Sorry About That

So we haven't posted since last week, but for good reasons. Right now, the MediaDefender thing continues to grow as well as Halo 3 being released. Right now, I'm working on a Halo 3 review. It should be done next week.  My blog life will be cut short because I'm playing this game, which is pretty good so far. I didn't write a wrap up article, but sue me.

My next post will be about ReasyBoost, so get ready for it.

mSeliga

Halo 3 is Near

So Halo 3 is right around the corner, and I'm sure we are all waiting anxiously for Tuesday. I haven't made any updates on my pre-Halo 3 features, but here is a very cool update, thanks to engadget. engadget got a hold of the Legendary Edition and some other goodies. They have a great gallery of the unboxing.

There is some bad news about the Legendary Edition that has come trickling in. Many gamers who got a hold of it early are sating that the disc is scratched up due to the way the game sites in the case. This is rumor right now, but I'm sure before next Friday, we'll know for sure one way or another.

Engadget Unboxing
mSeliga

USB 2.0 x 10 = USB 3.0

Intel, not be outdone by a eight core cpu, has been working with many partners on USB 3.0. At the moment, they are promising a increase in speed by ten. They expect USB 3.0 to be able to have a speed of up to 4Gbs. To put that in perspective, USB 2.0 caps out at 480Mbs, FireWire 1394 caps out at 800Mbs. This is a huge increase in speed. This will have pave the way for more external technology such as external HD-DVD/BluRay drives, externel graphics cards, and many other technolgy that was tethered to your motherboard. The new technology uses fiber optics to carry data to and from the computer.

Side Note:
This beats the speed of ALL current external ports, including eSATA(3000Mbs) and Fibre Channel(4000Mbs).

mSeliga

Remember When He.......

This is also a new feature piece I'd like to start. Anyway.

Remember when Han Solo said that he made the Kessel Run in less then twelve parsecs? I knew that a parsec was a measurement of distance, but never how far. First off, here is the question to figure the length of a parsec.

By definition a parsec is 360×60×60/2π Astronomical Units (AU). It is a measurement of distance based on apparent star motion as observed from a particular planet. Since the Galactic Standard "AU", would be based on Coruscant's orbit (368 days) it would equal 150,349,907,726 meters.

Got that? Ok, so after I did the math, I go this as the Galactic Standard Parsec.

31,011,894,586,294,500 meters

Cool eh? But  is twelve parsecs?

  372,142,735,035,534,000         meters

1,220,940,731,743,878,000         feet

              231,238,774,951,492.03  miles

Two Hundred Thirty One Trillion, Two Hundred Thirty Right Billion, Seven Hundred Seventy Four Million, Nine Hundred Fifty One Thousand, Four Hundred Ninety Two, and Three Hundredths.

So......That's a pretty far distance. Just thought you might like to know.

mSeliga

NYTOnline Free

The New York Times, one of the biggest newspapers in America, has now taken much of the pay areas of their site and have made them available for free. This is major news considering the cost of a paper version of the NYT. Hopefully more newspapers will go this route. Ads can pay for things friends. It's like Morgan Webb said, if there are ads, you should get it free.

mSeliga

The Force Unleashed, on the Wii?

That appears to be the case. LucasArts said a while back that they were working on a game for the Wii that would use it like a lightsaber (ala Zelda style). Well, they have announced that the game is The Force Unleashed. Now, I've heard this game is for the PS3, 360, PS2, DS, and PSP....but the Wii? I'll stick by it for now, but it seems like it may be to much. We'll see in Spring of '08.

mSeliga

Apple. tsk tsk tsk.

We all knew that Apple can be lazy, and yes they were, but this was amazing. AS you know, the iPod Touch is just a rip of the iPhone OS, taking only the iPod functions and some other features. Basically, iPhone-Phone=iPod Touch. However, they got really lazy.  I wish I had the picture on file, but many sites(including engadget) have it. Apparently, when your iPod Touch can't be used because it locks, it says iPhone. Uh......what? Apparently, they forgot to fix a couple of their strings. Its not that hard, but what ever.

And, if you care, Apple has chosen to go with O2 as the cell carrier in the UK for the iPhone.

mSeliga