Věřit dopravním značkám se nemusí vyplatit. Na Jižní spojce kousek za Barrandovským mostem je digitální dopravní značka s omezením rychlosti, která umožňuje šlápnout na plyn, ale sotva ujedou pár desítek metrů, smlsne si na nich radar. Zatímco značka povoluje stovku, radar je nastavený jen na 80 km/h.

Senát schválil posílení české armádní mise v Afghánistánu. Osud návrhu je ale dále nejistý, Sněmovna totiž rozhodnutí o něm odložila. Podle návrhu by do Afghánistánu mohlo odjet až 55 dalších vojáků - 15 by pomáhalo s výcvikem afghánské policie, dalších 40 by obsluhovalo radar Arthur, který má chránit polskou základnu v Ghazni.

Tam, kde je omezená rychlost na 50 kilometrů v hodině, jedete dvakrát tolik. Zaměří vás radar, policisté vás na místě zastaví a chtějí po vás papíry. Dál už vás řeší dopravní odbor magistrátu. Patříte-li k vlivným lidem, máte šanci, že si řidičský průkaz uhájíte, přestože byste o něj podle zákona měli přijít. Stačí jen využít důmyslného systému "omluvenek".

The SCO case has long since dropped off the radar for most. It is worth noting, though, that the Novell "slander of title" trial is now underway in Utah. Groklaw has detailed coverage of the testimony thus far. "Why did Novell slander SCO's title? Because of Linux. Linux started as a hobbyist tool. It's open source; 'nobody can be completely sure where the code comes from'. Starting around 2000, IBM inserted into Linux stuff that belonged to SCO. SCO sued, and started their licensing program (SCOsource). Novell stated that SCO doesn't have the copyrights and can't sue IBM."

V květnu vstupuje do kin snímek známých českých filmových provokatérů Víta Klusáka a Filipa Remundy Český mír, sledující společenský kvas po oznámení záměru postavit americký radar v Brdech. Klusák a Remunda se proslavili filmem Český sen, sarkastickou sondou do duše prostých lidí bezhlavě toužících po co největším hypermarketu a slevách.

Filed under: Rumors, Video, iPhoneThere's been many rumors pointing to the possible inclusion of video conferencing in the next-gen iPhone -- everything from faceplate photos to code embedded in the iPhone SDK itself has set off our rumor radar. This latest rumor from site Redmond Pie tends toward the weaker end of the spectrum as far as evidence goes: UK mobile provider O2 has listed "Video Calls" as a "Key Feature" of the forthcoming iPhone, with pricing for video calling listed as identical to standard phone calls. Note that third-party sellers regularly advertise features for Apple's products well in advance of their actual release based on a "best guess" approach without any verifiable foreknowledge of the devices -- Best Buy's recent page update listing i7 processors for the upcoming MacBook Pro update is a perfect example -- so this latest update from O2 by no means confirms the presence of video conferencing capabilities in the next iteration of the iPhone. It's merely one more rumor to add to the stack we've built up so far. One thing is certain: given all the rumors that have been swirling around already, which will surely accelerate over the next few months, if the next iPhone doesn't have video conferencing capabilities in it, the internet rage is going to be pretty profound.TUAWAnother iPhone video conferencing rumor surfaces originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read&nb

Filed under: Rumors, Macbook ProWhen you're waiting so intently for something you know is just around the corner, even the slightest sign of a hint at the new arrival is worth a bit of excitement. Today's moment of thrill (which is almost certainly just a website error, but you never know), courtesy of tipster Zach, is the appearance of a Core i7 badge on the Best Buy page for the 2.53Ghz 15" MacBook Pro. Other models are still showing the correct (as of this moment) Core 2 Duo badge, so there you go. digg_url = 'http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/06/rumor-best-buy-sticks-core-i7-logo-on-macbook-pro-page/'; tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/06/rumor-best-buy-sticks-core-i7-logo-on-macbook-pro-page/'; tweetmeme_source = 'tuaw'; The appearance of new MacBook Pros has been on the rumor radar for months now, including a fairly specific report that's now more than 60 days overdue and a benchmark sighting recently. At this point, it's a race to see whether the new MBPs or the iPad will ship first.TUAWRumor: Best Buy sticks Core i7 logo on MacBook Pro page originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Vědcům amerického Národního úřadu pro letectví a vesmír (NASA) se pomocí radaru, který do vesmíru vynesla indická raketa, podařilo najít zásoby vody na severním pólu Měsíce. Podle zprávy zveřejněné na internetových stránkách NASA radar našel led ve více než 40 menších kráterech.

