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- IndigoWidget 1.2.0 (Mac)
- IndigoWidget is a Mac OS X Dashboard Widget that interfaces via Perceptive Automation's Indigo home automation software to control the lamps, appliances, and devices in your home. The widget provides users with a quick and convenient means to control their devices and see the state of their house. IndigoWidget...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Device, Indigo, High Earth Orbit, IndigoWidget, Widget, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-10-16
- DashSaver 1.2 (Mac)
- DashSaver is a screensaver that resides in the "Desktop & Screen Saver" preference pane. When DashSaver is selected as a User's screensaver, when the computer is inactive after the specified time as set in the Screen Saver preference pane, the dashboard is displayed and the users' desktop is hidden. Find...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screensaver, Dashboard, Computer, High Earth Orbit, DashSaver, Productivity
- Software downloads 2006-04-06
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- Geek Trivia: Five for (Saturn) five
- Thirty-five years ago -- May 14, 1973 -- saw the end of an era: The last Saturn V rocket ever to fly was launched from Cape Kennedy. By almost every measure, the Saturn V was the most powerful rocket ever to fly. The Soviet N-1 was a bit wider, and...
- Tags: Earth, NASA, Moon, Rocket, Apollo, S-IVB, Corporate Communications, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Strategy, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- How to phone home without Iridium
- When you find yourself in a remote area—like TechRepublic editors David Bard and Mike Jackman on their Nepal trek—a satellite phone can be your lifeline to the outside world. So why are they carrying an Inmarsat phone instead of an Iridium phone?When TechRepublic editors David Bard and Mike Jackman began...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Mary Ann Fitzharris, Iridium, satellite, phone
- Technical articles 2000-04-19
- Okay the Pond has re-opened
- I have been gone a long time and I do not know most people here anymore. For those of you that do you know I like to stir things up. Well here it is:How long will it be before someone else gets a hold of the technology to...
- Tags: satellite, altitude
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Hubble will be replaced with the Webb Space Telescope in 2013
- What do you think of the Webb Space Telescope (Hubble's successor)?I'm just glad NASA is building another one. I had heard that Hubble was being phased out and that NASA was no longer going to make repairs to it. However, it wasn't until just recently that I heard about NASA...
- Tags: Jason Hiner, Hubble, NASA, Shuttle
- Discussion threads 2007-05-11
- Geek Trivia: Flying by the (ejection) seat of your pants
- How can eight feet of data cable potentially save the U.S. government about $2 billion? Well, when that data cable actually allows NASA to remotely pilot a damaged space shuttle down from orbit -- rather than just letting it burn up on reentry -- you wonder how the space agency...
- Tags: Shuttle, NASA, Mission, Disc, Cable, Columbia, ISS, STS-400, Hubble, Atlantis, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Images: First room launched for space hotel
- SoonNow you won't have to be nuts to get a reservation in a rubber room...Necessary RoomI hope its the bathroom, otherwise its a long way to go to pee!Hmmmmm...If it can be inflated, then....If it can be inflated, it stands to reason it can be deflated. I'll bet they...
- Tags: wimp
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- blocking google earth
- can anyone help me i do not want google earth to be able to see my property and what i am doing on my property i have heard that you can opt for your property to not be seen on this application does any one know how to do thisCan...
- Tags: Gaga Land, Google Inc., Google Earth, Aerial Photos
- Discussion threads 2009-01-12
- How do aliens reproduce?
- How do aliens reproduce?Odd, I know, but my cousin and I were having this discussion over the weekend. How exactly would you imagine that aliens (the kind from outspace, not the kind with the green card) reproduce? Usually they are describe as beings with big heads, but no distinct male/female...
- Tags: alien
- Discussion threads 2005-10-17
- OPNET Model of TCP With Adaptive Delay and Loss Response for Broadband GEO Satellite Networks
- Transmission Control Protocol TCP provides reliable transport services for Internet applications. Broadband Geostationary Earth Orbit GEO satellite networks play an important role in providing Internet access and network connectivity. They are characterized by long propagation delays and high bit error rates, which negatively affect TCP performance. The paper proposed a...
