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Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents

Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents 05/04/2004 03:15 PM

Dan Bricklin on accidents

Dan Bricklin on accidents 09/07/2004 08:01 PM
Dan has written a thoughtful essay that tries to help us learn from accidents and extreme, intentional accidents (= terrorism). He looks at Charles Perrow's Normal Accidents and the 9/11 Commission Report (which he has excerpted helpfully here). Dan draws too many insights to summarize, but the need for providing flexible, two-way communication systems so that non-officials can act effectively leaps out at me. (By coincidence, Dewayne Hendricks today talked about how a couple of strategically positioned repeaters were able to provide a forest fire command center with wifi communications access.)...

Two die in road accidents

Two die in road accidents 04/20/2004 02:58 AM
A woman and a child are killed in separate road traffic collisions in counties Down and Fermanagh.

Three die in separate accidents

Three die in separate accidents 07/30/2004 01:50 AM
Three people are killed in two separate road crashes in County Londonderry and County Down.

Accidents Happen

Accidents Happen 05/12/2004 09:43 AM
Two clicks from iTunes' built-in help fixed the problem in no time flat, along as a well-deserved boost of self-confidence that's she's in control of the computer, not the other way around. By Peter Cohen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

No Accidents in Over 30,000 Years!

No Accidents in Over 30,000 Years! 04/04/2005 06:28 PM
Pro-forma nuclear safety is harder than ever to sell. There's ass-kissing to the sci-fi community (.pdf, download it), the instructional video (warning, boring .wmv, > 12 mins long). But... The design lifetimes of Yucca Mountain and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant won't protect future generations from groundwater absorbing transuranic waste (Pu239 and like toxins, deadly when ingested for 240,000 years). Do you have this stuff in your back yard today, and how will it get there safely? On top of that, the capacity problem, which looks intractable as long as we keep relicensing plants. If I didn't know better, I assume the only way the government could succeed in getting this done would be to hoodwink us.

Women die in separate accidents

Women die in separate accidents 04/30/2004 04:15 PM
Two women are killed in separate road traffic collisions in counties Antrim and Londonderry.

Three dead in road accidents

Three dead in road accidents 09/19/2004 02:05 PM
Three young people are killed in separate road accidents in Northern Ireland at the weekend.

Hybird Auto Accidents

Hybird Auto Accidents 05/04/2004 03:13 PM

Rescuers prep for hybrid car accidents: Some interesting questions here. Are electric motors more dangerous that internal combustion engines in the event of an accident? What happens if someone drives one into a lake? Will anyone attempting to rescue the occupants get shocked?

Hybrids draw power from two sources, typically a gas or diesel engine combined with an electric motor. The battery powering the electric motor carries as much as 500 volts, more than 40 times the strength of a standard battery.

That worries those who must cut into cars to rescue people inside. "If you can't shut it down, you don't know where the high voltage is," said David Dalrymple, an emergency medical technician...

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Road accidents leave five dead

Road accidents leave five dead 09/26/2004 09:05 PM
A total of five people are killed in four separate accidents on Scotland's roads over the weekend.

England car flags may cause accidents
(Reuters)

England car flags may cause accidents
(Reuters) 06/07/2004 10:40 AM
Reuters - Tens of thousands of England fans are flying St George's flags from their cars as Euro 2004 nears -- so many that they have been accused of risking accidents.

Vast Majority Of Popup Click Throughs
Are Accidents

Vast Majority Of Popup Click Throughs
Are Accidents 07/13/2004 10:30 PM
For years, anyone with a bit of common sense has known that pop-up ads were bad for business. They piss people off and studies have even shown that they're bad for business generating more negative feelings for the brand than positive responses. The problem, still, was that advertisers who used them still swore by them, pointing to the much higher clickthrough rates than other types of ads. Advertisers used this stat to prove that, for as much as popups pissed people off and brought them ill-will, they still "worked." Well, now it's time to disprove that as well. A new study has shown that approximately 90% of popup clickthroughs are accidental, caused by people trying to shut down the damn windows so they can get on with their surfing. This quote says it all: "Achieving an over-inflated click-through rate might help brands to justify their spend, but they are only deceiving themselves. The brand, which we used in our research study, is not only wasting up to 90% of its budget by paying for unintentional click-throughs, it is also frustrating and deceiving users."

College Prep Help That Goes With You

College Prep Help That Goes With You 12/30/2004 04:26 AM
New York Times Dec 30 2004 7:59AM GMT

Study: Cameras Increase Fatal Rear End
Accidents (Ontario)

Study: Cameras Increase Fatal Rear End
Accidents (Ontario) 04/13/2005 04:28 AM
Study: Red Light Cameras Increase Fatal Rear End Accidents (Ontario) .. aren’t all they’re cracked up to be .. there's an increase, not decrease in accidents

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Developers Prep for Oracle

Developers Prep for Oracle 01/03/2005 08:25 AM
Third-party software developers that make their living selling add-on enterprise resource planning applications are bracing for a seismic shift in their business.

PVRs Prep For Add-On Storage

PVRs Prep For Add-On Storage 04/28/2004 05:31 PM
The infrastructure to allow users to store PVR video on external storage devices is beginning to be deployed, although rights management issues still represent a significant hurdle.

Expert: Prep for Linux 2.6 Deployment
Now

Expert: Prep for Linux 2.6 Deployment
Now 01/22/2004 02:53 AM
With the recently unleashed kernel poised for real-world deployment by mid-year, IT managers must load-test now to ensure their networks are compatible.

