Look, when it broke that Trent Reznor was going to be involved in the soundtrack for The Social Network, I knew it was going to be good. And when I saw The Social Network back in 2010, I knew the soundtrack was good. But I only just sat down and really listened to it the other day and holy shit you guys, it is dope.
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A scene from "My Horse." Kids, horses are expensive.
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Dear parents,
You wouldn’t trust your kids with your money, so why do you trust them with your iPad? It can amount to the same thing.
I merely wonder this somewhat aloud after the peculiar tale of Lily Neale.
Lily’s dad, Lee, gave her his iPad to play with. So Lily played with it. The only problem is that Lily is 8, so when she played with it, she started buying lots of in-game goodies.
You know, trinkets and horses — or whatever it is you can buy when you’re having fun.
One day, dad, an aerospace designer, couldn’t put his hand inside his bank account. It was completely frozen.
He looked a little more closely and discovered that his little Lily had spent 4,000 British pounds (the Neales live in Somerset, U.K.) through his iPad. Well, she wanted to be happy.
Apple had sent Lee e-mails to congratulate him on these fine purchases, but, as he told the Mirror, he didn’t notice them.
Lily admitted that she’d seen her dad enter a password, had remembered it, and had used it. As you do.
The new Superman/Batman logo unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con.
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SAN DIEGO — Nothing quite says “tease” like reading from a mega-popular, fan-favorite comic book at the end of a movie panel.
But that’s just what Henry Lennix, who played General Swanwick in this summer’s Man of Steel blockbuster, did at the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H on Saturday afternoon. When he joined the film’s star Henry Cavill on stage at the end of the Man of Steel panel, director Zack Snyder asked him to read something.
Snyder told the audience, “We’re not adapting this thing, but it will help us tell you something.”
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You can sit on a washing machine, but that doesn’t make it a chair. A transformation like the one industrial designer Antonina pulled off does make it a chair, though. And there are even DIY instructions so you can try too, if you’re into that sort of thing.
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With the latest deliverable in NAS technology we’ve got the LenovoEMC PX2-300d with Milestone Arcus Network Video Recorder software embedded, complete with hardware you might recognize as a rather close relative of the Iomega PX2-300d in both looks and function – to a point. This is because both PX2-300d units are essentially made of the same basics on the outside, working now with the company’s upgraded brand name (LenovoEMC) and taking on the mantel of big-power small-footprint NAS for SMB. Here we’ve also got the very first NVR (network video recorder) to feature Milestone Arcus; video management software that makes the whole process as quick and easy as possible.
While we’re not going to do a full-on comparison of this model to the PX2-300d we reviewed in the past, we can say this – even here seven months after we had that look, this NAS performs as good as ever. And for a machine that’ll be spending most of its time hidden away from the everyday eyes of the public, it certainly isn’t a half-bad looking unit to look at, either.
Inside the PX2-300d you’ll be working with an Intel D525 Atom dual-core 1.8GHz paired with 2GB of RAM. This architecture is paired with two enterprise-glass drives able to be configured at either RAID 0 or 1, both behind a lock-able door with an array of round holes for regular airflow.
With this door open you’ll be able to access two pop-out trays that are rather easy to work with while they lock in tight when you’re not making a switch. These trays support both 2.5- and 3.5-inch drives.
Also up front you’ll find an LCD display which shows off the basics – time and date when you don’t need the rest – network IP address or used/available capacity when your getting ready to connect or check your space. Display access is served by a single standard VGA out on this machine’s back working with MindTree software interface.
Also at this hardware’s back are two USB 2.0 ports, two ethernet ports (so you can connect two separate internet sources in case one fails, for example), and a power port. There’s also a teeny-tiny reset button there as well. The backside also features a rather silent-running fan that’ll blow air through the whole construct real slick – especially given the straight-shot openness from the back to the front. The front also features a single USB 3.0 port for good measure.
Configuration of this system is extremely easy, especially when you’ve got a set of eyes as simple as the M1011 Axis Network Camera unit we’ve been provided. This system is able to work with a total of 20 surveillance cameras at once, the system attaching to them each with Milestone’s Arcus system with a simple icon for each camera.
NOTE: This setup supports a wide variety of cameras from several major brands – Axis, Bosch, ACTi, Canon, Panasonic, & others, and several different connections work as well. IP cameras (both Fixed & PTZ), USB, and analog cameras (connected via IP encoder) are all set to work right out of the box.
