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- DHS scraps virtual fence
- DHS scraps virtual fenceVirtual Fence = Fail"The Border Patrol had little input in designing the prototype..."That one line speaks volumes about why the virtual fence prototype didn't do what was needed. I hope Boeing made some money on it, at least. Now, who do we punish?
- Tags: virtual fence, fence, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- DHS scraps virtual fence
- On Feb. 22, Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff officially accepted Project 28, Boeing's prototype virtual fence for the Mexico-Arizona border. Less than a week later, Congress' Government Accountability Office said it "did not fully meet user needs and the project's design will not be used as the basis...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Fence, Real Estate, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- U.S. says 'virtual fence' on border ready for use
- U.S. says 'virtual fence' on border ready for useWhat does 16000 USD matter...When you're saving 45k USD annually, per illegal immigrant employed?Europe is allowed to have work camps for their detainees from africa, why is it we have to embrace people who are breaking our laws with open arms?$135 per...
- Tags: Real estate, fence, virtual fence
- Discussion threads 2008-02-23
- Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fence
- Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fenceActually, NO, it would NOT be a problemWe've had the technology to 'see' underground over a decade now. No reason it couldn't be added to the arsenal of technology already planned.Aside from that......the fence will have to be able to see underground to...
- Tags: Rudy, brilliant new idea, fence, new idea
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fence
- Here we go - another tech-clueless politician believes technology will provide a panacea for difficult problems. Rudy Giuiliani says he wants to build a virtual fence to monitor the whole - or at least much of the - US-Mexico border, the AP reports. The...
- Tags: Software, Associated Press, Fence, Border, Rudy, Homeland Security, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Photos: Clean-tech start-ups swing for the fences
- Companies in Boston pitch their ideas for propane-supplied fuel cells, wave power, "daylighting," and other clean technologies. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Fence, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-10-31
- Border-bot fence proving hard to build
- Border-bot fence proving hard to buildProblems building border fence.Hey, why don't we just outsource the project to the Chinese. After all they built a wall without modern day eqipment and unless I am mistaken, it is still there today in great shape.I've got a bridge for sale...A million dollars...
- Tags: fence
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
- Update: Boeing virtual fence "unusable"
- Update: Boeing virtual fence "unusable"Don't need any stinking fence !What we need is a mine field a mile wide on the Mexico/U.S. border. No high tech gadgets to break or maintain. No agents required to chase anyone down just to waste more taxpayer money.Let the mines do their...
- Tags: Construction, fence, virtual fence, Boeing Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure
- The Department of Homeland Security "virtual fence" project, being built by Boeing, is in big, big trouble. The virtual fence is a high-tech network of cameras, lighting, sensors, and technology designed to intercept illegal border crossings. According to the Wall Street Journal: Boeing Co. has changed the management of...
- Tags: Government, Boeing Co., U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Fence, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure
- Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure6,000 miles @ 30 billion dollars..That would be 5 million dollars a mile. I might be wrong, but I think you could build a really good REAL wall for that money. Maybe even put some freakin laser beams on it..land based monitoring is just wrongfor...
- Tags: Government, Construction, NOW HERE, fence, virtual fence, Boeing Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- Virtual fence glitches show anti-immigration measure is pre-alpha
- Can Congress secure U.S. borders with a high-tech virtual fence? If the fate of the hotly debated anti-immigration reform bill rested solely on the success of Arizona's high-tech virtual fence, supporters would be sorely disappointed. The high-tech experiment on a 28-mile stretch of Arizona's border with Mexico is having technical...
- Tags: International, Homeland security, Contracting
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Flowerbox Jigsaw Puzzle (exe)
- Fantastic 104 piece stand alone Jigsaw Puzzle of a flower box sitting on a fence between two buildings. It is of moderate difficulty. You are free to share this puzzle with your friends, or post it on your own Web site.
- Tags: Puzzle, Fence, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2005-09-01
Additional Resources
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough
- There is a reason that the OpenOffice.org 3.0 servers are struggling to keep up with demand. OO.org 3.0 really is a serious upgrade over version 2.4 and makes NeoOffice irrelevant for Mac OS X users (previously, OpenOffice only worked within X11; While NeoOffice did a great job porting OO.org...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., OO.org 3.0, OpenOffice, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Text messages save elephants' lives, villagers' crops
- As elephants' habitat is destroyed, the great beasts frequently leave their protected reserves, barging into villages and eventually are killed by rangers. But in Kenya, there is a better way: text messaging. A group called Save the Elephants has outfitted a huge bull elephant named Kimani with...
- Tags: Elephant, GPS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuitTime will tell.....However knowing Apple I have my doubts about the suits success. Still if they do loose the case there is nothing stopping Apple from switching processors again. So far that tact hasn't hurt business any.Pagan jimTheftThis is an abstraction, you're going...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, Processors, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Student Technology Day: how to start a start-up
- Andy McLoughlin spoke a little while ago about how he started up his own web start-up, Huddle.net, from a simple idea in a pub to a fully working business and enterprise collaboration suite. It's a large network of hosted workspaces; yet another project management and team collaboration service based on...
- Tags: Inspiration, Family, Huddle.net, Collaboration, Groupware, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaint
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaintRealMEHI'd love a way to legally copy my DVDs to my computer's HD so I can watch them without a disc in the drive. However, I'd never buy anything from Real to do it.Software doesn't copy DVDs...... people do. Real might want to talk...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital media, DVD, RealDVD, walk, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Run, don't walk, and pick up a REDFLY Mobile Companion for $199.95
- Run, don't walk, and pick up a REDFLY Mobile Companion for $199.95Hope u get a cutCause I just ran to the browser and ordered one to try with my Tmobile Dash. The more I try to find a replacement for my Dash, the longer I keep it because while it...
- Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, REDFLY Mobile Companion
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- All signs point to state senator's son as Palin 'hacker'
- All signs point to state senator's son as Palin 'hacker'Cracker is the term people are looking for.Though script kiddie would be more applicable.RE: All signs point to state senator's son as Palin 'hacker'I saw this information on www.michellemalkin.com and a few other blogs. Nothing in the main stream left wing...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Palin, hacker, knowledge, Cracker
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
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