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Geek Trivia: (Melt)down to Earth

On Nov. 29, 1955, Experimental Breeder Reactor #1 (EBR-1) outside Arco, ID became the first reactor on the planet to suffer a meltdown, thereby inaugurating the era of nuclear reactor accidents. Now, to be fair, the meltdown was only partial, was due to operator error, and occurred at a time...

Tags: Meltdown, Reaction, U235, Oklo Reactor, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-11-06

Quake 4 Meltdown map (Windows)

This medium sized industrial gothic themed map allows for deathmatch fragging in a new setting.

Tags: Medium, Meltdown, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-02-15

Meltdown 1.0.0 (Mobile)

Save the city from nuclear disaster! The power plant's reactor has gone critical and it's up to you to prevent catastrophe. Meltdown is an action puzzle game where you are tasked with creating a network of pipes to safely divert dangerous nuclear waste. You must rely on wits, guts, and...

Tags: Meltdown, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Stickfish Studios, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-02-09

What has the economic meltdown done to your IT projects?

One of the, if not the primary, factor to take into consideration when rolling out a new IT project is ensuring there's an available budget for it. With the economy in a near meltdown, budgets are disappearing as fast as Wall Street investment banks. Has it affected you yet? by...

Tags: Meltdown, Information Technology, Internet, Strategy, Management, John Sheesley

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Additional Resources

Human error the cause of WGA meltdown

Does this report cause you to regain some of your confidence with WGA?Very disturbing :0.[b]Microsoft says:[/b][i]"...If our servers are down, your system will pass validation every time. This event was not the same as an outage because in this case the trusted source of validations itself responded incorrectly..."[/i]Microsoft's lack of...

Tags: paulmah@..., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-31

E-mail meltdown claims take heat

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Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Steve Linford, Internet Service Provider, Spamhaus, spam, e-mail

Technical articles 2005-02-07

Latest financial meltdown may create IT jobs

New name for ITLaw enforcement. Given this bunch, it ought to be interesting.This is a transit in businessI agree wholeheartedly with this article, as it is a reflection of transition in IT. I found using communications tools have filled the need in the transit and saving loads of money during...

Tags: Regulations, Recruitment & Selection, Companies, information technology, financial, regulation, financial meltdown, Microsoft Windows Vista, IT job, job

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Use the System Recovery Utility to restore Windows 98 after a hard disk meltdown

If you support Microsoft Windows 98 clients on your network, some of your users may have older hardware in their systems. Older hardware is more prone to failure; this especially applies to older hard disks—though even today’s reliable hard disks fail on occasion. How do you restore Windows 98 and...

Tags: backup, CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive, disk, Greg Shultz, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, System Recovery Utility, Windows 98 Startup Disk

Technical articles 2003-02-13

Get IT Done: Use the System Recovery Utility to restore Windows 98 after a hard disk meltdown

Restore a Windows 98 computer with the System Recovery UtilityIf you support Microsoft Windows 98 clients on your network, then some of your users may have older hardware in their systems. Older hardware is more prone to failure, and older hard disks in particular—though even today’s reliable hard disks fail...

Tags: Operating systems, Get IT Done, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows, startup disk, System Recovery Utility, Windows 98 Startup Disk, CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive, hard drive

Technical articles 2002-11-11

Meltdown (exe)

Welcome to the Meltdown. Treat yourself to this bubbling animated masterpiece, Just don't get burned. Also as a bonus this screensaver has a built-in clock that runs in real-time. The trial version will only run for 5 days, displaying a nag-screen every 30 seconds. This version is the first release...

Software downloads 2008-01-18

Brain Freeze - The Meltdown 1 (Windows)

Brain Freeze - The Meltdown is a great puzzle game that exercises your grey matter. The object of the game is to match the pictures hidden behind the game pieces on the game board. You can only display two pictures at a time. If they do not match, as shown...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Picture, Brain Fart, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-05-07

Meltdown 1 (Windows)

Welcome to the Meltdown. Treat yourself to this bubbling animated masterpiece, Just don't get burned. Also as a bonus this screensaver has a built-in clock that runs in real-time. The trial version will only run for 5 days, displaying a nag-screen every 30 seconds. This version is the first release...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-01-18

Tribes 2 Meltdown X (Windows)

This mod for Tribes 2 has new weapons, better vehicle handling and more. Meltdown X is a mod for Tribes 2. The mod contains a completely updated arsenal, modified projectiles, improved vehicle handling, and new packs.

Tags: Vehicle, Mod, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-02-25

What has the economic meltdown done to your IT projects?

The Dow keeps dropping faster than Congressional and Presidential approval ratings. Bankers hit the government up as if its their personal ATM. Credit has dried up for a lot of businesses.Eventually, it all trickles down and winds up affecting your IT budget. Has your budget been affected by the meltdown...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Network engineers scramble to redesign the Internet

What do you reckon are the chances of an Internet meltdown?NEO TWC meltdownIt is already happening in NEO region of roadrunner service. I am living it with others. My dl and ul speeds dropped to under 50kbps for cable service. And the provider has no way of fixing it. And...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, paulmah@..., NEO TWC, Dual Homing, Internet, P2P, router, High Speed

Discussion threads 2007-10-01

DNS fear mongering and Windows Vista

Joris Evers has this alarming piece today "Will Vista stall net traffic?" Just to clarify, the story was talking about the potential of Windows Vista to double DNS traffic and possibly overload existing DNS servers. Paul Mockapetris raised an alarm on a possible DNS meltdown last month but is...

Tags: DNS, Infrastructure, IPv6, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Networking, Paul Mockapetris

Blog posts 2006-09-06

Best backup plan for a Win 03 Server

I have a Win 2003 server in a simple configuration. It has a C drive for the OS and a E drive with all the company's data. I also created an ASR backup on a floppy and a tape using NTbackup.When setting backups, is it best to backup EVERYTHING (C...

Tags: ASR, backup, qb4006, server, windows

Q&A 2005-04-06

Overcome dependency conflicts to improve project workflow

Back in the good old days, when I had the luxury of managingjust one type of employee, I believed that applying a sufficient amount ofeffort could solve nearly any problem. When my teams expanded to includedevelopers, quality assurance experts, security groups, infrastructureengineers, human resources staff and the occasional janitor, I...

Tags: team, QA, Shannon T. Kalvar

Technical articles 2004-06-03

Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high

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Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Information Commissioner, Internet Service Provider, Steve Linford, spam, e-mail

Technical articles 2005-02-03

Dell Laptop Adapter Overheating

I have a Dell XPS M140 laptop I purchased two years ago. Everything has been fine, except recently the adapter makes a strange buzzing noise when connected to the laptop, and after a while starts overheating. I purchased a new battery and adapter, but the same thing happens with...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., adapter, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-02-20