I thought I would add information about an organisation that I strongly believe in and support they are Avaaz.org. This organisation allows everyday people to support issues that concern them and the world.
It provides a central place for all voices to be combined into one strong message. This is done through on-line petitions and donations. If you are concerned about the environment, politics, globalisation, third world debt, equality and the well being of this planet as a whole please visit this site and register so your voice can be heard.
For example the latest campaign that you can physically take part in on the 21st of September 2009 is "The Global Climate Wake-Up Call" visit it the link to find out more about it and what is being organised in your coutry.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The Suppressed Free Energy Revolution
Do you ever wonder where all that wonderful technology that you would see and read about in early science fiction has gone or why all of it hasn't come to fruition? I'm talking about new energy sources that have zero impact on the environment and are sustainable.
As we begin hurtling towards the end of the petrol age, demand for energy is increasing and supplies of fossil fuels begin to dwindle. The human race, all the creatures of the Earth and Earth itself need a paradigm shift in human thinking. I strongly believe that this is an issue that concerns more and more people on a daily basis. There is a strong undercurrent building among these people and a slow realisation that these things are being held back, suppressed, bought out and buried by powerful multi national fossil fuel companies.
I find it very hard to believe that in this time of technological revolution we do not have access to free energy and a more sustainable style of living that is in harmony with the world that surrounds us. Scientists have know about these issues for decades. People have devoted their lives to the pursuit of free energy and a more environmentally friendly way of life yet all their work seems to either disappear or be subverted by a higher power, either political or corporate.
I recently stumbled back on to this topic and have slowly become enraged by what I believe to be a second Dark Age. The powerful corporations that have come to rule the world and now dictate how our governments make decisions are in control. If there is a technology that looks like it will threaten their market share they will either buy it out and bury it or go on an all out clandestine war to make sure that it does not enter the public domain.
The only thing that we have left to combat this is the Internet. In this realm ideas are free just like energy should be. It has been interesting to observe the many "How To" videos on the subject of free energy. Off course I'm not in a position to judge the validity of many of these claims and I'm sure some are bogus but I strongly believe that there are some that are true. The internet being the medium it is verification can become difficult.
This medium is also being threatened by private companies who would like to be able to identify people so that they can be silenced. I think this is a topic for another post.
The true ideas have possibly been removed or forced into hiding. I would love to have the solid proof in my hands that these technologies exist and see a working model. Possibly when I have the time to gain the expertise needed to build one of these many machines I will start trying out all the various flavours to find the true free energy device or even to travel to all the various people who claim to have developed this technology. When this day comes I will become the loudest person on Earth to get the message across.
There have been many companies that have tried to get thier free energy technology into the public domain. The strange thing is that any public demonstration never goes well.
One example is Steorn , They have developed technology they claim will create free energy. They made good use of the internet and media to get the idea into the public domain. This certainly created allot of hype at the time and forced allot of people to contemplate the subject more.
What happened next is up to speculation. Steorn announced a public demonstration of their technology which unfortunately failed as they could not replicate the same effects that they had achieved in their labs.
Now you could take a couple of angles on this but most media I read at the time slated Steorn and their concept as it went against conventional understanding of the laws of physics. The question then remains: why do this?. Either they were trying to create a disruptive technology in the hope that it would change the way people think about energy sources or they actually have a technology that works yet has been sabotaged by fossil fuel companies, politicians or any entity that fear the dramatic power shifts and change in human society that would ensue with the release of free energy.
Thankfully Steorn are taking a solid approach to this and allowing 300 engineering companies access to the technology so that it can be licensed and implemented in commercial products. You can get more information from the Steorn site or on the Free Energy Truth blog
Search for "free energy" in google or youtube and you will be spoilt for choice with the amount of information that is out there on the topic. You will encounter countless stories of scientists who worked in this area yet you will not see any proper commercial implementation of these ideas, making this the realm of the silent hobbyist.
A revolution is needed, it is already too late for our planet. There is nothing we can do unless all the worlds energy is put into adopting new clean technologies and investing in technologies that will help restore our environment back to its natural equilibrium. The Earth either way is going to get hotter, this is part of its natural cycle according to James Lovelock. What has happened is that we've accelerated this process.
I live in hope that in my lifetime I will see humanity succeed in overcoming its greed, materialism and consumerism, traits that have only led to wars, human suffering and lack of respect for the land we live on.
As we begin hurtling towards the end of the petrol age, demand for energy is increasing and supplies of fossil fuels begin to dwindle. The human race, all the creatures of the Earth and Earth itself need a paradigm shift in human thinking. I strongly believe that this is an issue that concerns more and more people on a daily basis. There is a strong undercurrent building among these people and a slow realisation that these things are being held back, suppressed, bought out and buried by powerful multi national fossil fuel companies.
