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- Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em off
- Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em offuh huhDon't know about Canada. Here in Montana, two years ago it was -50 so they are dead...all of them. What wasn't mentioned here is that they are a constant thing, but if it gets below -40 they die. The more...
- Tags: global warming, winter
- Discussion threads 2008-05-10
- 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
- Why flu virus prefers to strike in winter
- Why flu virus prefers to strike in winterFlu in winterI don't totally agree with attacking the membrane as an effective way to fight the virus. The reason the flu is so hard to beat is because it mutates so much. If tropical areas have people affected by the...
- Tags: SECURITY, winter, cell, flu virus, membrane, virus, infection
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- winter Dawning Screensaver (zip)
- The Winter Dawning Screensaver displays lovely eagles flying free that guard a fairy castle in the wintery dawn. When the winter dawn breaks, there is always something so magical waiting, just out of sight, but nevertheless there for those with eyes to see. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: Winter, Screensaver
- Software downloads 2007-12-05
- Across the pond: a cold winter could be cold indeed
- Some folks in Britain must be hoping for a little local warming. A cold winter could mean a realllly cold winter, becasue there doesn't seem to be enough infrastructure to deliver the heating energy needed. It seems to be a combo of old nuc plants, insufficient grid, broken down...
- Tags: Winter, Cold Calling, Sales Tools, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- Large Scale Use of the Netezza Performance Server System
- For a few years now everyone has been hearing about data warehouse appliances: a new class of products designed to make data warehousing simpler and less expensive. The Netezza Performance Server System NPS was the first of these products to be developed and has been available commercially since 2003. WinterCorp,...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Netezza, Winter, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2007-01-09
- Images: Marooned after 1,000 days on Mars
- Mars rover Spirit has been still for the Martian winter but still celebrates 1,000 days on the Red Planet with a new panorama.
- Tags: winter, Mars
- Image galleries 2006-10-27
Additional Resources
- Are we all just cognitive surplus?
- Clay Shirky, and his truly handsome hairline, is not into the ragehol like I am. That is, he does not anger easily. But he admits to nearly losing it recently, when after describing a Wikipedia skirmish to a TV producer, he got the question ...
- Tags: Surplus, Shirky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Wiki, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- winter Shard (zip)
- In a continent, two countries are at war against each other and meet a standstill. When it seems the war will be prolonged, a sudden legion appears, and the people living in the continent will forever remember it at the start of the dread winter. A bleak medieval story with...
- Tags: War, Continent, F.I.A
- Software downloads 2008-05-07
- Guest post: Introducing the Open Data Definition
- This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import and export of data from within social applications....
- Tags: Software, Format, Data, Open Data Definition, Data Portability, Service Closure, Chances, Semantic Web Community, RDF Parser, RDF, Semantic Web, XML, RSS, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Apple's PA Semi buyout: A defensive move?
- According to reports, Apple purchased embedded chip maker PA Semi this week and the rumors are flying: that Apple is back in chipset business; or that Apple is going back to the PowerPC for some future device (since PA Semi made PowerPC-based processor). However, some chip analysts say that it...
- Tags: Exponential Technology, Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Chip, PA Semi, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Questioning IT
- Questioning ITConsistencyIn a prior entry, didn't you make the unassailable point that in a disaster Murphy's Law (a tribute to haplessness?) will assure that the best laid plans...So all that practice is like the mouse's "mony a weary nibble" creating a home that was destroyed in the Robert Burns poem...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, UNIX, data center, traditional systems environment, systems environment, dual data center, disaster recovery, insurance company
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- 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
- Animated Snowy winter Waterfall (zip)
- Wonderful Animated Snowy Waterfall with audio and a continuous loop for a relaxing winter scene to be displayed as long as you like. This is a fully animated 1024 x 768 screensaver with full customization options in the display settings. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: ForestWander
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- Greenland, coming and going but defnitely on the rebound
- Courtesy: NASA Red dots are locations of ice monitoring stations. Nature has a broad look at what we know and we might know about Greenland and its shrinking ice. Unlike many of the, "this past summer..." articles, this one goes back to the...
- Tags: Greenland, Giant Lake, Productivity, Network Technology, Networking, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Biofuels, the debate continues
- Biofuels, the debate continuesbio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threatThe truth is bio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threat of the near future.Why you ask:#1- You are destroying a food source to fuel highly INEFFICIENT vehicles. The best you can get out of bio-fuels is 20 MPGs, and that is if you...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, biofuel, food
- Discussion threads 2008-04-13
- How much solar to run the whole U.S.?
- Courtesy: NASA. One blogger says he's calculated the answer. It's close to 600 square miles. To provide all the electricity now used in the U.S. How does that compare to all the mall parking lots in the land? Cover them over with...
- Tags: U.S., NASA, Europe, Blogging, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- 10 ways for support techs to stay healthy and safe on the job
- As winter gives way to spring, many people are struggling into work with colds and influenza, which they may pass along to co-workers -- and to you. In fact, as a deskside tech person, you could easily become infected yourself and then pass the bug on to the next user...
- Tags: Job, Jeff Dray, Sales Tools, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Sales, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Download resources 2008-04-02
- iPhone shock therapy
- Ever get a shock from your iPod or iPhone? I've been getting shocks now and then and they're not pleasant. Apparently I'm not the only one. There's a couple of posts about iPod shocks on Apple's discussion forums and it's been mentioned in other forums [1, 2] as well. Hardy...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Shock, Headphone, Apple iPod, Therapy, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- 2008 Ford Mustang Convertible series
- Photo gallery:2008 Ford Mustang ConvertibleWith its chunky body, powerful stereo, and live rear axle handling, we couldn't help but think of the 2008 Ford Mustang Convertible as a thick, juicy steak of a car. The styling evokes the muscle car era effectively, reason enough to salivate for people in a...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Ford Motor Co., Mustang, Ford Mustang, music
- Product reviews 2008-04-01
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