Google plus WiMax ..a new product coming soon..
Wireless provider Sprint Nextel Corp. said it would include a range of Google Inc.'s Web and communications applications on its coming "WiMax" mobile devices, a boost for Sprint as it rolls out the new technology and a breakthrough for Google in the U.S. wireless industry.
now is wireless ..
Sprint, the nation's third-largest wireless carrier by subscribers, recently announced it is teaming up with Clearwire Corp., of Kirkland, Wash., to build a nationwide WiMax network.
The companies plan a rollout that will reach 100 million people by the end of 2008.
WiMax is a long-range wireless technology that Sprint says will allow consumers to access the Web wirelessly from cellphones, laptops and other devices at speeds and prices similar to cable connections.
some years ago was blue tooth..now WiMax ...
Sprint plans to offer a home page on its WiMax devices that will serve as a gateway for consumers to access the Internet and a variety of multimedia services.
Under the deal, Google will provide the Web-search capabilities for that portal. Sprint also will integrate a suite of popular Google mobile applications, including Gmail email and Google Calendar.
Barry West, who heads up Sprint's WiMax unit, said it isn't clear whether Google's services will be offered on the WiMax products Clearwire brings to market. Clearwire declined to comment.
Google's collaboration with Sprint comes as Google is battling in Washington to impose new rules for a coming auction of valuable radio spectrum.
Google wants to require wireless operators to open their networks to new applications and devices.
Now is Wireless age ..
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Mobile phone masks do not ...
A major UK three-year study has indicated that mobile phone masks do not make you sick - they are not the cause of the symptoms of ill health claimed by some people.
Such symptoms as nausea, fatigue and anxiety may feel genuine, according to the Environmental Health Perspectives study, but they are not triggered by the masts.
Believe it not or...everyday there are new reports..
Mast Sanity, a campaign group, says the findings are unreliable because 12 participants in the trial dropped out due to ill health.
Numerous people during the trial blamed the masts for their symptoms when they were told they were turned on. However, dozens thought the mast was on when it was off and still felt the symptoms, while others felt well when they thought the masts were off.
The study indicates the problem is a psychological one.
Ha ha ..psychological..a word many people like to use to explain thing cant be proved.
Study leader, Elaine Fox, University of Essex, explained that belief is a powerful thing. "If you really believe something is going to do you some harm, it will."
Electro-sensitivity is believed by a number of individuals to be an allergy to such modern day appliances as mobile phone masts and hair driers.
A previous UK study, carried out by the HPA (Health Protection Agency) reported there was no evidence that showed an association between electrical equipment and ill health.
That study, however, did not examine the effects the waves from phone masts might have.
This latest study has done just that.
But..there will be many many reports saying ..not ...
chees..
Scientists studied a total of 44 participants, excluding the 12 who dropped out. All the 44 had reported symptoms. They were compared to a control group of 114 who had never complained of ill effects from phone masts.When both groups were told a signal was being emitted from the phone masts - both GSM and UMTS (3G), those who had reported symptoms said they did not feel well.However, when the trial was double-blind, the number of symptoms reported was completely random. In other words, when neither testers nor participants knew whether the masts were emitting or not, the participants' reports of feeling ill did not correspond at all with the masts' emissions or lack of emissions.5 people out of the control group of 114 guessed correctly when emissions were taking place, and 2 did the same from the group of 44. The researchers said this proportion is what is expected by chance.Even though it seems the 'sensitive' people reported symptoms at random, their symptoms were real - their blood pressure had risen and their perspiration had increased. Despite their symptoms not synchronizing with emitting phone masts, these physiological reactions did occur.
Such symptoms as nausea, fatigue and anxiety may feel genuine, according to the Environmental Health Perspectives study, but they are not triggered by the masts.
Believe it not or...everyday there are new reports..
Mast Sanity, a campaign group, says the findings are unreliable because 12 participants in the trial dropped out due to ill health.
Numerous people during the trial blamed the masts for their symptoms when they were told they were turned on. However, dozens thought the mast was on when it was off and still felt the symptoms, while others felt well when they thought the masts were off.
The study indicates the problem is a psychological one.
Ha ha ..psychological..a word many people like to use to explain thing cant be proved.
Study leader, Elaine Fox, University of Essex, explained that belief is a powerful thing. "If you really believe something is going to do you some harm, it will."
Electro-sensitivity is believed by a number of individuals to be an allergy to such modern day appliances as mobile phone masts and hair driers.
A previous UK study, carried out by the HPA (Health Protection Agency) reported there was no evidence that showed an association between electrical equipment and ill health.
That study, however, did not examine the effects the waves from phone masts might have.
This latest study has done just that.
But..there will be many many reports saying ..not ...
chees..
