Who Has Heard The Wind - Do Wind Farms Produce Noise Pollution? Standing in a home a kilometer away from the nearest wind turbine --one of seventeen at the Pubnico Point Wind Farm in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia --Tony experiences a sensation that he describes as "similar to being close to a high power car audio sound system playing drums. Both situations cause problems that I would say resemble arrhythmia." Wind farms have obvious advantages over more ...... Similar Editorial : Make Your Complaint Heard by James H. Dimmitt. | Source : Science Guide
Is Linux Ready For Your Desktop? If you have any involvement with Information Technology, you're probably already familiar with Linux as a server operating system. Indeed, for many applications Linux is an accepted and even preferred platform. Google has built and is expanding one of the world's largest cluster of Linux servers to host its pervasive search engine system. Major hardware vendors, including IBM and Hewlett...... Similar Editorial : The Desktop Pc by James Walsh. | Source : Red Hat Linux
Virtual Servers - Theyre Not Just Figments Of Your Imagination Enter the computer room of the average mid-sized company and you're likely to see a few high-end servers running mission-critical applications, and next to them a bunch of desktop-style PC's providing secondary services. The reason is simple: cost. It's difficult to justify the expense of a proper server -- with redundant drives, fans, and power supplies, multiple network cards, and loads of...... Similar Editorial : Virtual Assistance by Heather Bresser. | Source : Advanced Solar Technologies
In Case Of Emergency, Break Glass Imagine that you're the IT Manager for a mid-sized engineering company. You arrive at your place of work one morning to find emergency vehicles surrounding the smoldering ruins of what used to be your office. While you may be tempted to simply get back in your car and drive to the nearest pub where you can blissfully pretend it never happened, it would be far more productive to break out your...... Similar Editorial : Case Closed by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Advanced Technologies Group Inc
Finding Work Through A Temporary Agency Downsizing. Rightsizing. Reengineering. Whatever you call it, companies everywhere are cutting costs by reducing their labor force. While the national unemployment rate has dropped slightly in the past year, according to the US Department of Labor there are still some 7.5 million persons out of work across the country. While this is obviously bad news for those being laid off, and even for those ...... Similar Editorial : Temporary Internet Files by Lyle Cochran. | Source : Career Change For A
