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Archive for August, 2006
15 Year Old Meteorologist at NOAA
The Miami Herald reports on Zach Gruskin. He is a 15 year old who is interning at the NOAA Hurricane Research Division on Virginia Key. From the Miami Herald report: One day last week, Zach led the daily tropical weather briefing at the research center, more than holding his own before nearly a dozen...
New Scientist: A fuel tank full of water
New Scientist Premium- A fuel tank full of water: Forget cars fuelled by alcohol and vegetable oil. Before long, you might be able to run your car with nothing more than water in its fuel tank. It would be the ultimate zero-emissions vehicle. While water, plain old H2O, is not at first sight an...
Tesla Roadster, an Electric Sports Car?!?!
The Tesla Roadster was recently unveiled. It is an electric sports coupe. I want one! (Well… if I had a much larger income) It goes 0-60 in around 4 seconds according to the company. Autoblog produced a video of Tesla Motor’s Roadster:
Business 2.0: Chiquita cleans up its act – August 1, 2006
Business 2.0: Chiquita cleans up its act – August 1, 2006 At first, Dave McLaughlin didn’t tell his bosses at Chiquita that he was talking to environmentalists, much less taking their suggestions. After all, the banana company’s executives so mistrusted the “greens” that meetings with them often turned into shouting matches. “They would sit...
NewsForge: Stallman, Torvalds, Moglen share views on DRM and GPLv3
The GPLv3 license is in the works. One of the provisions is to restrict software from using DRM. This, argues Linus Torvalds, is not the job of a license. He is against these new provisions. The article below goes on to defend the license. I have been deeply against DRM for some time. Linus...
Slashdot: Intel Open Sources Graphics Drivers
Many graphics drivers in linux are currently reverse-engineered. A lot of them only support 2d. Intel has open-sourced their graphics drivers for the 965 Express chipset family. Bravo, Intel. This will allow for computers with those graphics cards to take full advantage of the hardware. Slashdot | Intel Open Sources Graphics Drivers: “Intel’s Keith...
Treehugger: Lessons to Learn From BP’s Latest Misstep
Treehugger: Lessons to Learn From BP’s Latest Misstep According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the US will spend an additional $24 million per day on oil imports as a result of the increased prices that were prompted by the BP shutdown. The science-based nonprofit organization also determined that if all the cars and...
TheStar.com: Wikipedia handles Colbert
The wisdom of the crowd is definitely a powerful force. TheStar.com – Wikipedia handles Colbert: …Colbert stated, if enough people alter the page on Wikipedia, it’s fact. It should have been the biggest threat to the institution of Wikipedia to date. It was a condemnation of the site’s credibility. And it didn’t come from...
CNET News.com: Protecting yourself from search engines
CNET News.com has written an article about protecting yourself from search engines. The piece is a fluff piece; however, does have some useful tips. I recommend that you read it. This comes after AOL released the search records of users to the public. FAQ: Protecting yourself from search engines | CNET News.com: AOLs publication...