New submitter Stirling Newberry writes "You may have heard of The Great Moderation (PDF), which argues that business cycles have become less volatile over time, and the Green Revolution, a set of initiatives that led to increased global food production. ...
Feed Item - 4 October 2011
This post, and the next few, will go into more detail about the idea of moving (rather than copying) data, along with some of the surrounding history and theory. ...
Feed Item - 24 August 2011
First time accepted submitter crazyvas writes "Princeton University will prevent researchers from giving the copyright of scholarly articles to journal publishers (except if a waiver is requested). The new rule is part of an Open Access policy aimed at ...
Feed Item - 4 October 2011
Finishing the infographic round-up about the War on or, we bring today a Tableau visualization about Al Qaeda’s attacks, and a Most Wanted FBI list updated after Bin Laden’s death, made by Ria Novosti . Then, law firm Mark Whitehead & Asso ...
Feed Item - 23 September 2011
Layzej writes "According to former Republican representative Bob Inglis, being conservative means dealing in facts. He suggests that energy and climate policy warrants a conservative approach based on science and accountability, rather than a populist a ...
Feed Item - 4 October 2011
isgtw: New September 2011 iSGTW issue out now! Forecasting humanity; Tevatron shuts down; Desktop grids, Dawn flyover of... http://t.co/S2AeeYhr ...
Feed Item - 22 September 2011
As Glasgow is currently being used as one of the sets for World War Z, we thought it only apt that we too resurrect the dead and get them to do our bidding. No, we haven't embraced "mad" science. During the power work we decided to alter the layout of ...
Feed Item - 23 August 2011
LiDAR data is always tricky to work with, requiring knowledge of arcane tools and all the various tricks of the sensors. Frequently left in the hands of experts, this frequently means the data is only made available for a mere fraction of it’s possible ...
Feed Item - 22 September 2011
I recently received the press release below, which illustrates a cool trend in the healthcare IT industry.eClinicalWorks and other EHR vendors have been piloting standard transport interfaces that are compatible with Nationwide Health Information Ne ...
Feed Item - 2 September 2011
One of the often-overlooked programming languages you have on a Linux-based board is your favorite shell. ...
Feed Item - 19 August 2011