Met Office bags shiny new supercomputer

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NASA splashes out on shiny supercomputer

NASA splashes out on shiny supercomputer 07/28/2004 09:51 AM
Courtesy of SGI and Intel

Met Office powers up new supercomputer

Met Office powers up new supercomputer 04/12/2005 05:28 AM
Many, many, many flops

Met Office unveils supercomputer

Met Office unveils supercomputer 09/07/2004 09:53 PM
The Met Office is celebrating 150 years by unveiling a new supercomputer which they predict will put them at the forefront of weather forecasting.

Linux tool turns your office into a
supercomputer

Linux tool turns your office into a
supercomputer 04/08/2005 10:28 AM
“An Australian security firm is about to launch a clustered Linux distribution that aims to utilize the unused nightly processing power of desktop PCs. Dubbed CHAOS, the software is able to remotely boot a computer and run it on Linux without affecting the local hard disk. With enough PCs, this has the potential of creating a distributed supercomputer. The project was driven by one challenge: the lack of time, said Sydney-based Pure Hacking, which specializes…

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Cow Suffers Bags and Bags of Indigestion
(Reuters)

Cow Suffers Bags and Bags of Indigestion
(Reuters) 05/06/2004 08:39 AM
Reuters - No one could figure out why Lara the cow stopped giving milk until an Albanian veterinarian pulled plastic from her guts as heavy as the average woman.

Either way, it'll be really really shiny

Either way, it'll be really really shiny 06/07/2004 05:31 PM
Apple are up to something again. I and the rest of the UK press were sent this email this morning, inviting (as you can see) us to some form of shindig next week. What is it to be? The launch...

Shiny Apple?

Shiny Apple? 01/03/2005 07:31 PM

Expectations for hot new products coming out of Macworld and strong earnings are so high that the slightest disappointment could trigger a violent sell off. By Katie Benner, CNN/Money

Lluon All In One (and Other Shiny PCs)

Lluon All In One (and Other Shiny PCs) 07/29/2004 11:30 AM

I haven't heard a lot about these Lluon PCs -- and unfortunately their Korean-language site is in Flash, which breaks the 'fish -- but it looks like they're making some fairly attractive PCs and monitors, if shiny white plastic gets you going. The "All In One" in particular [pictured] is v. v. hot, even if proprietary, hard-to-fix machines in general aren't. Anyway, I submit them for your approval; no idea if they'll ever make it to the US. (Thanks, Lars!)

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Mmm, shiny-newness @ CES

Mmm, shiny-newness @ CES 01/11/2004 12:24 PM

Shiny happy people

Shiny happy people 09/06/2004 06:30 PM

« Krishnas on the Esplanadi. Shiny happy people. »

I always used to associate Krishnas with airports and vegetarian food. People smile, point and giggle at them as people dancing around and chanting might seem odd in places where dancing around and chanting are reserved for the drunks or the insane, but since living in Finland I've grown rather fond of them because they smile at everyone in a place where smiling at strangers just isn't done. People make fun of you if you're too happy and dancing and people think you're a freak if you're a cynical grump so it's no wonder most people take the stonefaced option.

It's going to be a crap week as, aside from all the other things getting me down, it is likely time to discuss the kevorkian option for HoneyBear with the vet. And, I'm one year older today, too. Yay. Maybe I should go join the Krishnas.

One Simple Rule For Using Your Shiny New
iPod

One Simple Rule For Using Your Shiny New
iPod 04/13/2005 05:54 AM

Be safe.

Features: A Bright, Shiny Service:
Sparklines

Features: A Bright, Shiny Service:
Sparklines 06/24/2005 07:31 PM
Joe Gregorio describes how to implement a sparklines web service and web application, and also provides Python and Javascript code for both. Very Web 2.0!

"We've gots em, the shiny, the precious
("Do some good") | a preponderance of
evidence"

"We've gots em, the shiny, the precious
("Do some good") | a preponderance of
evidence" 06/15/2004 03:37 AM

We've gots em, the shiny, the precious
("Do some good") | a preponderance of
evidence

We've gots em, the shiny, the precious
("Do some good") | a preponderance of
evidence 06/08/2004 10:40 AM
Jonas is using his Gmail invites for good, and not evil .. Jonas has set up a gmail invitation exchange .. We've gots em, the shiny, the precious .. Jonas

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Kiss My Shiny Metal Daffodil - The 25
Best Futurama Moments Ever

Kiss My Shiny Metal Daffodil - The 25
Best Futurama Moments Ever 09/15/2004 12:37 AM

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Shiny Happy Soccer Moms or Shallow and
Solipsistic Feminism?

