Sulfuric acid found on Europa was reported as far back as 1999 when
this
article was published on Science@NASA based on this
NASA Press
release. According to the article, sulfur from volcanoes on Io, another
one of Jupiter's satellites, may be responsible for the environment on Europa.
If you're still using Outlook and Internet Explorer, this is a good time to find
alternatives (I suggest FireFox and Thunderbird). Crackers and spammers are
getting more and more sophisticated, and are finding ways to fool even
experienced and skilled computer users.
It's not so much about performance with PCI-E, it's about getting more features and use out of the video processors.
PCI-E allows data to be communicated back to the system after it has been processed on the card so rendering glitches could possibly be fixed on the fly. This way PCI-E could lead to getting more usage from video processors.
This is basically a branded interactive commercial practice, called advergaming,
applied to the automobile sector. There are games out promoting all kinds of
products and industries and they're pretty successful. Forrester Research predicts
advertising revenues from online gaming will reach $1 billion by 2005.
Results: The game went online Aug. 13 and in its first
week attracted 40,000 players, with an average age of 45. Some 42 percent were
women. What's turned the head of DaimlerChrysler marketers is the high
percentage of users who expressed interest in learning more about Chrysler
products. Of the 40,000 Get Up and Go users, 68 percent requested more
information. They've also created games for Ford and GM with similar
successes.
What I found interesting was a survey (by Harris Interactive and PERT Survey Research)
that found 40 percent of the Web sites of the companies they surveyed offered games
but that only 12 percent of the consumers surveyed said they wanted
games.
Stefan Hauf Presseamt Muenchen http://www.muenchen.de
Munich goes with Open Source Software The city of Munich will use Linux as the operating system for their 14,000 PC clients as well as open source software for their office applications. With the votes of SPD, Alliance 90/Die Gruenen/Pink list, FDP, OEDP, REP and Party of Democratic Socialism, the town assembly followed Mayor Christian Ude's proposal.
An appraisal given by the city in order to evaluate the pro and cons of a conversion of the present urban standard "Windows NT/Microsoft Office" alternatively on "Windows XP/Microsoft Office" or "Linux/Open Office" comes to the conclusion that there is a clear strategic-qualitative projection/lead for the open source solution.
Mayor Ude: "With this trend-setting decision Munich secures itself as the first major city to have a major portion of its IT infrastructure be supplier-independent and sets also a clear indication of more competition in the software market. The prehistory of this decision already showed that a competitive situation helps the formation of prices pretty well. "
Regarding the decision, mayor Ude pointed out that this is not a decision for a specific IT partner, but a strategic positioning based on a noncommittal market evaluation.
Until spring 2004, a detailed concept of implementation and migration will be developed. Based on the results of this evaluation, the city council will decide how the migration to Linux will take place.
IBM Germany Statement
May 28th 2003
The city council of Munich today made a key decision to deploy the open source operating system Linux instead of alternative operating systems. This initiative will see Germany's third largest city migrate 14,000 desktop and notebook computers to Linux. Their objective is to deploy information technology that stimulates more commercial and technological flexibility at a lower cost to the public sector. Although the council has not made a decision on its choice of vendor, Linux distributor SuSE AG and IBM Germany will be participating in the resulting contract bid.
Walter Raizner, Country General Manager IBM Germany: "In the public sector in Germany we have seen a variety of new implementations of open standards-based software such as Linux. And worldwide, more than 75 IBM government customers - including agencies in France, Spain, UK, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Japan - have now embraced open computing and Linux to save costs, consolidate workloads, increase efficiency and enact e-government transformation. With Munich's decision, one thing is clear - it's open season for open computing. Linux represents freedom and flexibility. This is essential in e-government - they need more flexibility to serve their constituencies better and faster, and freedom of choice to do it at less cost to the public. Munich is leading the way."
3Q are probably the pioneers of this
concept and it's impossible not to like a contraption named QloneratorPRO
which is used to digitally capture the 3-D human form.
The purpose of the poll? Publicity. The result of the poll? Grief and Marketing. Grief:
Moms across America uniting to make junior's life misserable a videogame.
Marketing: "70% of our main target group? We better make a game like that too"
According to the Gallup poll 70% of ALL teenage boys have played GTA. That's roughly 20 million teenagers, represented by a Gallup sample of 517 boys. At a ratio of 38684,7 to 1, that better be one hell of a sample job to represent the entire teenager base, which is extremely unpredictable as it is.
"Grand Theft of Innocence? Teens and Video Games
On Aug. 28, two teenagers from Newport, Tenn., pleaded guilty to two sniper-style shootings that left one man dead and a woman injured. The boys claimed to have gotten the idea from Grand Theft Auto, a violent video game that has caused controversy over its potential effects on kids. A new Gallup Youth survey indicates that this game is extremely popular among teens, particularly boys."
After that you have to pay so that's as far as I got, and I'm sure that this poll will be quoted over and over again in some form of political hysteria or another.
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Sulfuric acid found on Europa was reported as far back as 1999 when this article was published on Science@NASA based on this NASA Press release. According to the article, sulfur from volcanoes on Io, another one of Jupiter's satellites, may be responsible for the environment on Europa.