Each camera appears (if connected to your personal network) automatically. You can also do a simple search for any “missing” cameras found by their IP address as well, while a single configuration button appears for each of them offering up a collection of controls for Video like Codec (H.264 or MPEG-4, for example), Frames per second, and Resolution.
Each camera is attached to its unique given name and also has options for Recording and Motion Detection where applicable. You can set a single camera’s retention time for a certain period of time for a week and another for a period of minutes, and each camera’s disk usage is made plain from the front.
In addition to Arcus working on the base beast here, there’s both Android and iPhone/iPad apps made to access your camera network on the go. NOTE: At the moment the Android app doesn’t appear to be active, but we’ll let you know when it’s back up and running – it works essentially the same as the iOS app, in the end.
As it was when we first reviewed the PX2-300d, complete with its software build back then, this configuration affords you the ability to access data in your personal cloud with Amazon S3, Mozy Pro, and EMC Atmos. Axis Video Hosting is also available while OS X users may want to opt for an Apple Time Machine backup solution – every test we’ve performed with each of these connections has worked just as well as the last so far – including massive files from one location to another inside our own personal network.
In testing this drive for raw speed on a gigabit ethernet connection, this LenovoEMC PX2-300d unit kicked out 80 MB/s write speeds and 75 MB/s read speeds on average. That should be plenty fast for your standard SMB or home network needs on a regular basis.
You’ll find this particular solution – complete with Milestone Arcus software – ringing in at $1,000 USD with four camera licenses attached. The majority of this cost kicked in with the drives and the Milestone Arcus software above the case on its own, but it’s the final amalgamation of software and hardware here that makes the case for a solid small network surveillance solution – you’ll want it all in the end.
This configuration includes a full year of Milestone Arcus software updates for free, and as the case is made to allow a variety of drives flipped in-and-out with ease, you can rest easy knowing you’ll be ready for any hardware upgrades you need in the future as well. While LenovoEMC lets it be known that several solutions are available for those with larger needs, this most “basic” package is exactly the place we’d be sarting. Unless of course you need a four-drive PX4-300d with 8TB and 16 camera licenses, of course – they’ve got that configuration available immediately if not soon, as well.
LenovoEMC PX2-300d with Milestone Arcus NVR Review is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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At Comic-Con today, Man of Steel director Zack Snyder took the stage and confirmed that there would be a sequel to the new Superman movie that is scheduled for release at some point in 2015. This wasn’t too surprising, but Warner Bros. announced that the sequel would be a team up between Superman and Batman, bringing the two together for the first time in film.
The new movie will be directed by Snyder and written by Man of Steel writer David Goyer, while Henry Cavill will come back to play the role of Superman. As for who will play Batman, that remains a mystery, as it’s been hinted that Christian Bale has hung up his cape after the Christopher Nolan-directed trilogy ended last year.
However, Nolan will serve as executive producer for the sequel. Snyder said that the new movie will be inspired by The Dark Knight Returns animated film that was released last year, which is adaptation from the 1996 comic book series with the same name.
The panel at Comic-Con also revealed what looks to be the logo of the sequel, taking both the Batman and Superman logos and mashing them together. Sadly, that’s all the teasers that the team revealed so far, but we should be hearing more about the new film in the near future. 2015 has never been so far off than right now.
IMAGE CREDITS: Pop Culture Geek, Eric Vespe
Superman and Batman teaming up for “Man of Steel” sequel is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2013, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.
You know, we’re done with the whole three dimension thing. It’s waaaay to restrictive. That’s why we’re adding not one, but two more to the list this week. Now we’ve got a little more breathing space, we can consider some of science’s bigger questions, like how comets might form, and how long until the results of an 85-year old experiment might finally be caught on film. This is alt-week.
Digital cameras are great and all, but it’s OK to miss good old fashioned film if for no other reason than it looks nice in canister form. This lovely digital print by Peter Hamilton shows off some of the best old-school beauties in all their antiquated glory.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — It’s hard to overstate the importance of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” to the comics.
In creating a comic that attracted droves of noncomics readers, especially women, at a time when comics were on the pop culture radars of very few people, Gaiman also inadvertently made graphic novels into a business. “The Sandman” was a book that lent itself to having its story arcs collected into book format, and those graphic novels sold so well and to such a wide audience that other comics soon followed suit.
Today, it’s harder to find monthly comics that don’t eventually get reprinted into graphic novels than the other way around. On the occasion of the book’s 25th anniversary, with not only graphic novels but also digital comics now established as another comics reading format, Gaiman … [Read more]
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