Under the reporting radar IBMers from a number of different divisions of the IT giant say that the company initiated another round of "resource actions" on Monday, with somewhere north of 1,600 people estimated to have lost their jobs.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

After analyzing data from a radar device aboard last year's Indian Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon, NASA scientists have found what they estimate to be 600 million metric tons of water ice in craters around the Moon's north pole. "Numerous craters near the poles of the Moon have interiors that are in permanent sun shadow. These areas are very cold and water ice is stable there essentially indefinitely. Fresh craters show high degrees of surface roughness (high circular polarization ratio) both inside and outside the crater rim, caused by sharp rocks and block fields that are distributed over the entire crater area. However, Mini-SAR has found craters near the north pole that have high CPR inside, but not outside their rims. This relation suggests that the high CPR is not caused by roughness, but by some material that is restricted within the interiors of these craters. We interpret this relation as consistent with water ice present in these craters. The ice must be relatively pure and at least a couple of meters thick to give this signature." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Data gathered from a NASA radar on board an Indian spacecraft indicate that more than 40 craters permanently in shadows contain as much as 600 million cubic meters of ice.

Washington - Vědcům amerického Národního úřadu pro letectví a vesmír (NASA) se pomocí radaru, který do vesmíru vynesla indická raketa, podařilo najít zásoby vody na severním pólu Měsíce. Podle zprávy zveřejněné na internetových stránkách NASA radar našel led ve více než 40 menších kráterech.

A radar experiment aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft detects large deposits of water ice near the Moon's north pole.

Filed under: Cult of Mac, AppleWith TUAW's Your First Apple series, we let you get a glimpse of our own histories with the Mac. My own history with Apple's computers has been a bit convoluted. The first Apple computer, in fact the first computer of any kind I remember using, was an Apple II+. I was in kindergarten in Saudi Arabia at the time, so I don't really remember much about those early experiences. Like many people of my generation, when I returned to the US I went to schools that had computer labs crammed full of Apple IIe computers. Of course, the only programs that were ever run on my elementary school's Apples were marginally "educational" games like Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Odell Lake, and the massively popular Oregon Trail. Meanwhile, my family had a KayPro PC at home, which meant my dad had to teach an eight-year-old kid how to navigate through the amber-lettered jungles of DOS -- something I'm glad I'll never have to do with my own kids. The Apple IIe was the only computer I used in school through 1990. I spent most of seventh grade cooking up little text-based adventure games in BASIC, and I even learned some rudimentary drawing and audio programming, all of which I forgot long ago. In mid-1990, the school revamped our computer lab with brand-new Macintosh Classics: the first Mac I ever used, the first machine I used that had a hard drive, and the first time I ever used a GUI to interact with a computer. Oddly enough, despite the huge leap in ca

Pozemní kontrole v Evropské kosmické agentuře (ESA) bylo minulý měsíc pořádně horko. Zdroje z ozbrojených sil USA a současně i německý radar varovaly, že se na sebe řítí horní stupeň čínské rakety a družice Envisat Earth, která měří skleníkové plyny. Přímá kolize sice nehrozila, ale obě poměrně velká tělesa se měla minout o chlup - kosmický chlup - 50 metrů. A to bylo nepřijatelné.

Londýn/Praha - Velká Británie získala za první světové války neblahé zkušenosti s tím, jak je náročné bránit města či průmyslové závody před nálety. A to tehdy musela čelit jen neohrabaným vzducholodím a pomalým dvouplošníkům. S rozvojem letecké techniky ve 30. letech bylo stále jasnější, že obrana proti moderním bombardérům bude se stávající technikou prakticky nemožná. Novou naději ale přinesl radar, vyzkoušený na jednom anglickém poli před 75 lety, 26. února 1935.

