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Category: Tech...
Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 09:23 AM [GMT-6]

Don't you despise the affectation of concatenating illogical truncations of terms in a pitiful attempt to look and sound cool and/or competent?

Here are a few Random Observations™ from the wacky world of technology, defined as anything I can't explain (see also, Magic):

  • Samsung is introducing a cellphone with a built-in 10 megapixel camera, which is good news in that we can now look forward to wall-sized posters of people photographing themselves in bathroom mirrors.

  • Apple has issued another security update for OS X. This one "addresses a number of issues with apache_mod_php, CoreTypes, LaunchServices, Mail, Safari and rsync, according to notes from Apple. This update also includes the previous Security Update, which fixed security issues with apache_mod_php, Automount, Bom, Directory Services, iChat,
IPSec, LaunchServices, LibSystem, Loginwindow, Mail, Rsync, Safari Syndication." This action has sent reverberations through the Mac community, as evidenced by this comment thread on Macworld's coverage of Apple's announcement, said thread primarily focusing on the difference between "affect" and "effect." Watch for an upcoming announcement about a new Mac-related "virus" and a firestorm of a discussion about the proper usage of "peak," "peek" and "pique."

  • According to the Wall Street Journal, the FCC has signed off on a proposal to allow cellphone usage on commercial flights, and the FAA is heading toward similar approval. The FCC's prior concerns were related to the way high-altitude cellphone usage disrupted ground usage of the frequencies and potentially created disgruntled users. The FAA's concerns were related to the way cellphones disrupted navigation instruments and potentially created crashed airplanes. In the meantime, most passengers are more concerned with the possibility of having to beat senseless the inconsiderate "road warriors" who will raise the bar on how annoying they can be once they're freed to conduct their important business at 35,000 feet.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming. Up next: the secret lives of baby squirrels.

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Comments

Wish I had a phone like that. Lets hope the exchange rate improves greatly before I come over! Not that I am likely to buy one anyway...

Posted by: Rachel at March 14, 2006 07:21 PM

I don't know. I can't imagine that the phone's lens will be high enough quality to really do justice to 10 megapixels. I suspect that for a phone, anything over 3mp is just wasted.

Posted by: Eric at March 14, 2006 07:30 PM

That photo of the guy in the bathroom mirror creeps me out...I forget that we live in a world of camera phones and recording devices...there are probably pictures of other people in bathroom mirrors all over the www. Give me stories of the secret lives of baby squirrels anyday. ;-)

Posted by: Gwynne at March 14, 2006 08:04 PM

Well, in his defense, James Lileks is probably the least creepy guy you'll ever encounter. I doubt that he knows very much about TSLOBS, however.

Posted by: Eric at March 14, 2006 08:12 PM

Yeah, I should clarify that it wasn't James himself that creeped me out (his website is refreshingly funny)....it was the idea that people all over can (and do) take pictures when and where we least expect pictures to be taken...and the public bathroom is a creepy place to start.

Posted by: Gwynne at March 14, 2006 08:26 PM
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