http://zomghott.com/zomgblog WHAT REALLY MATTERS Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:45:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You have probably heard of IPv6 by now. Well besides being used as a Chinese vehicle of war, it also has its good side. With the greatly expanded IP range we can have IP addresses for EVERYTHING. Your toaster, your refridgerator, everything. Now, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING[1]: ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/07/24/youve-got-toast/ I finally drew one hundred robots with my keyboard. The next major milestone is 200. Then I can officially say “HUNDREDS” of robots. kthxbye. http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/05/16/100-robots/ It was a sad day for innovation at the Sony zone of E3 when they announced the boomerang functionality (and all the promising boomerang gameplay which would have come with it) would not be in the final Playstation 3. The controller will no longer return to you when you ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/05/11/sony-removes-boomerang-functionality-from-ps3/ In regards to the Internet, China is probably best known for their censorship and relative e-isolationism. But few realize the true reason. It is for the good of the rest of the Internet! If the Chinese government were to adopt and promote a liberal policy toward Internet ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/04/12/red-links/ There has been a lot of talk about global epidemics lately, but they all seem to fizzle out. I mean SARS, bird flu, etc. never managed to reach a truly impressive global scale. This may sound like a “good thing” but IT IS NOT. We NEED more ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/03/30/conquistadors-of-space/ Well the news today is that the PS3 launch has been delayed again. Apparently the elliptical gyro-stabilizers that they need for the real working boomerang-controllers are on exclusive license to the DARPA until late May, and they still need to work out some kinks in the collision sensors to ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/03/15/ps3-update/ Pain. No one likes it. (except for masochists, but anyway) But of course it is useful. For instance, it tells us when our food is burning us! But that is now. What if, in the future we had super-skin, highly-resistant to damage and scuffing? ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/03/01/a-cure-for-pain/ Debris. Waste. Junk. Garbage. We cast it away as useless, but the truth is it is the stuff of LIFE. Organic wastes provide food and habitats for all sorts of tiny creatures. Radioactive wastes help speed evolution (defective mutants are a natural part of evolution, FYI). ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/02/13/mars-trash-rockets/ Scientists continue to work on mapping the neural pathways of the human brain. It is only a matter of time — around maybe 50–150 years — before we know the truth. Are we mere robots: mechanically more complex but fundamentally no different from a rock or a lever, ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/02/01/secrets-of-the-mind/ In about 4 to 5 billion years our Sun’s core will exhaust its supply of hydrogen and begin to expand into a red giant. THIS COULD KILL US ALL. Unless… we stop it. Current technology is not enough to prevent this cataclysm, BUT by the time 4 to 5 ... http://zomghott.com/zomgblog/2006/01/25/saving-the-sun/