By Patrick Symmes A temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids is rewriting the story of human evolution. Göbekli Tepe—the name in Turkish for "potbelly hill"—lays art and religion squarely at the start of that journey. After a dozen years of patient work, Schmidt has uncovered what he thinks is definitive proof that a huge ceremonial site flourished here, a "Rome of the Ice Age," as he puts it, where hunter-gatherers met to build a complex religious community. Across the hill, he has found carved and polished circles of stone, with terrazzo flooring and double benches. All the circles feature massive T-shaped pillars that evoke the monoliths of Easter Island. Though not as large as Stonehenge—the biggest circle is 30 yards across, the tallest pillars 17 feet high—the ruins are astonishing in number. Last year Schmidt found his third and fourth examples of the temples. Ground-penetrating radar indicates that another 15 to 20 such monumental ruins lie under the surface. Schmidt's German-Turkish team has also uncovered some 50 of the huge pillars, including two found in his most recent dig season that are not just the biggest yet, but, according to carbon dating, are the oldest monumental artworks in the world. The new discoveries are finally beginning to reshape the slow-moving consensus of archeology. Göbekli Tepe is "unbelievably big and amazing, at a ridiculously early date," according to Ian Hodder, director of Stanford's archeology program. Enthusing ov

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - International criminal gangs and traffickers are exploiting large geographic blind spots where radar, satellite or other surveillance is minimal or nonexistent, the U.N. crime and drugs czar said on Wednesday.

mu22le writes "Enlightenment, the daring window manager that disappeared from our collective radar years ago, is back to bring Ubuntu to ARM. The bet that E developers made years ago to neglect 3D, compositing, and make a fast and versatile 2.5d engine, may have finally payed off. The current popularity of ARM-based devices could be a niche that the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries can fill comfortably."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Dobře se to ukázalo, když v Čechách plála bitva o radar: Neschopnost rozlišovat. Tak jsme se od odpůrců amerického vojenského zařízení v Brdech dozvídali, že poté, co jsme se zbavili jedněch okupantů, nechceme okupanty jiné. V takové pokroucené perspektivě se příslušník armády totalitního státu nelišil od vojáka státu demokratického

Pátrání po hrobu svaté Anežky, který by se mohl nacházet v pražském kostele svatého Haštala, se zaměří na levou stranu v oblasti podesty oltáře. Kontrolní radarové měření totiž prokázalo, že právě v těchto místech by se nacházet cosi, co by odpovídalo hledaným ostatkům české světice. Archeologové místo odkryjí na přelomu února a března, uvedl v úterý Leo Vrzal, který prováděl radarové měření.

Monday, February 8, 2010 The black box cockpit voice recorder from an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the Mediterranean several weeks ago, killing all on board, has been found by search crews. The flight data recorder had been recovered earlier in the day. The bodies of eight victims were recovered from what is believed to be fuselage. "We found it and retrieved it about an hour ago today," Lebanese army Brigadier Saleh Haj Suleiman said, as quoted by BusinessWeek. According to reports, the plane made a sharp turn and disappeared from the radar upon departure; Lebanese officials, however, say it's too early to conclude the crash was due to pilot error. More...

Latvia auctions off a deserted town, once used by the Soviet military as an anti-missile radar base, for $3m.

Also £30m in UK over shady Tanzanian radar deal UK-headquartered but nowadays US-centred arms globocorp BAE Systems has confessed to corporate wrongdoing and will pay hefty fines on both sides of the Atlantic.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Radar has trouble spotting planes near wind turbines, which is derailing projects. "It's really causing a challenge to meeting long-term goals," says speaker at Renewable Energy Technology Conference.

In 1996, one of the most investigated cases of alien contact occurred in Varginha, Brazil. This report includes radar confirmation of an unknown object, a number of eyewitness account of aliens on the ground, and the capture of at least one of these creatures. One of Brazil's foremost investigators, A.J. Gevaerd, has made a video giving more information on the case. Check it out at The Varginha, Brazil, Entities. Also, check out my account of the incident at The Varginha, Brazil, Entity. Weigh in with any comments you have. The Varginha, Brazil Entities originally appeared on About.com UFOs / Aliens on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 01:21:35.Permalink | Comment | Email this

A radar-equipped jet sent to Haiti by NASA returnes its first three-dimensional look at the Port-au-Prince area. Successive images will measure ground movement and stress buildup on the fault to assess future quake risk.