Shiny Happy Soccer Moms or Shallow and
Solipsistic Feminism? 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

As I'll be out and about for the next few weeks with spotty Internet access it seems as though it is time to turn over the blogging to others.  Here then is a guest submission from an anonymous-for-the-moment philosopher queen hailing from the beautiful farm country just north of the Mason-Dixon Line...

In October, the President’s Council on Bioethics (www.bioethics.gov) released a 400+ page report on biotechnology, entitled "Beyond Therapy." The report rings of Luddism, arguing that our unbridled pursuit of individual happiness in the form of "mood brighteners" (read: Prozac and other SSRI drugs) is turning us into a society of shallowness and solipsism. Psychiatry is transforming into "cosmetic psychopharmacology" (Peter Kramer’s phrase). If we find ourselves unable to mingle well at parties, or we tend toward melodrama thus irritating our companions, doctors now have a diagnosis for us that entitles us to a prescription for little green tablets that will remake us into more congenial and thereby socially rewarded selves. Melancholy is decidedly passé.

What the report misses is that 70% of SSRI prescriptions are written for women. Moreover, most advertisements for SSRIs feature shiny happy "soccer moms," better able to juggle the demands of work and family. Prozac, it seems, is really mother’s little helper, especially in a service-economy that relies on women participating in the work force. Kramer proposed that Prozac was a "feminist" drug, making women more assertive, less sensitive to rejection, and thereby far better employees in traditionally male-dominated fields (Lis tening to Prozac). Prozac makes women more like men.

So what’s wrong with this? After all, feminism fought to get us in the door. But, we didn’t realize we were still a bit too feminine to make it in the marketplace. Isn’t the President’s report just another case of male anxiety over women’s liberation? After all, feminism will have succeeded once women can be just as solipsistic and shallow as men, right?

[Editor's note:  We were watching Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades the other night (Herman starts off the opera by talking about how he is going to kill himself because he is in love with a woman whom he's never actually spoken to and finds out that she is engaged to a prince).  One of our friends remarked "These opera characters wouldn't have done any of this stuff if they'd had Prozac back then."]

STM bags now available in the US

STM bags now available in the US 07/28/2004 12:46 PM
STM, an Australian based company known for its laptop, iPod and camera bags, has set up shop in the US and are now available through selected campus store, online resellers and outdoor retailers.

CVS Bags Big 2003

CVS Bags Big 2003 02/12/2004 11:33 AM
A strong year for the drugstore giant has spilled into January.

Steven Bags PLA!

Steven Bags PLA! 12/19/2004 03:36 PM

Blogging at ALA Midwinter - Be a Part of it

I will be working with the Public Library Association on an official weblog (you heard that right - official). We will be kicking it off by reporting on PLA-related events at ALA Midwinter. This is going to be huge. Very huge. There will be photographs. There will be interviews with presenters, attendees, exhibitors, and PLA members. There will be reports from the meetings (if allowed), keynote addresses, dinner meetings and networking functions. There will hopefully be special reports from committee members. My point? We're going to blog it and we're going to blog hard. And, we're going to do it right.

Why do I say we? Because I need your help.

I am looking for a bunch of people (20 or so) who will be willing to report on the conference and post to the PLA blog....

Steven gets one of the biggies! Help him out, because this will be the start of something big. Congratulations, Steven - way to go!

CSC bags $600 million deal

CSC bags $600 million deal 07/22/2004 01:08 PM
ZDNet Jul 22 2004 5:34PM GMT

RIAA Bags 493 More Swappers

RIAA Bags 493 More Swappers 05/25/2004 05:12 AM
The Recording Industry Association of America sues more people for copyright infringement. The music group has now ensnared nearly 3,000 individuals in its net since last September in its attempt to fight peer-to-peer file trading.

Linux bags Bergen

Linux bags Bergen 06/18/2004 10:08 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 19 2004 2:20AM GMT

Sony Bags a Lion

Sony Bags a Lion 09/14/2004 02:33 PM
Sony emerges the victor in the struggle to purchase the MGM library.

