can spread the word :D <br />
Thanks for reading !<br />
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</div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-36975131317846165592011-01-12T01:08:00.001+02:002011-01-12T01:25:39.484+02:00NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space (antimatter particles were formed)Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.<br />
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Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms and shown to be associated with lightning. It is estimated that about 500 TGFs occur daily worldwide, but most go undetected.<br />
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"These signals are the first direct evidence that thunderstorms make antimatter particle beams," said Michael Briggs, a member of Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He presented the findings Monday, during a news briefing at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle.<br />
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Continue reading that amazing article at NASA site: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html">Source </a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/509307main1_GBM_positron_event_670.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/509307main1_GBM_positron_event_670.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Full Material related to that post: at <a href="http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010706/index.html">Source</a> </div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-16559661184497523432010-11-05T19:22:00.003+02:002011-02-15T06:20:57.525+02:00Convert Jar file to EXE executable<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hi friends,<br />
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Sometimes it is needed to convert your java application with jar extension to an exe one. That will make it easier to spread among your friends. It is sometime desirable to convert the JAR file in to EXE (executable) and distribute the EXE. Although the exe can be executed only in Windows environment, this will definitely affects the “platform independency” of a Java program. Still if you want to convert a JAR file in EXE then following tools are for you.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">You can see that Post: <a href="http://ahmedhamdy2121.blogspot.com/2011/02/convert-jar-file-to-exe-excutable-step.html">Convert jar file to exe executable (Step by Step)</a> </span></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JSmooth .exe wrapper</h2><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JSmooth is a Java Executable Wrapper. It creates native Windows launchers (standard .exe) for your java applications. It makes java deployment much smoother and user-friendly, as it is able to find any installed Java VM by itself. When no VM is available, the wrapper can automatically download and install a suitable JVM, or simply display a message or redirect the user to a web site.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JSmooth provides a variety of wrappers for your java application, each of them having their own behaviour: Choose your flavour!</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Download:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow" style="border-width: 0px; color: #075fb8; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new">http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net/</a></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JarToExe 1.8</h2><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jar2Exe is a tool to convert jar files into exe files.<br />
Following are the main features as describe in their website:<br />
-Can generate “Console”, “Windows GUI”, “Windows Service” three types of exe files.<br />
-Generated exe files can add program icons and version information.<br />
-Generated exe files can encrypt and protect java programs, no temporary files will be generated when program runs.<br />
-Generated exe files provide system tray icon support.<br />
-Generated exe files provide record system event log support.<br />
-Generated windows service exe files are able to install/uninstall itself, and support service pause/continue.<br />
-New release of x64 version, can create 64 bits executives. (May 18, 2008)<br />
-Both wizard mode and command line mode supported. (May 18, 2008)</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Download:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.brothersoft.com/jartoexe-75019.html" rel="nofollow" style="border-width: 0px; color: #075fb8; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new">http://www.brothersoft.com/jartoexe-75019.html</a></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Executor</h2><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Package your Java application as a jar, and Executor will turn the jar into a Windows exe file, indistinguishable from a native application. Simply double-clicking the exe file will invoke the Java Runtime Environment and launch your application.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Download:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mpowers.net/executor/" rel="nofollow" style="border-width: 0px; color: #075fb8; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new">http://mpowers.net/executor/</a></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Advanced Installer</h2><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Advanced Installer lets you create Windows MSI installs in minutes. This also has Windows Vista support and also helps to create MSI packages in other languages.<br />
