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- Pentagon management ignores Marine requests for tech weapons
- Pentagon management ignores Marine requests for tech weaponsSupportAnd the executive branch is charging the legislative with failure to support the troops.The same old storyWe went through this over body armor and armored Humvees.The marines have always had to fight for modern equipment. The Pentagon is largely made up of...
- Tags: Marine, Pentagon, tech weapon, body armor, Marines
- Discussion threads 2007-06-03
- Pentagon management ignores Marine requests for tech weapons
- Send in the drones. It appears that important surveillance equipment that takes up the slack when soldiers are in short supply, is also in short supply, reports Wired News.In Iraq, there are not enough soldiers to cover thousands of square miles, so having enough aerial drones to take up the...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Yahoo releases e-mail of deceased marine
- Yahoo releases e-mail of deceased marinePrivacy, as a concept, is just deadThis is sad. I'm sorry for the family and understand. But if their son wanted them to know something, he would have sent it to them or copied them.There are billions of people I do not copy...
- Tags: e-mail, privacy, Yahoo! Inc., Marine
- Discussion threads 2005-04-21
- Marine's death sparks e-mail privacy debate
- Marine's death sparks e-mail privacy debateI have to agree with Yahoo's stance here.I am sorry the Marine lost his life and my heart goes out to his family. Privacey is the name of the game here. Anyone can claim to be the man's family member.privacyMy heart goes out...
- Tags: e-mail, Marine, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-12-21
Additional Resources
- BSB Import (exe)
- BSB Import is a Photoshop plug-in, which allows you to read NOAA marine charts. NOAA marine charts are the standard raster charts and have the file extension of .bsb and .kap. Once a chart is imported into Photoshop you can print the chart, paste charts together to cover a larger...
- Tags: NOAA, Chart, BSB Import
- Software downloads 2008-07-16
- Mariners Office (exe)
- Mariners Office is a user-friendly Draft Survey, Lashing Calculations and Route Planning software for Ships' Officers and Marine Surveyors. Mariners Office is easily operated using either Keyboard or Mouse. It complies with the latest UN ECE standards and MSC Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (2003 Edition)...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, MaritimeSoftware, Mariners Office, Keyboards, Mice, Printers, Quality, Hardware, Peripherals, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2008-07-10
- Robots working 6,000 meters below sea level
- MercoPress, a news agency based in Uruguay, reports that German engineers are using an aquatic robot able to work 6,000 meters below sea level. This remotely operated vehicle ROV, dubbed Kiel-6000, is operated by the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences from the University of Kiel. The robot weighs 3.5 tons...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Remotely Operated Vehicle, Kiel-6000, Colin Devey, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Gerontologists see something worse than death
- Gerontologists see something worse than deaththe worst of allis being poor and unable to work for a decent wage.When the retirement age is raised to the highest in the world, who would hire some cripple and sick men or women on a decent wage.It appears that in order to 'manage'...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Benefits, payroll solutions, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Strom Thurmond, decent wage, retirement age, Gerontologists, salary, John Glenn
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Can we trust our GPS devices?
- In recent years, we have become increasingly dependent on applications using the Global Positioning System GPS, such as railway control, highway traffic management, emergency response or commercial aviation. But in a very short news release, the American Geophysical Union AGU warns us that we can't always trust our GPS gadgets...
- Tags: Satellite, Occultation, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- EDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projects
- EDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projectsEDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projectsThis is a pretty good reason why outsourcing your IT doesn't work. Way too many complications and its just not as efficient. Don't get me wrong, outsourcing works to some degree, like hiring cable monkeys to...
- Tags: Strategy, Outsourcing, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Navy/EDS NMCI, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberry
- CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberryYour bias is showingYou are obviously biased against GW doubters. What are your credentials to make such a judgment?Tobacco - that's it neutrally!Obviously "what comes 'round goes 'round" applies. Trees and plants require CO2 to grow, so burning...
- Tags: carbon dioxide, GW doubter, doubter
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel Scalability
- N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilityStore procedures and serializationHow did stored procedures solve the serialization problem?If they did, it sounds like an accident due to programmers not understanding transactions and unknowingly switching from a very pessimistic locking strategy to an overly optimistic locking strategy.RE: N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilitySo,...
- Tags: Databases, N-Tier, tier, Wintel Scalability, Rube Goldberg, Wintel
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- SOA makes even the US Marines nervous
- Many analysts and pundits are fretting about the poor adoption of SOA within today's corporations. Maybe their concerns are well-founded, because it looks like even the US Marines are worrying that they may not be getting SOA right. A recent report in Federal Computer Week notes that...
- Tags: SOA, Marines, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- A robotic crab to explore the seas
- A researcher at the University of Bath in the UK has built a prototype of a crab-like robot with Lego Technic bricks to ensure simplicity. This robotic crab can work on land or under water. Even if this robot has been developed with technology used for toys, it could be...
- Tags: Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- A successful Veterans Administration is dangerous
- A successful Veterans Administration is dangerousAgreedIt has not always been so. In years past the VA did an outstanding job, and it remains a very cost-effective provider. The question is whether its recent mismanagement is fixable, or endemic to its nature.Do you know any Vets receivingmedical care? I help...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Veterans Administration, medical care
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?
- Roger Maduro right doesn't look like a hero. Like most heroes he never sought the status, just tried to do right and shine a light on what works. What works, he thinks is VistA, and the Veterans Administration system that computer code supports. In shining the light...
- Tags: Agency, Hero, U.S. Congress, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Computer, Roger Maduro, VA, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- For sale on eBay: Nuclear biological protection gear and other cool stuff
- For sale on eBay: Nuclear biological protection gear and other cool stuffNot sure of the point hereThe article didn't state much. Are they wanting to ban the sales on these items? If so, i wholely disagree. Nothing listed in this article is illegal. Nore should it be. If it was...
- Tags: Government, uniform, MRE, biological protection, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Free 3D Marine Screensaver (exe)
- Marine life is always an interesting topic for a research. Start your own survey with the help of our Free 3D Marine Screensaver. It will show you one day of an underwater inhabitant's life. See how our lobster crawls on a sea bottom about its business and doesn't pay any...
- Tags: 3D, 3D Savers
- Software downloads 2008-04-09
- Yes, you can get internet access in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska
- I am conducting shipchecks on an Alaskan Marine Highways ferry this week in the Gulf of Alaska with stops in Kodiak, Homer, Seldovia, Whittier, Cordova, and Port Lions. I was afraid I would be completely offline and out of touch, but it turns out that the particular vessel I am...
- Tags: Internet Access, Speed, Alaska, Download Speed, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Blackhat Europe, Day 1: The Waag, the Bulldog, and web application hacking
- Considering my previous posts on my experiences at Black Hat Federal received pretty good reviews, I thought it would make sense to again highlight a Black Hat trip. This time it was all the way out to Amsterdam, where Rob Carter and I will be speaking about URI Use...
- Tags: Black Hat, Web Application, SQL, Training, SQL Injection, Tool, Nate, Productivity, Hacking, Workforce Management, Security, Human Resources, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
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