Transmissions» computing archives | blog.kikbot.org http://blog.kikbot.org Spreading ideas one post at a time. Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Math is the Real Magic of this World http://blog.kikbot.org/math-real-magic-world/ http://blog.kikbot.org/math-real-magic-world/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:23:11 +0000 kikbot http://blog.kikbot.org/?p=51 What child is not fascinated by magic. The ability to make objects appear from thin air or even levitate seemingly defying gravity. One thing that every student should realize is that math is the real magic of this world. With some numbers and a algorithm an you will receive an answer to any question you may have. What if you need to know how much carbon you need to make the strongest steel. Or maybe you need to know the volume of that container before it’s created. It can even tell us what decisions another might make using game theory. There really is no end to what can be answered as long as you know how to write and interpret the algorithm.

        
]]> http://blog.kikbot.org/math-real-magic-world/feed/ 0 Powerline Exploit Allows Keylogging via Ground or Laser http://blog.kikbot.org/powerline-exploit-allows-keylogging-via-ground-laser/ http://blog.kikbot.org/powerline-exploit-allows-keylogging-via-ground-laser/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:01:09 +0000 kikbot http://blog.kikbot.org/?p=44 Hackers are now able to log keystrokes via grounded outlets or remotely by laser. Pretty ingenious when you think about it but even more to worry about if your security conscious. The exploit is achieved by monitoring the grounded electrical circuit within 15 feet of the target. When a keyboard is used it generates a different frequency from 10 to 20 Kilohertz. When the computer is plugged into a power source the the frequency from the keys are seen on the ground output. The same results can be achieved at greater distances but using a laser. By shining the laser on the computer or even objects around the computer they are able to capture the reflections from the vibration of the keys. Amazing work really and something work noting if security is important to you. Networkworld has the entire article and it’s worth a read so check it out.

How to use electrical outlets and cheap lasers to steal data.

        
]]> http://blog.kikbot.org/powerline-exploit-allows-keylogging-via-ground-laser/feed/ 0 Know what one percent of the world knows http://blog.kikbot.org/know-what-one-percent-world-knows/ http://blog.kikbot.org/know-what-one-percent-world-knows/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:48:21 +0000 kikbot http://blog.kikbot.org/?p=36 Bill Gates said only that one percent of the world knows about his Internet Explorer shortcut. When typing the URL in the IE address bar hit CTRL+ENTER and .com will be added to the address. It’s not very useful but now you know.

        
]]> http://blog.kikbot.org/know-what-one-percent-world-knows/feed/ 0 Life, Probability and Fractals http://blog.kikbot.org/life-probability-fractals/ http://blog.kikbot.org/life-probability-fractals/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:43:04 +0000 kikbot http://blog.kikbot.org/?p=32 What is the probability of life outside of Spaceship Earth, most people will say it is pretty slim. Now more than ever we are finding life in inhospitable places and in  places we have been unable to look previously. We may have even found life in our own solar system. Mars is already showing signs of the life and now it’s just a mater of finding it.

Fractals are a great model for showing repetitions in nature. These fractals can be found in all manner of life on Earth. These same fractal algorithms should be applied to the stars, planets and galaxies.

As technology advances we are able to do things that were otherwise unachicveable. At one time the mircoscopic world was beyound our sight and now we are contsructiong machines in that same space. The space among the stars has been more difficult and because of this we rely more than ever on technology. We need this technology to help us find more life in our solar system. With life found so close to our own home the probability of life in the universe must be increasing. Life finds way and after all this time thinking that nothing can live in those conditions it may be time to start thinking what does live there.

        
]]> http://blog.kikbot.org/life-probability-fractals/feed/ 0 Quantifying Human Potential http://blog.kikbot.org/quantifying-human-potential/ http://blog.kikbot.org/quantifying-human-potential/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:32:26 +0000 kikbot http://blog.kikbot.org/?p=24 Human potential is not difficult to quantify. We all know those who excel for they are hard to keep hidden. Well then why don’t we all excel? Genetics. There are differences in all of us, some of those differences limit our abilities. However, our greatest asset is our mind.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn’t.

- Watson, Lyall

What about those who genetics are not a deterrent. The answer is our minds and everyone in this group has that potential. I believe this quote sums up all there is to be said about what we can achieve.

Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds himself heavenly mansions of Joy, Strength and Peace.By the right choice and true applictaion of thought man ascends to divine perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of thought he descends below the level of the beasts. Between these two are all grades of character and man is their make and master. Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence is this; Man is the master of thought the molder of character and the maker and shaper of condition, environment and destiny.

- As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

        
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