I find it very hard to believe that in this time of technological revolution we do not have access to free energy and a more sustainable style of living that is in harmony with the world that surrounds us. Scientists have know about these issues for decades. People have devoted their lives to the pursuit of free energy and a more environmentally friendly way of life yet all their work seems to either disappear or be subverted by a higher power, either political or corporate.
I recently stumbled back on to this topic and have slowly become enraged by what I believe to be a second Dark Age. The powerful corporations that have come to rule the world and now dictate how our governments make decisions are in control. If there is a technology that looks like it will threaten their market share they will either buy it out and bury it or go on an all out clandestine war to make sure that it does not enter the public domain.
The only thing that we have left to combat this is the Internet. In this realm ideas are free just like energy should be. It has been interesting to observe the many "How To" videos on the subject of free energy. Off course I'm not in a position to judge the validity of many of these claims and I'm sure some are bogus but I strongly believe that there are some that are true. The internet being the medium it is verification can become difficult.
This medium is also being threatened by private companies who would like to be able to identify people so that they can be silenced. I think this is a topic for another post.
The true ideas have possibly been removed or forced into hiding. I would love to have the solid proof in my hands that these technologies exist and see a working model. Possibly when I have the time to gain the expertise needed to build one of these many machines I will start trying out all the various flavours to find the true free energy device or even to travel to all the various people who claim to have developed this technology. When this day comes I will become the loudest person on Earth to get the message across.
There have been many companies that have tried to get thier free energy technology into the public domain. The strange thing is that any public demonstration never goes well.
One example is Steorn , They have developed technology they claim will create free energy. They made good use of the internet and media to get the idea into the public domain. This certainly created allot of hype at the time and forced allot of people to contemplate the subject more.
What happened next is up to speculation. Steorn announced a public demonstration of their technology which unfortunately failed as they could not replicate the same effects that they had achieved in their labs.
Now you could take a couple of angles on this but most media I read at the time slated Steorn and their concept as it went against conventional understanding of the laws of physics. The question then remains: why do this?. Either they were trying to create a disruptive technology in the hope that it would change the way people think about energy sources or they actually have a technology that works yet has been sabotaged by fossil fuel companies, politicians or any entity that fear the dramatic power shifts and change in human society that would ensue with the release of free energy.
Thankfully Steorn are taking a solid approach to this and allowing 300 engineering companies access to the technology so that it can be licensed and implemented in commercial products. You can get more information from the Steorn site or on the Free Energy Truth blog
Search for "free energy" in google or youtube and you will be spoilt for choice with the amount of information that is out there on the topic. You will encounter countless stories of scientists who worked in this area yet you will not see any proper commercial implementation of these ideas, making this the realm of the silent hobbyist.
A revolution is needed, it is already too late for our planet. There is nothing we can do unless all the worlds energy is put into adopting new clean technologies and investing in technologies that will help restore our environment back to its natural equilibrium. The Earth either way is going to get hotter, this is part of its natural cycle according to James Lovelock. What has happened is that we've accelerated this process.
I live in hope that in my lifetime I will see humanity succeed in overcoming its greed, materialism and consumerism, traits that have only led to wars, human suffering and lack of respect for the land we live on.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Dell XPS M1710 Overheat.
Hi,
Are you like me?
An owner of a flawed laptop and victim of Dells warranty service?
My story begins when I decided to return to college as a mature student to study a computer related degree.
For this I decided that I would need to upgrade my trusty Dell desktop of 4 years to something that could handle the modern demands of my course, personal and work life. I decided a Laptop/Desktop replacement was the way to go as I would need something that would give me the power to work where ever I could find a power socket.
I started to do my research into the various options open to me but I must say I was heavily influenced by the great experience I had with my desktop. It ran everything and anything I threw at it. I only had to re-install windows once and that was after I updated to a new computer.
When the time came to buy so I decided I'd splash out and invest for the future. I thought to myself that a laptop designed for games would be the best solution to go for. This would have the power for my multimedia work related applications, gaming and college work. I presumed that the hardware would be well designed and set up for the kind of abuse that games can throw at computers. The XPS M1710 seemed to fit the bill for me.
It was at the very top end of my budget but was the best spec I could get for my money. Little did I know what lay in store for me.
Upon receiving my laptop I was delighted at its performance and the quality of the display. It ran everything I needed and did it well. I was confident I had made a good choice in sticking with a brand I was familiar with.
One year and 3 months after I purchased my laptop the graphics started to fail. I did a considerable amount of research into the issue. To my horror I discovered that I was not alone and that this was a common issue to this laptop and the Nvidia GO 7950 GTX graphics card. The problem is that this graphics card overheats, even under low strain and eventually fails. This is due to not enough cooling and is a design flaw in the laptop and graphics card.