- Tags: Broadband, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2007-08-12
- Geek Trivia: A star in the (un)making
- MnemonicEducated mothers can henceforth until the next planetary reshuffle serve Nachos. Olé!Quibblet -- "Moons of Pluto?""...Charon (Pluto's largest moon). (Pluto has two other moons, Hydra and Nix--both discovered in 2005.)" "Moon n: any natural satellite of a planet." By the accepted definition, Pluto has no moons.Good catchThat's a good...
- Tags: career, charon, gfisher@..., hydra, moon, Moon, nix, planet, Pluto, satellite
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- Geek Trivia: Full (moon) circle
- Geek Trivia: Full moon circlearticle rootThe other part of the equation...I believe the other reason for landing on the moon near the equator was lift off from the moon near the equator requires much less energy for the same reasons listed in the article. If we were to launch...
- Tags: career, CEV, LNL, Mach 25, moon, orbital velocity, trivia, velocity
- Discussion threads 2005-10-04
- Geek Trivia: Planet X marks the spot
- I can name that planet in.....My suggestion for the name of the probably-never-to-be-found Planet X is Otiosus.According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the phrase deus otiosus is from the Latin for "hidden god". "In the history of religions and philosophy, a high god who has withdrawn from the immediate details of...
- Tags: DMambo, planet x, career, god, Uranus
- Discussion threads 2006-09-06
- Galaxy Fireworks anyone?
- Galaxy Fireworks anyone?Well what do you think? Dinosaur time? Just imagine if this hit Earth or the moon? Some experts were saying that the hit would be like 10,000 Hiroshima detonations, some say ice age, some even have claimed that it might just skim the moon causing all sorts of...
- Tags: armageddon ii, asteroid, Asteroid 2004 XP14, jkaras, no jerry bruckheimer, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2006-06-29
- Geek Trivia: A lasting impact
- On what grounds is Russia's Marina Bai suing NASA's Deep Impact mission? One year ago this week, aiming to revolutionize the study of comets, NASA launched its groundbreaking literally Deep Impact space probe. For those of you who have misplaced your NASA space probe scorecards, Deep Impact...
- Tags: NASA, Jay Garmon, Deep Impact, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Earth, Bai
- Technical articles 2006-01-10
- Galaxy silhouettes (Hubble Telescope in action)
- Gorgeous!This is where science becomes art. There are very few fields of science that can produce art, but astronomy is definitely one of them.RE: Galaxy silhouettes Hubble Telescope in action65 MILLION light years... how wonderful these things are but instead of exploring them we're busy fighting over slivers of...
- Tags: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Telescope, Galaxy
- Discussion threads 2008-12-12
- SolutionBase: Creating a secure and reliable VoIP solution
- Follow these steps to remove the chrome frame from your browser windows. If you're considering a switch to VoIP, you may be wondering about security and reliability issues. You know VoIP uses the Internet in most cases to transmit calls, and Internet security breaches are featured in...
- Tags: VoIP Solution, Security, Packet, Phone, Network, Call, RFC 3261, Guest Contributor, Gateway, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking, VoIP, Latency, Endpoint Performance, Voice Transmission Quality, Transport Layer Security, SRTP, ZRPT, SRTCP
- Technical articles 2003-09-30
- Is global warming turned into global cooling, or just an adjustment?
- The following site shows data that the temperature for the last year has dropped dramatically. It uses the same data that demonstrated global warming.http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Worldwide+Global+Cooling/article10866.htmfor all 12 months data:http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/january-2008-4-sources-say-globally-cooler-in-the-past-12-months/The data shows the temperature dropped more than .5 degrees from Jan 2007 to Jan 2008.And just when I was beginnig to think...
- Tags: adjustment, carbon dioxide, global warming
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Geek Trivia: Five for (Saturn) five
- Thanks for that Jay!I still remember the first man on the moon broadcasts - sitting mesmerized in front of the news from the moment of take-off until the moment of return. What a thrill it was to see those men on the moon, and to hear Neil Armstrong speaking...
- Tags: Saturn, Geek Trivia
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
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