Xerox Star computer system circa 1982. A predecessor of modern computer systems.
Xerox Star computer system. This was an amazing machine.
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Astronomy still very popular in the modern age.
The BBC has hosted an astronomy night which resulted in the discovery of another exoplanet around a distant star. This is good news in the search for interstellar life. The Universe would have to be trillions of light-years across by now, the edges travelling faster than the speed of light,…
Read MoreAmazing sights and facts about our universe. What is really out there in the vastness of space?
Following on from this posting: http://www.securitronlinux.com/uncategorized/amazing-facts-about-the-universe-we-live-in/, here is another post about the amazing universe we inhabit. One amazing sight in the universe is the Neutron Star. This is a stellar body that is about 20 kilometers in diameter and has 1000 billion times the gravity of the Earth. This would…
Read MoreHP releases new Star Wars laptop, just in time for holiday shopping.
Hewlett Packard have released a new Star Wars themed laptop, just in time for Christmas. This laptop, starting at $699.99 is a bargain and would be the perfect present for any Star Wars fan. See all of the options and customize before purchasing on this page: http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/Laptops/star-wars-special-edition#vao. Buy one today…
Read MoreStrange icicles on the edges of Saturns rings. I thought that they were made up of trillions of particles.
What are these massive icicles doing on the edges of Saturn`s rings? I thought that the rings were made up of trillions of lumps of ice. I guess the edge of the rings is a solid ring. That would be very cool. I wonder if you could build a base…
Read MoreNew exoplanet HD 97658 discovered. Nearly eight times the mass of Earth.
A new exoplanet has been measured, HD 97658. This planet is hardly larger than the planet Earth, but this is nearly eight times the mass of our planet. This means that the gravitational pull would be much higher than Earth. Possibly 6-7 times the gravity of Earth and also it…
Read MoreMy thoughts on the new Star Trek Into darkness movie and Star Trek in general.
The new Star Trek movie Into Darkness is an interesting film. The juxtaposition of the new JJ Abrams Star Trek with the classic scene borrowed from the ending of Wrath Of Khan, but in reverse is a strange element indeed. The fact that this is an alternative universe with a…
Read MoreHow the personal computer has evolved through the ages. How things have changed since the early days.
The personal computer has changed so much since the early days of the computer. The earliest true computer, the ENIAC was a massive machine that took up a warehouse. This massive machine used vacuum tubes to perform calculations instead of the modern silicon chips that the computers of today use….
Read MorePetition to build a real death star? This is idiotic to say the least.
There is a petition put forward for President Obama to build a real life Death Star. This is ludicrous, America is trillions of dollars in debt to other countries and they want the US military to begin construction of a massive 160 KM diameter space station in orbit? What is…
Read MoreSearch for alien life continues. What could be out there waiting for us and are we alone in the Universe?
The search for alien intelligences continues and though we have not found any alien civilizations yet, the search continues. The ability of life to exist in harsh climates is astounding, there are fish on this planet that live in sulfuric acid, and the lifeforms that exist around black smokers on…
Read MoreDominos Pizza company planning a moon base store.
The Dominos Pizza company are planning to build a store on the moon, the Pizza Hut company delivered a pizza to the International Space Station and now Dominos wants to outdo them by constructing a dome-shaped restaurant on the moon. Construction firm Maeda Corp has come up with the design…
Read MoreUgandan space program is underway.
The Ugandan space program is all set after the announcement that space enthusiasts in the third world country are constructing a space shuttle that they are planning to put into space within six years. How they are going to actually get this contraption into space is a good question, The…
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