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(Photos: Engineering lessons learned from Katrina)
Finally getting the bigger pictureGee, I'm glad they're finally looking beyond theend of their noses. Got the engineers into thepicture -- how about some ship designers, maybea few good plumbers, both know something aboutthe forces of large amounts of water and whathappens when they're cut loose. Also auto safetyfolks know...
Tags: barbrabee@..., photograph, Katrina
Discussion threads 2007-05-18
Google updates maps after Katrina 'airbrushing' incident
Who friggin' caresIt's not like google maps is the authoritative source on what happened and what is happening in New Orleans. What, can we not use images of New Orleans before Katrina? Can we only use the images where it's under water?The facists have spoken......and Google jumps. ...
Tags: JohnMcGrew@..., Katrina, Google Inc.
Discussion threads 2007-04-03
A SKEPTICAL JAMAICAN
blog rootKatrina - A year afterIsn't it amazing that we can send two air marshalls to Thailand to get Mr. Karr, bring him to the uS to stand trial for something with which he has not been charged and then find out that there is no dna match so he...
Tags: Federal government, manchesterian@..., Katrina
Discussion threads 2006-08-29
Katrina - One Year Later
This is a personal entry and has absolutely no Oracle,database or other technical content. This is more of a mind dump aboutKatrina and life in general. If you don't care to read about Katrina ormy life, please don't read this. This entry is one of my few ramblingrants and it's...
Tags: Databases, Katrina
Blog posts 2006-09-22
How much is a "Billion"?
A Billion!!!!! Here's some thought provoking information The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending your tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of...
Tags: katrina, new orleans, off-topic, sea-level, taxes, TonytheTiger
Discussion threads 2006-09-14
I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I've met.
blog rootDay OneFirst posting and not a hell of a lot to say at this time. Just got done updating my profile, don't have alot there either. Today's news:  Straight line winds and tornados "ripped" through the Twin Cities and the sisters - hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina: the clean...
Tags: Blogging, jonmabee@..., Rita, Katrina
Discussion threads 2005-09-23
Katrina - reprise - three questions
Katrina - reprise - three questionsOK before the two questions. I just finished watching a Discovery Channel special on Katrina. It mostly dealt with the problems at the Super Dome and the Convention Centre, and the delays in relief support. I got the impression that many people saw the problem...
Tags: government, Katrina, bureaucracy, emergency, Deadly Ernest, off-topic, Tracey
Discussion threads 2006-08-20
Newsworthy schmoozeworthy
Newsworthy schmoozeworthyblog rootyoung criminals... what a cybershameVandalism (and that's what this basically is) is usually perpetrated by boys and young men with too much anger and not enough supervision. Life is really tough in Russia and much of the old Eastern Bloc these days. Poverty, no safety net, leaders without...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Blogging, SECURITY, Sonja Thompson, supervision, young criminal, cybershame, Katrina, computer
Discussion threads 2005-08-29
Katrina's small silver lining, via tech
From USA Today: Ugly as she was, Katrina may have given BellSouth a rare opportunity: the chance to turn one of the oldest cities in the USA into a showcase for 21st-century communications. Talk of how New Orleans could look some day may seem...
Tags: City, USA Today, New Orleans, BellSouth Corp., Katrina, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2005-09-13
How to hurt a public school system?
Let Democrats run it. Remember, this is a STATE that has been Democrat run for generations, and a CITY that has been Democrat run for generations. Who else but the Teachers union and Democrats in charge of the State would and should be held accountable?After Katrina, a lot...
Tags: school system, jdclyde, schools, teachers union, Katrina, off-topic, jd-quick (formerly clyde)
Discussion threads 2006-03-07
Cisco's new tool for emergency communications
Cisco's Joke?Yeah, makes sense to have an emergency radio network over the internet? Obviously it would have worked wonderfully during Katrina, God knows the power didn't go out for those folks.Where is the GREATEST resource for emergencies in this kind of plan... Radio Amateurs. This group, that practices...
Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., cisco's plan it a joke, irefinc@..., Katrina, networking, tool
Discussion threads 2005-10-26
My Final Update on Katrina
This is just a note about how everyone in my family is faring after Katrina and Rita. Is this the year of the catastrophe? The last 12 months have been awful. From the tsunami last December to the floods in...This post originally appeared on an external website
Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Katrina
Blog posts 2005-10-09
Senators request $5 billion for emergency networks
Great idea, but consider all the facetsThe proposal to add significant funding to allow interoperability for responders is fantastic, and greatly needed. Hopefully the proposal will capture all facets of the communications problem, not just that there aren't enough cell towers, and that each agency/department uses a different radio...
Tags: communications, Daniel.Muzrall, it management, katrina, network, radio, radios, response, US-Army
Discussion threads 2005-09-20
Technical Volunteers for Katrina help
I have been given the go ahead to volunteer for 3 weeks by the owner of the company I work for in the Katrina disaster area. It is hard to find contacts specifically for computer tech volunteers, and I know there has to be a need for a long time...
Tags: ShortStock
Discussion threads 2005-09-19
Hurricane Relief: Used Network and IT Gear?
After reading the posts many members made on how to recover flooded PCs, servers, and other hardware, I had to wonder if anyone has started a drive to send older IT gear down south? I'm sure most systems and network adminsitrators have an old switch, hub, PC, or laptop...
Tags: Insurance, information technology
Discussion threads 2005-09-19
Ignorance + Legislation = A Useless Internet
Ignorance + Legislation = A Useless Internet"Under ancient legal theories like 'trespass to chattels' and ill-advised modern laws like the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and state computer crime statutes, courts are holding that if you don't have authorization, you can't access computers. And if you can't access computers,...
Tags: eBay Inc., fair use, firestarter, intellectual property, Internet, katrina, law, off-topic, politics, The Trivia Geek
Discussion threads 2005-09-15
Online scams emerge in Katrina's wake
To the IT community, this is no surprise. Usually extreme disasters are followed by online scams. One Katrina spam campaign tricks people into clicking a link for breaking news reports, but they actually go to a bogus Web site, where malicious code is installed on their computers. Other bogus e-mails...
Tags: disaster relief, Katrina, online scam, Red Cross, scams, security, Sonja Thompson
Discussion threads 2005-09-02
TR's Hot Topics: Katrina, Tech Q&A preview, the 'entry level' lie
TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for September 6, 2005TR'S HOT TOPICS: KATRINA, TECH Q&A PREVIEW, THE 'ENTRY LEVEL' LIE, AND LAPTOP DEATH The much-anticipated Technical Q&A revamp is underway, and as a surprise preview, we're resurfacing an interim version of the long-lost ALL OPEN QUESTIONS filter for Tech Q&A. This...
Tags: career, community netnote, feedback, government, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=47&threadI, Katrina, laptop computer, laptops, Tech, Tech Q&a, technical q and a, The Trivia Geek
Discussion threads 2005-09-02

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Another link for those who want to pitch in to one of the Katrina efforts
For those who read my blog post yesterday about what IT pros are doing to help out with Katrina, I thought I'd add another link. If you want to donate money, old systems, or some of your services to the group of volunteers that are putting together the public access...
Tags: Link, Workstations, Blogging, Channel Management, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2005-09-08
Photos: Engineering lessons learned from Katrina
Princeton study finds surprising similarities between Hurricane Katrina and 2004 tsunami.
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, photograph
Image galleries 2007-05-12
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