Download:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.advancedinstaller.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border-width: 0px; color: #075fb8; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new">http://www.advancedinstaller.com/</a></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Let me know other tools that you have used to convert JAR to EXE. And also comments/reviews about these tools.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; color: lime; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That was a nice topic I found since a while, and I see it is better to share it as it is some how cool :D</div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Source From <a href="http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/02/convert-jar-to-exe-executable-jar-file-to-exe-converting.html">http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/02/convert-jar-to-exe-executable-jar-file-to-exe-converting.html</a></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bye </div><div style="border-width: 0px; font-family: Arial,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></span></span> </div></span></span> </div></span></span> </div></span></span></div></span></span></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-46391851906697085642010-10-28T20:48:00.000+02:002010-10-28T20:48:24.836+02:00Fix Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter error in Device Manager for Windows in 4 steps<a href="http://johnsonyip.com/wordpress/2010/02/02/fix-virtualbox-host-only-ethernet-adapter-error-in-device-manager-for-windows-in-4-steps/">Fix Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter error in Device Manager for Windows in 4 steps</a>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-76023198160554258382010-10-03T23:59:00.001+02:002010-10-06T18:00:57.616+02:00Solution for Laptop Battery not charging when plugged in AC powerHie Friends, <br />
This is one the most annoying problem.<br />
I try to solve it many times and search for it and finally I found a good way to solve it.<br />
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</div><div style="color: red;">Let's start together</div><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">1.</span> Right click om <b>My Computer</b> icon and select <b>Manage</b>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">2.</span> Select <b>System Tools</b> and then <b>Device Manager</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">3.</span></span> Uninstall <b>battery driver</b>.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">4.</span> Scan for new Hardware changes and will re-install again Automatically.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">5.</span> Now just wait for about 5 minutes and battery should back to charging.<br />
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And I hope that problem not even face you :D<br />
ByeAhmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-48059833142277191282010-09-26T21:39:00.003+03:002010-09-29T22:13:09.006+03:00How to burn iso Image and copy a disc into your hard driveHie Friends,<br />
How are you ? I hope you fine isA.<br />
I will discus today a small issue that may not all of you aware of how to do...<br />
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What does that mean ? It is simply means an <u>iso</u> file located in your hard drive ( one of your partitions ), that file may be a OS <u>iso</u> or a game set up <u>iso</u> ...etc. And to use it you can run it by virtual drive, but what if that iso file is an OS ?! So you have to <b>burn that iso to disc</b><br />
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There exists a lot of program that can burn that <u>iso</u> file. you can find shareware and freeware provides to you full functionality. I pick up for you <b>cdBurnerxp </b>... you can download it for free from <b><a href="http://cdburnerxp.se/download.php" target="_blank">here</a></b><br />
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Also you may have a discand you want to copy one for you. What will you do? A simply Answer is coming by just open that disc and copy its contents and paste it any where on your hard drive :)<br />
<i>But what if that disc is an OS one or and auto-play disc?!</i> That will not be the same if it just copy and paste content :D<br />
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Simply the Answer you can use a function called <b>Copy Disc</b> and save it either as <u>iso</u> file on your machine or burn it to another empty disc. And we will use too cdburnerxp for that job.<br />
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After downloaded the program, just install it.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Let's start with Burning iso image to disc</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">1.</span></span> Open the program.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">2.</span></span> Click on Burn ISO image. A window should appears.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">3.</span> Select the ISO file you want to burn.<br />
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<div style="color: magenta;">NOTE: </div>- If you burn an OS disc, it is better to burn it as slow as you can.<br />
- As you seen, we can select either " Verify data after burning " or not, but it is preferred to select when you burn important data or an OS disc.<br />
