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Are we headed for a nuclear winter?

Are we headed for a nuclear winter?Corrections/bell weather/bell wether/A wether is a neutered ram and one with a bell is used to lead the flock (an intact ram isn't stable enough).RE: Are we headed for a nuclear winter?It's refreshing to get hear a voice of sanity in this Web 2.0/E2.0...

Tags: Memory, nuclear winter, winter

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

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Hey, deniers, is hotter oceans not part of global warming? Just another hoax?

hmm...I'd like to see Christian come and spread his 'czarist' nonsense on this page >.>Thanks for pointing out the 1998 flaw by the way =)Another non-researched postYou make claims based solely upon a news report without actually researching the data.Try this and learn something:www.drroyspencer.com/2009/08 and read the article titled "Spurious...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

Hybrids to increase market share, but...

Hybrids to increase market share, but...Pretty glacial statements . . .Pretty cold language around here. Why the scare quotes around re-tool? Why the talk about hidden agendas again?Do you just hate them because they exist or something? Is there [b]any[/b] way they could earn your trust?Now that they're finally turning...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, battery, X-REV, hybrid, car, electric vehicle

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energy

Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energyBiofuel is not the answerThe more corn or sugar of whatever you use to make fuel the more it will dirve up food prices. After that you will have large areas of previously unsuitable land used for BF crops which will require huge irrigation...

Tags: alternative energy, Oboma

Discussion threads 2009-05-09

Web 2.0 Expo: the end of the online search driven era?

I attended last week's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco with a sense of trepidation. A year ago this event was jam packed and had a celebratory, in some cases cocky atmosphere - I was worried this time the expo would be a washout as a...

Tags: Web, Tim O'Reilly, Internet Search, Conference, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-05

Recovery 2.0 - Where Web 2.0 Really Accelerates

Here we are again in another commercial nuclear winter - last time it was predominantly a tech bust, this time tech will be the engine that pulls us out of the recession. I've had several conversations recently about the whole 2.0 suffix being...

Tags: Web, Recovery, Economist, Conference, SXSW, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-21

Nuc news is not good news

Nuc news is not good newsNever win?So, we can use any alternative energy to fossil fuels we want - as long as it's not anything that is proven and can be done large scale. Can we ever win?We demand a lot of energy - and that energy has to come...

Tags: Nuclear Waste, atom, nuclear energy

Discussion threads 2009-01-31

On-site CES ads take a somber turn

Warning: This slideshow may bore your socks off. We took a stroll around the central CES 2009 walkways to compare this year's advertising banners with those at the show in years past. With the economy in a nuclear winter, those vendors still paying for on-site ads had focused their collateral...

Tags: Advertisement, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-01-07

News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who’s buying...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Tempest or Nuclear Winter

A Hurricane Ike for Tech Start-Ups VentureWire Alert free subscription required today reported that venture capitalists are advising their portfolio firms to prepare for a potential nuclear winter. One venture capitalist featured in today’s newsletter was quoted as telling firms “to slow down their burn rate, and...

Tags: Firm, Venture Capital, Product Development, Investment, Product Marketing, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

How is the credit crunch impacting your economy?

The economy is mired in a slowdown, Wall Street allegedly needs a bailout and stocks are on a roller coaster that is mostly headed down. What's less clear is how all of this turmoil is impacting the tech industry and your personal economy. A simple question was...

Tags: Wall Street, Economy, Consulting Client, Deals, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Outsourcing, Financial Services, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solution

I have a lot of sympathy for Sridhar Vembu. CEO of AdventNet, the parent company behind Zoho. His last two posts reflect much of the fear and frustration behind what I am hearing in the startup world. But amid the gloom, Sridhar offers a glimmer of hope. A few snippets....

Tags: Capitalism, Financial, Alchemy, Wall Street, Zoho, Alchemy Analogy, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-29

LHC shuts down for 2 months over faulty wiring

Update: CERN now says the LHC won't restart until April. The two-month delay moves the LHC to late November on the calendar, and the machine has to shut down for the winter to avoid huge energy bills. via New York Times The Large...

Tags: CERN, Magnet, LHC, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"

Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"What is the maintanance cost, and backup planshould a storm or fire destroy the structure?It's all about feeling goodThere are people who think logically, and people who think emotionally. Logically, solar is still a losing technology when factoring in all costs...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

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

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Sure, energy tech is sexy and could be profitable. But think real green, as in chlorophyll and growing plants. That's the most crucial green tech now.

There's a lot of interest in alternative energy tech and ways to utilize fossil fuels more efficiently. There's considerable push now for more nuclear power. And all that makes economic and ecological sense: energy is at the base of the economic pyramid, less energy means less of everything for...

Tags: Agriculture, Green Technology, Africa, Tech, Green Revolution, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-22

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

Are we headed for a nuclear winter?

Caroline McCarthy's post on News.com describing the juxtaposition between the party atmosphere underpinning Web 2.0 and the views of certain veterans poses awkward questions: Amid the drunken revelry and pulsing electronic music, one prominent tech-industry veteran at the party was asked exactly what Chi.mp is. "I'll tell you what...

Tags: Bank, Information Technology, Investment, Forrester Research Inc., Web 2.0, Social Networking, Strategy, Financial Services, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-25

The plane facts

The plane factsPlane PuzzlingWhy does a technology site like ZDNet have Luddites writing for them. It seems that 4th century thinking is a bit out of place for a site that is supposed to be about how technology improves our lives, not ruins it. Odd.WebCams and Video ConferencingI agree with...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, hydrogen, plane fact, carbon dioxide, aircraft

Discussion threads 2008-02-05