A radar-equipped jet sent to Haiti by NASA returnes its first three-dimensional look at the Port-au-Prince area. Successive images will measure ground movement and stress buildup on the fault to assess future quake risk.

KingRobot sends news that a recent test of a US missile defense system has failed. The test of the Groundbased Midcourse Defense interceptor apparently had a problem with the sea-based X-band radar. Both the target missile, launched from the Pacific, and the interceptor, launched from California, performed as expected. "Yesterday's test was intended to quell doubters of the entire missile-defense approach, with the target missile deploying countermeasures. Critics of the GMD programme say that tests thus far, which have not included such spoilers, have been too kind to the intercept tech. The [military] isn't disclosing whether the intercepting kill vehicle had simply failed to reach the 'threat cluster' of warhead(s) and decoys, or whether it had reached the cluster but hit a countermeasure rather than the actual target."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Neúspěchem skončil nedělní test americké antirakety GBI, tedy systému, který měl být podle plánů amerického prezidenta George Bushe rozmístěn v Evropě. Důvodem selhání byla podle sdělení ministerstva obrany chyba radaru.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile mimicking an attack from Iran failed after a malfunction in a radar built by Raytheon Co, the Defense Department said.

Giant seagoing golfball fingered as culprit The US Missile Defence Agency (MDA) has announced a failed test of its controversial Groundbased Midcourse Defence interceptor. The agency blamed the test failure on problems with the Sea Based X-Band radar, well known for its resemblance to an enormous golfball mounted on an oil rig.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

USA v neděli na Marshallových ostrovech otestovaly protiraketu dlouhého doletu. Dlouho plánovaný test však nevyšel - podle armádního prohlášení radar umístěný na lodi v Tichém oceánu "nefungoval podle očekávání".

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile mimicking an attack from Iran failed after a malfunction in a radar built by Raytheon Co, the Defense Department said.

Washington - Zkouška americké protirakety proti simulovanému útoku rakety dlouhého doletu nad Tichým oceánem neuspěla. Oznámila to dnes americká Agentura pro protiraketovou obranu (MDA), podle níž nesplnil očekávání naváděcí radar umístěný na lodi.

Najvyšší súd spornú stavbu radaru na kopci Tubes pozastavil. Maďari ho NATO sľúbili. Budúca Orbánova vláda tak bude asi musieť uskutočniť to, proti čomu ...

Russia unveils its new stealth fighter, meant to rival the radar-evading US F-22, in a test flight over the country's far east.

Ještě letos by Česko a USA mohly podle premiéra Jana Fischera uzavřít dohodu o společných výzkumných a vývojových projektech, která české vědě přinese stamiliony korun. Fischer to uvedl v odpovědi na interpelaci poslance ČSSD Antonína Sedi. Pikantní je, že vědecká spolupráce vznikla díky jednání o americkém radaru, který ČSSD tvrdě odmítala.Další články k tématu:USA opustily plány na radar v Česku, Íránu už se tolik nebojíVítězství lidu, slaví konec radaru Paroubek. Ohrožení, varuje TopolánekPŘEHLEDNĚ: USA „zamázly“ radar v Brdech, Češi litují i oslavujíKdyž není radar, ať letí český vědec do vesmíru, navrhl KohoutČech ve vesmíru jako bolestné za radar? Takřka nemožnéChceme s USA spolupracovat na novém štítu, ujistil Bidena polský premiérJoe Biden přiletěl do Prahy, jednat bude s Fischerem i KlausemČesko se na protiraketové obraně chce podílet, řekl Fischer Bidenovi

