Computer Model to Track Wildfire Smoke
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Computer model to track wildfire smoke
Computer model to track wildfire smoke
11/03/2003 11:13 AMAP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Nov 3 2003 10:26AM ET
New Business Model, Or Smoke And
Mirrors?
New Business Model, Or Smoke And
Mirrors?
04/08/2005 06:26 PMJonathan Schwartz of Sun is out giving his talk again about how
subscription fees are the way of the future for buying
anything. One of his favorite examples (he's used it for quite
some time) is that people will
buy
cars the way they buy mobile phones, where the device/car itself
is free or close to fee, but there's a regular subscription fee that's
locked in (he also likes to talk about how people will download
"horn-tones" for their car, but that's a different story). He goes on
to point out that for a car, this fee would be $220 -- noting that the
carmakers have already thought about this. Beyond asking the obvious
question (um
which car are we talking about here -- because I
imagine that a BMW is going to cost me more per month than a Hyundai),
isn't this
already how many people buy cars? It's called a
loan or a lease. They buy the car with a little bit of money down,
but pay regularly to cover the rest of the cost of the car. In fact,
I'm sure, for some people and some cars, the amount is somewhere
around $220. So, this isn't particularly amazing. It's not even new.
It's just taking an existing business model and changing what you
call everything. Who knew it was so easy to be considered a
visionary?
Computer model of damaged DNA bends the
rules
Computer model of damaged DNA bends the
rules
08/23/2004 12:35 PMMedical Science News Aug 23 2004 5:13PM GMT
Worlds first computer model of a
pregnant crash dummy
Worlds first computer model of a
pregnant crash dummy
06/30/2004 09:52 AMMedical Science News Jun 30 2004 2:09PM GMT
OQO Model 01 - PDA and Notebook Computer
Hybrid Device (Pics)
OQO Model 01 - PDA and Notebook Computer
Hybrid Device (Pics)
05/27/2004 09:34 PMbargainPDA.com May 28 2004 1:46AM GMT
SVOA exports 'local brand' computer
model
SVOA exports 'local brand' computer
model
08/18/2004 01:32 AMBangkok Post Aug 18 2004 5:43AM GMT
Venezuelan male model and computer
hacker arrested at Miami airport
Venezuelan male model and computer
hacker arrested at Miami airport
04/06/2005 09:55 AMVHeadline Apr 6 2005 2:25PM GMT
Computer glitch grounds Comair flights;
US Airways loses track of luggage
Computer glitch grounds Comair flights;
US Airways loses track of luggage
12/25/2004 11:40 PM940 News Dec 26 2004 4:21AM GMT
Computer model that can reproduce an
important aspect of the human brain's
short-term memory
Computer model that can reproduce an
important aspect of the human brain's
short-term memory
05/26/2004 08:53 AMMedical News Today May 26 2004 1:07PM GMT
FARM SCENE: Computer models help
researchers track spread of soybean rust
disease
FARM SCENE: Computer models help
researchers track spread of soybean rust
disease
06/07/2004 01:08 AMSan Francisco Chronicle Jun 7 2004 5:56AM GMT
Microsoft Joins Law Enforcement to Track
Perpetrators of Emerging Worm Attacks
against Computer Users
Microsoft Joins Law Enforcement to Track
Perpetrators of Emerging Worm Attacks
against Computer Users
05/03/2004 05:15 AMA recent increase in malicious activity on the Internet, including the
development of attack tools and exploit code, has resulted in an
automated attack against computer users in the form of a worm
identified as "W32.Sasser.worm" ("Sasser"). Through this worm, the
attacker is attempting to exploit systems that are not protected
against the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS)
vulnerability, which is mitigated by the use of a firewall and fixed
in Microsoft Security Update MS04-011 on April 13, 2004. There is
additional malicious activity in the form of variants of a worm known
as "Agobot" (or "Agrobot"), which similarly seeks to exploit systems
not protected by a firewall or the installation of MS04-011.
Computer glitch cancels Comair flights;
US Airways loses track of piles of
luggage
Computer glitch cancels Comair flights;
US Airways loses track of piles of
luggage
12/25/2004 11:41 PMAP via San Francisco Chronicle Dec 26 2004 1:05AM GMT
Town of Bourton's miniature model has a
miniature model of the model (and so on)
Town of Bourton's miniature model has a
miniature model of the model (and so on)
12/23/2003 11:30 PMMark Bourne says: So
my wife Elizabeth and I are googling up possibilities for our long
trip to England next year. Checking out London sites and so on. An
acquaintance suggested staying for a few days in the Cotswolds, a
scenic Middle Earthy region west of London. That's how we found a
page about the town of Bourton.
You just gotta love this text, which blends Ye Olde Scepter'd Isle
with sci-fi gee-wizardry:
You will probably have noticed that when you take a branch
from certain trees (some conifers for example), the branch looks like
a miniature version of the tree, and when you break a piece off the
branch, that looks like a tree too. Mathematicians call this property
self-similarity.
