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- High tech: respected in Europe, projected in the U.S.
- The European Commission is turning to high tech to solve its low energy blues. Specifically, the EC is hoping to see real progress in lowering greenhouse gas emissions by making buildings and power systems much more efficient. Not a new idea but one not embraced equally by other governments...
- Blog posts 2008-05-18
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Free Edition (rar)
- A MUGEN fighting game (150 MB) . The game includes an arcade mode, team battle, survival, and watch mode. The game uses interlaced graphics :( There's a whopping 56 characters. 28 from each universe: Akuma, Amingo, Anakaris, B.B. Hood, Blackheart, Cable, Cammy, Captain America, Captain Commando, Charlie, Chun-Li, Colossus, Cyclops,...
- Software downloads 2008-05-07
- Biofuels, the debate continues
- Nature.com has an interesting take on American governmental mandate for more biofuels. You'll have to pay to read the whole piece, but all the talkbacks are free and some quite thoughtful. They come from enemies, friends and interested observers of the whole biofuel issue. Corn lovers to...
- Blog posts 2008-04-13
- Animal dung and climate change
- As it is Sunday, it's time for a light story. According to a Northern Arizona University NAU news release, Jim Read is one of the world's foremost authorities on animal dung. In Been there, dung that, Mead says that 'although I don't think anyone is keeping track, I suspect we...
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to switchgrass?
- It's natural, it's all-American, it's a native that was here before any humans arrived, and it's green in many ways. It's switchgrass. We've blogged about this prairie grass that once stood taller than the settlers and their covered wagons. It once nourished millions of American bison. ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Is Facebook banking that you're a beacon of egomania?
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk writes that the greatest commercial battle currently is between the ad and the algorithm, between predictability and "ticklability." Facebook needs to figure out how to make its users feel like they aren't being sold up the river. Even when you go to...
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- Bison Screensaver (exe)
- This screensaver contains many pictures of bison. Bison is a group containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two of these species still exist: the American Bison (B. bison) and the European Bison, or wisent (B. bonasus). This version is the first release on CNET...
- Software downloads 2007-11-23
- Switchgrass: not a sex toy, but still attracting a lot of attention
- They're talkin' switchgress out there in farm country. From Oklahoma and Iowa to Virginia and North Carolina, there's a definite buzz in the fields. It's not cloming from the apparently endangered honey bees, it's the whole agribusiness system from farmer to tractor seller to fertilizer manufacturer to lobbyist....
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Rocade Rennes (widget)
- Displays the traffic for the city of Rennes France in real time. Information comes from Bison Fute. Rocade Rennes widget is only for French users. It is based on Rocade Bordeaux and Bison Fute widgets from Skipcool and Rocade Caen from Sebastien Le Gall. This version is the first release...
- Software downloads 2007-08-01
- Marseille Traffic (widget)
- Displays the traffic for the city of Marseille France in real time. Information comes from Bison Fute. Marseille Traffic is only for French users. It is based on Rocade Bordeaux & Bison Fute Widgets from Skipcool and Rocade Caen from Sebastien Le Gall. This version is the first release on...
- Software downloads 2007-07-27
- Coloring Book 10: Baby Animals (exe)
- A tenth coloring book program filled with 50 pages of baby animals. 50 pictures are included with the complete version: Bear Cub, Bison Calf, Cow Calf, Camel Calf, Chicken Chick, Chipmunk Pup, Deer Fawn, Dog Puppy,Duck Duckling, Elephant Calf, Fox Pup, Giraffe Calf, Goat Kid, Guinea Pig Pup, Hamster Pup,...
- Software downloads 2007-04-16
- Bison Fute 2007 (widget)
- Bison Fute 2007 provides you to see the direct traffic of some French cities (Bordeaux, Caen, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Nancy, Paris, Rennes, St-etienne, Strasbourg, Toulon, Toulouse). The data is provided by Bison Fute. This widget is based upon the Rocade Bordeaux Widget but it has more cities, some...
- Software downloads 2007-04-03
- Stallman leads the GPL off a cliff
- Stallman leads the GPL off a cliffClarification needed.Can the studios and their contractors continue to use Linux for special effects despite the antagonism between the studios and Mr. Stallman?Here's John's quote:It has been pointed out that a number of large production studios use Linux. How long do you expect that...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
- Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime
- Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtimeOne little problemI've been using VMWare for several years, but I have to warn users that the VMs do suck up RAM and the saved ones eat disk space.If you're going to run the VMs on top of a system that isn't...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-25
- Simplicity is bliss
- Simplicity is blissOccam's Razor versus the swiss army knifeThe advances in mathematics come from finding a simpler way of doing something that was previously complicated. As software is a branch of applied mathematics the same applies by inference to software. Essentially we apply Occam's razor to cut away the complexity...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-19
- The Offer You Can't Refuse
- The Offer You Can't RefuseAbout biasI'll be straight-forward, I tend not to look at who wrote an article unless I find something wrong with it or it comes across with a particularly strong bias. And very often I see your name as the writer. Now, I don't see...
- Discussion threads 2005-05-20
- Emmi Milks the Benefits of New ERP Platform
- Emmi is Switzerland's leading milk processor and a global exporter of dairy products. Like other companies in its industry sector, Emmi needs to safeguard product quality and ensure full traceability. This need led to a decision to replace its existing ERP system with J. D. Edwards, which offered the potential...
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