Online only: Gulliver Prep too much for
Horizon

Online only: Gulliver Prep too much for
Horizon 03/22/2005 05:01 PM
Azcentral.com - Tue Mar 22, 12:03 pm GMT

VeriSign Secures 90% of Tax Prep Sites

VeriSign Secures 90% of Tax Prep Sites 04/05/2005 07:50 PM
Web Host Industry Review Apr 5 2005 10:46PM GMT

Prep for Tomorrow with an IPv6 Testbed

Prep for Tomorrow with an IPv6 Testbed 09/22/2004 02:20 PM

Next-Gen DVD Camps Prep for Price War
(PC World)

Next-Gen DVD Camps Prep for Price War
(PC World) 08/19/2004 12:04 PM
PC World - HD-DVD backers say their format is cheaper and easier to produce than rival Blu-ray.

SCM Vendors Prep Products with More
Integration

SCM Vendors Prep Products with More
Integration 05/04/2004 10:41 PM
With bolstered balance sheets, supply-chain-management vendors gear up to meet challenges.

Rescuers Save Man and Son -- Twice
(Reuters)

Rescuers Save Man and Son -- Twice
(Reuters) 08/23/2004 10:15 AM
Reuters - British rescuers had an uncomfortable sense of deja vu when they saved a man and his eight-year-old son after they drifted out to sea in an inflatable dinghy.

Rescuers 'roll their sleeves up'

Rescuers 'roll their sleeves up' 05/12/2004 05:42 AM
Experts from across the UK are called in to assist in the search for survivors of the Glasgow factory blast.

Online Tax Prep, Filing Up
'Significantly': Study

Online Tax Prep, Filing Up
'Significantly': Study 04/13/2004 09:02 PM
AVN Online Apr 14 2004 0:43AM GMT

Firms prep Wi-Fi Internet radio tuners

Firms prep Wi-Fi Internet radio tuners 04/23/2004 06:42 AM
Reg Kit Watch 10,000 stations without a PC

DNC Security Prep Enters Final Hours
(AP)

DNC Security Prep Enters Final Hours
(AP) 07/25/2004 02:13 PM
AP - A team of U.S. Capitol Police carrying automatic weapons guarded a harborfront hotel and work crews dropped metal barriers around City Hall as security forces on Sunday completed preparations for the Democratic National Convention.

Developers Prep for Oracle (Ziff Davis)

Developers Prep for Oracle (Ziff Davis) 01/03/2005 08:25 AM
Ziff Davis - Third-party software developers that make their living selling add-on enterprise resource planning applications are bracing for a seismic shift in their business.

Rescuers Take 7 Monkeys From Woman's
Home (AP)

Rescuers Take 7 Monkeys From Woman's
Home (AP) 01/03/2004 07:29 PM
AP - Investigators rescued 39 exotic animals, including seven monkeys, a rat and four tortoises that were living inside a woman's two-story home here.

Iran rescuers aid quake victims

Iran rescuers aid quake victims 05/29/2004 12:19 AM
Rescue efforts go on through the night after a violent quake shook much of northern Iran on Friday.

Rescuers Overpower Man on Vatican Dome
(AP)

Rescuers Overpower Man on Vatican Dome
(AP) 03/26/2005 12:45 PM
AP - A man believed to have a history of psychiatric problems climbed over a railing and onto the side of the soaring dome of St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, perching there for several hours before firefighters overpowered him and pulled him to safety.

Rescuers condemn school group

Rescuers condemn school group 07/01/2004 02:05 AM
A mountain rescue team leader condemns a teacher who led a group of teenage girls up a hill dressed in school uniforms and bin liners.

Rescuers Focus on Indonesia Villages
(AP)

Rescuers Focus on Indonesia Villages
(AP) 04/01/2005 06:05 AM
AP - Rescuers turned their focus Friday to remote villages on the Indonesian island that bore the brunt of a powerful earthquake four days ago, as food aid — some of it left over from the devastating quake and tsunami three months ago — arrived in the area.

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Migration Prep,
Part 1: When to Switch from MS SQL to
MySQL

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Migration Prep,
Part 1: When to Switch from MS SQL to
MySQL 03/22/2005 09:46 PM
"But when there is a window of opportunity, Sheffey says companies should look into the open source database MySQL..."

HP, Motorola prep wares for cell phone
show

HP, Motorola prep wares for cell phone
show 02/18/2004 01:34 PM

Toshiba, Elpida prep 'industry's
fastest' DRAM

Toshiba, Elpida prep 'industry's
fastest' DRAM 03/31/2005 09:37 AM
XDR outing

Using Linux tools to prep digital photos
for email

Using Linux tools to prep digital photos
for email 04/29/2004 03:44 AM
Digital cameras capture images that are great for printing but generally unsuited for sending by email. The files are often too large, poorly named, and many images need to be rotated. Luckily, a number of open source tools are well-suited to solving these problems quickly.

Rescuers Rush Aid to Charley Victims in
Florida

Rescuers Rush Aid to Charley Victims in
Florida 08/14/2004 06:43 PM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 14 2004 10:38PM GMT

Rescuers Rush to Help Charley Victims in
Florida

Rescuers Rush to Help Charley Victims in
Florida 08/14/2004 10:12 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 14 2004 1:32PM GMT
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