Bourton has a wonderful example of self-similarity: it contains a
1/10 scale model of itself. Because the 1/10 scale model is a complete
model of the town, it must contain a model of itself, and it does, a
1/100th. scale model of Bourton, and because the 1/100th. scale model
is also a complete model of Bourton, it must also contain a 1/1000th.
scale model of the scale model of the scale model of Bourton.
And it does. It is only a matter of time before a team of
nano-technicians turn up in the town to etch a sub-micron scale model
of Bourton on a silicon wafer, complete with mill, waterwheel, and a
highly imaginative interpretation of the River Windrush as a stream of
electrons.
Link
Adwords Closes down CPM Model in Favor
of CPC Model
Adwords Closes down CPM Model in Favor
of CPC Model
09/10/2002 09:44 AM"It's now PPC or nothing, $50 credit offered to those who swap."
Pentagon Can't Even Keep Track Of The
Systems That Keep Track Of Stuff
Pentagon Can't Even Keep Track Of The
Systems That Keep Track Of Stuff
07/08/2004 12:33 PMThe Pentagon certainly isn't known for efficiency in their business
processes, and no one ever said they needed to be run in the same
manner as a profitable business, but the fact that they
can't
even track the thousands of different databases and logistics
systems that are supposed to keep track of all of their purchases
and assets is a bit worrisome. At the very least it's a huge recipe
for fraud, with plenty of already greedy enough defense contractors
clearly abusing the system for great profit to themselves -- at the
expense of our own tax dollars.
If this is the right track, don't show
us the wrong track
If this is the right track, don't show
us the wrong track
09/23/2004 08:02 PMOne of the more fascinating moments of today's
White House press conference with Bush and Allawi came when the
president, who claims to pay scant attention to public opinion polling
(that's something Clintons do), referred to "right track/wrong track"
polling in Iraq like he was George Gallup himself:
Wildfire: feature/115
Wildfire: feature/115
04/26/2004 10:57 PMThe second trip to Falluja and the courteous kidnappers ..
are
wildfirejo.org.uk/feature/display/115/index.php
track this
site | 3 links
Wildfire Prediction Heats Up
Wildfire Prediction Heats Up
08/07/2004 03:42 PMWired News Aug 7 2004 6:09PM GMT
Fighting Wildfire with Gasoline?
Fighting Wildfire with Gasoline?
05/26/2004 09:26 PM
According to a recent
report from International Institute of Strategic Studies,
thinktank,
Iraq has become the new magnet of
Al-Qaeda's war against
the United States ... The US-led war in Iraq has increased the risk
to Western interests
in Arab countries.
I didn't enjoy reading the editorial, but
I found myself
nodding my head. Urgh.
Wildfire Forecast Goes From Bad to Worse
(AP)
Wildfire Forecast Goes From Bad to Worse
(AP)
05/23/2004 03:08 PMAP - Months ago, national fire managers predicted the 2004 wildfire
season would be a bad one in the West. Now, they're changing their
forecast: It's going to be worse.
Wildfire rages near Los Angeles
Wildfire rages near Los Angeles
07/19/2004 05:03 PMA big wildfire fanned by shifting winds forces hundreds of people in
California to flee their homes.
Bad News Spreads like Wildfire
Bad News Spreads like Wildfire
09/02/2004 11:12 PMHere's a perfect illustration of the need to track what's being
said about your organization online:
- Mustn't
Text
"I can understand a place like a restaurant asking mobile
phone talkers to step outside, or a place like a gymnasium asking
mobile camera users to please not get strange, but a library
threatening to fine people if they use text messaging... that I don't
quite understand...?" [JD on
MX]
- Su
rf City Libraries Gets Tough on Mobiles
"The new regulation,
which comes into force from 15 September, means that if a phone rings,
or if anyone is caught talking or texting, then they will face a stern
warning. After the first ticking-off, though, library vistors can
expect to receive fines of $250, $500 and $1,000 for repeated
offences." [The Register
-- in the U.K.!!!]
- Use a
Cell Phone in a Library, Pay $1,000
"City leaders of Huntington
Beach California adopted an ordinance, which takes effect September
15, that bans all cell phone use in libraries, including talking, text
messaging and ringing tones of any kind, reports The Associated Press." [textually.org]
And those links are just for starters (just wait until it hits Slashdot!). I feel bad for the
Library because this seems to be mandated by the City (was it
requested?), but can you imagine what teenagers must think of them for
this? How many young librarians do you think will read that story and
still want to work there?
I'm the first person to be annoyed by people talking on cell phones
and the ringers, but there are far better compromises than this. After
all, the press from the first $1,000 fine is not going to go well, and
either it will be dismissed (removing the bite from the bark) or the
Library will come out smelling quite badly. It would be far smarter to
have a designated area for cell phone use, and it's ridiculous to ban
text messaging as long as alerts are silent.
Instead, the Library is becoming the butt of jokes online. Do you
think they know what's going on their permanent record?
Fossils reveal oldest wildfire
Fossils reveal oldest wildfire
04/27/2004 11:44 AMScientists have discovered evidence for the earliest known wildfire in
Earth's history, the journal Geology reports.
