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Serious Space Invaders (exe): We've all played Space Invaders. You mow down a few ships every once in a while and try not to get hit. They shoot back occasionally. Well, what if you murdered 'em all in a few seconds? And they made a thunderstorm of stuff to dodge? What if things were...; Tags: Thunderstorm; Software downloads 2007-10-04
Detecting turbulence in the clouds: You all know that it is far safer to travel by plane than by car. Still, major plane crashes occur from time to time. But minor accidents caused by turbulence also happen and have been the cause of about 250 deaths in the U.S. from 1992 to 2001. This is...; Tags: System, Radar, Thunderstorm, Williams, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-07
Photos: Southwest canyon wonders: Canyons in Arizona and Utah offer stunning tableaus. Here, a look at some of the more awe-inspiring scenes.CNET News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman has been traveling through the Southwest for the last three weeks on Road Trip 2007, and much of the last week or so has been spent in Arizona...; Tags: photograph, North Rim, Monument Canyon, Grand Canyon, Canyon, National Park Service, erosion, ruin, thunderstorm, debris, New Mexico, cloud, park, White House, Colorado, attraction, wall, Microsoft Windows; Image galleries 2007-08-09
Thunderstorm 3D (exe): Warm temperatures, high humidity and towering clouds: all indications of an oncoming thunderstorm. The sky clouds over, the horizon quickly darkens, and the first rain drops begin to fall. The rain shower quickly turns into an intense thunderstorm. Powerful lightning lights up the scene and presents you with a unique...; Tags: 3D, Thunderstorm; Software downloads 2007-06-11
Another cell phone hazard: Thunderstorms: Another cell phone hazard: ThunderstormsI guess aluminum hats are out of the question?It's bad enough a cellphone in your front pocket can make you sterile and against your head causes cancer. Now it seems it doubles as a lightning rod.Combined with talk while driving hazards, privacy, etc. the cost of...; Tags: Cellular phones, Now IT, cell phone, thunderstorm, lightning, phone; Discussion threads 2006-06-23

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What putting off health care means: What putting off health care meansPreventionI used to get severe headaches occasionally migraine whenever the weather changed. If a thunderstorm was coming, I would get a bad headache. When the weather was turning nice again, I would get a severe headache. I had a couple of dental...; Tags: Vertical industries, health care, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
New WiFi from Intel improves rural communications: New WiFi from Intel improves rural communicationsRe: "New WiFi...improves rural communications"Great!!! Glad to hear about the technology.HOWEVER...What's this talk about Africa and Asia? What about here in the U.S.?ANYONE who is outside the reach of Cable is going to be CONDEMNED to years more of the Internet via...; Tags: Wireless LANs, INTERNET, Network technology, rural communication, Wi-Fi, POTS, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-03-20
NASA monitors lightning inside hurricanes: According to a new study from NASA, it is possible to forecast a storm's intensity by monitoring the lightning strikes near a hurricane's eye. And it can be done weeks before the storm arrives with the help of 'highly-sensitive sensors located thousands of miles from the storm.' Today, the Pacific...; Tags: Intensity, Monitor, Ice, NASA, Microwave, Hurricane, Sensor, Lightning, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-10
Kentuckiana Weather Radio (widget): Kentuckiana Weather Radio is for users in the always changing weather of the Louisville Metro area and surrounding counties in Indiana and Kentucky. Users specify what county they are in see version info for lists of counties and the Widget acts like a weather radio, constantly watching the severe weather...; Tags: County, Radio, Weather, Kentuckiana Weather Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-07-09
McAfee yawns at pornographic OpenOffice virus sample: McAfee yawns at pornographic OpenOffice virus sampleThese "proof of concepts"are getting lamer and lamer. This proof of concept means that, if I browse to a website, click on a link and see a pornographic image, that fully qualifies as a worm. I am just glad that ZDnet...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, OPEN SOURCE, virus, malware, OpenOffice, McAfee Inc., Sophos Plc.; Discussion threads 2007-05-23