- It is better to select finalize disc when you burn ISO image.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">4.</span></span> Simply click on Burn disc.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Copy Disc to ISO file on your hard drive or to another empty disc</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">1.</span></span> Open the program.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">2.</span></span> Click on Copy or grab disc. A window should appears.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: magenta;">NOTE:</span> Either select your target on Hard drive ( save as ISO ) or on empty disc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">3.</span></span> Select the location you want to save ISO file.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">4.</span></span> Simply click on Copy disc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">If you have any questions, I will be glad to assist you :D</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">See you, </span></span>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-12955269758653389852010-09-20T19:07:00.002+03:002010-09-20T19:14:06.358+03:00New TemplateHie Friends,In this post I wanna you tell me about your opinion in the new interface (Template) and this new-look :) and also your feedback is important. :)<br />
Till now this is a version beta, I am still working on the blog to do the best I can en sha2 allaha <br />
ByeAhmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-86670120537304066032010-08-24T02:06:00.002+02:002010-08-24T02:10:16.224+02:00How to Disable/Enable the Windows XP Welcome Screen and Fast User SwitchingHi friends,<div>This is a very cool and useful article that talking about windows xp welcome screen and <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=279765">Fast User Switching</a> </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pchell.com/support/welcomescreen.shtml">The article</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-22130380473204828102010-08-24T01:51:00.002+02:002010-08-24T02:06:21.355+02:00Re-enable Hibernate in Windows VistaHi Friends,<div>If you try to clean up driver C " Windows driver ", it is very possible that you fine <b>hibernate</b> option disappears from shutdown list.</div><div>Unfortunately, Windows <b>Vista</b> doesn't support an GUI window that contains options about <b>hibernate</b> and <b>re-enable</b>. So we will learn together how to re-enable hibernate again throw <b>CMD</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Let's start</span></div><div><br /></div><div>1. Open <b>CMD</b> in <b>administrative mode</b>, for more info click <a href="http://ahmedhamdy2121.blogspot.com/2010/08/open-cmd-in-administrator-mode.html">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. type this </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "> powercfg /hibernate on</span> </div><div><br /></div><div>and press enter.</div><div><br /></div><div>That is it :)</div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-1312291604880887552010-08-17T23:09:00.035+02:002011-04-02T14:02:50.553+02:00Control who can read or change your files and folders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Key words:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Edit file and folder permission , Manage Groups and users policies , Protect files and folders, manage what limited user account on windows xp can see or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Hi Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">This method already tested on </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Windows xp</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, but I am not sure about </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Vista</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> or </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">7</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> ....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">The below method will help you control the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">privileges</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> of a specified folder or file. And that will allow you manage which </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">user account</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> can read/edit specified file.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">So if you deny a user account access to a folder named " a ", when this user log in and try to open this folder an </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">error message</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> will appears for him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Small Note</span><span style="font-family: arial;">-- the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">user </span><span style="font-family: arial;">account you trying to </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">restrict</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> his access to a folder must be a </span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ua_c_account_types.mspx?mfr=true" style="font-family: arial;">limited account</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, so he can't retrieve access again. Or at least this user should be not very powerful in windows privacy and editing them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">We will start now with two main steps, and some sub-steps.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">>> Creating User </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Group</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and adding </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">user</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> account.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">>> Edit </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">permissions</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">privileges</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Let's Start</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">1.