Arson Suspected in Washington Wildfire
(AP)
Arson Suspected in Washington Wildfire
(AP)
07/31/2004 07:17 PMAP - A wildfire that destroyed two homes and threatened dozens of
others appears to be the work of an arsonist who has set 10 other
fires in central Washington in the last two months, authorities said
Saturday.
Internet virus spreading like wildfire
(AFP)
Internet virus spreading like wildfire
(AFP)
01/27/2004 01:46 PMAFP - A destructive new Internet virus was spreading rapidly through
e-mail attachments and file-sharing services, with some experts saying
it could match the impact of last year's SoBig worm.
California Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP)
California Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP)
06/06/2004 10:10 PMAP - A wildfire in Southern California scorched more than 6,000 acres
and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from a gated community
nearby, authorities said Sunday.
Calif. Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP)
Calif. Wildfire Scorches 6,000 Acres
(AP)
06/06/2004 01:03 PMAP - A wildfire in Southern California scorched more than 6,000 acres
and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from a gated community
nearby, authorities said Sunday.
Bad Wildfire Season Feared in West (AP)
Bad Wildfire Season Feared in West (AP)
04/03/2005 01:29 PMAP - It was a dry, warm winter across the Northwest, with experts in
some areas saying they can't remember the last time the snowpack was
this low. It was just the opposite in the Southwest, with record
winter rainfall that flooded deserts and caused murderous landslides.
Thousands evacuated in California
wildfire
Thousands evacuated in California
wildfire
05/04/2004 12:20 PMThousands Evacuated in Calif. Wildfire
Thousands Evacuated in Calif. Wildfire
05/04/2004 12:26 PMCORONA, Calif. (AP) -- Thousands of people were evacuated early
Tuesday as firefighters battled to save homes from a wildfire that
grew rapidly during the night, a fire official said. A man was charged
with setting the blaze.
Wildfire Forces Hundreds From Their
Homes (AP)
Wildfire Forces Hundreds From Their
Homes (AP)
07/19/2004 06:21 AMAP - Dry conditions and strong winds hampered efforts to contain a
wildfire in northern Los Angeles County that has forced thousands of
people to flee their homes, one of several blazes authorities are
battling in the state.
California wildfire forces evacuations
California wildfire forces evacuations
07/19/2004 09:33 AMAriz. Wildfire Nears Mountain Community
(AP)
Ariz. Wildfire Nears Mountain Community
(AP)
07/06/2004 05:21 AMAP - Even as firefighters using slurry bombers and bulldozers managed
to beat back flames threatening a mountaintop observatory, the
wildfire began licking at the edges of a mountain community.
Alaska wildfire grows, forces
evacuations
Alaska wildfire grows, forces
evacuations
07/01/2004 06:56 PMBurning Cow Dung Starts Colorado
Wildfire (AP)
Burning Cow Dung Starts Colorado
Wildfire (AP)
03/19/2005 02:20 AMAP - Authorities are investigating whether Forest Service workers can
be charged with arson for a 900-acre wildfire that was ignited after
gusty winds carried flaming cow dung outside a controlled burn site.
Calif. Wildfire Forces Evacuation of
1,000 People
Calif. Wildfire Forces Evacuation of
1,000 People
07/16/2004 10:10 PMReuters via Wired News Jul 17 2004 1:41AM GMT
Florida wildfire forces hundreds to
evacuate
Florida wildfire forces hundreds to
evacuate
06/02/2004 07:53 PMWildfire Sweeps by Old Calif. Mining
Town (AP)
Wildfire Sweeps by Old Calif. Mining
Town (AP)
08/15/2004 11:21 AMAP - A wind-fueled wildfire roared through an old mining town near
Redding on Sunday, destroying 20 homes and forcing nearly 125
residents to flee, officials said. The blaze broke out Saturday
afternoon and quickly grew to 2,500 acres, sweeping through the
mountain community of French Gulch, about 20 miles east of Redding,
said Linda Galvan, spokeswoman for the California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection.
WildFire Credit-Card Sized Linux Board
WildFire Credit-Card Sized Linux Board
02/01/2005 10:04 PMAccording to a LinuxDevices.com
article, Intec
Automation has a new credit-card sized single board
computer, called the WildFire,
with a 64MHz Freescale ColdFire
5282 Version 2 processor. The board includes 2 or 4MB of Flash (plus
another 512KB on-chip Flash), 64KB of SRAM, and 16MB DRAM. The board
is
intended for use with Free Software
development tools like the GNU GCC tool chain and can run uClinux. Of
particular
interest to robot builders will be the
extensive list of I/O. The board has 24 general purpose I/O ports, 7
interrupt or I/O ports, a 16 I/O port timer (plus 4 additional
interrupt
timers and watchdog timer), 8 analog inputs (10 bit, 140KHz), 1 CAN
port, 3 RS-232 serial ports, an LCD/keypad connector, and a 10/100
Ethernet port. It also has a battery-backed clock and has a zero power
hibernation mode. Technical
documentation (PDF format) for all those ports is also available.
The WildFire board is available
now for $199.
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