This did not came as a shock ... but I have to totally approve this chart
how about you ?
Dunno` about you but I`m pretty curious !
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After weeks of speculation and some seemingly genuine leaks about the new MacBooks Pro, which were rumored to be launched today, the Apple Store is currently down.
We’ll be monitoring the store closely for any changes; if Apple indeed launches an update to its current MacBook Pro line, this is what you can expect: Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture, faster memory, an SDXC slot and a Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort, meaning that it’s both a display port and a high-speed I/O connection port. Stay tuned!
Actually it is a transcript, but still, some people go to great lengths to trick you for some money ... So be careful ...
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See a Facebook scam in action
This caught my interest today.
Rakesh Agrawal, the CEO of SnapStream, a Texan software company, received a message on Facebook, supposedly from one of his friends - Matt Finkelstein. "Matt" told Rakesh that he was stranded in London, after he had his money and air tickets stolen and needed $800 to get home.
Fortunately, as you'll see in the transcript Rakesh published on his blog, he was suspicious and guessed that his friend's account had been broken into by a hacker.
Asking personal questions that only Matt or a close friend would know helped Rakesh uncover the truth, although it's clear that the scammer was able to derive some information (for instance, his wife's name) from the profile.
7:20am Matt
hi
whats up?7:20am Rakesh
Hi Matt
Everything OK?7:21am Matt
well,im really stuck here in london
i had to visit a resort here in london and i got robbed at the hotel im staying7:22am Rakesh
ack... that's terrible. Sorry to hear it.7:22am Matt
yeah,thanks
we just want some helo flying back home7:23am Rakesh
So why are you stuck there?'7:23am Matt
all my money to get a ticket back home got stolen7:25am Rakesh
I didn't understand this "we just want some helo flying back home"7:25am Matt
help*
actually i got some money wired to me to catch a flight back home
but we still need $800 more to complete our ticket fee and fly back home7:26am Rakesh
good
Honestly, it sounds like someone's hacked your Facebook account and is using it to defraud your friends.7:26am Matt
i have the money in my checking acct,i cant just access it from here
this really me
Lauren is here with me
and my kids7:28am Rakesh
your wife's name is on your profile page7:28am Matt
what about my kids name?7:28am Rakesh
in photos?
how do we know each other? when did we meet?7:29am Matt
from schoolI do not know this guy from "school"... So when I responded and he figured out that I was on to him, he blocked me, etc. I tried emailing Matt at his e-mail address, but who knows if that address was his real address or not..
Rakesh was right to be suspicious, but how many other people would fall for this kind of confidence trick?
A small post about robots... social robots
Find the Purpose in Your Work
It's hard to stay focused when you simply don't care. If you're doing a boring or frustrating task, look for the reason why.Perhaps you're writing a grant application to win your organization much-needed funds. Sure, that application form might be tedious – but you're doing it for a great reason.
Or maybe you're studying for a particular qualification. You're not exactly gripped by the material, but you know that if you pass your exam, you'll be a step closer to your dream job.
When you've got a purpose in mind, you'll be motivated to do the work. And when you're motivated, it's much easier to concentrate.
Plan Before You Start
Have you ever started on a particular task, only to end up feeling overwhelmed or bewildered? Sometimes, it's a mistake to jump straight into a particular piece of work – you'll soon end up stuck.So, any time you're tackling something big or something new, take a few minutes to plan out how it's going to work. What will you need to do first? Are you missing any pieces of information? Who can help show you what to do?
If you have a plan, it's easy to keep moving forwards. You won't suddenly stop and wonder what to do next (which kills concentration – it's all too easy to open up your email, or start browsing the net).
Take Regular Breaks
You might think that the best way to concentrate is to sit at your desk, stare grimly at the computer screen, and try to force yourself to work for hours at a time.It's actually much more effective to work for short periods and then take breaks. If you're really focusing, you can't easily concentrate for more than about 45 minutes at a time. After that, you need to take a break to let your brain recharge.
Plus, if you know that you've got a scheduled break coming up, it's easier to stay on task. Instead of trying to work for three hours and getting distracted every ten minutes, you can tell yourself "I just need to concentrate for half an hour".
Shut Your Office Door
This one's deceptively simple – but are you doing it?Sure, we don't all have offices with doors to shut. But wherever you're working, find a way to let people know that you're trying to concentrate.
That might mean telling your spouse and kids that you're going to be reading for an hour, and you'd appreciate it if they don't interrupt you. It might mean putting on headphones in an open-plan office, so that colleagues are less likely to interrupt you for a chat.
Eat Enough – But Not Too Much
If you're distracted by a growling stomach, you'll struggle to focus. Your attention levels drop when your blood sugar is low – and you'll probably find yourself in a bad mood, too.Don't compensate by scoffing a huge lunch. Eating a big meal mid-day will make you sleepy and lethargic in the afternoon – killing your concentration. If you have a regular afternoon slump, try spacing out your food more evenly: instead of eating a huge lunch, have a sandwich and salad at noon and a granola bar or piece of fruit at 3pm, for instance.
Turn Off Your Internet Connection
Again, this is a really simple trick – but do you ever do it?It's so easy to jump on Twitter or Facebook, click on a link, and end up spending ten minutes totally off-task. This might not be a big deal in itself, but every time you switch away from your work, you take time to get back into it again. You might lose the thread of your thoughts, or start to lose interest.
By turning off your internet connection, you remove a load of potential distractions. Just one hour each day without being plugged in can make a huge difference to your work. Unitasking is so much more efficient than multitasking.
Slow Down
The final secret to great concentration is to slow down.If you live life in a rush, dashing from one thing to the next, it's no surprise that you find yourself frazzled and unable to focus. When you're in a hurry, you make mistakes much more easily – which results in wasted time while you put things right.
Well, due to the modern way of life, we all tend to get distracted, and usually this is not good, not good at all... To help you get back on track, here are 7 useful tips to get that productivity up and running again.
At its core, RoboEarth is a World Wide Web for robots: a giant network and database repository where robots can share information and learn from each other about their behavior and their environment.
Bringing a new meaning to the phrase "experience is the best teacher", the goal of RoboEarth is to allow robotic systems to benefit from the experience of other robots, paving the way for rapid advances in machine cognition and behaviour, and ultimately, for more subtle and sophisticated human-machine interaction.
RoboEarth will include everything needed to close the loop from robot to RoboEarth to robot. The RoboEarth World-Wide-Web style database will be implemented on a Server with Internet and Intranet functionality. It stores information required for object recognition (e.g., images, object models), navigation (e.g., maps, world models), tasks (e.g., action recipes, manipulation strategies) and hosts intelligent services (e.g., image annotation, offline learning).
To close the loop, the RoboEarth Collaborators will also implement components for a ROS compatible, robot-unspecific, high-level operating system as well as components for robot-specific, low level controllers accessible via a Hardware Abstraction Layer.
Have you heard about this ? Is this the beginning of the end ? Is the "terminator - skynet " transforming from a story to a prophecy ?
Neah, just kidding, for one, I really don`t think so, even though this sound a bit threating, it's far from that, the main purpose of this entire program, to put it in simple terms, is the resolving the update problems for all the robots and that is about it. So, sorry for disappointing, no killer robots coming soon ..
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