Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components
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High Cost of Force Protection
From My Confined Space. This post was just supposed to be for fun, but it inspiredBrian Wang, and now me, to think about futuristic warfare a little more seriously.
I don’t think the future of warfare (if there is one — world peace is possible) lies in mechs either, unless they are extremely fast (supersonic). I would favor a mix of 1) distributed fairyfly bots and 2) massive force projection, 3) the ability for the entire army to run away very quickly when threatened.
Flying machines inspired by insect biomechanics could be very small — fairyflies are 140 microns across. A microgram of botulinum is enough to kill ten people. If you could manufacture trillions of these, your army would be extremely hard to stop. You can’t seal every soldier in a completely airtight container. Advanced (5-10+ years after MNT, if MNT is possible) bloodborne nanomachines could theoretically combat this, but they’d have to respond very quickly. A fairyfly bot could merely fire a flechette deep into the skin, and would be very difficult to locate the toxin quickly.
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Oasis of the Seas [Infographic]
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Feast on these natural “Easter” eggs [Infographic]
Who doesn’t love Easter eggs? There’s the plastic, multicolored eggs. Candy eggs. Dyed eggs. The ones filled with candy, or money or both. Great times!
So one year, I thought I’d do a different take on colorful eggs for a page. The original idea was to do a page on how a female’s brightly colored eggs signaled she was quite a catch to male birds. And it was for timed to run on Easter. Seriously …
Source : http://blogs.trb.com
THE RECESSION AND THE AMERICAN AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Recent trips to the airport have left me in amazement at the seeming decline in airline provisions and the imposition of new fees on almost every service of value to travelers. Disheartening to say the least, what was once taken for granted can now ding you for a hefty chunk of your hard-earned money. With many airlines struggling to stay afloat, these fees are necessary in order to maintain their current level of service and implement new technologies that help them to remain competitive. Here is a handy guide to each airline’s pricing for additional services to help you know for what you are going to have to pay, before you buy your ticket.
Source : http://www.billshrink.com
Patient Care Checklist Influenza A (H1N1) [Infographic]
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