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Nuclear waste, cheaper than Iraq, more expensive than a new laptop: Nuclear waste, cheaper than Iraq, more expensive than a new laptopThe answer to your questionis that deluded eco-socialists like yourself are the problem. Every time a nuclear waste solution is proposed, your ilk is there at the front lines doing their damndest to shut it down.That's why. Look in the...; Tags: Government, industry, new laptop, nuclear energy, Nuclear waste, more-expensive, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2008-02-19
Boron buckyballs are coming: Boron buckyballs are comingBoron BuckyballsTHis could be the beginning of the technology needed to advance the research into effective methods of containing nuclear waste. Boron is quite effective as a neutron sponge, it's structure absorbs those extra neutrons generated in a reactor core and could be effective in surrounding...; Tags: Semiconductors, reactor, NanoApex, nanotechnology, Boron, carbon, nuclear waste; Discussion threads 2007-04-24

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What people hate most about health insurance: In a public system bureaucracy is just waste. But in a private system, bureaucracy is a profit center. As the debate over health care heats up, this is the point I'll remember most. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Bureaucracy, Carrier, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose: The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...; Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?: Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?Homeschooling does what public education can'tturn teachers loose to teach rather than toe the bureaucratic line.RE: Homeschooling marketing = great coffee?Chris, if you like *strong* coffee, check out Meth in SF on the web.Organic coffee?As part of my response to recent efforts to...; Tags: marketing, InfoWeek, Homeschooling, great coffee, recycling; Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?: Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...; Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Where's Sarah Connor?Will it change its shape to an LA policeman and chase me in a tractor trailer truck?Mercury?It's the only metal I know of that is liquid at room temperature.RE: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Reminds me of liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear...; Tags: liquid metal-cooled CPU, metal-cooled CPU, water-cooled system, Liquid metal-cooled CPU, CPU, Galinstan, Mercury, PC; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.: Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...; Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air; Discussion threads 2008-07-19
Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...; Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam: Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Tough love: Linux needs more haters: [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...; Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Techie's green pet: IDC develops new report card for tech asset recyclers: Does your IT services company make the grade when it comes to retiring and disposing of technology assets in the greenest way possible? Researcher IDC has come up with a new certification and weighting system for IT assess disposal functions that it is calling the Green Recycling...; Tags: Asset, Card, International Data Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-17
In America money is life: In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...; Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus': Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Voting For A McCain: Voting For A McCainAh, milk from the the government sow..Obama's tax policies will hurt American business way more than any benefits his technology policies may provide. It's not government's role to create and invest in technology; its role is to get out of the way so that the Apples,...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obamessiah, tax, Obama; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launch: Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launchFabulous......so when can we expect to see all the indignant topics on Apple's release of a sub-standard product which failed to deliver on its launch date? I'm sure we can also expect to see the same level of vituperation as we've come to...; Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, rocky launch; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare: Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareRE: Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareThe legal "Phalanx" is only one of several tools that Apple is heating in the furnace of hi-tech to fight the Cloners and maintain their iron grip on quality control of their hardware, which is their major...; Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Thermopylae, clone nightmare; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Apple to Psystar: See you in court: Apple to Psystar: See you in courtPredictable......This was predictable everyone knew Apple was going to sue it was just a matter of when.I think Apple played this just right...If Psystar was just fly-by-night, why waste the time and energy? It would just risk bad press and make apple look heavy-handed....; Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Litigation, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar; Discussion threads 2008-07-15
Why Flash and Silverlight will save the web: Why Flash and Silverlight will save the webnone issueI thought that parts of flash Flex were open source and parts of silverlight are too. as these platforms evolve, open standards will be tacked on them. SilverLight, my opinion, really needs HTML display support built in so W3 standards...; Tags: Channel management, Quality, Microsoft Silverlight, Web, standards; Discussion threads 2008-07-15
Intel rolls out Centrino 2 processor; Earnings on tap: Intel rolls out Centrino 2 processor; Earnings on tapCentrino 2 processor25 watts for a processor aimed at battery powered laptops??!!?? What world does Intel live in? Why not use the ARM chip which is widely used in low power devices such as mobile phones and set top boxes because it...; Tags: Processors, Centrino 2, Intel Corp., Intel Centrino, processor, investment; Discussion threads 2008-07-15