Fashionable Laptop Bags

Fashionable Laptop Bags 06/02/2004 08:56 AM

PopGadget points out a few of the more fashionable options in laptop bags for men or women, including this cheery pink bag from JZMO that nestles pockets for PDAs, business cards, and laptops inside a padded leather and suede bag, the sales proceeds of which go entirely to breast cancer charities. It needs a shoulder strap, though, or they'll have to start another charity for crimped spines.
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GOODHAPPYFUN Baby bags

GOODHAPPYFUN Baby bags 02/19/2004 04:57 PM
My friend Racelle has made some amazingly useful baby bags. They work well as computer bags, too. Carla and I use them all the time. (And I designed her website, too). Racelle's going to start offering dad-friendly patterns. I'm trying to talk her into making one with J.R. "Bob" Dobbs' smiling mug. Link

Report: Laptop Bags

Report: Laptop Bags 03/08/2004 11:09 PM
Timbuk2 and Crumpler recommendations; BooqBags MIA

AMD bags Chinese giant

AMD bags Chinese giant 06/09/2004 07:00 PM
Lenovo embraces Athlon

15,000 Saved by Air Bags in Last 20
Years (AP)

15,000 Saved by Air Bags in Last 20
Years (AP) 07/10/2004 03:21 AM
AP - Terri Vaccher was driving along a California freeway in 1997 when a truck jackknifed in front of her. As her sport utility vehicle plowed into the truck, the expectant mother saw a white light and thought her life was over.

Headhunter Bags Profits

Headhunter Bags Profits 08/02/2004 12:22 PM
Heidrick & Struggles capitalizes on a job-full recovery.

...but their bags stayed in Dayton...

...but their bags stayed in Dayton... 12/17/2003 02:44 AM
"We came down here for wind and sand, and we have got them."

Today is aviation's 100th birthday. At 10:35am Eastern, the Experimental Aircraft Association will attempt to re-enact the first flight of the Wright Brothers' "mar ginal" aircraft. (It's apparently very difficult to fly -- for one thing, the pilot must keep the airspeed between 27 and 32 mph, using an engine without a throttle.) Wish I could be there in NC at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. It's utterly astounding that only 66 years -- less than a lifetime -- elapsed between Orville Wright's twelve-second, 120-foot flight and the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Soyuz Parachute Laptop Bags

Soyuz Parachute Laptop Bags 06/01/2004 03:19 PM

So I want to hate this, but the little astronaut inside of me is squealing (I think he's running out of air). For $225 everQuest Design (I know, but forgive them) will sell you a laptop bag (of unknown quality) that incorporates an authentic piece of the parachute from the 1990 Soyuz TM-8 Space mission. That's right -- part of this bag has been in space.

And if the Russian space program isn't your bag (oh god, I'm sorry), they also have a series of satchels made from the sails of the 1974-1977 America's Cup winner that might just float your boat (I'm here all week, you unlucky bastards). The America's Cup bags are only $145.
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9/11 toy found inside candy bags

9/11 toy found inside candy bags 08/27/2004 09:28 PM

AP via CNN

9/ 11 toy found inside candy bags

Wholesaler recalls 14,000 bags it bought from Miami import firm

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade Center were packed inside more than 14,000 bags of candy and sent to small groceries around the country before being recalled.

First NROjr and now this. For some reason, all of my posts today are about the US government and the last two are very weird messages to kids...

via Adam

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HP bags brace of service companies

HP bags brace of service companies 05/13/2004 09:23 PM
Thickening ITSM fold

Laptop bags go from geek to chic

Laptop bags go from geek to chic 10/31/2003 08:20 AM
BBC Oct 31 2003 7:58AM ET

HP bags orders from 7-Eleven, Publix

HP bags orders from 7-Eleven, Publix 09/03/2004 03:54 PM
The computing giant wins two lucrative deals to provide retail network hardware and services.

US Airways Delivers Bags After
'Meltdown' (AP)

US Airways Delivers Bags After
'Meltdown' (AP) 12/26/2004 11:10 PM
AP - US Airways started delivering luggage to passengers Sunday after suffering what its chief executive called an "operational meltdown," while Comair put some of its passenger planes back in the air a day after canceling all of its 1,100 flights.

New: Soyuz PowerBook Laptop Bags

New: Soyuz PowerBook Laptop Bags 05/17/2004 10:17 AM
EverQuest Design is offering Soyuz PowerBook Laptop Bags, each of which features a piece of the landing parachute from the 1990 Soyuz TM-8 space mission integrated into the bag.

Qinetiq bags robot maker

Qinetiq bags robot maker 09/08/2004 06:40 AM
UK spooks buy US spooks

Newgen bags Philippines e-gov deal

Newgen bags Philippines e-gov deal 12/28/2004 10:55 PM
The Hindu Business Line Dec 29 2004 3:30AM GMT
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