...and it was on this planet.
Quote from that article:
Conclusion
If you're still using Outlook and Internet Explorer, this is a good time to find alternatives (I suggest FireFox and Thunderbird). Crackers and spammers are getting more and more sophisticated, and are finding ways to fool even experienced and skilled computer users.
Or alternatively,
you can use an HTML disabler like noHTML for Outlook Express
It's not so much about performance with PCI-E, it's about getting more features and use out of the video processors. PCI-E allows data to be communicated back to the system after it has been processed on the card so rendering glitches could possibly be fixed on the fly. This way PCI-E could lead to getting more usage from video processors.
This is basically a branded interactive commercial practice, called advergaming, applied to the automobile sector. There are games out promoting all kinds of products and industries and they're pretty successful. Forrester Research predicts advertising revenues from online gaming will reach $1 billion by 2005.
YAYA, a company that creates such games has a Chrysler case study on their site that reads:
Results: The game went online Aug. 13 and in its first week attracted 40,000 players, with an average age of 45. Some 42 percent were women. What's turned the head of DaimlerChrysler marketers is the high percentage of users who expressed interest in learning more about Chrysler products. Of the 40,000 Get Up and Go users, 68 percent requested more information. They've also created games for Ford and GM with similar successes.
What I found interesting was a survey (by Harris Interactive and PERT Survey Research) that found 40 percent of the Web sites of the companies they surveyed offered games but that only 12 percent of the consumers surveyed said they wanted games.
Munich Council Press Statement (translated)
Stefan Hauf
Presseamt Muenchen
http://www.muenchen.de
Munich goes with Open Source Software
The city of Munich will use Linux as the operating system for their 14,000 PC clients as well as open source software for their office applications.
With the votes of SPD, Alliance 90/Die Gruenen/Pink list, FDP, OEDP, REP and Party of Democratic Socialism, the town assembly followed Mayor Christian Ude's proposal.
An appraisal given by the city in order to evaluate the pro and cons of a conversion of the present urban standard "Windows NT/Microsoft Office" alternatively on "Windows XP/Microsoft Office" or "Linux/Open Office" comes to the conclusion that there is a clear strategic-qualitative projection/lead for the open source solution.
Mayor Ude: "With this trend-setting decision Munich secures itself as the first major city to have a major portion of its IT infrastructure be supplier-independent and sets also a clear indication of more competition in the software market. The prehistory of this decision already showed that a competitive situation helps the formation of prices pretty well. "
Regarding the decision, mayor Ude pointed out that this is not a decision for a specific IT partner, but a strategic positioning based on a noncommittal market evaluation.
Until spring 2004, a detailed concept of implementation and migration will be developed. Based on the results of this evaluation, the city council will decide how the migration to Linux will take place.
IBM Germany Statement
May 28th 2003
The city council of Munich today made a key decision to deploy the open source operating system Linux instead of alternative operating systems. This initiative will see Germany's third largest city migrate 14,000 desktop and notebook computers to Linux. Their objective is to deploy information technology that stimulates more commercial and technological flexibility at a lower cost to the public sector. Although the council has not made a decision on its choice of vendor, Linux distributor SuSE AG and IBM Germany will be participating in the resulting contract bid.
Walter Raizner, Country General Manager IBM Germany: "In the public sector in Germany we have seen a variety of new implementations of open standards-based software such as Linux. And worldwide, more than 75 IBM government customers - including agencies in France, Spain, UK, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Japan - have now embraced open computing and Linux to save costs, consolidate workloads, increase efficiency and enact e-government transformation. With Munich's decision, one thing is clear - it's open season for open computing. Linux represents freedom and flexibility. This is essential in e-government - they need more flexibility to serve their constituencies better and faster, and freedom of choice to do it at less cost to the public. Munich is leading the way."
3Q are probably the pioneers of this concept and it's impossible not to like a contraption named QloneratorPRO which is used to digitally capture the 3-D human form.
is a dead link.
What you get is a page full of Perl Jam.
Moms across America uniting to make junior's life misserable a videogame.
Marketing: "70% of our main target group? We better make a game like that too"
According to the Gallup poll 70% of ALL teenage boys have played GTA. That's roughly 20 million teenagers, represented by a Gallup sample of 517 boys. At a ratio of 38684,7 to 1, that better be one hell of a sample job to represent the entire teenager base, which is extremely unpredictable as it is.
I went to the Gallup site to check out how Gallup polls are conducted. and I also found the teaser to the particular study.
"Grand Theft of Innocence? Teens and Video Games On Aug. 28, two teenagers from Newport, Tenn., pleaded guilty to two sniper-style shootings that left one man dead and a woman injured. The boys claimed to have gotten the idea from Grand Theft Auto, a violent video game that has caused controversy over its potential effects on kids. A new Gallup Youth survey indicates that this game is extremely popular among teens, particularly boys." After that you have to pay so that's as far as I got, and I'm sure that this poll will be quoted over and over again in some form of political hysteria or another.