Moon to look bigger next weekend during 'lunar perigee' – Telegraph
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A ver la luna gigante el 19 Marzo!
The moon will appear bigger next weekend as it makes its closest approach to
earth for 19 years during an event known as a “lunar perigee”.
On March 19, the moon will make its closest approach to earth in almost 20 years Photo: ALAMY
On March 19 the moon will reach a distance of just 221,567 miles from Earth –
the nearest it will have come since 1992.
Previous “supermoons” occured around the time natural disasters –
including the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and Cyclone Tracy which devastated the
Australian city of Darwin in 1974 – but scientists say there is no evidence
to suggest the phenomenon is a sign of impending doom.
Pete Wheeler, of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy, told the
website news.com.au:
“There will be no earthquakes or volcanoes erupting, unless they are to
happen anyway.
An Update on Android Market Security
On Tuesday evening, the Android team was made aware of a number of malicious applications published to Android Market. Within minutes of becoming aware, we identified and removed the malicious applications. The applications took advantage of known vulnerabilities which don’t affect Android versions 2.2.2 or higher. For affected devices, we believe that the only information the attacker(s) were able to gather was device-specific (IMEI/IMSI, unique codes which are used to identify mobile devices, and the version of Android running on your device). But given the nature of the exploits, the attacker(s) could access other data, which is why we’ve taken a number of steps to protect those who downloaded a malicious application:
- We removed the malicious applications from Android Market, suspended the associated developer accounts, and contacted law enforcement about the attack.
- We are remotely removing the malicious applications from affected devices. This remote application removal feature is one of many security controls the Android team can use to help protect users from malicious applications.
- We are pushing an Android Market security update to all affected devices that undoes the exploits to prevent the attacker(s) from accessing any more information from affected devices. If your device has been affected, you will receive an email from android-market-support@google.com over the next 72 hours. You will also receive a notification on your device that “Android Market Security Tool March 2011” has been installed. You may also receive notification(s) on your device that an application has been removed. You are not required to take any action from there; the update will automatically undo the exploit. Within 24 hours of the exploit being undone, you will receive a second email.
- We are adding a number of measures to help prevent additional malicious applications using similar exploits from being distributed through Android Market and are working with our partners to provide the fix for the underlying security issues.
For more details, please visit the Android Market Help Center. We always encourage you to check the list of permissions when installing an application from Android Market. Security is a priority for the Android team, and we’re committed to building new safeguards to help prevent these kinds of attacks from happening in the future.
Posted by Rich Cannings, Android Security Lead
‘Firearm’ jet ban … for 3in model rifle | The Sun |News
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En el aeropuerto de Londres no se le permite llevar armas a las soldaditos de plomo!
Get shot of it … the banned 3in rifle
Security officials took one look at the SA80 rifle held by the figurine and ruled it was a firearm.
Ken had to remove it and hand it over. It was later posted to him at his home in Ontario.
He said: “As the figurine was pulled from the box, the security search officer contacted her supervisor. The SA80 rifle ‘could not pass’. My wife Julie asked the staff to take a reality check. It’s a 9in painted model with a rifle that is part of the figure.
“The supervisor was confident that, according to the regulations, a firearm is a firearm and cannot pass. The rifle could not travel.
Comparing Spain to Italy.
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If Italy were your home instead of Spain you would…
have 58.56% less chance at being employed
Italy has an unemployment rate of 7.50% while Spain has 18.10%
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs.
Source: CIA World Factbook
have 30.05% more chance of dying in infancy
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Italy is 5.41 while in Spain it is 4.16.
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
Source: CIA World Factbook
consume 26.76% less oil
Italy consumes 1.1850 gallons of oil per day per capita while Spain consumes 1.6179
This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
Source: CIA World Factbook
use 20.36% less electricity
The per capita consumption of electricity in Italy is 5,423kWh while in Spain it is 6,809kWh.
This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
Source: CIA World Factbook
have 16.04% more fewer babies
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Italy is 8.01 while in Spain it is 9.54.
This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
Source: CIA World Factbook
make 10.09% less money
The GDP per capita in Italy is $30,300 while in Spain it is $33,700
This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. A nation’s GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank’s PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller.
Source: CIA World Factbook
spend 6.69% more money on health care
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Italy are $2,631 USD while Spain spends $2,466 USD
This entry contains the per capita public and private health expenditure at purchase power parity using US Dollars. This figure combines government, personal, and employer spending on health care
Source: World Health Organization
be 20% less likely to have HIV/AIDS
The number of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Italy is 0.40% while in Spain it is 0.50%.
This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.
Source: CIA World Factbook
Every Class I’ve Ever Taken
Ask questions kids.
