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- Call it the green Supreme Court
- Why on an IT "tech" site......do we keep getting these Democratic Party talking-point stories that have practially nothing to do with IT?The Other Side of the CoinContrary to popular news reports, there is a large body of scientific evidence that indicates global warming is not caused by human activity.If you're...
- Tags: turbinepilot, information technology, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- Why we don't care about Josh Wolf
- Let the punk rotJust like the last time someone tried pulling at the heart strings about this poor young man unfairly imprisoned, rational thought will win out in the end and realize that he is NOT doing anything noble, but is just a common accessory to a crime, and is...
- Tags: turbinepilot
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- Why it's not easy being green
- Consumers are not the barrier...This article states "Consumers, not technologies, are the barrier to curbing energy consumption and greenhouse gases, one energy expert says."Actually cost is the true barrier to going green. Take an average consumer of electricity, they'll pay somewhere around 9 to 10 cents per kWh. ...
- Tags: barrier, electrical grid, energy, feedback, grid, heater, turbinepilot
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Into the wild blue virtual yonder
- Recollections from Back-in-the-DayMy first encounter with a flight sim was 1976. The device was roughly 24" square and 18" high and sat on top of a desk. The panel represented a generic single-engined airplane with a standard "T" instrument config.
- Tags: Games, Processors, turbinepilot
- Discussion threads 2006-12-18
- Recollections from Back-in-the-Day
- My first encounter with a flight sim was 1976. The device was roughly 24" square and 18" high and sat on top of a desk. The panel represented a generic single-engined airplane with a standard "T" instrument config. There was no visual reference, fli
- Tags: Games, turbinepilot
- Discussion threads 2006-12-18
- Privacy and Security
- I certainly enjoy the security offered by using a credit card but I do miss the anonymity.Just imagine what would happen if some state’s Attorney General began an investigation into alleged price fixing. He might subpoena the credit card companies
- Tags: turbinepilot, credit card
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Reinventing the payment industry
- The Bad Account ListThe click-clack of the embosser wasn't so bad. The real pain was looking up the card number in the weekly listing of bad accounts.. and the listing wasn't electronic! Each brand of card had its own embosser and listing.As t
- Tags: credit card, security, turbinepilot, card, slip, embosser, payment
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- U.S. broadband adoption jumps 33 percent in 2005
- Must be New MathThe article informs us that DSL subscriptions are at 5.7 million vs. cable subscriptions of 4.2 million. Yet in the next sentence we're told DSL has 40.5% of the market vs. cables 57.5%. How can cable hold more of the broadband market share yet have...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, DSL, cable
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- NYC moves closer to broadband plan
- Broadband is a right?I should be used to politicians spouting hyperbole but the claim by councilman deBlasio that broadband is a "fundamental civil right and human right" goes way too far.An appropriate analogy would be a claim that newspapers, the broadband communications means of a bygone era, were a civil...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband
- Discussion threads 2005-12-22
- Campaign finance reform plan draws opposition
- B.C.R.A is B.S.Regulate political free speech? Perhaps our distinguished representatives in Congress failed to make note of this little passage in the Constitution..."Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or...
- Tags: turbinepilot
- Discussion threads 2005-11-02
- Wireless devices could foil hijack attempts
- A feel-good measure that does little.I've been a professional pilot for over 20 years. Discreetly alerting the pilot to a possible hijacking may give them a minute or two advanced warning. The article suggest the pilot could use the time by "...beginning an immediate landing". What a...
- Tags: cockpit, hijacking, pilot, security, small leak, turbinepilot, wireless, wireless device
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
- Study: Broadband penetration slowing
- Lack of Service OptionsAnother reason that adoption rates are slowing is that many areas simply do not have broadband service available. I live less than two miles out of town (pop 35,000+) and there is no cable, no DSL, no wireless... nothing but 56k dial up.You are luckyI am...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, cable
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
- U.S. blogger thwarts Canadian gag order
- U.S. blogger thwarts Canadian gag orderarticle rootSequester all of Canada or a few jurors...So Canadian courts feel that its better to keep all of their citizens in the dark regarding important court proceedings rather than sequestering a handful of jurors?Hey all you Canucks... draw open the shades to provide some...
- Tags: Blogging, proceeding, juror
- Discussion threads 2005-04-06
Additional Resources
- TechRepublic members collectively create a Microsoft wish list
- Whether you love or hate Microsoft, you can't deny the techgiant's presence in the IT industry. From security concerns to product releasesto competition with Google and open source software, Microsoft continues tomake news headlines daily. Perhaps itÂ’s the IT communityÂ’s love/hate relationshipwith Microsoft that makes water-cooler and discussion forums about...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Sonja Thompson
- Technical articles 2006-06-09
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