We released GeoLocator 2.1 and I wanted to blog a short bit about the release announcement so that readers can link to the press release for details.
The announcement notes:
GeoLocator™ 2.1 can process over 14,000 text files every hour, with each text file averaging around seven kilobytes each. That is the equivalent of reading War and Peace, which is almost 1500 pages long, 33 times in an hour. In fact, if you were to print all of those text files on standard, letter-size paper and set them side-by-side you could cover almost 35 acres.
Reading “War and Peace“, including extracting all of the locations in it and aligning them to geocoordinates, in less than 2 minutes. That’s fast!
Learn more from the GeoLocator page here.
[Cross-posted from the Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc. blog; subscribe here]
Thank you National Geographic for answering my open letter to you with a fair assessment of the necessity of hunting in the recent article “Hunters: For Love of the Land“.
As author Robert Poole notes in the article:
“It’s the hunters who keep most of these species going,” said Jim Clay, a middle school English teacher, hunter, and maker of turkey calls in Winchester, Virginia. “They put in the money, and they put in the hours. Hunters really care about what happens.”
Though there are bad apples in all lots of people, for the most part hunters and fishermen love the land and its creatures. We know humans are an inextricable part of nature, and nature of us. We need wild creatures and wild places to nourish the soul and free the spirit. And we intend to make certain that both continue on, long past our own time, so that our grandchildren and their grandchildren’s grandchildren can cherish them just as we do.
To the extent that Mr. Poole’s article captures that passion for conservation and recognition of the interdependence of all things, he got it just right.
Apple has released the latest iPhone software update, version 1.1.4.
During installation you are presented with the following “Important Information” for this release:
iPhone Software
Version 1.1.4This version of the software includes bug fixes and supersedes all previous versions.
For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the users guide for your iPhone at:
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone/For more information about iPhone, go to:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/To troubleshoot your iPhone, or to view additional support information go to:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphoneFor detailed information on Security Updates, please visit this website:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
Regular old security and bug fix update, or preparation for next week’s iPhone SDK and enterprise features announcements? You be the judge.
BTW, has anyone noticed the flaw in “The Great Thing” iPhone ad Apple has been running lately?
Hint: Think about cell coverage in the back bowls of most ski areas…
Investor’s Business Daily’s recent “Columbine To Va. Tech To NIU: Gun-Free Zones Or Killing Fields?” article by John R. Lott, Jr
Gun-free zones are magnets for bad guys.
I applaud the Oklahoma House of Representatives for considering a bill that would allow properly vetted concealed weapon license holders to carry on college and university campuses.
As Article 2, Section 26 of the Oklahoma State Constitution declares:
The right of a citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, or property, or in aid of the civil power, when thereunto legally summoned, shall never be prohibited
It is your right to defend yourself and your family. I’d go one step further and say it’s your responsibility, too. If your Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training certified gun safety instructor, your county sheriff, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation have tested your knowledge of the Oklahoma Self Defense Act, verified your safe handling and use of a handgun, run extensive local, state, and federal criminal and mental health background checks, and processed your properly submitted concealed weapons license application to prove you are otherwise eligible (all of these steps are required for one to be issued an Oklahoma license), why should you be denied your basic right to self defense just because you walk onto a college campus?
Thank you, Rep. Murphey and the House Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, for submitting and approving in committee Oklahoma House Bill 2513 which would allow license holders to defend themselves on campus. Now please stay the course and get this through the system and into law. This won’t stop crazies on campus completely, but it could certainly help to curtail the severity of their attacks.
Apparently the Chinese government is big on trolling auctions for secrets. Keep those secrets off a public auction site, kiddies!
And don’t worry, if you there’s damage on the ground from pieces that make it down anyway, the US government will help pick up the tab. Just don’t breath the hydrazine…
I blogged about the new “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” movie trailer and “LEGO Indiana Jones” videogame preview on Geekdad today.
Read the Geekdad post for the whole skinny, or watch the movie trailer below for a sneak peek:
96 days to go, and counting!
I’ve blogged about two of my favorite geeky TV shows, “Jericho” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles“, over on Geekdad.
Check out the full post here. Trailers for both follow.
Update: We’ve come a long way since 2004!
The Java.net Mobile & Embedded Community has organized a two day developer event starting tomorrow in Santa Clara, California.
The event will also be viewable online for free. See the event wiki (click here) for more information on viewing the event on Sun’s Ustream.TV page.
This looks to be a useful event with interesting sessions. Click here for the agenda or here to learn more about the planned speakers. As James Gosling notes:
The agenda is intensely technical. The conference is devoted solely to the technologies of mobile and embedded Java platforms and is targeted for application developers of intermediate and advanced skill levels, platform developers and technical personnel at tool vendors, OEM’s and carriers.
Definitely worth checking out either in person or online.
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