I contacted Dell to begin to try and resolve this issue, I was told that I was outside my one year warranty, but the fact of the matter was that the laptop and its parts are covered under consumer law. This law ensures manufacturers can't sell you products that will break down after a year or two and they should have a reasonable life span.
After repeated efforts with tech support and customer service and written letters of complaint to the highest echelons of Dell I finally got the repair work and replacement part, paid for by Dell. I must add that I initially had to pay for this myself while the issue was being resolved. I needed a working laptop for my college assignments and work commitments at the time. Imagine that, a top of the range laptop that you begin to rely stops working after 1 year and 3 months.
I was able to backup my data using a friends laptop hard disk caddy. It took time but I was glad to have it all backed up.
After getting the laptop repaired I opted for an extended warranty to ensure I had a working laptop for the remainder of my course at least. I did this as I had heard so many horror stories about people needing third and fourth graphics card replacements. Most had to do this outside warranty which is very costly.
I updated my bios and graphics card drivers to the latest that Dell recommended for my laptop, I was told that this would resolve the overheat issue.
Once again I was back up and running and enjoying the quality and speed that this laptop afforded me. Then roughly 5 months later the graphics card went again. I was so glad I had paid for the extended warranty but I was annoyed as I had to organise to do my work on a friends computer and go through the whole backing up of my data again (this time I was able to use VGA mode to transfer things onto and external). I contacted Dell and got the card replaced in a matter of days (great service) but I had been assured that I would receive an upgraded card that did not have this flaw instead of the previous refurbished card. As it turned out I got a refurbished card again, I know this as it was stated on the packaging. The technician lodged my concern with Dell. After this I felt I could not rely on my laptop as a stable work platform let alone anything else.
To pay over € 2000 for a laptop that I could no longer trust to be reliable and feared would go any second seemed ridiculous to me. I really began to question the quality of the technology that is being developed by the leading technology manufacturers. Has a world gone mad on capitalism created products that are designed to only have a certain life span so that the capitalist machine can be fed by a continuous flow of repressed consumers.
Have the corporations we once trusted for reliability been consumed by their own brand identities that they have forgotten that the people who actually buy their products do in fact matter.
With my laptop working again I got on with my life and tried to put it behind me. I had college assignments to do and free lance work to undertake to pay the bills. I slowly began to trust my laptop once again and began to save files to the internal hard disk (things work faster that way). Thankfully I made it through the rest of that college year without it failing.
Roughly two weeks ago surprise surprise the graphics card went again not before windows gave me some chkdsk errors which usually indicate that your hard drive is on its way out. I put the computer into VGA mode and started the now familiar backup of all my files onto an external again. I was able to backup all my data.
Now even in VGA mode the graphics were no longer working, I would get artefacts and then eventually black screen.
I contacted Dell once again about this issue, I was told that I would get a service call the following day. The next day I get a call to say there is a worldwide backlog on this part. The reason there is a backlog is because Nvidia don't manufacture this card any more ( I wonder why) So I'm waiting for a refurbished card.
These refurbs are essentially someone else's card that has failed, repaired and then ferried to the next M1710 owner where ever they are in the world. I'm still waiting for a part.
The annoying part about all this is, if Dell had acknowledged this flaw in this laptop in the first place and dealt with customers straight away they would not have the expense or the environmental impact of having to continuously replace these cards where ever they are. They would have got better appreciation from customers who had bought into their top range of laptops and probably would be in a better position in the current economic climate.
All they have done here is angered and annoyed the people who invested a large portion of their hard earned money in a computer that they thought was a premium product. I don't think these people will part with that much money again and possibly never buy Dell again.
They should take a leaf from Microsoft's book. Microsoft replaced faulty Xbox 360's, This has increased the loyalty of established customers and turned once off customers into preachers of Xbox 360
I will be taking this further until I get it resolved to my satisfaction. Dell keep throwing walls up to push the consumer back. They will not succeed here.
Are you like me?
An owner of a flawed laptop and victim of Dells warranty service?
My story begins when I decided to return to college as a mature student to study a computer related degree.
For this I decided that I would need to upgrade my trusty Dell desktop of 4 years to something that could handle the modern demands of my course, personal and work life. I decided a Laptop/Desktop replacement was the way to go as I would need something that would give me the power to work where ever I could find a power socket.
I started to do my research into the various options open to me but I must say I was heavily influenced by the great experience I had with my desktop. It ran everything and anything I threw at it. I only had to re-install windows once and that was after I updated to a new computer.
When the time came to buy so I decided I'd splash out and invest for the future. I thought to myself that a laptop designed for games would be the best solution to go for. This would have the power for my multimedia work related applications, gaming and college work. I presumed that the hardware would be well designed and set up for the kind of abuse that games can throw at computers. The XPS M1710 seemed to fit the bill for me.
