The Survival Blog gets into some interesting topics and ideas. The story about how to deal with feral children was one. Today is about cattle raising basics. It is an eye opener for those who haven’t given much thought to the life of a rancher. Keep in mind that if you’re going to work with [...]
An age passes. Former Sony president and chairman Norio Ohga, who commercialized James Russel’s CD invention (about.com – MIT), has died. CD’s have had their day passing the baton to DVD’s and now to magnetic and electronic media. Another inventor, “Hubert J. ‘Hub’ Schlafly Jr., who invented the teleprompter, died late last week at 91 [...]
At PhysOrg is a story about the tick-tock in wireless communications tactics. They note how such communications have changed from large coverage, high broadcast facilities to cell networks with limited range that hand off traveling clients as they move from cell to cell. That hand-off business not only is an overhead headache but also a [...]
It is hard to imagine a home safe as something that would wash up on the shore but that seems to be the case in Japan. It is like big rocks showing up as beach litter. But that is what is happening after the tsunami. See the picture at Gizmodo of a pile of some [...]
Scott Mayerowitz at the Washington Times is asking After tear in a 737, asking what’s old for a plane? Most travelers don’t think twice about it — although there’s something unsettling about easing into your seat and finding the armrest still has an ashtray built in. Now that’s a zinger! You can almost date movies [...]
Techie Buzz says Windows 7 Now Most Used OS in United States. They side a StatCounter report that shows Windows 7 has gained a slight lead over Windows XP at a bit over 31% of desktop market share, each. Since Vista has about 20% of the share, the total for the latest Windows paradigm is [...]
Slashdot notes a study that says biology grad students are the most miserable of the STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] graduate students. This is because the funding for their research opportunities is scarce and that the skill set is not broadly applicable to other fields. But the main problem is that most of the [...]
Citing USGS calculations the recent earthquake in Japan released as much energy as 600 Million Hiroshima Bombs – 80 Years of Global Energy Usage In Just Minutes. The earthquake opened up a 400 km long gash in the ocean floor, releasing a surface energy of 1.9×10E17 joules (according to the USGS). The total energy released [...]
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