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Posts Tagged ‘Tech’
March 2nd, 2015 - 10:35 pm § in Environment, The Ave Scene
Nobody Drives to Work IN Seattle?
Only 31% of people who work in downtown Seattle drive alone to work. That is a continuing decrease from an estimated 50% in 2000, 35% in 2010, and 34% in 2012. [...]
March 2nd, 2015 - 11:41 am § in The Ave Scene
Impossible? … The Seattle Public Library fitting on a thumbnail clipping?
SanDisk Squeezes 200GB Into a Tiny microSD Card Stop for a second and take a look at the fingernail on your baby finger. That’s roughly the size of a microSD card that can now hold a whopping 200GB of data thanks to SanDisk. Remember when USB flash drives with a full gigabyte of storage were [[...]
March 1st, 2015 - 1:39 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
State Legislature Moves Cougar School of Medicine Forward!~
There are ONLY two reasons to support the WSU idea ..PORK and POLITICS. Despite that, Reuven Carlyle reports that the “House Appropriations Comm voted Friday to allow WSU to begin process of opening a medical school. I voted ‘no’ and here’s why: While I totally support their [...]
February 27th, 2015 - 12:25 am § in Politics
Ted Cruz’s idiotic NN tweet
Even his fellow Republicans think Sen. Ted Cruz is an internet illiterate after he posted this: Some of the responses: Ed Piper: As a Republican who works in the tech industry I can say that this statement shows you either have no idea what you are talking a[...]
February 26th, 2015 - 1:08 pm § in Politics
FCC Vote: Net Neutrality Wins!
The good guys won the epic fight for control of the internet. It still belongs to us. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler called today’s historic 3-2 vote in favor of net neutrality an “irrefutable reflection of the principle that no one — whether government or corporate — should contr[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 11:01 pm § in Politics
Fossil fuel interests call wind farms a health hazard
This has to be straight out of the Koch brothers propaganda factory. Wisconsin is facing a $2 billion budget shortfall, but Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal includes $250,000 to study the health effects of wind farms. Why? My guess is because fossil energy is the core of the Koch brothers&#[...]
January 31st, 2015 - 1:48 am § in Israel/Palestine
Why Palestine Can Not Survive Without Israel
Over at the Global Post, Basil El-Baz, CEO of Carbon Holdings, an Egyptian oil and gas company has said the hard truth about the hard truth is that the economies of the Middle East. The obvious exception to his depressing remarks is Israel. For a Palestinsian stste to prosper, it would need [...]
December 28th, 2014 - 4:39 am § in Uncategorized
Gadgets
The Brunton Reactor unit with Hydrogen core screwed into position (bottom left) And the rechargeable Core – each is equivalent to around 15AA batteries and costs £4 to recharge. While it sounds like something Batman would be called upon to[...]
December 14th, 2014 - 11:06 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Reuven Carlyle on accountability
Over on FACEBOOK Reuven Carlyle says: “The lack of meaningful accountability and progress in higher education to raise on-time, 4-year graduation rates is a national scandal. If a student has done their part and still can’t access core courses, colleges should pay for the extra time[...]