"A central traffic control computer in Montgomery County, Maryland failed early Wednesday morning, leading to widespread gridlock across the entire county. The computer, which dates to the 1970s, is the single point of unified control for all traffic signals in the county, which comprises a number of major Washington DC-area suburban communities. When the system failed, it caused all signals to default to stand-alone operation, rather than the highly-tuned synchronization that usually serves to facilitate traffic flow during rush hours. The resulting chaos is a yet another stark reminder of how much modern civilization relies on behind-the-scenes automation to deliver and control basic services and infrastructure. The system remains down Thursday, with no ETA in sight."

"Leg Humper"
1) one who behaves like an uncontrolled sexual maniac in public.
2) one who makes sexual advances to strangers in a public setting, with little to no preamble such as asking their name.

IBM awarded for innovative solution to tackling world’s most critical social and environmental problems

IBM was awarded the prestigious Coffey International Award for its application of technical expertise in innovative ways to address the greatest societal challenges of our time at the annual Business in the Community (BITC) Awards for Excellence last night.

We... challenge the business world at large to sign up to World Community Grid and help grow its potential to achieve even greater impact on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the world’s most pressing needs.

Charles DuffCorporate Development Manager, Coffey International Limited and Chair of the International Award judges

IBM earned the award for World Community Grid (WCG), in essence the virtual equivalent in processing power to a Top 10 Supercomputer devoted to humanitarian research. World Community Grid gains its power from the aggregated spare computing capacity of 1.3million PCs belonging to 460,000 volunteers from over 200 countries. For participating members, some with perhaps limited time for volunteering, it provides the opportunity through the World Community Grid to make a significant contribution to tackling the Millennium Development Goals.

life is good

How much data will I download and upload while participating with World Community Grid?
The amount of data that you transfer depends upon how your processing preferences are set to run, how powerful your computer is and how often your computer is on. It also varies based upon which research projects you run on your computer. An average computer contributing to World Community Grid returns about 2 results per day.

Each of the research projects at World Community Grid uses a different application, input files and output files. As a result, the size used for each of these varies by project. This is outlined on the chart below. Please note that the data is compressed during transfer and is decompressed after it has been downloaded. As a result it will occupy more space on disk then the numbers shown below.

Research Project One-Time Download Per Workunit Download Per Workunit Upload
Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2 0.7 MB 0.1 MB 0.2 MB
Influenza Antiviral Drug Search 2.5 MB 0.1 MB 1.0 MB
Help Fight Childhood Cancer 1.0 MB 0.1 MB 0.1 MB
The Clean Energy Project - Type A* 4.5 MB 0.5 MB 1.0 MB
The Clean Energy Project - Type B* 4.5 MB 0.5 MB 8.5 MB
Nutritious Rice for the World 2.0 MB 0.2 MB 0.2 MB
Help Conquer Cancer 1.0 MB 0.1 MB 0.1 MB
Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together 2.5 MB 0.1 MB 1.0 MB
Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2 12.0 MB 1.5 MB 0.1 MB
FightAIDS@Home 1.5 MB 0.1 MB 0.1 MB

* The size of workunits for The Clean Energy Project vary based on the 'type' of workunits. As a result these are shown in separate rows.

What's New

World Community Grid

Congratulates all Members on a major milestone!

250,000,000 returned results to further
research to help humanity!

Additional information may be found here.


Thank you for your wonderful support!

Crude prices slide on poor US jobs, large inventories

AFP, LONDON
Sunday, Feb 08, 2009, Page 10

Oil futures slumped under US$40 a barrel on Friday at the end of a tough week for the

commodity, as a weakening US economy hit demand causing energy inventories to pile up.
The market was rocked this week by heightened concerns that the US — the world’s biggest energy consuming nation — will slash energy demand to cope with a dramatic downturn, analysts said.
The price of New York’s light sweet crude oil tumbled as low as US$38.60 a barrel on Friday after the latest bad news from across the Atlantic.
The market was also dragged lower this week by news of rising American crude inventories. US government data showed on Wednesday that crude stockpiles had soared by 7.2 million barrels last week, more than double the 2.9 million barrels forecast by analysts. It was the fifth consecutive week of gains, and the sharp rise underlined slack demand amid the global financial crisis that has brought the world economy to a near-halt.


After plunging from record highs above US$147 last July, oil prices touched multi-year lows in December, at one point nearing US$32 a barrel.

By Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, light sweet crude for delivery in March tanked to US$39.54 a barrel from US$41.74 a week earlier. On London’s InterContinental Exchange, Brent North Sea crude for March sank to US$45.23 a barrel from US$46.00 a barrel.

"People at the station are gobsmacked," she added.

When in the hell will we be tought how to do a "Self Prostate Exam" ?

To complete the ritual, a pilgrim must throw 21 pebbles at each of three 25-metre (82-foot) pillars and this year the faithful are being given pebbles in pre-packed bags to spare them the effort of searching for the stones.

A large security force monitored worshippers headed for the stoning after slaughtering sheep in a ritual for the Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) to recall Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son on God's order.

After the stoning ceremony, the pilgrims go to Mecca's Great Mosque for a "farewell visit" to the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure into which is set the Black Stone, Islam's most sacred relic.

no one. no one.

threat. rae/threat. /([info]tdtv) wrote,
@ 2008-08-08 10:39:00

coo coo kachoo ka coo coo kachoo
I should stop picking blindly at all the small things that don't matter and count all the blessings that are in my life right now.

I mean, through all the abuse, drugs, and just all those godawful things that made up my life in the past, I didn't really see it being as great as it is right now (ever). Dropping every negative person, aspect, and thought out of my life really has definitely changed it for the better (for the most part). I couldn't ask for anything more awesome than what I have now. I really love my life and I really love the people that I'm gracious enough to call my friends. And I really hope I don't turn it off and make a total u-turn from this at all. There's just too much to lose now.

the good people of greensboro must all be out of their minds. google a road map and check out how many roads on on the average road in this area. my little girl has been calling me for the last 2 days trying to figure out how to know where the fuck she is and which way to go to get where she wants to go...........