Comments from Sun founders: Comments from Sun foundersSounds right - but they're on an upswing right now NTSun Prospering?Don't get me wrong, I think Sun will rise (and fall and rise and fall, etc) again, but to say it is prospering?Sun is destined to ride high when businesses seek innovative technology, and sink low...; Tags: Desktops, Sun Microsystems Inc., IT History, PDP, IT-guy; Discussion threads 2007-04-20
Great balls of fire: According to National Geographic News, two Brazilian physicists of the Federal University of Pernambuco have created artificial ball lightning in their lab. Like the ones you may have seen during a thunderstorm, these ball lightning move erratically and burn whatever they touch, even drilling a hole in one of the...; Tags: Energy &, Environment, Science &, Nature, ball lightning, lightning, vapor; Blog posts 2007-01-24
Atmosphere Lite (exe): Bring the sounds of nature to your desktop. Choose presets such as tropical, thunderstorm, nighttime, summer or alternatively customize your own soundscape from the background and random sounds provided. You can save your soundscape for later listening. There's also an alarm clock just in case you drift off at your...; Tags: Sound, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2006-11-14
Microsoft says McAfee 'inaccurate, inflammatory': Microsoft says McAfee 'inaccurate, inflammatory'Kernel access sets a dangerous precendentIt is understandable that security companies would gripe about a perceived threat to their revenue stream. However, giving them access to the kernel is threat to users. Anything a security company can do, a hacker can do. Once...; Tags: Kernel Access, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Corp., kernel, security, security company; Discussion threads 2006-10-20
StormPredator (exe): StormPredator displays personal near real-time NEXRAD doppler radar images from any USA location on your PC desktop on colorful 3D Topographic maps. SP3 Includes exclusive storm tracker and predictor tools, plus personal scan zone & distance measuring tools that helps you track storms, predict ETA, & plot storm paths. It's...; Tags: radar, cell phone, 3D, PC, telephone, desktop, e-mail, Web; Software downloads 2006-09-04
Cars back on Main Street?: Cars back on Main Street?Gloomy scene...... in the bottom picture, as if a thunderstorm were about to strike. No people, and minimal traffic immobilized by a stoplight.My guess is the problem could be solved by getting rid of all the light transit features, which are probably a major drain...; Tags: Main Street; Discussion threads 2006-08-11
'Grand Theft Auto' makers settle with FTC: 'Grand Theft Auto' makers settle with FTCSo basically they got off scott free for their crimeSOS, DD.NIPPLE SCANDAL!!OMG!!What is it with you Americans??? You have the biggest porn industry in the world .... and yet you got SOOO hung up about some badly represented sex on a video game.The...; Tags: Games, Patches, game, FTC, Grand Theft Auto; Discussion threads 2006-06-08
Homes too smart for their own good?: Do you revile the concept of "intelligent homes"? I do. And I'm not some "luser" geek-snubbing Poly Sci major who's never burned his finger with a soldering iron. No: When I was 15 and the other guys were out getting dates, I wired up my room with momentary-contact switches and...; Tags: problem-I, oven, swITch; Blog posts 2006-04-24
Education Funding: It's not a liberal spin: Education Funding: It's not a liberal spinOh but it ishttp://education.zdnet.com/?p=113Look at the numbers.The author is spinning the numbers. The author says "[Reagan] began the choking of public services across the board, not just the schools. Let's look at the evidence."Ok. Let's!In 1980, total education spending (on the chart the author...; Tags: Now Let; Discussion threads 2006-04-21
TiVo tunes into online services: TiVo tunes into online servicesWasted PotentialTivo could enable web browsing and email on their boxes for free. All they are is modified Linux boxes. It also seems like it would be a natural fit for them to support the upcoming IPTV. It could also be a platform for playing games,...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TiVo Inc., digital television, DirecTV; Discussion threads 2005-12-01