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[Iconoclastic Tendencies] Distributed Computing Humor. Those that know me well know that I have a soft spot for a certain variety of computing problems. A good friend sent me the following earlier this morning: Enjoy. Posted by Steven Stallion on Wednesday, ...
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[Computer Repair & Maintenance] How To Get A Free Screensaver | Computer Repair & Maintenance: In a science called distributed computing, scientists get the consent of computer users to surrender their computer’s resources when they aren’t using them. This way complex calculations can be done to help solve all of life’s mysteries, all without a single moment of effort from home computer users!
[International Science Grid This Week] iSGTW - BlogWatch: Sporting great humor as he listed the legacy of “bachelorism” in this country (mindframe of the elite who historically favored bachelors diplomas - especially in Law Schools - as a status or token of authority rather than authentic educational strategies from the very early periods of colonial ..... To celebrate, iSGTW have brought out a special latin themed edition of the newsletter which focuses on distributed computing projects in this fascinating area of the world . ...
[Warm Mouse, ValueRays® Warm Mouse, Heated Mouse] Warm Mouse, ValueRays® Warm Mouse, Heated Mouse: Warm Technology ...: “As with the new netbooks that have emerged, our Color Nano Mice enable mobile users to meet their computing needs in a space-saving way,” explained Ron Hanafin, Verbatim Product Marketing Manager. “They have the reliability and performance of the Verbatim brand, while also giving people the flexibility to use color to personalize their computing lifestyle.”
[Cloud Security] Cloud Computing and Security For The Masses: Interview on NPR ...: Security as well as other applications will be huge for the adaption of cloud computing but being a CBCP I have also been looking into the need for business continuity, provisioning and movement of those servers should an disaster event occur. I look forward to more from your site.
[Computational Complexity] Computational Complexity: A Search Without End: I am in agreement that finding larger primes is not very exciting. On the other hand, factoring larger and larger composites is interesting for a number of reasons, if only so that we know how strong our cryptography has to be, but also because reductions in the exponent of factoring algorithms often require significant mathematics.
[Blog about horses] Blog about horses » Horse Forum Off: The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them-as well as their powerful technology and advanced weaponry that can only be activated by Alien DNA. Please join Peter Jackson as he gives fans a first look at scenes from District 9 and takes your questions along with director Neill Blomkamp and star Sharlto Copley.
[Thinking Made Easy] HR GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINE - Thinking Made Easy: One pragmatic advantage of narrowing grievances to alleged violations of labor agreements is that both union and management officials are freed from handling a potentially large volume of employee complaints, including those that are not well articulated. A possible disadvantage of a narrow definition of grievances is that certain important employee complaints may go unheeded and may, in turn, contribute to low product quality, high turnover, absenteeism and strikes, and internal union turmoil.
[Speedkill] Speedkill » Wait, what?: While it hasn’t succeeded in locating an ETI signals, it was a demonstration of a large distributed computing project, the first of its kind. Now we have ones like Folding@home and Einstein@home, which do uncontroversial and useful work using the same or similar architecture as what was developed for SETI@home.
[Sandeep Swaminathan's Weblog] Seminar on Newer Technologies in IT and Career Opportunities ...: MGR Educational and Research Institute, a current trending topic as thousands and thousands of engineers are in a state of dilemma wondering whether they have taken a right decision in their life by choosing to start a career in software industry. Around 400 students participated.
[FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments] Dump Truck Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd ...: I hate it when people deny themselves (and worse, others) the pleasure of the artist’s work because they can’t keep the person and the art separate. I suppose the artist will blur the line sometimes (Sinéad O’Connor on SNL many years ago comes to mind), but it’s sad and sometimes very dangerous.
[Breaking News] Molecule that eats carbon dioxide may fight global warming: LONDON - While many studies have predicted that global warming will cause widespread disruptions to ecosystems, a new study has found that a species of starfish may benefit from rising ocean temperatures and carbon dioxide concentrations. Previous studies have concluded that sea animals with calcified shells or skeletons, such as starfish, will suffer as carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels dissolves in the sea, making the water more acidic and destroying the calcium carbonate on which the creatures depend.
[Chris Abraham] “The Intern” Reviews “The Twitter Book” | Chris Abraham: Although youre looking at a computer, its important to keep in mind that youre building real relationships and some of the same rules apply as with face-to-face encounters. There are tools for how to know your new followers and a warning that ”Auto-DMs and spamming are big no-nos. Also, unfollow people if their accounts arent contributing to your Twitter experience”but dont make the act a big deal by worrying theyll care or by signing yourself up for ”unfollow notices.
[Patrick Rothfuss] Upcoming Appearances and Internet Etiquette - Patrick Rothfuss - Blog: Well, Pat, you _are_ sporting a retro (and I mean ancient Greece retro) beard and look quite Messianic in a geeky kind of way. After posts like this I assume that tens of years from now when they unearth the Blogician Codex, the Holy Tome of Online Communication, the 'Gospel of Rothfuss to Teh Interwebs'
[GreenCode's Blog] ACM Names Barbara Liskov Recipient of the 2008 ACM A.M. Turing ...: Award Citation. For contributions to practical and theoretical foundations of programming language and system design, especially related to data abstraction, fault tolerance, and distributed computing.
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