Google Goggles gets faster, smarter and solves Sudoku
(Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Blog)
Today we’re launching a new version of Google Goggles that’s faster and smarter than ever before. The new Goggles 1.3 client for Android can scan barcodes almost instantly. All versions of Goggles can now recognize print ads in popular magazines and newspapers. Finally, Goggles has also learned a fun new trick for Sudoku fans.
Barcodes
When shopping offline, it’s helpful to be able to learn more about a product by scanning its barcode. With the new Android version of Google Goggles, scanning barcodes is much faster. Open Goggles and hover over the barcode or QR code. Within a second the phone gently vibrates and presents results, without requiring a button press. Simply tap on the result to read product reviews, check in-store availability and compare prices.
Print ads in magazines and newspapers
We’re excited to take another step in our vision of connecting offline media to online media. The next time you’re flipping through the pages of your favorite magazine, try taking a picture of an ad with Goggles. Goggles will recognize print ad and return web search results about the product or brand. This new feature of Goggles is enabled for print ads appearing in major U.S. magazines and newspapers from August 2010 onwards.
This feature is different from the marketing experiment that we announced in November. We’re now recognizing a much broader range of ads than we initially included in our marketing experiment. And when we recognize a print ad, we return web search results. While in the experiment, we return a specific link to an external website.
Sudoku
Our favorite weekend distraction is a quiet 15 minutes spent solving a Sudoku puzzle. But even that can be an frustrating experience if (like us) you make a mistake and are unable to solve the puzzle. Now, Goggles on Android and iPhone can recognize puzzles and provide answers to help make you faster than a Sudoku champ. So if you ever get stuck, take a clear picture of the entire puzzle with Goggles and we’ll tell you the correct solution. Check out this video to see how it works.
Google Goggles 1.3 with improved barcode scanning is available for download in Android Market. Recognition of print ads and Sudoku solver is now enabled for the Google Goggles app on Android, as well as the Goggles component of the Google Mobile App on iPhone.
Posted by Leon Palm and Jiayong Zhang, Software Engineers
Paul Allen is a Douchebag
Seriously? This just underlines how badly the US patent system is broken.
How did a Microsoft cofounder get a patent on “Browser use for navigating through information?” I suppose he thinks IE was the first browser too.
“Managing a users peripheral attention” is patentable? I guess notes in the margin of textbooks all get to pay royalties to him too… Or the little TV station watermarks in the corners of TV broadcasts, or even the blinky light on cell phones that tell you that you missed a call.
The patent system was created to protect intellectual property, not stifle innovation or try to reap profits from an idea that is either obvious or has existed in other works for decades or even centuries.
Hell, maybe I should get a patent on “Character combination displayed on a medium in order to symbolize language and express information” and see if I can get royalties every time anyone writes anything down!
Paul Allen (and every other patent troll) is a total and utter shitbag.
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WebGL now in Beta: here comes the 3D web!
We’re happy to announce that WebGL is now on by default in Google Chrome’s beta channel, with some shiny new demos to show off what the technology can do.
WebGL is a 3D graphics API for JavaScript that developers can use to create fully 3D web apps. It is based on the OpenGL ES 2.0 API, which should be familiar to many 3D graphics developers. Google, Mozilla, Apple, Opera and graphics hardware vendors have been working together to standardize WebGL for over a year now, and since the spec is just about final at this point, we wanted to get our implementation out there for feedback.
While you may not find much WebGL content on the web, we expect developers to quickly create a lot of content given the power and familiarity of the API. To inspire developers and give users a taste of the kind of apps they can expect in the near future, we’ve worked with a few talented teams to build a few more 3D web apps:
Body Browser, a human anatomy explorer built by a team at Google as a 20% project
Nine Point Five, a 3D earthquake map by Dean McNamee
Music Visualizer, a jukebox that synchronizes 3D graphics to the beat of the music by Jacob Seidelin
You can find these and other demos in the new Chrome Experiments Gallery for WebGL demos. Now that WebGL is enabled in the beta channel, the Chrome Experiments team is looking for your cool WebGL app submissions to show off this slick technology, so don’t forget to submit your cool 3D apps!
Posted by Kenneth Russell, Software Engineer
Así pincharán los Djays en un futuro
The token experience es una maravilla en forma de mesa de mezcla futurista ideal para pinchar y mezclar música digitalmente. Sobre un cristal, se proyecta la mesa de mezcla y el resto es pura magia táctil. Con la pericia del djay puede resultar una de las mejores experiencias musicales que hayamos oído y visto.
Y para muestra, un botón. Bueno, mejor un vídeo de la mesa para que os quedéis tan sorprendidos como yo.
Y yo que me creo que soy el amo pinchando con el iPad. Esto si que es de profesionales.
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