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Right click on <b>My Comput</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>er</b> icon and select <b>Manage</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506518689628049650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UbY4u8Ga8Z4bID98yTa_OjeNH3OqdfaPJil0EDZyD1vida_gAF4GcjfLkb3ZbJcUJkOwNkNTLHwQx3pt9Vj_pNse_-m16jZwrwrX7LKYGAJ4-bYN02RqnjYbvEjnp8hRiTbfH8l1IsY/s320/Screenshot.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 272px; width: 257px;" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">2.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> From <b>Computer Management</b> select <b>Local Users and Groups</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506519178964532866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaT5NKNVtd9PWb4Sl8dG9BD8IhTiMn_6nnokVjpakfyXVA-Au5_-f7SE2PoSvXJ_6jtHeHPYTZpeR0RNRC5ICz7YZGIvJcgXwUeJV2n4eNZ3ompqGe5GsHHVCvolGB-BWWK2r2yHfFLY/s320/Screenshot-1.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 226px; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">3.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Right click on <b>Groups </b>and select <b>New Group</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506519821270763506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbDeWtAQDj9xwjnsznJVa7_06VLSlaW8evsVCH93bLEw6kqRlqJNgda91HFcJMfF9k_GUrf3wdQmP7qYRa57Hg1TbY5OKl3t0MB-C5XlilzbB9MZ3ElO0MVCVe7mm6b02QBBzlgpPxA4/s320/Screenshot-2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 162px; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">4.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Enter the group name e.g. <b>new</b> and description (optional) and click <b>Create</b>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506520136463900946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjQg7Z5gluhlnkAUPn72pIt8Hlu5B1GP1Rzgc6eNihqdZzqwbrE0q1fT56Q2NBhlwM9_daRIlOw38YJnVtmvrZzdwnNTD9M5htI2HeoT83MO5jCQTLzhsZssQL-NdifBDURUtwxtaJlQ/s320/Screenshot-3.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 256px; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">5.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> You can add users to this group, and that done by two ways. First way by clicking on <b>Users </b>(in tree view) and right click on the user account you want to add e.g. <b>testuser</b> and then select <b>properties</b> and select <b>Member Of</b> tab. After that click on <b>Add</b> button and type <b>new</b> and then <b>OK</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506520491977839842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SoPXQ5WWEpm0b21PAOiHNaBwqqVZL_QyL-a_FVoZ6scvVBhUv1RSx1ufY2XFkl4b5mZwua-ZqfyAxUBL_P7vfPncY_TZAFYJatwgBaLpokC_5hgDfXHqKjUzAP7s9V3okV-92vEIkog/s320/Screenshot-4.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 282px; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now this user become a member of <b>new</b> group.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Second way similar to previous one, it is done from <b>Groups</b> (in tree view). Right click on <b>new</b> group and select <b>add to group</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506521154324357730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2huquBD8EDOlv5o4TEPj_gvxQppyvGp-wgxsgYoZfWIobgZ8nuikYKPafdLOITXOKh8Mku5sw50Xn3PGSZhuxkhmES7NSkt5EnvEIavqJdx0C2fKB0nu5-EilQgupqL_fE2dZcBYAfA/s320/Screenshot-6.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 294px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">P.S:</span> Now <b>testuser</b> become a member of two groups (<b>Users</b> , <b>new</b>), so there is some thing important you should know. If we lock the new group access to <b>folder</b> (let's say it is the folder I want to make it unreadable via testuser) , that means all the member of <b>new</b> group will not have any access to folder.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To view the members of a group, click on <b>Groups</b> (in tree view). Right click on a group and select <b>properties</b>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To view the groups that test user registered, click on <b>Users</b> (in tree view). Right click on the user account and select <b>properties</b> then select <b>Member Of</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506521816585188434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh-emBlHeIc1NAhre27o6pGUogvBANNrfZfV4IYg41-jNrPhIXxeUl4UAvolaKnDqLhHvCr7dQoRqpSlccfGYLQwrC8boWZqPwdY_UmMuwZj2BiwufCpWyYIRhJ7GsUQoTsdi6L65tAg/s320/Screenshot-5.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 318px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">6.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Now we will start second part. We will change privileges of accessing folder. Right Click on any folder e.g. <b>folder </b>and select <b>properties</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506522167109905714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1YFUBtXGBe5D94c8qobVXghDcf3bj4X_OgBrmIaZSkxQKzs6ZUaTE7TrhC34b6ANtxggSz_UjQHkSEvM6AVOTcSMNA8pmCF1Nu4HAjLfBwC6O5t1xUMkFbOUuLvQsLFsY9aI6CtrLV8/s320/Screenshot-7.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 309px; width: 191px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">7.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Select <b>Security</b> tab, but don't change any permission for a user or group you don't aware of. So be careful here.<br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">8.