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“Science:” a fighting word in 2009

“Science:” a fighting word in 2009Be sure to genuflect properlywhen you say "science."Truth: Much of what is proclaimed as science to day is not, but is rather the method of Aristotle: Observe, hypothesize, conclude. Note what is missing. Experiment. Yes, experiment. That refreshing concept that was the revolutionary part of...

Tags: hypothesis, theory

Discussion threads 2009-02-07

Molecular Weight Solver 1.0 (Windows)

Solution Solver 2.0 is designed for chemists, biologists, and other scientific professionals. Its purpose is to make your routine lab calculations quick and reliable. Spend your time accomplishing your primary work and let Solution Solver assist you by performing dilution equations, conversions, solution problems, and radioactive-decay equations.

Tags: Molecular Inc., Equation, Basic Science, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-10-07

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House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches

you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...

Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

What do you believe, your eyes or somebody's numbers?

There is no disagreementThere really never was. Scientists are in agreement that global climate change is happening you may have noticed the conferences.We will always have idiots. It's just that some of them happen to own media and political parties or are making way too much money with...

Tags: climate change, mankind

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

(NASA spacecraft crashes into the moon)

Total Waste of MaterialLets see, we explode a bomb and crash a satellite into the moon to try and confirm whether or not water is on it. And for what purpose? To make another return trip to the moon? To build space colonies? We don't have...

Tags: spacecraft, NASA, Darwin

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...

Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion

I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Global warnings. Will China dominate green tech as world melts down?

Ah yesAh yes, a few Op-Ed pieces, none with links.Time to teach the Times some basic HTML?And and article ending with:"Researchers said they weren't sure why the animal is struggling more in Minnesota than elsewhere and more study is needed."Well, the researchers aren't clear, but we'll blame climate change for...

Tags: green technology, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Lower costs or mandate coverage

More Politics on ZDNET?This is a tech site - please stick to TECH.Pitching this spin is not productive. It's also so one sided as to be laughable.America is a capitalist nation. Let the free market do its job and stop interfering.The marketThe market says policy is important. I...

Tags: Vertical industries, Palin, Carl Rapson

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...

Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Lasker Awards show controversy of basic science

We're humans, not robotsAll humans, even your (and Harry Fuller's) beloved scientists, incorporate emotion into their decisions; there's no way to avoid it. We judge based on self-interest (even those concerned about global warming/climate change). We wrap it up in nice flowery language about "saving the planet" or "think of...

Tags: Government, patent, skepticism

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Lasker Awards show controversy of basic science

Taken together this year's Laskers show medical controversy at every stage of the process -- research, marketing, and public action based on established science. The Foundation committee members may not have meant to be comprehensive in finding controversy, but they were. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Controversy, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-09-14

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Dear Mr Fuller you have to understand a few thing WEll even if i find your post always refreshing and deeply educating you must understand this until there hurrican lvl 6and 7 or twister force 6 or 7 or all coastal area will be under...

Tags: Ban Ki-moon

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Razer Megalodon headset

We recently took a look at two wired PC gaming headsets that rest in the midrange spectrum. While the P21 from Turtle Beach performed well as a PC headset, we wish it offered an option to expand to surround sound. The G330 from Logitech also performed well--not to...

Tags: Games, Razer Megalodon, headset, microphone, ear cup

Product reviews 2009-08-27

What really happened to Wikipedia

Well, not quite.:-) Nice piece.I'd question that the influx of money (which is still trivial - a few million dollars is NOTHING to run a top 10 website) has anything much to do with the processes such as the living people's bio policy. One is the Foundation, the other is...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikimedia

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

My PayPal credit card beef, Part II: PayPal responds

Ebay & PaypalDoesn't it equal "double-dipping" when both Ebay AND Paypal charge a seller when (1) an item sells on Ebay, and (2) a seller receives his payment through Paypal? A seller pays to post an item, pays when/if it sells, then has to pay Paypal again when he receives...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, PayPal, credit card, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the start

Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the startMisconceived?I think your basic assumptions are wrong. The Tablet is likely to be a large format iPhone/iPod Touch rather than a small flat Mac.The two devices would be very different beasts!It might help if you knew something about what you were writing about.... Apple...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., not-so-secret tablet

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Laptop or desktop+netbook for back to school?

It's almost August, folks. We all know what that means, right? If you don't already have a computer for school, you need to get one, PDQ. For some of you in K-12, your school might have a 1:1 program and you'll take a laptop home with you...

Tags: Desktop, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-27