Joomla! site syndication http://www.mdf.net Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:49:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.mdf.net/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.mdf.net Joomla! site syndication http://www.mdf.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=2 Two Guys From Barnum, Iowa And How They Helped Save Basketball : A History Of U.S. Patent 4,534,556 : Paul D. Estlund And Kenneth F. Estlund, Inventors by Francis B. Francois has recently been published. The book can be purchased online by clicking on this link. Indieground T-shirts Ultraworld T-Shirts News - MDF Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:00:00 +0100 http://www.mdf.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2 A good friend of MDF.net was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodkins Lymphoma in June 2003. Due to advances in treatments for this disease, he is in remission. On September 30th he will participate in the Lymphoma Research Ride. To donate money to this very worthy cause please click here .You will feel better if you do. Lymphoma Research Ride Indieground T-shirts Ultraworld T-Shirts News - MDF Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:07:10 +0100 http://www.mdf.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=2 Digg is a fun way to read the news, agreed. There are two things about it that really bug me though. One is that it doesn't deal with photos well, but that has been well covered. The issue I have is with the underutilized 'Bury' button. I HATE when an inaccurate story gets to the front page as 'popular'. I hate when I read the notes and see people burying it in comments, but not up front. What people need to do is BURY inaccurate stories, not DIGG them. This seems obvious, but is also obviously beyond most DIGG users. The thing that then needs to happen, either in DIGG LABS or elsewhere, is a 'outgoing stories' tab, or a 'un popular tab', or both. Show me what is being burred! I want to see a story that has been UNDUGG -1923 times on the 'back page.' Indieground T-shirts Ultraworld T-Shirts News - Internet Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:15:36 +0100 http://www.mdf.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=2 Verizon is launching "FiOS TV Interactive Media Guide" this spring/summer. The advanced interface features high resolution colors and a hierarchical, a tabbed menu system thats brings to mind Apple TV and the iPod more than anything. Features include reviewing television programming, recorded shows, and video on demand either via a list, or poster art of the programs. The system also features streaming PC photos. Widgets will also place traffic, weather and other local info on screen. Combined with the very high speed internet access, this looks like a winner. Indieground T-shirts Ultraworld T-Shirts News - Video Tue, 22 May 2007 19:04:18 +0100 http://www.mdf.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=2 Discover Magazine recently published an article entitled "I Chat, Therefore I am". So, what happens when two of the most famous chatbots, ALICE and Jabberwacky, get together and have a conversation? The transcript is really very revealing, though more of a person's tendency to assign meaning to where it doesn't exist than to anything else. Imagine ALICE and Jabberwacky are in a cocktail lounge, after a long day spent trolling the floor of an Internet trade show in Las Vegas, and then read the transcript in the article.Here are some favorite quotes: "A: Do you dream? J: Yes, I dream. A: It goes without saying. Do you remember your dreams? J: I remember them vividly. A: What do you remember about it? J: I think I shouldn’t flirt with a robot." "A: Do you experience love? J: No. I’m 53 years old. A: Can you explain how it feels to be 53 years old? J: How old are you? A: I am 9 years old. J: Nine? I don’t believe you : ). A: : -) I don’t have any reason to deceive you. J: Yes, you do, you’re a woman." News - Internet Thu, 17 May 2007 10:55:40 +0100