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This is the Modem World: Why don’t I crash?
Author: Heather Brown
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. It raged with 3.5K of RAM, a high-speed cassette deck, and built-in BASIC. I used to copy game programs string-by-string from the back of COMPUTE! magazine — tens of thousands of lines of code — and small errors were not an option. One syntax error and the program wouldn’t work. When I did make those errors, I’d go back, line by line, and check for differences. There was nothing — at the time — more annoying than seeing hours of code crash because of one bad POKE statement.
That digital fastidiousness has stuck with me since. I keep all my computers’ files in order, keep operating systems updated, backup constantly to a remote storage device and quickly go after a machine that’s behaving strangely. The net result, and I may be tempting fate, is that I have never had a computer completely fail in the thirty years I’ve been using them.
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Texting while flying may have played role in fatal helicopter crash
Author: Jon Mitchell
The dangers posed by texting while driving a car have been well documented, and the risks have caused many areas in the US to outlaw the practice. But the dangers of texting while flying have remained out of the headlines — until now. The US National Transportation Safety has recovered evidence that a commercial helicopter pilot was texting before a 2011 crash that killed him and three passengers, the first time texting has been found to occur during a fatal air accident, Bloomberg reported.
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Texting while flying may have played role in fatal helicopter crash
Author: Jesus Sargent
The dangers posed by texting while driving a car have been well documented, and the risks have caused many areas in the US to outlaw the practice. But the dangers of texting while flying have remained out of the headlines — until now. The US National Transportation Safety has recovered evidence that a commercial helicopter pilot was texting before a 2011 crash that killed him and three passengers, the first time texting has been found to occur during a fatal air accident, Bloomberg reported.
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There Can Be Only One: Teensy R/C Helicopter Takes Off R/C Plane’s Wing, Crash And Burn Follows (Okay, No Burn)
Author: Christen Arquette
This is a video of some guy flying a giant R/C plane when it clips a little helicopter, loses a wing, and crashes into a hundred billion pieces (approximately). I was really hoping the plane operator was going to pick a fist fight with the copter pilot afterwards, but no such luck. Who knows, maybe he’s one of those ‘revenge is a dish best served cold’ kind of guys and plans on flying an R/C plane full of dynamite down the other dude’s chimney one night. Solid plan, Wile E. Coyote.
Hit the jump for the video, which includes a slow-motion version of the crash after the regular speed one so you can fully appreciate the carnage.
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Alt-week 02.16.13: robo-rats, a young black hole and a computer that cannot crash
Author: Matthew Baker
Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days.
Seven days, 26,000 lightyears, 637 languages, two groups of terrorised rats and one computer that never, ever crashes. We’re light on intro, heavy of the numbers. You know the drill by now, this is Alt-week.
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Spnkix motorized skates crash the final Engadget CES podcast (video)
Author: Jon Daniels
Right in the middle of our last CES podcast, we were mildly interrupted by a man on battery-powered heels. These are Spnkix, a pair of wheel-toting heels that can be lashed to your shoes (Men sizes 6-14, Female sizes 7-15.5). You could expect to project around 7 miles of insurance coverage on a solitary fee– relying on your weight and angle of the surface. Charging takes around 4 to 5 hours, while the battery devices are detachable if you reckon you’ll be making an extended trip. Speeds top out at 10mph, while a wireless controller (that additionally takes detachable batteries) allows you to manipulate the speed, while a stopper on the heel will recognize to anybody who’s roller-skated prior to. Spnkix Pro, seen right here, will set you back $ 699 and they’re offered to buy at the source below.
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ICEdot crash sensor notifies your loved ones after you eat it, tells them where to find you
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Between powered gear shifters, electric motors and BMX-mounted mixers, bicycles merely keep getting much better– but no quantity of technological enlargement can easily sidestep the old proverb: security first. Yes, the helmet is a classic and needed accessory for cyclists, snowboarders and more. ICEdot and SenseTech expect to take the typical mind bucket to brand-new heights next year with a Bluetooth equipped crash sensing unit. Take a spill? The ICEdot sensor will bear in mind of the effect and start a countdown on its friend application. If the biker does not stop the timer before it reaches absolutely no, ICEdot will inform emergency contacts with the user’s last known GPS location and data on the severity of the accident. The accessory doesn’t have a company release date simply yet, but it will certainly make a look at the Interbike trade program later on this month. Smartphone enhanced safety will certainly set you back about $ 200 when it launches next year. Inspect out the sensing unit’s teaser video recording after the break.
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Oh Shi-Shi, They Got Drive-Thru Apple Stores Now?: Thieves Crash BMW Through Apple Store In Robbery
Author: Rod Sutherland
This is the security camera footage from an Apple store in Temecula, California where last week a group of dumbasses drove their BMW SUV through the window and security gate and stole a bunch of iPads and computers. Unfortunately for the idiots involved, their license plate got stuck in the security gate on the way out and they were easily located and arrested. A couple things, 1. were you not worried about security cameras catching your license plate either? 2. WHY DID YOU USE YOUR OWN CAR? Based on the video it looks like it probably took a decent amount of cosmetic damage. Were you stealing iPads to pay for the damage you did to your car during the robbery? Regardless, enjoy the crappy ham and cheese sandwiches and cranberry juice boxes, @$ $ holes (I’ve been to jail in Temecula before).
Hit the jump for the video which may or may yes look like they’re actually trying to destroy as many products as possible by breaking all the tables.
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Houston, We Has A Problemo: Morpheus Lunar Lander Test Ends With Crash And Burn, Eventual Explosion
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Seen here after things took a turn for the worse (worst?), NASA’s new Morpheus Lander ends its life on a test launchpad. Things start off smooth enough (it rises), however then it falls on its side and catches fire. Worthwhile explosion at 1:52 and 2:12. Some even more info so you can thrill a date and, I dunno, possibly score a kiss:
As streamed live by NASA, on 8/9/2012 at the Kennedy Area Center, the Project Morpheus lander attempted its very first free-flight examination. Nevertheless shortly into the test a hardware component failing triggered the craft to flip over and crash down in flames, followed by a number of explosions.
Project Morpheus is a prototype “green” lander that is relatively inexpensive and more fuel reliable than previous lander designs. Project Morpheus has actually cost $ 7 million over 2.5 years, economical for a NASA project, due to “lean development” practices.
Listen NASA, I’m all for doing things cheaply, however if your brand-new, cheap lunar landers just crash and explode they resemble, not that really good of a package, you know? Picture you’re at Finest Buy and they’re offering 55″ flatscreens for $ 150. You buy one, however when you get it home, it doesn’t switch on. Now exactly how really good of a deal was it? Food for idea.
Hit the jump for the sadness. Boom-booms at 1:52 and 2:12.
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Firstep Summer Camp – Junk Yard Wars – Egg Car Crash
Author: Rod Sutherland
Junk Yard Wars – Car Crash The Challenge: Students were given a challenge to protect an egg in a simulated car crash given limited supplies. Supplies: 2 Sheets of Cardstock 5 Sheets of printer paper 3 paper cups 15 Popsicle sticks 5 Cotton Balls 1 Foot of tape 1 Item from home George Giltner FIRSTEP Summer Robotics Camp — Firstepcamp.com Hosted at Developer Town
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