It was at the very top end of my budget but was the best spec I could get for my money. Little did I know what lay in store for me.
Upon receiving my laptop I was delighted at its performance and the quality of the display. It ran everything I needed and did it well. I was confident I had made a good choice in sticking with a brand I was familiar with.
Image taken from this site: http://christinaduus.dk/school/html2/exercise2_7.html
One year and 3 months after I purchased my laptop the graphics started to fail. I did a considerable amount of research into the issue. To my horror I discovered that I was not alone and that this was a common issue to this laptop and the Nvidia GO 7950 GTX graphics card. The problem is that this graphics card overheats, even under low strain and eventually fails. This is due to not enough cooling and is a design flaw in the laptop and graphics card.
I contacted Dell to begin to try and resolve this issue, I was told that I was outside my one year warranty, but the fact of the matter was that the laptop and its parts are covered under consumer law. This law ensures manufacturers can't sell you products that will break down after a year or two and they should have a reasonable life span.
After repeated efforts with tech support and customer service and written letters of complaint to the highest echelons of Dell I finally got the repair work and replacement part, paid for by Dell. I must add that I initially had to pay for this myself while the issue was being resolved. I needed a working laptop for my college assignments and work commitments at the time. Imagine that, a top of the range laptop that you begin to rely stops working after 1 year and 3 months.
I was able to backup my data using a friends laptop hard disk caddy. It took time but I was glad to have it all backed up.
After getting the laptop repaired I opted for an extended warranty to ensure I had a working laptop for the remainder of my course at least. I did this as I had heard so many horror stories about people needing third and fourth graphics card replacements. Most had to do this outside warranty which is very costly.
I updated my bios and graphics card drivers to the latest that Dell recommended for my laptop, I was told that this would resolve the overheat issue.
Once again I was back up and running and enjoying the quality and speed that this laptop afforded me. Then roughly 5 months later the graphics card went again. I was so glad I had paid for the extended warranty but I was annoyed as I had to organise to do my work on a friends computer and go through the whole backing up of my data again (this time I was able to use VGA mode to transfer things onto and external). I contacted Dell and got the card replaced in a matter of days (great service) but I had been assured that I would receive an upgraded card that did not have this flaw instead of the previous refurbished card. As it turned out I got a refurbished card again, I know this as it was stated on the packaging. The technician lodged my concern with Dell. After this I felt I could not rely on my laptop as a stable work platform let alone anything else.
To pay over € 2000 for a laptop that I could no longer trust to be reliable and feared would go any second seemed ridiculous to me. I really began to question the quality of the technology that is being developed by the leading technology manufacturers. Has a world gone mad on capitalism created products that are designed to only have a certain life span so that the capitalist machine can be fed by a continuous flow of repressed consumers.
Have the corporations we once trusted for reliability been consumed by their own brand identities that they have forgotten that the people who actually buy their products do in fact matter.
With my laptop working again I got on with my life and tried to put it behind me. I had college assignments to do and free lance work to undertake to pay the bills. I slowly began to trust my laptop once again and began to save files to the internal hard disk (things work faster that way). Thankfully I made it through the rest of that college year without it failing.
Roughly two weeks ago surprise surprise the graphics card went again not before windows gave me some chkdsk errors which usually indicate that your hard drive is on its way out. I put the computer into VGA mode and started the now familiar backup of all my files onto an external again. I was able to backup all my data.
Now even in VGA mode the graphics were no longer working, I would get artefacts and then eventually black screen.
I contacted Dell once again about this issue, I was told that I would get a service call the following day. The next day I get a call to say there is a worldwide backlog on this part. The reason there is a backlog is because Nvidia don't manufacture this card any more ( I wonder why) So I'm waiting for a refurbished card.
These refurbs are essentially someone else's card that has failed, repaired and then ferried to the next M1710 owner where ever they are in the world. I'm still waiting for a part.
The annoying part about all this is, if Dell had acknowledged this flaw in this laptop in the first place and dealt with customers straight away they would not have the expense or the environmental impact of having to continuously replace these cards where ever they are. They would have got better appreciation from customers who had bought into their top range of laptops and probably would be in a better position in the current economic climate.
All they have done here is angered and annoyed the people who invested a large portion of their hard earned money in a computer that they thought was a premium product. I don't think these people will part with that much money again and possibly never buy Dell again.
They should take a leaf from Microsoft's book. Microsoft replaced faulty Xbox 360's, This has increased the loyalty of established customers and turned once off customers into preachers of Xbox 360
I will be taking this further until I get it resolved to my satisfaction. Dell keep throwing walls up to push the consumer back. They will not succeed here.
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