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- Brickbats over bricks
- This is an IT Tech site, Mr. Fuller.ntCodes as gatekeepers?As an architect, I have never once consulted a building code to determine which product I should use for a building, especially considering that neither clay brick or fly ash brick is likely to be used in a structural capacity. ...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- What's a brick?
- CinderblockMany years ago a product called cinderblock was made from coal fire residue. It was similar to standard concrete block. In many cases, over time, it proved far less satisfactory. One big problem was degradation in a wet environment. It would get sort of mushy and...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Could you green the world brick by brick?
- It's a brick."Well, the mainstream bricks boys do not like CalStar and want to prevent from the use of the very word 'brick.'"Oh, puh-lease. Even when people in third world countries put mud in molds on the ground and use sunlight to bake it, we still call them bricks.Yes, it's...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
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- Brickbats over bricks
- Some more input from CalStar on their pending entry into the building materials market. I had asked about who set the standards for what is a "brick." The answer from CalStar: "ASTM is not the gatekeeper for new products - national and local building codes are....
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- 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. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Fly ash fan sent me this email
- Two more, Harry. Your daily fart-quote is 3.nt
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Fly ash fan sent me this email
- "K.C. Missouri put down on a heavy traffic street [poured] fly ash 30+ years ago. Was still in great shape, but city tore it up this summer. My next house will be fly ash. If any humans are left in 4000, my house will probably still be standing... "Lasts...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- What's a brick?
- Shortly after I posted my blog on CalStar making building materials from coal ash, I heard from the American Brick Industry Association BIA. They feel CalStar is ripping off centuries of brick brand equity. Here is the email with BIA's side of the brick business: "I...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Could you green the world brick by brick?
- One California-based company is going to try. And they're going to make those "green" bricks in Wisconsin, not ship them in from China. The new-fangled brick has been pioneered by CalStar Products. A basic ingredient of the CalStar brick is coal ash, residue from burning coal. There...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval' data practices?
- Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval' data practices?All about the dataI can't agree more with Ash. The data is a pivotal piece of an SOA (most IT approaches, really), and is often under-served by SOA initiatives and projects. Data is diverse, duplicated, dispersed, dirty, and...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Cement Australia Transforms HR Services Online With IBM Lotus Technology
- Cement Australia is the nation's leading supplier of cement products and services with specialist expertise in lime, slag and fly ash. Cement Australia wanted to build an online portal to transform its Human Resources HR services. It wanted to reduce its reliance on paper documents and manual processes and provide...
- Case studies 2007-05-09
- Satellites unveil 2,000-year-old trails
- Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) and at NASA have used satellites to track the movements of people living in the Arenal region of Costa Rica more than 2,000 years ago. Theyve also used video-game software to virtually fly above the footpaths taken by Central Americans between...
- Blog posts 2007-01-06
- Ashcroft ready to clean up the Internet
- Ashcroft ready to clean up the InternetDisturbedEven as a staunch conservative, I am disturbed by this morality trend in the Republican party. I have always been a believer in the first amendment right of free speech and expression. I believe that other people have the right to view...
- Discussion threads 2004-03-08
- Sailors of the Sky demo (Windows)
- Get ready to experience the most realistic gliding simulation ever developed. You can drift around the sky in a Blanik L-13, Ka8, or Pirat for a nice leisurely afternoon glide, or you can strap on your parachute and tear up the thermals in a Discus 2, Ventus 2, ASW-27, ASW-28,...
- Software downloads 2003-11-21
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