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[FoRK] Programming languages, operating systems, despair and anger
And so for 20 years now these folks --- *the* shining lights, in many ways, of "practical" programming language, operating systems, and general systems research --- have continued to fail to "get" the fundamental practical needs of everyday programmers working in The Real World.
Sibe 2009
Infrastructure provides the basic needs for society, and sustainable infrastructure systems are essential for the survival, health and well-being of a society. For developing countries, the civil and environmental engineer are at the epicenter in seeking means to enhance human life through modernization of infrastructure as evidenced by provision of shelter, water, and transport, amongst others.
The current rate of urbanization and industrialization has caused a rise in environmental issues, involving environmental mismanagement which has been associated with unforeseen global catastrophes. The problems are further aggravated with environmental degradation such as soil erosion, depletion of water resources, etc.
In order to meet these multifaceted challenges, proper planning, implementation and verification exercises are required, via an integrated, multidisciplinary and holistic approach. The global momentum for sustainable development must now lead to practical applications of the engineering and science of sustainability.
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October 2009
A practical bytecode interpreter for programmable routers on IXP network processors
Data Visualization: A Primer and Practical Application | eyecube
Good Data Viz can illuminate and educate, inspire and entertain. I also understand that this is an area when I am a student and am happy to turn it over to the pros. So, with this post I want to share some of the smartest stuff I’ve seen, as well as provide you with some original commentary from Patricia McDonald, Planning Director at BBH Labs.
WhatIsVoCamp - VoCamp Wiki
VoCamp is a series of informal events where people can spend some dedicated time creating lightweight vocabularies/ontologies for the Semantic Web/Web of Data. The emphasis of the events is not on creating the perfect ontology in a particular domain, but on creating vocabs that are good enough for people to start using for publishing data on the Web. The intention is to follow a "paper first, laptops second" format, where the modelling is done initially on paper and only later committed to code. The VoCamp idea is influenced by BarCamp, although the emphasis is different. Whereas BarCamps are oriented to demos and presentations, VoCamps are oriented to hands-on technical work and practical outputs; any presentations and demos should be short, highly on-topic to the vocabulary development process, and limited in number, to leave plenty of time for hacking on new vocabularies.
Thesis : BNM
Today, the sexuality is a taboo for elderly generations.
During my investigation, I have observed many prejudices about this topic in our society.
However, sexuality is always active over 70 years old.
I have revaled three specifics aims to start my project :
- Stimulate Sexual desire of elders into rest-home
- Educate practical nurses and students
- Sensitize general public about sexuality of elderly people
You can watch the differents ideas I suggested
to resolve these 3 problems in Diploma's part.
web typography
The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web - a practical guide to web typography
September 2009
Practical web design guides to reduce site load time
August 2009
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Artificial trees' to cut carbon
croyances… ne sont pas bonnes pour la santé mentale de notre environnement.We very much believe that the practical geo-engineering
How to sew your own laptop sleeve - Ars Technica
How to sew your own laptop sleeve
What's better than making something practical for your laptop while exercising your creative skills at the same time? In this tutorial, Ars shows how to make your own laptop (or camera, or phone) sleeve, step by step.
July 2009
Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence
Hunch : Guide practical decision making
June 2009
WebHome < Main < Reprap
Look at your computer setup and imagine that you hooked up a 3D printer. Instead of printing on bits of paper this 3D printer makes real, robust, mechanical parts. To give you an idea of how robust, think Lego bricks and you're in the right area. You could make lots of useful stuff, but interestingly you could also make most of the parts to make another 3D printer. That would be a machine that could copy itself.
RepRap is short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper. It is the practical self-copying 3D printer shown on the right - a self-replicating machine.
Aligning Ontologies with Falcon - Home
Falcon-AO, a prominent component of Falcon, is an automatic ontology matching system that helps actualize interoperability between (Semantic) Web applications that use different but related ontologies. Recently, it has become a very practical and popular choice for matching Web ontologies expressed by RDF(S) and OWL. Falcon-AO is implemented in Java, and presently, it is an open source project under the Apache 2.0 license.
Why we love Semantic Web technologies - TechnicaLee Speaking
un peu trop communiqué de presse, mais des idées à retenirRDF is a data standard that is both expressive enough to represent any type of data that’s connected to the server and also flexible enough to handle new data sources incrementally. URIs provide a foundation for minting identifiers that don’t clash unexpectedly as new data sources are brought into the fold. Named graphs give us a simple abstraction upon which we can engineer practical concerns like security, audit trails, offline access, real-time updates, and caching.
