CEO's don't have a good track record in political offices. The good ones learn the differences between running a business and being a politician, but it takes time. Someone should tell her that the Presidency is not a good 'starter' office to hold.
I'm a scientist at UC Berkeley and I have been using a Kindle DX for the last 2 years for papers. I spend hours in front of a computer screen and sometimes really need something to read that doesn't glow. However, the DX is still not great. It is 9.5 inches diagonal in the readable screen area. A normal piece of paper is almost 14 inches diagonal. Text is either too small (and my aging eyes have a hard time with that), or I have to place it sideways and shift back-and forth 4 times to read 1 page. I'm disappointed with the move towards smaller devices like the galaxy or the ipad mini and active screens like the kindle fire. For me, a 8x11" e-ink screen would be ideal.
Anyone know why Facebook removed the default https security setting? Logging on is now insecure by default. You have to dig into your configuration options to reactivate it. Whats up with that?
Science Museum of Minnesota is a remarkable place, esp if you want to learn about the earth's surface. They have teamed up with the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics to create some pretty amazing exhibits, including the Big Back Yard (mini-golf that teaches you about rivers) and Science on a Sphere (just go see it to see what I mean).
California Academy of Science in the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco has just reopened in a remarkable new building. Its a green design with an entire tropical ecosystem contained in a 3 story tall glass sphere.
Matlab is my favorite for bizaar version numbers. I have for example Maltab Version 7.0.1.24704 (R14) Service Pack 1.
Not only does it have the standard Major.minor.bugfix numeric structure, but it has a marketed Release number (R14) AND it has a Microsoft style Service Pack number AND it has an automated build number!?!
Makes you wonder how they all relate to one another.
I work at UC Berkeley on ecological monitoring using wireless sensors. We have been collaborating with Intel Lab, Berkeley for the last 2 years and their wireless hardware, "motes", use an entirely open source OS/firmware: tinyOS. They made this a deliberate strategy, by collaborating with the university they get high quality fast developing firmware and they make the money on the hardware design. So far it has worked well for all of us. Intel is a big company. Not all of their divisions play badly.
For those interested in contributing, there is an active open GIS community. You can check out the various projects going on at http://freegis.org
An excellent general purpose piece of GIS software is geotools. It is java based, and runs well on linux, reads shapefiles, gml, and raster images. It is not focussed at the GPS field however, and would require modification. http://www.geotools.org
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I'm pretty sure it would respond, "$2.99 a slice. Would you like lemon meringue or apple?"
CEO's don't have a good track record in political offices. The good ones learn the differences between running a business and being a politician, but it takes time. Someone should tell her that the Presidency is not a good 'starter' office to hold.
I'm a scientist at UC Berkeley and I have been using a Kindle DX for the last 2 years for papers. I spend hours in front of a computer screen and sometimes really need something to read that doesn't glow. However, the DX is still not great. It is 9.5 inches diagonal in the readable screen area. A normal piece of paper is almost 14 inches diagonal. Text is either too small (and my aging eyes have a hard time with that), or I have to place it sideways and shift back-and forth 4 times to read 1 page. I'm disappointed with the move towards smaller devices like the galaxy or the ipad mini and active screens like the kindle fire. For me, a 8x11" e-ink screen would be ideal.
Anyone know why Facebook removed the default https security setting? Logging on is now insecure by default. You have to dig into your configuration options to reactivate it. Whats up with that?
Science Museum of Minnesota is a remarkable place, esp if you want to learn about the earth's surface. They have teamed up with the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics to create some pretty amazing exhibits, including the Big Back Yard (mini-golf that teaches you about rivers) and Science on a Sphere (just go see it to see what I mean). California Academy of Science in the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco has just reopened in a remarkable new building. Its a green design with an entire tropical ecosystem contained in a 3 story tall glass sphere.
Matlab is my favorite for bizaar version numbers. I have for example Maltab Version 7.0.1.24704 (R14) Service Pack 1.
Not only does it have the standard Major.minor.bugfix numeric structure, but it has a marketed Release number (R14) AND it has a Microsoft style Service Pack number AND it has an automated build number!?!
Makes you wonder how they all relate to one another.
Well, I do use postgresql which came from here...
I work at UC Berkeley on ecological monitoring using wireless sensors. We have been collaborating with Intel Lab, Berkeley for the last 2 years and their wireless hardware, "motes", use an entirely open source OS/firmware: tinyOS. They made this a deliberate strategy, by collaborating with the university they get high quality fast developing firmware and they make the money on the hardware design. So far it has worked well for all of us. Intel is a big company. Not all of their divisions play badly.
For those interested in contributing, there is an active open GIS community. You can check out the various projects going on at http://freegis.org
An excellent general purpose piece of GIS software is geotools. It is java based, and runs well on linux, reads shapefiles, gml, and raster images. It is not focussed at the GPS field however, and would require modification. http://www.geotools.org