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Geek Trivia: Space-opera singer

What are the lyrics to the faux-aria musical piece "Battlestar Operatica"? Both critics and science-fiction fans revere the new Battlestar Galactica television series broadcast by the Sci Fi Channel. Perhaps Teevee.org's Nathan Alderman described the series best as a "refreshing balance of theology, politics, characterization, and...

Tags: Jay Garmon, navy, BSG, admiral, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Lyric, Toaster, Title Theme, Pluto, Blogging, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Technical articles 2006-10-17

Geek Trivia: A star in the (un)making

Which of the three "new" planets considered in a recent IAU resolution was a recognized planet in the 1800s? My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas—that was the mnemonic this mere Trivia Geek learned to remember the names of the nine...

Tags: IAU, Pluto, Jay Garmon, solar system, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Planet, Astronomer, Asteroid, Ceres, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Technical articles 2006-09-26

(Photos: Pluto probe returns photos of Jupiter)

Pluto Probe Returns Photos of JupiterFar Out! - literally and expressively.

Tags: Jupiter, Pluto, rmag53@..., off-topic, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-03-01

Photos: Pluto probe returns photos of Jupiter

The New Horizons spacecraft is sending back its closest photos of Jupiter and some of its moons as it slingshots past the planet to gain speed on its journey to Pluto.

Tags: Jupiter, moon, photograph, Pluto, spacecraft

Image galleries 2007-02-28

Geek Trivia: Planet X marks the spot

What name for a 10th planet did authors Douglas Adams, Larry Niven, and Arthur C. Clarke coincidentally "agree" on? All the recent ruckus about the International Astronomical Union's deliberations over the definition of a planet has warmed this Trivia Geek's recollection of the decades-old search for a...

Tags: Jay Garmon, Planet X, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Planet, Deviation, Pluto, Lowell, Persephone, Douglas Adams Reference, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing

Technical articles 2006-09-05

Pluto replies to its planetary demotion

From ThinkGeek: by Jay Garmon

Tags: Pluto, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2006-09-07

Welcome to our 12-planet solar system

I found this helpful illustration from the BBC via Warren Ellis. For those of you who haven't heard, the International Astronomical Union--them folks what gets to name space-y stuff--may have finally settled the issue of whether or not Pluto was actually a planet, what with its...

Tags: Planet, Pluto, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2006-08-16

Geek Trivia: Planetary (m)alignment

Besides the sun and planets, what are the eight known objects in the solar system larger than Pluto? In honor of NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons probe that launched last month, we're celebrating two astronomy geek anniversaries this week. On Feb. 7, 1979, the planet Pluto's highly eccentric,...

Tags: Pluto, Jay Garmon, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Planet, Neptune, trans-Neptunian

Technical articles 2006-02-07

Geek Trivia: Circuit of the stars

Sun's Magnetic Field?While you state that Jupiter's magnetic field is the largest thing in the Solar System, what about the Sun's magnetic field? Doesn't it extend further, to the Magnetopause?That would basically mean the Sun's magnetic field IS the Solar System....you are confusingmagnetism with gravity.All the way to Saturn?The reference...

Tags: Bill Ward, feedback, Jupiter, orbit, Pluto, Saturn, sun, voltage

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

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

Integrating Java Open Single Sign-On in Pluto

This paper shows how to provide single sign-on functionality in Apache's Pluto portlet container. Pluto is the reference implementation of the Java Portlet Specification (JSR 168). Pluto represents a runtime environment for portlets implementing the Portlet API that offers services through portal pages and manages their lifecycle. A portlet is...

Tags: Portlet, Java, Single Sign-on, Pluto, Portals, Internet

White papers 2005-02-18

Additional Resources

Planet Pluto 3D Screensaver (exe)

Far far away, at the very edge of the Solar System lies Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun. It is not only much smaller and less massive than every other planet, it is also smaller and less massive than seven moons of other planets. It has one natural satellite,...

Tags: Planet, Network Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2006-01-05

Pluto 3D ScreenSaver (exe)

The last and the most distant planet of our system. Have you ever dreamed to view it from space. Now you can do it sitting on your chair. Nice 3D model of Pluto with moons can attract everyone. Planet statistics will show how great it is.

Tags: 3D, AltarSoft

Software downloads 2006-10-10

MB Zodiac Power Sign (exe)

MB Free Zodiac Power Sign describes the placement of Pluto in your birth chart. This new planet is also known as the Planet of Change. This sign shows the makeover of your life and the effect of birth and death on an individual. This is based on Western Astrology. Version...

Tags: Birth, MysticBoard, MB Free Zodiac Power Sign

Software downloads 2008-05-20

Shuttle 3 (zip)

In the year 2053 mankind has colonized the Moon and Mars. On the 10th of November in 2053, hundreds of ennemy space ships were discovered near Pluto, moving towards earth. The terrestral government decides to focus all scientists and engineers on one project: build a powerful space ship to protect...

Tags: Shuttle, Earth, Governement, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2006-05-03

NASA releases first photos of Jupiter from New Horizons

Link to the photo galleryPluto probe returns photos of Jupiterhttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-22_11-56989.htmlStay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!http://nl.com.com/MiniFormHandler?brand=techrepublic&list_id=e019

Tags: Jupiter, photograph, Sonja Thompson

Discussion threads 2007-03-01

Solar System 3D (exe)

"My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pancakes" - that's one mnemonic device to help us remember the order of the planets. Unfortunately, however, it's no longer accurate. Since 2006, Pluto is no longer officially classified as a planet. Don't worry about thinking up a new way to memorize...

Tags: 3D, Planet, Information Console

Software downloads 2007-05-28

Friday Yuk (as in Where Is?)

Here it is Sunday and the latest Friday Yuk is over a week old. Help! It's cold and lonely here by myself. AAAArrrgggghhh!A white cane and some sunglasses for the man.There's the Impure Friday Yuck by GG and HAL 9000 Started another one of the plain vanilla variety....

Tags: Dawg, friday yuk, jzsdii@..., off-topic

Discussion threads 2005-12-11

Perl Runs Sweden's Pension System

By the spring of 2000, Swedish government officials were pretty nervous. The delivery date on a major computer application was already a year late, causing a highly publicized delay in the start of the nation's new money-market pension system. With the legal deadline approaching for the system's launch, the government...

Tags: Sweden, Application, Perl, O'Reilly Media Inc., Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Productivity, Development Tools, Government, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Book chapters

Distant Suns Special Edition (EXE)

Distant Suns 6-Special Edition is a fully functional desktop planetarium, showing the riches of the evening sky from anywhere on the earth or out into the solar-system. This is a fully functional freeware version of the award winning astronomy package for the PC lacking only the larger databases and some...

Tags: Earth, First Light Software, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2005-10-17