source – gizmodo.com/
Who knows if this little bit of database wizardry would actually cause the traffic camera’s picture-parsing computer to drop a table? Even if it doesn’t it’s covered up his actual license plate.
Day: March 22, 2010
SQL Injection License Plate Hopes to Foil Euro Traffic Cameras – License Plate
Posted by ts On 22.03.2010
New Bike Share System by RAFAA (CH)
Posted by ts On 22.03.2010
source – dailytonic.com/ by Nora Schmidt
The Zurich based architect and designer Rafael Schmidt submitted this new bike sharing system to a competition which was organised within last year’s International Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The system involves a comprehensive architectural intervention into the urban centre.
“The Bike Share System must become more than just a transporting system. It deals not only with the problem of stocks and flows of people, but must add extra value to its user and to the city itself. We suggest that the Bike Share System becomes an integral part of the city. The bicycles should function as censors and inform the system about certain behaviours, so that the system can react according to the situation.To predict the performance of a system, the entities have to exchange information. An internet-based platform can analyse the different interests and could then manage possible conflicts. The bicycles are equipped with GPS und W-Lan, so they are connected to each order and can inform the system about their position and status. (Is a bike being used? Where is the bike and where is it moving to? Is there a reservation for the bike? etc.) Privacy protection is a matter that has to be taken into account in the process. To increase the number of commuters travelling by bicycle from 37% to 50% by 2015, approx. 25.000 bicycles have to be integrated into the urban fabric; these bikes will need at least 20.000 m2 of storage space. We see a high risk of overloading the squares, streets and stations of Copenhagen. Therefore, our focus is to reduce the „visual pollution“ wherever possible. At the same time, easy accessibility as well as the system’s visual presence has to be maintained (hide & show policy). The following proposal distinguishes between three different trajectory scales: S,M and L.”
more information about the project
30 Funny Print Ads that’ll Make You Laugh
Posted by ts On 22.03.2010
source – webdesignledger.com/
For this post, we’ve rounded up 30 funny print ads that’ll make you laugh.
8in1 Dental Snacks: Bad dog breath
Rowenta: 2100 Watt Vacuum Cleaner
Fast-working laxatives
Beautiful taps
Granny’s fries without the Granny
Folgers: For mornings less complicated
Duende Azul Costumes: You, but funnier than you
Hyundai Coupe. 0 to 100 km/h in 8.4 sec
No insects left
Energizer: Never let their toys die
Suplicy
Pattex Superglue: Instant hold
Bad food, bad dog
Kerozen
Purina Bark in the Park
Face Detect
Tires that grip to the road
Kagatani knife: Don’t Drop It
Juicy Fruit: There’s a much juicier chew
FinePix F70 with smile capture
Cafe Rico, an intense wake up call
Steady shot
Olympus Optical zoom
If you don’t move, you get fat
Wide-angle lenses
Dog Toast: You eat what you touch
Don’t let them get comfortable
Yoga classes now on
Cures car smells
Spring Cleaning
Nokia Nuron
Posted by ts On 22.03.2010
source – engadget.com/ by Chris Ziegler
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When the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was released a little more than a year ago, we thoroughly panned it in our review — put simply, it felt undercooked and uncompetitive in a world where webOS, iPhone OS, and Android were all realities, regardless of Nokia’s existing smartphone dominance through much of the world. More than a year later, we’re now presented with the Nokia Nuron, a pretty close relative of that first S60 5th Edition device from back in the day; it’s simply a carrier-branded version of the 5230, which itself is a lower-end variant of the 5800.
Despite its flaws, the 5800 has gone on to become a global success for Nokia — but can the Nuron do the same in a market traditionally unfazed by Nokia’s advances? More directly, has Nokia’s first volley in the modern touchphone battle evolved enough to become a prime-time player in the States? Let’s find out.
As you might be able to gather from its family tree, the Nuron is a dead ringer for the 5230 and for the 5800 before it — it’s the same physical layout (and made from the same materials) all the way around, and the white / silver color scheme that T-Mobile has chosen for its version might be our favorite of the lot. Along the right side you’ve got a one-position camera button (there’s no autofocus to worry about), a volume rocker, and the lock / unlock slider familiar to those who’ve used the 5800, N900, or a number of other Nokia products. On the left you’ll find two slots protected by flaps — one for the microSD card, another for the SIM; getting the SIM in is a simple matter, while getting it out again requires just a little more effort since you’ve got to remove the battery and use a pen or similarly-shaped object to pop it back out through a slot in the circuit board, but it shouldn’t be a big deal unless you do a ton of SIM swapping. Along the top you’ve got a power button that calls up the typical profile menu when pressed, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a micro-USB port protected by a flap, and — get this — an old-school 2mm power jack. Why’s it there, you ask? Because the Nuron doesn’t charge over micro-USB, which is positively unheard of by 2010 standards, even in Nokia’s own product pipeline. The only possible explanation is that the Nuron’s based on 18 month-old hardware, but that doesn’t make it acceptable.
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The volume rocker is deceiving, particularly for those not used to Nokia’s quirky way of handling things. Basically, it does absolutely nothing most of the time, because it isn’t used for adjusting ringer volume — for that, you’ve got to muck around with your profile (to be fair, Nokia does a far better job supporting profiles than most manufacturers, but it still takes a little more effort than we’d like). Instead, the rocker only comes into play when you’re in a call or listening to music, or intermittently as a zoom control for some applications — though we couldn’t figure out a rhyme or reason to how or where Nokia decided to implement it (it doesn’t work in the browser, for example).
read on at engadget.com
Neofonie WePad 11.6-inch Android slate
Posted by ts On 22.03.2010
source – engadget.com/ by Joseph L. Flatley