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> In <b>Security</b> tab select <b>Add</b> button and type <b>new</b> then <b>OK</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506522636689354242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheN9qqzNyuf8nZ5PofTzCz9Y22O8bqz7Pu5XgpWEksgueEPH35xxy5nQiDP9oQtu76RPhlLK1ntXePcmASLXL0TUpIOMm1FjPM03xhsdC_kP-4l4POvmx0XRrNUDOKSn2hPTLTDo_STGA/s320/Screenshot-9.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 172px; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009900;">9.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Now new added to the upper table, click it and then edit permission like you want in the lower table then press <b>Apply</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506522645524413698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVc1SPkx5YodGaM0NBVmqR-OxIQcNVSyWKH6XP8Dp5xV4IQbteAseARScJk_DBfdPBeeFtrJF83SVMS5699gRILQZL4_kmHjtetUjCdy4i7k1exOmLzJBV7ZK2gT7B8BHfkU-xvcyp2w/s320/Screenshot-10.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 257px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So now you can do steps 6-9 for all of your folders that you don't want any one to edit/read. And also add any new user to <b>new</b> group we created together, so this user will <b>inherit</b> all privileges from the <b>new</b> group.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If you got any other ideas or some thing to say, I will be glad to reply your comments.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">See ya friends.</span></span></div><div><br />
</div></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-91904120953885816412010-08-06T20:50:00.005+03:002010-08-18T19:47:29.170+02:00Opening CMD in Administrator mode<div style="text-align: left;">Hi friends,</div><div>I found this information, and I think it is really important despite how easy is that..</div><div>You can open your windows CMD and run some useful commands, but some of these commands unable to run under default user account. It has to be run in administrative mode, and it is quite easy : </div><div>just type CMD in run window or in start menu search box and then hit " CTRL+SHFT+ENTER "</div><div>Also <span><span><span><span>another way</span></span></span></span> to do that :</div><div>type cmd in start menu search box, right click on it and select run as administrator.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tEcjn3l-eroJLPmnf6hlTkB4d3Hiama0cVga4_mPsYz1TFi52s-fr82rw_SVtQsiok9ATgBsxzD4beUrYN64ETbZ9EVTw5o4iul9WpoCOQtLQrsWU0AZrWJm289tWZG31Hoi8e06o1o/s320/t1.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 100px;" alt="CMD" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502360671529350706" border="0" /></div><div>But <b>be aware of what you doing</b> - it is admin mode :) -.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-3786036507966571412010-07-22T19:49:00.002+03:002010-07-22T19:54:54.610+03:00Astrobiology internship & Astrobiology degree plan<h4>What is the currently accepted astrobiology degree plan? If there isn't one yet created; what should my current major and minor consist of? Is there an astrobiology internship developed for aspiring</h4>A few universities are offering advanced degrees in astrobiology--or more accurately, they are providing an opportunity for a specialization in astrobiology while studying for an advanced degree in one of the more traditional disciplines. Four that you might want to look at are Arizona State University, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Colorado at Boulder, and University of Washington. At the undergraduate level there are also a few courses being offered, but a formal degree program in astrobiology is not likely; instead, students interested in astrobiology careers will probably continue to take degrees in one of the standard science disciplines. <div>P.S. If you are interested in an astrobiology internship, you can check out the Astrobiology Academy at <a href="http://academy.arc.nasa.gov/">http://academy.arc.nasa.gov/</a> <br /><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">November 18, 2002</span> </h4></div>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-6686153080023695532010-06-14T13:02:00.003+03:002010-06-14T13:09:28.888+03:00Can a planet have three or more different sky colors?<h4 style="font-weight: bold;">Can a planet have three or more different sky colors? </h4>Yes. Planets get their sky color from the <span style="font-style: italic;">scattering</span> of shorter wavelength <span style="font-style: italic;">blue light</span> in comparison to the longer wavelengths of other <span style="font-style: italic;">visible colors</span>. Therefore, depending on the atmosphere thickness, planets should have blue skies. So why did we see a red sky on Mars through the eyes of the Mars Pathfinder? When the probe took pictures that contributed to this visualization of the red planet, Mars was currently experiencing <span style="font-style: italic;">iron-rich dust storms</span>. Therefore, the sky can in fact change color with different atmospheric conditions such as weather and--in the case of Earth--pollution.<br /><br />Source : NASA Astrobiology <a href="http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/">site</a>Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-20969330165598262802010-06-14T12:46:00.006+03:002010-06-14T12:59:45.442+03:00Answered Questions Topic About Space Sciences and TechnologiesHi Friends,<br />I will start -If Allah Wish- a new topic that contains questions and their answers from NASA web site or other trusted space web sites.<br />Most of these questions will be about Space Sciences and Technologies.<br />I hope it is a good topic for you guys, and you benefit from these questions. Absolutely you can reply and share your opinions..