Wednesday 22 June 2011

Rant 799 / Solar Desktop

After looking at the solar chargers at the online stores, I'm interested in whether those solar chargers meant for handphones will work on my desktop. A number of them have USB cables, so if I stick them into my desktop, will it help supply my desktop with a small amount of electricity?

I don't care if it's a little. If it can pay for itself over the long term, I wouldn't mind having several. Furthermore I can plug them all into a USB hub and just use 1-2 USB ports for this.

But will it work? Or will it melt my motherboard or something?

...

No it doesn't work. It seems when I plug in a solar charger, my computer would charge up the battery in the solar charger instead.

In order to get such a system that I initially thought of to work, I'd need to connect it directly to my PSU somehow, or construct a solar power generator using things I can probably get from those online stores I've been visiting and maybe the DIY store in my neighbourhood.

I remember seeing plain solar panels at DHgate but it will take quite a bit of research to build a generator and make it supplement our power supply instead of blowing a fuse or something.












So after a bit of research I learnt that brushing my teeth with baking soda can be bad for the teeth. Apparently other than removing stains it can also damage my teeth enamel. However how often I should do it is not clear. One tip I did find is that I should brush my teeth with toothpaste after brushing with soda.

I've been doing the reverse.

Also, I'll still be brushing my teeth with baking soda every night until my teeth turn white. This should happen in a month.








So the Nokia N8 also has a better video resolution than my old DVD-DCR610 which has a VGA resolution of 640*480. The N8 has a 720p aka 1280*720 video resolution.

Whoa!

I was so outdated. I probably still am.












Lulzsec and Anonymous declares war on all governments. This certainly won't end well.

Salutations Lulz Lizards,
As we're aware, the government and whitehat security terrorists across the world continue to dominate and control our Internet ocean. Sitting pretty on cargo bays full of corrupt booty, they think it's acceptable to condition and enslave all vessels in sight. Our Lulz Lizard battle fleet is now declaring immediate and unremitting war on the freedom-snatching moderators of 2011.
Welcome to Operation Anti-Security - we encourage any vessel, large or small, to open fire on any government or agency that crosses their path. We fully endorse the flaunting of the word "AntiSec" on any government website defacement or physical graffiti art. We encourage you to spread the word of AntiSec far and wide, for it will be remembered. To increase efforts, we are now teaming up with the Anonymous collective and all affiliated battleships.
Whether you're sailing with us or against us, whether you hold past grudges or a burning desire to sink our lone ship, we invite you to join the rebellion. Together we can defend ourselves so that our privacy is not overrun by profiteering gluttons. Your hat can be white, gray or black, your skin and race are not important. If you're aware of the corruption, expose it now, in the name of Anti-Security.
Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood.
It's now or never. Come aboard, we're expecting you...
History begins today.
Lulz Security


Since I have a Paypal account, I should probably watch out for news regarding it and change my card or something the minute I see something bad.

Now's probably a good time to specialize in computer security.

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