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- Are we acting like silly fuels?
- There is a steady flow of news these days about the drawbacks of our energy "system." The bad news seems to flow like...greenhouse gas, or even coal ash during a downpour. America's natural gas reserves are increasing as more and more deposits are found. The catch: fracking...
- Tags: Coal Ash, Telecom & Utilities, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Colbert heats up global warming
- Too funnySo, 350ppm means certain environmental disaster? And we're already above that? Hmmm...Back to the drawing board...I really REALLY resent the Chicken Littles running around screaming their heads off, and I'm gradually getting the feeling that, even if originally well-intentioned, they can't see the forest for the trees.What...
- Tags: disclamer, Colbert, global warming, scientific community, carbon dioxide
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Colbert heats up global warming
- The Colbert Report interviewed author Bill McKibben. He mentioned the 350PPM standard, and now the UN's Nobel Prize winning climate scientist has endorsed that standard. So here's what happened. McKibben has written Deep Economy, The End of Nature, and Fight Global Warming Now. He's a big...
- Tags: Global Warming, McKibben, IPCC, 35Oppm, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?
- Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?Define "making money"If a unit in and of itself loses $1 billion a year, but another unit benefits by $$3 billion a year as a result of that unit's existence, do you close it? And how do you make such measures reliably?Example: Internet Explorer.If...
- Tags: Workforce management, He/She/It, Microsoft Corp., layoff, future layoff
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- Hybrids to increase market share, but...
- Hybrids to increase market share, but...Pretty glacial statements . . .Pretty cold language around here. Why the scare quotes around re-tool? Why the talk about hidden agendas again?Do you just hate them because they exist or something? Is there [b]any[/b] way they could earn your trust?Now that they're finally turning...
- Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, battery, X-REV, hybrid, car, electric vehicle
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Worse and worse
- Worse and worseNot Unusual. And No Problem.Oh wait. Someone has a political agenda out here.Tip of the Iceberg, to coin a phraseIts much worse than anyone thinks. I spent 3 months researching an article on all the latest science and each one of 8 new (2-3 years) developments indicates it...
- Tags: Kozmcrae
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Time for Plan B?
- One planet-watcher thinks we've blown it with Plan A. Out of the Earth Policy Institute comes Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown. Brown believes there is only one globally deadly horseman in the apocalypse: famine. "The biggest threat to...
- Tags: Nation, Lester R. Brown, Government, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Whistler 1.0 (Mobile)
- Whistler tracks product and food recalls, health updates including the latest swine flu news, car component recalls, environment issues and disaster news straight from your most reliable US government health, environmental, and industrial agencies. With the latest news updated on your device as they arrive, you can rest easy that...
- Tags: Food, Car, Mobile, Health Care, H1N1 Flu, Satish Narayan, Whistler, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2009-05-15
- The Sullivan Group a Marathon Technologies Customer
- I've spoken with the good folks of Marathon Technologies on several ocassions see Marathon Technologies launches everRun VM and Marathon Technologies and Microsoft dance together. This time, I had the opportunity to speak with Erika Simpson, Network Administrator, and Rob Jones, IT Director, a user of Marathon's everRun VM, from...
- Tags: Software, Marathon Technologies, Sullivan Group, SamWare, Server Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to a problem that doesn't exist
- Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to a problem that doesn't existI won't buy this, but you know what I WOULD buy?I would buy a lightweight, feature-rich, electronic replacement for my leather-bound notepad. In fact, I've been searching for this mythical device since the first PowerBooks, always to be disappointed....
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Tablets, Desktops, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- Carolina hydrogen: heavy duty but lighter than air
- Carolina hydrogen: heavy duty but lighter than airWrong againDemocrats caused the housing crisis along with Acorn that has ties to Obongo who was bornin Kenya.Anyways, we will see how much your love for numbnuts lives on when your electric bill goesup 25% and your fuel bill goes up as well...
- Tags: Water Vapor, hydrogen, Obongo, heavy duty
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
- News to know: March Madness, Chrome beta, Sony-Google, Android
- Larry Dignan: March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs Matthew Miller: Follow all the March Madness action on your mobile phone Garett Rogers: Google releases new beta version of Chrome Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Beta, Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Open Source
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- A pending environmental disaster, and how we humans got it right
- Remember the ozone hole? It was real despite all the poo-poohing from those who didn't want to face its implications. Like global warming denial today, an alliance of ozone-hole-deniers tried to stave off any regulatory action in the 1980s, saying it was not valid. They protrayed the...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- The coal war heats up
- The coal war heats upA problemA problem with the green initiatives is that they do not account for the environmental damage companies outside the US do while producing their products. It's easy to pick on the local guys because their processes are visible. This in turn creates an unlevel playing...
- Tags: coal, gasoline, USSR Russia
- Discussion threads 2009-02-15
- Is it time to haul ash? Maybe kick a little ash, too?
- Today the bloviation moves to the U.S. Senate, where it feels right at home. It's about the runaway Tennessee coal ash. The committee chairwoman calls for federal regulation. The head of TVA, whose ash got spread around so mercilessly by nature, cannot give a time for the...
- Tags: Tennessee, Ash, Coal Ash, Utility Industry, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Why "cheap" energy is really costly in the long run
- The TVA coal sludge mess is like most disaster stories. In the first days estimates get continually worse until something close to realistic appraisal is reached. Then the lawsuits and finger-pointing begin. We've just hit that stage. TVA is now facing lawsuits. ...
- Tags: Ash, Coal, TVA, Coal Ash, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-02
- Memo to the President-elect: Environmental responsibility and economic revitalization go hand-in-hand
- Memo to the President-elect: Environmental responsibility and economic revitalization go hand-in-handCleanTech and Economic IncentivesGiven what we now know about how modern electronic manufacturing and scavenging works (see the new 60 Minutes report tracking "E-Waste" from Denver got China), and how our current environmental regulations are set up on manufacturing processes,...
- Tags: Regulations, Obama, environmental regulation, manufacturing, regulation
- Discussion threads 2008-11-08
- RFID-Based Network for Personnel and Mission-Critical Asset Tracking in a Disaster City
- The purpose of this paper is to describe a successful undergraduate research project and lessons learned. The project scope is to design, implement and test a proof of concept for personnel and mission-critical asset tracking at the Texas A&M Disaster City site utilizing RFID system. On a larger scale solution,...
- Tags: Asset, Network, IEEE, Project Scope, Homeland Security, RFID, Asset Management, Government, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-10-25
- Emergency Response Official Credentials: An Approach to Attain Trust in Credentials Across Multiple Jurisdictions for Disaster Response and Recovery
- Emergency Response Officials EROs require a means of identifying themselves and their abilities skill sets and attributes for daily access to work locations and sites during routine and emergency situations or special events. This need extends to all emergency response communities1 and applies both in their local areas and across...
- Tags: Recovery, Emergency Response, Smart Card Alliance, Smart Cards, Security
- White papers 2008-10-01
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