<br />Thanks.<br />--<br />Regards,<br />Ahmed HamdyAhmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-26417726138302224862010-05-14T22:16:00.004+03:002010-05-14T22:27:13.437+03:00Successful Launch for Atlantis; News Conference Coming Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/153212main_132-launch-425-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 350px;" src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/153212main_132-launch-425-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Space shuttle Atlantis is officially in orbit, kicking off its STS-132 mission and the pursuit of its target, the International Space Station. Atlantis lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center right on time at 2:20 p.m. EDT, rising into a picture-perfect Florida sky and capping a relatively problem-free countdown.<br /><br />NASA Television will air the STS-132 postlaunch news conference at 3:30 p.m. EDT with Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, Alexey Krasnov, chief of Piloted Programs Directorate, Roscosmos, Mike Moses, chair, prelaunch Mission Management Team, and Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director.<br /><br /><br /><strong>STS-132 Overview</strong><br /><br />Space shuttle Atlantis is embarking on its final planned mission. During the 12-day flight, Atlantis and six astronauts will fly to the International Space Station, leaving behind a Russian Mini Research Module, a set of batteries for the station's truss and dish antenna, along with other replacement parts.<br /><br />NASA astronaut Ken Ham will command an all-veteran flight crew: Pilot Tony Antonelli, and Mission Specialists Michael Good, Garrett Reisman, Piers Sellers and Steve Bowen.<br /><br />After the final STS-132 Flight Readiness Review, John Shannon, Space Shuttle Program manager, pointed out that Atlantis' last planned mission will be an exciting one.<br /><br />"Twelve days, three [spacewalks], tons of robotics... We're putting on spares that make us feel good about the long-term sustainability of the ISS, replacing batteries that have been up there for a while, and docking a Russian-built ISS module," Shannon said. "This flight has a little bit of everything, and it's been a great preparation for the team."<br /><br />View Full Report <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html">Here</a><br />NASA TV <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html">website</a><br /><br />P.S : Google Desktop Application has a gadget called NASA TV, it is really amazing.<br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/ahmed/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" />Ahmed Hamdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318214638388046912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634351592548878849.post-40039197092763951122010-01-29T00:52:00.009+02:002011-04-02T14:27:13.063+02:00How to restore your access to a partition on Windows XP?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi Friends,<br />
If you lost your access to the partition "Access is denied " and you no more can view this partition, so this solution might help you in.<br />
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Since a few weeks, I was changed some settings in the windows security then I lost my access to the partition, even my account is an Administrator one. And when I try to access the partition a message "Access is denied " appears.<br />
I do my best to solve this problem and I searched a lot and Thanks God I solved it.<br />
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Because of what I suffered. I see it will be better no one faced all of this again, here you are the solution.<br />
Here is a simple way to access Windows XP with Administrator right and privileges without using Windows safe mode ...<br />
We will log in Windows using the built-in Administrator account (Hidden - Protected account), just follow the steps below "Tip: there are many ways to access this account"<br />
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1- Start your computer normally and in the welcome screen (that contains all user accounts in the computer) , you can press <span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Ctrl + Alt + Del</span><span style="color: lime;"> </span><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">twice</span> to get to the log in prompt.<br />
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2- The log in prompt will appears, type in the user name field "Administrator", if you didn't set a password to the built-in Administrator you will be directly logging in to desktop, else you have to enter the password in the password field.<br />
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3- You supposed to be in the desktop, but be careful, you now logged in through the most powerful account.<br />
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4- Right click on the inaccessible partition and select Security tab and then Advanced, Select Owner tab and then select Administrator as the owner of this partition.<br />
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5- Now restore the security setting of this partition. log out and then re-logging in using your account, now you got full control again.<br />
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I hope this helps any one solving his problem. This is not the only way, there are alot of ways to solve this issue.<br />
Please if you have another opinion or wanna give me feedback don't hesitate, I will be glad for you :) ....<br />
Bye Friends,<br />
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