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Equinoxes, Solstices and Cross-Quarter Days 3.21 (Windows)

This software calculates accurate dates and times for equinoxes, solstices and the Celtic cross-quarter days (Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnassad and Samhain). The cross-quarter days are those midway between the equinoxes and solstices. For example, Imbolc is midway between the northern winter solstice and the northern spring equinox (a.k.a. the northern vernal...

Tags: Method, Hermetic Systems, Sun Method, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-05-14

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British scientists call for action in Copenhagen

RE: British scientists call for action in CopenhagenThe exposed emails sure tell the truth about this whole GW movement.If you don't trust science...Then give up its benefits. That includes just about every piece of tech discussed here.If you don't believe in climate change, can I suggest you join the...

Tags: climate change

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Enterprises saving $26 million per project with open source

Using Only COCOMO Seriously FlawedIt assumes that every component would be developed from scratch for every project instead of being commercially licensed or re-used from another in-house project.A MySQL license purchased from Sun is much less expensive than recreating MySQL.Wow that's such total crap I'd be amazed if anyone believed...

Tags: Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

The Pursuit of a Standardized Solution for Secure Enterprise RBAC

Each RBAC implementation varies in its capabilities and method of management. In a multi-platform environment, these differences introduce higher administration hours and costs because the various RBAC models are not consistent in administration and operation methodology. The differences among these implementations also increase the potential for misconfiguration and related security...

Tags: Role-based Access Control, BeyondTrust, Security Administration, Security

White papers 2009-10-14

Eolas sues tech giants over Web technology

It was just a matter of time.They didn't bleed enough from Microsoft so now they are going after other big names. No one is safe.Two words:Frivolous lawsuit.And they said......Eolas would only sue MS. :)Stupid and blind indeed. The Eolas patent is particularly bad, but all software patents need to...

Tags: Web, web technology, Eolas Technologies Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Vindications: ah, the week that was

Well you realy dont do yourself any favours.any moments of clarity you may have are lost in the sea of anti "wintel" blog rage. Maybe if you were more objective and took comments less personal then you may find life better. na, ah doesn't does I?Find me...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-29

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?Green Y2KDennis, needed questions...I asked a similar question couple of weeks ago - are we headed towards a green Y2K?http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/05/the-green-y2k.htmlI was at Gartner then and we were warning the world about Y2K. The bigger the total remediation cost we projected the more...

Tags: Y2K, global warming, Climate Change, IT SPEND, information technology, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

One of the great things about being an Irregular is that every now and again, one of our motley band will toss a pebble into a pond which sends ripples. Last weekend Jeff Nolan, one of our founders and a great personal friend said this: ...

Tags: Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Argument, Tom, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Wolfram/Alpha launches: Can it break out of niche-ville?

Wolfram/Alpha launches: Can it break out of niche-ville?Agreed. Tried it out.It can answer "some" questions faster then Google but still suffers the problem of you want to do further research even then to be assured Wolfram got it right. As I suspected, its much like Wikipedia; just a smaller...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., search engine, Wolfram/Alpha

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft

Cloud vs sand: Google vs MicrosoftGeeks make it right.Marketers make it look right.Which one do you want behind your business?Google may look like Sun in 20 years but then Microsoft will look like DRI. I can imagine a similar report with far different findings to be release from Microsoft....

Tags: Data centers, E-mail servers, Now Let, Who-ever, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., server

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft

The numbers don't lie An independent study found on-site Microsoft apps - Office and Exchange - cost 20x in capital dollars and 5x-6x more than Google Apps on a 3 year Total Cost of Ownership TCO basis. How can Microsoft compete? The debate Cloud, as...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Network, Data Loss, Downtime, Microsoft Corp., Business Problem, TwinStrata, SATA RAID 5, Capital Requirement, Update:Here, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Handheld devices: fashion over functionality?

It is becoming increasingly obvious with the ever growing number of products on the market, that fashion is a more prominent outlet for the younger generation than functionality. With growing consciousness of society and what is expected of the iGeneration to maintain social norms. CNET's Kara Tsuboi...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Handheld, Handheld Device, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Global warming: new stuff

Global warming: new stuffacidificationThe really stupid idea of sequestering CO2 underground would acidify the underground water tables big time. Then more minerals get desolved in the underground water. We haven't seen real problems yet until they start injecting CO2 underground.Paid for by Obama Communist Ruler USSACommunist agenda, I...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming, underground water, new stuff

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

IBM and Sun: Is it about the hardware or the software?

The Wall Street Journal reports IBM is in acquisition talks with Sun Microsystems. At this point, the companies are refusing to comment on the rumor. If it comes to pass, the acquisition would give IBM a larger share of the high-end server and storage markets and enhanced access to certain...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, IBM Corp., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ian Finley

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Dirty little secrets of the keyboard revealed

Dirty little secrets of the keyboard revealed Service Tech's tricks for avoiding germsThe first thing I do when I accept a laptop into my shop for repair is clean the entire keyboard and case with an antibacterial cleanser previously tested for safe use on the case plastic. Severely contaminated keyboards...

Tags: Keyboards, keyboard, DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, Dirty

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Denial as a political position

Denial as a political positionI'm a little older than youI remember the global cooling scare in the 1970s. The culprit then was PM10 (Particulate Matter 10 microns), pollutants too small to precipitate out of the atmosphere.PM10 was going to create a sunlight blocking cloud and plunge the world into a...

Tags: PM10, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

Ice, Swine, and Sun

Ice, Swine, and SunRudy you can't polish a turd!You bang on about how Sun is the only tech company that has any solutions that work. Your blog description reads "A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris". That is misleading..no it's a lie...

Tags: Blogging, Operating systems, blog, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, SWINE, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-03-07

Google Chrome...bundled with RealPlayer?!

Google Chrome...bundled with RealPlayer?!Is this a good move?I haven't yet come up with any reason to install Chrome on my system, as we already have a plethora of browser choices, and I tend to classify Google's other software as crapware. I do wonder about aligning with a software company...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Chrome, Google Inc., RealPlayer?, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Waiting on a health IT czar

Waiting on a health IT czarMay I know?What is the "Career Employee" means to?Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comWelcome to Socialiam 101 No rights, taxes on everything, same set up as getting your car tags what a great idea. Politicians (Democrats who don't pay taxes) telling everyone to PAY more money to the socialist...

Tags: Communism, health-IT, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

First look - Internet Explorer 8 RC1

First look - Internet Explorer 8 RC1Still no Speel checkWell it looks like theey still didnt add speel check to IE8. That was one of the main feetures that keeps me in firefox.I do like that it is quite a bit faster than previous versions of IE. Also some of...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8 RC1, Internet Explorer 8, First Look, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-01-27