I just did something because I can. I added a new URL address to my “Dimensional Art Org“ website. It was just because I liked the name and perhaps for other tangible reasons. The following URL will now take you to Dimensional Art Org: http://tangibleart.org. The definition of “tangible” : easily seen or recognized : able to be touched or felt This term fits well with the reason I coined the name “Dimensional Art Org” for...
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Privacy Opinion
This is an unimpassioned observation, not a rant… 🙂 We American people and certainly the folks in all foreign lands have totally surrendered our privacy to social sharing and government scrutiny. I am aware that everything I do today is being recorded into massive electronic databases for present known and future unknown exploitation. Every public and internet purchase I make using credit cards is stored and examined for information about my habits. This includes every tank of gas or...
Continue reading...Understanding GPS
Passive location, position, navigation and mapping. News and entertainment media as well as now common devices such as cell phones have obscured the true function of GPS (Global Positioning System). Its only function is to provide accurate position information to a receiver that can “hear” three or more orbiting satellites that transmit signals toward earth. Sometimes a transmitter at a known place on earth is combined with information from the satellites to increase accuracy. The...
Continue reading...The Curse of Minecraft
My 7 year old granddaughter was playing Minecraft on her IPad. I guess you aren’t C00L if you’re a kid and don’t have an IPad. Hers was acquired second hand from her mom. Anyway she was smashing and building all types of blocky things and telling me about all kinds of monsters that inhabit the software program. She was spending summer days with us as her parents worked, the game program helped keep her busy....
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