How to speed up Vista shutdown time
Does it sometimes feel as if it takes forever for your Vista computer to shut down? You can speed it up a bit by editing the registry. As always, back up the registry key first and be careful:
1. Open your registry editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control
2. In the right pane, right click the value WaitToKillServiceTimeout
3. Select Modify
4. Change the value (default is 20000) to a lower number, such as 5000
5. Close the registry editori
NOTE: If you set the timeout value too low (such as 1000 or 3000), some programs may not be able to close in tim
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Raw Story | Obama: 'Science is key to our survival'
The Raw Story | Obama: 'Science is key to our survival': "Obama: 'Science is key to our survival'
RAW STORY
Published: Saturday December 20, 2008
Print This Email This
President-elect promises new focus on technology hand-in-hand with efforts to curb global warming.
President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday signaled climate change and genetic research will be among his top priorities when he takes office as he named White House science and technology advisers.
'Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation,' Obama said in a weekly radio and video address.
'It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology.'"
RAW STORY
Published: Saturday December 20, 2008
Print This Email This
President-elect promises new focus on technology hand-in-hand with efforts to curb global warming.
President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday signaled climate change and genetic research will be among his top priorities when he takes office as he named White House science and technology advisers.
'Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation,' Obama said in a weekly radio and video address.
'It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology.'"
Friday, December 12, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
How about an OPEN SOURCE GOVERNMENT??
Open question to the Obama crew...
T. Pitre,
10 November, 2008
T. Pitre,
10 November, 2008
--
email posting OR signature suppressed
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Coal...Clean...no cleaner...Green? No....
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/06/is-it-green-clean-coal/?rss
--
email posting OR signature suppressed
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
produce natural gas from the methane
San Antonio, Texas will be the first city in the United States to produce natural gas from the methane that comes from the poop of its residents on a large, profitable scale. Our excrement is being more technically referred to as “biosolids” by the companies and agencies involved in the project. And the project is by no means a joke.
San Antonio signed a deal with a Massachusetts company that will make the city’s waste into natural gas. According to the principal operator of the city’s water system, Steve Clouse, “the private vendor will come onto the facility, construct some gas cleaning systems, remove the moisture, remove the carbon dioxide content, and then sell that gas on the open market.” The gas will then be sold to companies who can use it in power plants and fuel furnaces.
The most impressive thing of all about this decision is that more than 90% of the city’s toilet and sink water will be recycled. Some of San Antonio’s waste water is already used for irrigation. Some of the solids are used for compost.
The company that will make the plan a reality is called Ameresco, who’s website uses the slogan: “Connect to smarter energy solutions.” The company won a prestigious award from the government of Massachusetts earlier this year for a project that saves Bridgewater State College $1 million annually in energy costs. The project involved upgrades to numerous college facilities as well as the college’s air conditioning system. It also utilizes a water conservation initiative.
--
email posting
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Biomass fuel
************************* Gasoline produced from biomass could be in fuel tanks by 2010 with new technology PhysOrg.com Aug. 19, 2008 ************************* Texas A&M University scientists have developed a process to make converting biomass to high-octane gasoline possible, at $1.70 and $2.00 per gallon. Biomass includes garbage, biosolids from wastewater treatment plants, green waste such as lawn clippings, food waste, and any type of livestock manure. Additionally, since it does not use crops... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=9248&m=44681
--
email posting
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Education and Cheating.
Dear Abby:
My husband and I recently retired from teaching at a highly rated, competitive Midwestern public school. Cheating was rampant, from copying homework to text-messaging during tests in the classroom. When confronted, the cheaters were surprised and usually asserted that "everyone else does it." And they were right.
Cheating occurs in the classroom, in sports, in extra-curricular activities and in the hallways, and has become more acceptable among students than ever before. Teachers are practically powerless to control it; administrators seem to have no idea how to handle it. Parents don't want to get involved for fear of angering their children, and a strong leader may be "asked" to back down from pursuing it.
My husband and I tried many times to make students understand that what they were doing or thinking was wrong and needed to be corrected, only to be met with an incredulous stare, a sneer perhaps, and then, "Can I go now?" We began asking ourselves that same question and realized last year that WE "could go now" -- and we did. More of our time was spent trying to teach moral values and ethics and less was spent on the required curriculum.
DEAR ABBY: In recent years it seems cheating is encouraged by parents. I have seen it when teaching Sunday school to seventh-graders. The father of one of the Scouts in our local Scout troop even called cheating "just a form of competitive advantage."
For a long time I have carried a quote in my wallet that is my favorite saying: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." The person who said it was the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
My husband and I recently retired from teaching at a highly rated, competitive Midwestern public school. Cheating was rampant, from copying homework to text-messaging during tests in the classroom. When confronted, the cheaters were surprised and usually asserted that "everyone else does it." And they were right.
Cheating occurs in the classroom, in sports, in extra-curricular activities and in the hallways, and has become more acceptable among students than ever before. Teachers are practically powerless to control it; administrators seem to have no idea how to handle it. Parents don't want to get involved for fear of angering their children, and a strong leader may be "asked" to back down from pursuing it.
My husband and I tried many times to make students understand that what they were doing or thinking was wrong and needed to be corrected, only to be met with an incredulous stare, a sneer perhaps, and then, "Can I go now?" We began asking ourselves that same question and realized last year that WE "could go now" -- and we did. More of our time was spent trying to teach moral values and ethics and less was spent on the required curriculum.
DEAR ABBY: In recent years it seems cheating is encouraged by parents. I have seen it when teaching Sunday school to seventh-graders. The father of one of the Scouts in our local Scout troop even called cheating "just a form of competitive advantage."
For a long time I have carried a quote in my wallet that is my favorite saying: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." The person who said it was the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
--
email posting
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)