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SAS Geology, Geophysics and Reservoir Engineering (GGRE) Analytics for the Oil and Gas Industry: Analytic Insights to Mitigate Subsurface Uncertainty and Unconstrained Risk

SAS Analytics provide potential answers to questions related to risk and uncertainty; endorse reserves information; and ensure that exploitation plans are adhered to in accordance to predefined targets. SAS Analytics offer predictive and descriptive modeling, forecasting and spatial analysis that incorporates variograms, kriging and simulation to better comprehend the reservoir....

Tags: Analytics, Industry, SAS Institute, Oil & Gas, Geology, Financial Planning, Finance

White papers 2009-03-01

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

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OSXGeoCalc 2.8 (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 2009-11-27

AidScans 4.4 (Windows)

Volume estimation application. The program takes set of object slices provided by a scanner. The software is used for medical imaging purposes, especially for brain tumors obtained from MRI and CT scanners volume calculations. The program is usable for breast, chest, liver and another organs tumor calculations as well as...

Tags: Medical Imaging, Microsoft Windows, AnyIntelli, Scanners, Healthcare, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-27

AidScans 4.3 (Windows)

Volume estimation application. The program takes set of object slices provided by a scanner. The software is used for medical imaging purposes, especially for brain tumors obtained from MRI and CT scanners volume calculations. The program is usable for breast, chest, liver and another organs tumor calculations as well as...

Tags: Organ, Medical Imaging, I/O, Microsoft Windows, Tool, AnyIntelli, Scanners, Productivity, Healthcare, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Common Rocks Reference for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Common Rocks Reference for iPhone application provides a starting point for learning about rocks without being a course in geology. A small collection of common rocks is provided with photographs and descriptions. There are five quizzes of increasing difficulty, which you can use to test your knowledge about rocks, before...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Collection, Aspecto Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-08

Britannica Mobile 1.0 (Mobile)

delivers 28,000 clearly written entries covering various branches of human knowledge, such as science, history, business, art, culture, geography, and geology, as well as more contemporary issues, such as cloning, terrorism, and globalization. Britannica, the most trusted info source, has included over 2000 lavish photographs, maps, tables, drawings, and color...

Tags: Mobile, Knowledge, Globalization, Homeland Security, Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Government, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-04

If a color Kindle is years away, where does that leave e-textbooks?

If a color Kindle is years away, where does that leave e-textbooks?Color KindleI am an avid e-Book reader on laptop and iPod Touch. I want to like the large Kindle, but the up-front price is just over the top. (I acknowledge that the price includes services.) Among...

Tags: E-books, Notebooks, Kindle is year, Kindle IS, e-book

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Denial as a political position

The Deniers are convening right now in New York. These are not those who deny a Supreme Being. Nor deny the being of the Supremes. It's not even those athletes who deny having used steroids--no convention hall would be big enough, right? These are they who...

Tags: Conference, Global Warming, Deniers, Heartland Institute, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Agency Science Clippings Widget 1.0 (Mac)

Shows latest news clippings with links from Agency Science (www.agencyscience.com) network. Agency Science is specialised in delivering breaking news about the latest scientific discoveries. Main topics covered include physics, chemistry, geology and palaeontology, biology, environment, astronomy, health, and technology.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Agency, Net Empire, Agency Science, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-01-26

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

Enciclopedia Compacta Britannica for BlackBerry XLS (Mobile)

The worlds most authentic and reliable reference guide. The Enciclopedia Compacta Britannica is one of the most comprehensive Spanish-language resources for information on the people, places, and events. It includes 33,000 well illustrated articles covering almost all manifestations of life. Various historical as well as contemporary topics including science, business,...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Enciclopedia Compacta Britannica, Advertising & Promotion, Globalization, Marketing, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-23

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

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