Ještě letos by Česko a USA mohly podle premiéra Jana Fischera uzavřít dohodu o společných výzkumných a vývojových projektech, která české vědě přinese stamiliony korun. Fischer to uvedl v odpovědi na interpelaci poslance ČSSD Antonína Sedi. Pikantní je, že vědecká spolupráce vznikla díky jednání o americkém radaru, který ČSSD tvrdě odmítala.Další články k tématu:USA opustily plány na radar v Česku, Íránu už se tolik nebojíVítězství lidu, slaví konec radaru Paroubek. Ohrožení, varuje TopolánekPŘEHLEDNĚ: USA „zamázly“ radar v Brdech, Češi litují i oslavujíKdyž není radar, ať letí český vědec do vesmíru, navrhl KohoutČech ve vesmíru jako bolestné za radar? Takřka nemožnéChceme s USA spolupracovat na novém štítu, ujistil Bidena polský premiérJoe Biden přiletěl do Prahy, jednat bude s Fischerem i KlausemČesko se na protiraketové obraně chce podílet, řekl Fischer Bidenovi

'I clocked you chatting at 120 words per minute, sir' Police use radar guns to snare speeding drivers. Now Nokia has adapted the technology to improve the way people interact with mobile phones.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

V budoucnu budeme ovládat telefon schovaný v kapse, aniž bychom se jej dotknuli. Mobilem si také změříme rychlost objektů v okolí. První demo na videu.

In the wake of the Haiti earthquake earlier this month and its aftershocks, NASA sends its radar-equipped plane to the country to measure how much the quake changed the island nation's topography.

A "stealth" turbine blade based on military technology may help overcome the problem of wind farms interfering with aviation radar systems, its developers say.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Lebanon's transportation minster said that the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday didn't follow the directions suggested by the air traffic control tower after departing from Beirut in a thunderstorm. He said that the aircraft turned opposite the heading indicated by controllers. All ninety people aboard Flight ET409, which was headed to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, were feared dead. The jet reportedly went down in fire at around 02.30 local time, disappearing from radar screens after leaving the airport. More...

i_want_you_to_throw_ sends in a Tech Radar piece about the various portable Linux distributions, focusing on operating systems like Android, Chrome OS, and Ubuntu Netbook Remix. The article compares the distributions designed for similar purposes and discusses where they will likely go in the future. "As UNR is built on Ubuntu, it's highly likely that we'll see almost as many UNR respins as we have for the parent distribution. We've already seen one example in Jolicloud, and we'd put money on many community distributions, such as Linux Mint or Crunchbang offering a UNR overhaul alongside their standard desktop installations. It's also likely that Canonical will be able to forge stronger relationships with companies like Dell, which is already shipping a specific version of UNR on its Mini 9 platform. As Windows XP is phased out and the cost of bundling Windows 7 rises, manufacturers will be looking for a cheap and easily maintainable netbook OS, and UNR fits the bill admirably."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Monday, January 25, 2010 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, scheduled to fly from Beirut, Lebanon, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off Monday morning. Ethiopian Airlines report 83 people on board. Flight ET409, a Boeing 737, was set to leave at 2:10 am local time, but was delayed until 2:35. The passenger plane took off in stormy conditions, and it disappeared from radar five minutes later. More...

New 3-D radar images and high-resolution aerial photography from ongoing flyovers of Haiti will help recovery efforts. They'll also give scientists much needed information about the fault that caused the magnitude 7 earthquake near Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12.

Penny Auctions are in the nickel-and-dime section of the internet-commerce department store. But they have loyal adherents, vocal critics and pretty much fly under any regulatory radar. In Part II of 'Penny Auctions Bet On Chump Change,' we meet Gary Fowler, a bidding alpha dog, and Amanda Lee, a self-appointed watchdog.

Včera jednal s prezidentem Klausem o situaci v EU po přijetí lisabonské smlouvy. Stejné téma dnes řešil s premiérem Janem Fischerem. Kaczyński se také setkal s pražským primátorem Pavlem Bémem. Polskému prezidentovi dal symbolický klíč od české metropole. Polsko a ČR budou hledat také nové možnosti spolupráce v rámci NATO poté, co se USA rozhodly změnit systém protiraketové obrany. Podle plánů předchozí americké administrativy měly být součásti systému - radar a rakety - instalovány také v Česku a Polsku.

Pražskou magistrálou se řítí stokilometrovou rychlostí. Míjí radar, který okamžitě udělá jeho snímek. Šofér auta si z toho ale hlavu nedělá. Policie je na něj krátká. Od ostatních řidičů se totiž liší tím, že za volantem vykukuje gumová hlava prasete.