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Awesome Geology from Space Screen Saver 1.0 (Windows)

A photo slideshow screen saver with beautiful NASA/JPL radar images of geological formations around the world, including volcanoes, rivers, mountains, and more. The false-color palettes used in these images make them beautiful to look at as well as interesting to study. All photos are 800x600 high-quality images. (a 1024x768 version...

Tags: Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Geology, Cottonwood Software

Software downloads 2002-01-23

Geology Students in Rio De Janeiro Count on SAS

Geology is traditionally a descriptive science that involves field observations and in-depth investigations of physical structures. Therefore, geologic data conventionally has been collected and measured qualitatively by describing colors, textures and many other surface characteristics. Today, the market requires geological analysts to go beyond a descriptive or qualitative analysis of...

Tags: SAS Institute, Geology, Federal University Of Rio De Janeiro

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Cell phones and health risk

Cell phones and health riskRF EnergyBack in the mid-80s I used a high-power portable radio in military security duties. A friend showed me how you could light your flashlight with no batteries in it by holding your radio near the bulb and press the transmit button. It worked!...

Tags: Pascal, cell phone, Voltaire Inc., phone, health risk, health care

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Chinese Earthquake Researchers Boost Efficiency With Dual-Boot HPC Cluster

The Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration IGCEA needed a high-performance computing environment that supported easy application development and management - unlike its existing Linux-based cluster. IGCEA deployed Windows HPC Server 2008 on a 128-node cluster with a dual boot of the operating systems. As a result, IGCEA simplified management,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Software Development, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Operating Systems, Development Tools, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Software, Management, Enterprise Software

Case studies 2008-09-12

(Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)

(Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)Where's the Hydrogen?I'll tell you how to get enough hydrogen to run the world for millenia. There are certain, very large areas of the world, typically volcanic, which have a massive heat gradient. One such is Kamchatka, on the Eastern border of Siberia. Here...

Tags: hydrogen, Hydrogen Road Tour, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

OSXGeoCalc 2.6 (Mac)

OSXGeoCalc is a Structural Geology calculator. It operates on lines and planes, strains, stresses, and drillcore data. Individual computations can be made using the calculator's interface. Multiple computations can be made using text files. Lines and planes can be visualized in a stereonet and stress and strain operations can be...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Computation, Plane, Nestor Cardozo, OSXGeoCalc, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-06-04

Got science?

Got science?Great article!I'd love to believe that a political regime change (that we'll hopefully see in November) can bring us some progress in this area. Hopefully not more business as usual if the Dems can be believed. We'll see.Chris DawsonLeading Nuclear Research is now done in...India.Remember when the...

Tags: Nuclear Research, ozone, Thomas Jefferson

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Got science?

It seems there are numerous American scientists who feel bereft. I can relate, because I am related. I have two brothers who are physicists, like our father before them. My father drove a beat-up pick-up truck with a bumper sticker that read, "Legalize Physics." That was...

Tags: Science, Scientist, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-29

A 2-billion-year window into the Earth

A 2-billion-year window into the Earth2 Billion years? I seriously doubt it.I'm sorry but there is NO way to PROVE that these rocks are 2 billion years old. All ways of measuring the date of Rocks are based on assumptions!The supposed reliability of radiometric datingis one of the greatest jokes...

Tags: Construction, window

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

The tyranny of the majority

The tyranny of the majorityHi Paul, too true.What OS you use should be driven by the requirements specification matched to the particular strengths and weaknesses of each potential solution... not dogma.All operating systems have differing capabilities, and until someone produces something akin to HAL-9000 or Star Trek's LCARS no one...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, tyranny

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Science Centric Widget 1.3 (Mac)

Shows latest news with links from Science Centric (sciencecentric.com). Science Centric delivers breaking news about the latest scientific discoveries in the fields of physics, chemistry, geology and palaeontology, biology, environment, astronomy, health, and technology.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Net Empire, Science Centric

Software downloads 2008-03-13

Animal dung and climate change

As it is Sunday, it's time for a light story. According to a Northern Arizona University NAU news release, Jim Read is one of the world's foremost authorities on animal dung. In Been there, dung that, Mead says that 'although I don't think anyone is keeping track, I suspect we...

Tags: Animal, Northern Arizona University, Jim Mead, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-17

Oil-eating microbes produce green energy

It is estimated that oil sands -- or bituminous sands -- represent two thirds of the world's oil reserves. Still, it's expensive and difficult to extract oil from these sands. Even with today's crude oil prices, the industry is still looking for cheaper ways to produce energy from the so-called...

Tags: Oil, Carbon Dioxide, University Of Calgary, Hydrogen, Energy, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-14

Do we have a policy on laptops in the classroom?

My principal asked me this question the other day in response to teacher complaints about students burying their heads in laptops during class. We don't, of course. I actively encourage students to bring in their own laptops to supplement our computing facilities. However, if teachers have an...

Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Random Nature Screensaver 1 (Windows)

A great nature image slideshow screensaver for your desktop. Random Nature Screensaver contains a collection of 18 high quality images of nature pictures. Within the various uses of the word today, nature may refer to the general realm of various types of living plants and animals, and in some cases...

Tags: Nature, Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, TrendySavers

Software downloads 2007-11-29

AMD's Barcelona pitch: Contradictions that reflect today's gearmaker conundrum?

AMD's Barcelona pitch: Contradictions that reflect today's gearmaker conundrum?New Power Metric: Average CPU Power ACP[url=http://www.betanews.com/article/Barcelona_AMD_Unveils_New_Power_Metric_for_CPUs/1189423401]FYI[/url]"true quad core" designation moot.Intel has a single chip with 4 cores, so it is a quad core. How the 4 cores are connected is an implementation detail. It is functionally equivalent to AMD's...

Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel x86, chip, gearmaker conundrum, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

New Microsoft-commissioned studies are busting out all over

New Microsoft-commissioned studies are busting out all overMore Bloatsmoke from the BloatfarmWhile no one can criticize the right of a company to publish whatever it wants, this work is very likely just more Bloatfarm FUD.Does GM give "helpful hints" on Toyota?One should treat emanations from the Bloatfarm as that Bloat...

Tags: Groupware, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft-commissioned study, Linux Developer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint, OOXML

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

Extracting Data: Gas Company Connects Employees With Critical Information by Integrating Microsoft Office With Enterprise System

The working conditions for VostokGazprom employees in the field are extraordinarily challenging. In moderate weather, getting to and from the fields requires workers to travel by boat or helicopter. In winter, trucks or cars can be used to drive over ice created by bitterly cold temperatures. The company needs to...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Manufacturing

Case studies 2007-08-01

Extracting Data: Gas Company Connects Employees With Critical Information by Integrating Microsoft Office With Enterprise System

The working conditions for VostokGazprom employees in the field are extraordinarily challenging. In moderate weather, getting to and from the fields requires workers to travel by boat or helicopter. In winter, trucks or cars can be used to drive over ice created by bitterly cold temperatures. The company needs to...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Manufacturing

Case studies 2007-08-01

SATellite Images 2.6 (Windows)

Allows the user to view many different satellite weather maps of USA including 10 day forecast. Also does Sea Surface temperatures, Earthquakes, Oceans, Solar Activity, and almost the entire world of Geology, including all 50 states and 76 cities. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Satellite, Victor Lion, Network Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2007-06-29