Scientists studied a total of 44 participants, excluding the 12 who dropped out. All the 44 had reported symptoms. They were compared to a control group of 114 who had never complained of ill effects from phone masts.When both groups were told a signal was being emitted from the phone masts - both GSM and UMTS (3G), those who had reported symptoms said they did not feel well.However, when the trial was double-blind, the number of symptoms reported was completely random. In other words, when neither testers nor participants knew whether the masts were emitting or not, the participants' reports of feeling ill did not correspond at all with the masts' emissions or lack of emissions.5 people out of the control group of 114 guessed correctly when emissions were taking place, and 2 did the same from the group of 44. The researchers said this proportion is what is expected by chance.Even though it seems the 'sensitive' people reported symptoms at random, their symptoms were real - their blood pressure had risen and their perspiration had increased. Despite their symptoms not synchronizing with emitting phone masts, these physiological reactions did occur.
How big is Google's database?
In case you were wondering how much information Google stores, here is the answer.
Google search crawler uses 850 TB of information, so that's the amount of raw data from the web.
Google Analytics uses 220 TB stored in two tables: 200 TB for the raw data and 20 TB for the summaries.
Google Earth uses 70.5 TB: 70 TB for the raw imagery and 500 GB for the index data.
The second table "is relatively small (500 GB), but it must serve tens of thousands of queries per second per datacenter with low latency".
Personalized Search doesn't need too much data: only 4 TB.
Personalized Search stores each user's data in Bigtable.
Each user has a unique userid and is assigned a row named by that userid.
All user actions are stored in a table.
Google Base uses 2 TB and Orkut only 9 TB of data.
If we take into account that all this information is compressed. Ffor example, the crawled data has compression rate of 11%, so 800 TB become 88 TB, Google uses for all the services mentioned before 220 TB.
It's also interesting to note that the size of the raw imagery from Google Earth is almost equal to the size of the compressed web pages crawled by Google.
Google search crawler uses 850 TB of information, so that's the amount of raw data from the web.Google Analytics uses 220 TB stored in two tables: 200 TB for the raw data and 20 TB for the summaries.
Google Earth uses 70.5 TB: 70 TB for the raw imagery and 500 GB for the index data.
The second table "is relatively small (500 GB), but it must serve tens of thousands of queries per second per datacenter with low latency".
Personalized Search doesn't need too much data: only 4 TB.
Personalized Search stores each user's data in Bigtable.
Each user has a unique userid and is assigned a row named by that userid.
All user actions are stored in a table.
Google Base uses 2 TB and Orkut only 9 TB of data.
If we take into account that all this information is compressed. Ffor example, the crawled data has compression rate of 11%, so 800 TB become 88 TB, Google uses for all the services mentioned before 220 TB.
It's also interesting to note that the size of the raw imagery from Google Earth is almost equal to the size of the compressed web pages crawled by Google.
Linda Cardellini in ER
Linda Cardellini reprises the role of nurse Samantha Taggart on the hit medical drama, “ER” as the series begins its twelfth season.ER is one of the best TV dramas I like very much.
In addition to her role on “ER,” Cardellini will be seen in three films this year; Aric Avelino’s drama “American Gun,” starring as part of an ensemble that includes Donald Sutherland and Forest Whitaker; Nick Goossen’s comedy “Nana’s Boy” with Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Doris Roberts and Nick Swardson and in “Brokeback Mountain” for director Ang Lee.
Linda is one of the pretty girls in ER.
She was most recently seen in the sequel to the hit live-action animated feature “Scooby Doo,” which also starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Matthew Lillard. Cardellini reprised her role as Velma Dinkley, the brains of Mystery, Inc., in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.”
Making her mark in the critically acclaimed series “Freaks and Geeks,” Cardellini starred as Lindsay Weir.
Her witty and biting portrayal of the teen still resonates among the shows cult following.
If you like Linda, check her shows ...
Among Cardellini's other film credits are “Legally Blonde,” “Good Burger,” “Dead Man on Campus” , the thriller “Strangeland,” and the independent feature “The Unsaid,” opposite Andy Garcia.
She also recently completed work on another independent project, “Welcome to LaLa Wood,” opposite Martin Short.
Cardellini’s other television work includes “The Lot,” “Guys Like Us” and “Bone Chillers.” Her guest appearances include “3rd Rock from the Sun,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Boy Meets World,” “Clueless” and “Pacific Palisades.”
A native of Mountain View, California, Cardellini always wanted to entertain and loves the art of bringing written characters to life. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Her birthday is June 25.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Japanese may buy much more oil
Japanese officials agreed to work with UN inspectors after a powerful earthquake shut down the country’s largest nuclear plant and raised fresh concerns about its nuclear sector.
I dont care about the safe of the plants. I care about the oil price.
The earthquake caused radioactive spills and other problems reportedly compounded by employee error.
All fifty-five Japanese nuclear plants have this kind of vulnerability,” a Kobe University seismologist told USA Today.
So, the 50 plants may be closed very soon.
The incident follows last year’s order from a judge to shut down Japan’s second-largest plant because it was not earthquake ready.
