Stupid Filter for the Internet

StupidFilter project wants to create a filter to detect silly comments from the Internet and to filter, like a spam filter


A group of software developers in the United States aims to fight against stupid comments on blogs and websites by creating a so-called "stupid filter". The project is called StupidFilter and wants to work like spam filters does. Software that will be installed on web servers, would intercept comments published, and if they are deemed not pass a minimum level of intelligence, to reject, with a message to their author, like "This comment is more or less obscurely. Tries to cure him". Comments will be rejected repeatedly until you have a point and an end or until the author or quit.

The authors of the filter, which is of course for English language are currently struggle with defining the rules which it will use. One of the problems is the difference stupidity of irony or sarcasm. "People are smart often ironic," said Gabriel Ortiz, the project leader, who believes that irony and sarcasm may seem, to a computer, as stupid. The project has already identified a series of rules such as using too much or too little capital letters, too many text abbreviations like in SMS-ups or excessive use of abbreviations such as LOL or punctuation. The people who created StupidFilter admit that it is an elitist project, but says that this is precisely the point. The project currently appealing for volunteers (who can register online) who notes taken by the comments on YouTube to help determine a draft set of rules for this filter. StupidFilter will be released as open-source software in the form of plugin for WordPress and Firefox and would be completed next year.

Microsoft support call after 10 years

An American received a call from the Microsoft department support for problem he had 10 years ago



On January 8 this year, Brian, a young American, was notified by his parents that someone from the department of support of Microsoft was looking for him, in order to find out if the issue regarding his computer was resolved.
Intrigued, not only because Microsoft does not call for any problem, but that was searched at home parents, which no longer lived for years, Brian, as it relates in his blog , initially thought it was about someone who claimed it was from Microsoft, wanting to find out who knows what information, a kind of phishing by phone.
Once he verified the telephone number that the people who were calling left to his parents, saw that really belongs to Microsoft, began to think of moments in which he appealed to this support. It was about 3 times in the past 10 years, last 2 cases were resolved the day after the call. Then he remembered the first time had a problem with his PC - something about Windows 95 - and call to Microsoft, while still living with his parents, not received any reply.
Then he realized that the date on which he called Microsoft 10 years ago was on January 7 1998. And he found a possible explanation for the call 10 years later. Likely someone from the support office wrote in the database that the client had to be called the next day, that is on 08/01/98, but accidentally wrote 08/01/08. Where the telephone call of more than 10 years.

If the story is not a farce, and the author insisted that was not, certainly is a very funny, but also very strange story.

The number of PCs that are in use has reached 1 billion

Approximately one of 7 inhabitants of the planet currently uses a PC


According to analysis firm Gartner, the number of PCs that are currently in use (not sold) in the world reached 1 billion and will double by 2014.

Growth will be supported in particular by developing countries, which now represents 42% of this market, but whose contribution will increase in 6 years up to 70%.



In a population recent estimated at around 6.8 billion, this means that on average one of 7 inhabitants of the planet currently uses a PC.

According to Gartner, this growth creates problems to the environment. Only this year will be replaced 180 million PCs, 35 million of them will be thrown to the dogs without measures recycling toxic components and heavy degradable materials from them.

The Internet - 176 million websites

The number of sites based on Apache and Google grows damage IIS server from Microsoft



According to analysis firm Netcraft, the number of Internet sites has reached at the end of August 176,748,506 millions. Of these, approximately 71 million are active sites.



Apache continued to be the dominant web server, with a market share growing by 0.33% from July, reaching 49.82%. The number of servers based on Microsoft IIS has decreased by 0.69%, reaching a market share of 34.88%. Follow Google is also growing, with a rate of 5.94%, and lighttpd with 1.65%.

The mouse that can take any form

Lite-On has created a mouse whose shape can be changed by the user wishes




Moldable Mouse is created by its authors to be adapted by the user in the most appropriate and comfortable for it.

Mouse is made from a kind of easy and non-toxic plasticine , covered with nylon and a material made of polyurethane, whose texture is similar to that of silk, but is more flexible.
The buttons and scroll-pad is touch-sensitive and can be attach anywhere on the surface of the mouse; they contain a RFID chip that communicates with the electronic mouse. It is situated on a pad that is flexible and where there are components and optical (mouse is a laser) and its batteries.
So far it is unclear if this mouse, which took a prize for design, will exceed the prototype stage to become commercial, but is a unique idea.

The Japanese children watched by the babysitter robot

Would you let a robot baby seat your children?




The latest information characteristic Japanese is that the parents can let their children baby seat by a robot while they are at shopping.
Tmsuk it`s a 1.40 meters high "hired" by the shop chain Aeon, who can interact with the child using a projector integrated into one of the eye and a digital web cam found in the other eye. The robot can also speak with the child, but it has a poor vocabulary.
The robot finds out the name of the child from a special label that contains a signal code who the child has to wear and who Tmsuk can read.
The designers of the robot hope that the future generations can be used to guide the customers into the shops and also serv as a conversation partner.