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The public face of nuclear power in the U.S.

The public face of nuclear power in the U.S.The biggest hurdlenuclear power faces is the brainwashed hysteria people have regarding radioactive waste.They have been told over and over again that ionizing radiation breaks all laws of toxicology; no matter the dosage, you are poisoned.Of course the half-million people currently living...

Tags: Vertical industries, BOWMAN, U.S. Navy, nuclear energy, accident, public face

Discussion threads 2007-10-11

Signal Flags 5.1 (Mobile)

Signal Flags lets you recognize or create internationally recognized marine signal flags. Includes over 100 flags and signals. Alphabet, numeric, U.S. Navy specific, and standard flag meanings. Easy to use, indexed, color interface lets you quickly find flags. Built in literal translator lets you quickly decode literal messages. www.fedsoft.com

Tags: Mobile, Alphabet, U.S. Navy, FedSoft, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2002-06-25

TealInfoDB: SIGNALS: Signal Flags Ref (Mobile)

This folio shows international and U.S. Navy signal flags.; Submitted by Beetlefly. View this folio document with TealInfo, the PalmOS reference browser by TealPoint Software, available for free trial download elsewhere on this site.

Tags: Mobile, U.S. Navy, TealPoint Software, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Web Browsers, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Internet, Hardware

Software downloads 2002-02-04

The U.S. Navy: SPAWAR - An Identity Management Case Study

For the U.S. Navy, this means giving 300 ships and as many as 700,000 users on-demand access to mission critical data. Identity Management and a Web Services infrastructure are at the core of this solution. This one-hour Webcast talks about how SPAWAR successfully executed an IT initiative that now enables...

Tags: Web, U.S. Navy, Identity Management, Authentication/Encryption, Security

Webcasts

A Shipshape Costing Structure: U.S. Navy Improves Financial Visibility With Activity-Based Cost Management

Encouraging military leaders to look at the business aspects of war is not always an easy task, but the U.S. Navy does it with an activity-based cost management (ABC/M) program that utilizes SAS Activity-Based Management software. Using ABC/M financial intelligence to break down costs by individual activities, leaders identify resource...

Tags: Financial, Cost Management, U.S. Navy, SAS Institute, Activity Based Costing, Managerial Accounting, Finance

Case studies

Additional Resources

US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban

The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives will be partially lifted to allow authorized people to use official flash drives for mission-critical functions. The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives instated nearly a year ago will be partially lifted to allow authorized people...

Tags: USB Flash Drive, U.S. Department Of Defense, Flash Memory, thumb drives, ban, defense, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-27

The Navy's Command Center of the Future takes shape

With U.S. military personnel increasingly spread throughout the world, the Navy has commissioned a prototype of a forward-thinking nerve center that would allow decision makers to get the information they need, regardless of where they are and whether they can be in the room or log in virtually. CNET News...

Tags: Prototype, Center, News, spawar, navy, military, defense, command center

Videos 2009-09-29

We're still in a recession...Don't buy an Apple (the free iPod isn't worth it)

Very solid adviceThanks for preaching common sense. It is sorely lacking these days but coming back in fashion with the recession. PEOPLE... PLEASE ask yourself REALLY for what you will use your computer. Typically web surfing, term paper writing, some basic audio video (which you can accomplish quite nicely with...

Tags: Desktops, recession, Apple iPod, student loan payment, stupid argument, Apple Macintosh, payment, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Battlestations Pacific: Prima Official eGuide (Windows)

Extensive walkthroughs for both the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy with numerous strategies to best all missions and their hidden objectives. Training and unit tactics that cover everything like navigation, managing formations, targeting tips for artillery, and prioritizing repairs. Stats, armaments and specs for every ship, plane, and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Prima Games, Game Players, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-16

Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"

Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"Welcome to the Republic!In france, there is a strict 37 hour working week, and limitations on overtime.Even reality TV contestants are subject to such employement law: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8085015.stmOn the one hand I admire them for putting work in to perspective, on the...

Tags: Le Weekend

Discussion threads 2009-06-07

U.S. Armed Forces for iPhone and iPod Touch 1.2 (Mobile)

U.S. Armed Forces for iPhonen icluded uniform Code of Military Justice, manual for Courts-Martial, code of Conduct, documents such as On Maintaining an Army, Account of the Battle Between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, Pearl Harbor speech, MacArthur's Farewell, 9/11 Address to the Nation, and Report to Congress on the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Mobile, Apple iPod Touch, CSS, Policies And Procedures, Web Site Development, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Human Resources, Internet

Software downloads 2009-06-03

U.S. Military Handbook 2.65 (Mobile)

U.S. Military Handbook includes United States military information related to Navy, Marine Corps USMC, Air Force USAF, Army or Coast Guard, and is an excellent reference for active duty and retired personnel as well as their families. U.S. Military Handbook provides the following information active duty base pay, guard and...

Tags: Duty, Mobile, Allowance, AlbeBaubles, U.S. Military Handbook, Sales Force Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-28

Chinese hackers deface the Russian Consulate in Shanghai

That was fast. Chinese hackers collaborating with the Chinese Hacking Union, a two-years old training community for wannabe hackers, hacked and defaced the official web site of  the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Shanghai, PRC in response to the recent accusations that a Russian navy vessel has sank...

Tags: Web, Russia, Web Site, Hacker, Hacking, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-02-23

The Terminator scenario: Perhaps not so fictional after all

Sometime in the future--Military robots have joined forces and are targeting humans using Google Latitude. Tribes of robots have banded together in various metropolitan areas. Early reports indicate a programming malfunction.   Sounds like Terminator doesn't it? It could be real life some day if we don't...

Tags: Programming, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-20

Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders abound

Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders aboundPrevent most net breaches!!!Our system prevents a majority of Network Breaches while keeping the Networks "UP," Provides a Real Time Global Administrator that sits transparently over other OEM's Network Management systems (i.e., IBM Websphere, HP OPenview, SCADA, etc), the system...

Tags: NETWORKING, Enterprise software, network, SCADA

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iLife, Jason O'Grady, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Congress: Open-source for U.S. military

Congress: Open-source for U.S. militaryPosting to an open source forumThis is the President of the United States. The telephone operators at the White House's best known number have been instructed to confirm for anyone who calls that this post is not a hoax.Currently our missile defenses rely on open...

Tags: open source, NSA, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., agency, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

A robotic tuna for the Navy

You might not know that the bluefin tuna is an ultra-efficient swimmer. But the U.S. Navy knows that this tuna can reach speeds of 50 mph. So it wants to build robotic bluefin tunas for submarine surveillance missions. The first prototypes, designed by Massachusetts engineers, should be available by the...

Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Massachusetts, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Gov. Palin's Site Back Up, Sotto Voce

Gov. Palin's Site Back Up, Sotto VoceHer site had to be cleansed..of her endorsement by indicted Senator Ted Stevens, and of her endorsement of Barack Obama's energy policy.[u]http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:wbCGTUeD1r0J:www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384+%22question+the+means+to+pay+for+Obama%92s+proposed+rebate%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=safari[/u][u]http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Governor+Meets+with+Senator+Stevens%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a[/u]RE: Gov. Palin's Site Back Up, Sotto VoceI'm a retired old crusty navy Chief Petty Officer from the Seabees, with 4-1/2 years service...

Tags: Sotto Voce, Palin, Sotto

Discussion threads 2008-08-30

Russia, Georgia and NASA

Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...

Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA

Discussion threads 2008-08-18