A series of other high-profile nuclear accidents, including in 1999 and 2004, create a growing quandary for Japan—the world’s third-largest consumer of nuclear power behind the United States and France.
Japanese are using a lot of nuclear power.
If japanese change to use oil instead ...
Environmental advocates were quick to assert that the latest incident means nuclear power is unsafe.
Japan is not the only country in the world that has built nuclear power plants on or near fault lines.
The Philippine government pays $155,000 a day in interest on a nuclear facility never put into operation because it was built near major fault lines.
Energy-starved Armenia continues to run its Metsamor nuclear plant despite a nearby fault line and the safety concerns of European Union and U.S. officials.
A 1988 quake in the region killed twenty-five thousand people.
Oil price will keep on going up...all over the wrold ..
In the United States, two watchdog groups want to close a Michigan nuclear plant, which they believe fails to adhere to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s earthquake safety regulations for waste handling.
Concerns about earthquakes also threaten U.S. plans to build a nuclear waste repository in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.
and, dont forget, China will use much more oil in the coming years.
Buy oil ....
I dont care about the safe of the plants. I care about the oil price.
The earthquake caused radioactive spills and other problems reportedly compounded by employee error.
All fifty-five Japanese nuclear plants have this kind of vulnerability,” a Kobe University seismologist told USA Today.
So, the 50 plants may be closed very soon.
The incident follows last year’s order from a judge to shut down Japan’s second-largest plant because it was not earthquake ready.
A series of other high-profile nuclear accidents, including in 1999 and 2004, create a growing quandary for Japan—the world’s third-largest consumer of nuclear power behind the United States and France.
Japanese are using a lot of nuclear power.
If japanese change to use oil instead ...
Environmental advocates were quick to assert that the latest incident means nuclear power is unsafe.
Japan is not the only country in the world that has built nuclear power plants on or near fault lines.
The Philippine government pays $155,000 a day in interest on a nuclear facility never put into operation because it was built near major fault lines.
Energy-starved Armenia continues to run its Metsamor nuclear plant despite a nearby fault line and the safety concerns of European Union and U.S. officials.
A 1988 quake in the region killed twenty-five thousand people.
Oil price will keep on going up...all over the wrold ..
In the United States, two watchdog groups want to close a Michigan nuclear plant, which they believe fails to adhere to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s earthquake safety regulations for waste handling.
Concerns about earthquakes also threaten U.S. plans to build a nuclear waste repository in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.
and, dont forget, China will use much more oil in the coming years.
Buy oil ....
Gas Facility Explosion
this is not on TV ...
For Dallas residents it seemed like the end of the world: stacks of highly flammable gas cylinders exploding, one after the other.
such a big fire..
Wednesday, a series of explosions at the Southwest Industrial Gases Facility sent flaming debris raining onto highways and buildings near downtown Dallas, seriously injuring at least three people.
do u see any plants near in your area?
Beyond these large plants, there are smaller facilities that can also be dangerous.
Beware if you find such big and dangous plants newa your.
In October 2006, terrified residents in Apex, N.C., fled their homes as thunderous explosions from a much smaller industrial waste plant filled the night sky with an eerie yellow haze of chemical poison.
Good luck .....
And in 2005, a deadly chemical train derailment in Granetville, S.C., showed how hazardous chemicals can become when they're traveling through neighborhoods.
For Dallas residents it seemed like the end of the world: stacks of highly flammable gas cylinders exploding, one after the other.such a big fire..
Wednesday, a series of explosions at the Southwest Industrial Gases Facility sent flaming debris raining onto highways and buildings near downtown Dallas, seriously injuring at least three people.
do u see any plants near in your area?
Beyond these large plants, there are smaller facilities that can also be dangerous.
Beware if you find such big and dangous plants newa your.
In October 2006, terrified residents in Apex, N.C., fled their homes as thunderous explosions from a much smaller industrial waste plant filled the night sky with an eerie yellow haze of chemical poison.
Good luck .....
And in 2005, a deadly chemical train derailment in Granetville, S.C., showed how hazardous chemicals can become when they're traveling through neighborhoods.
surfing online
this is a internet user' story, a girl who sits in front of her PC all the time..
internet world is a magic world, there are so many interesting things, people, and stories.
no matter it is earlyy in the morning, or late night, you can find a lot of people surfing online.
if you are lucky, you may find a group of friends, surfing together with you.
but if want to surf by yourself, it is up to you.
you may have friends in States, UK, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand..
You dont need to drive, no need to buy air ticket, but you can go anywhere over the world.
internet world is a magic world, there are so many interesting things, people, and stories.
no matter it is earlyy in the morning, or late night, you can find a lot of people surfing online.
if you are lucky, you may find a group of friends, surfing together with you.
but if want to surf by yourself, it is up to you.
you may have friends in States, UK, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand..
You dont need to drive, no need to buy air ticket, but you can go anywhere over the world.
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