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Submission + - Pressure is on IBM to forgive millions in IT debt (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie

on Monday June 18, 2007 @10:18AM

coondoggie writes: "Can a $93 billion company be publicly shamed into charity? My guess is not, but the Contra Costa school district in California is hoping IBM can see it in its Big Blue heart to erase some $5 million in long-overdue debt. This week four California state legislators threw their support behind West Contra Costa School by pleading with IBM to release the district from the debt. Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley; Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord; state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland; and Sen. Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch, sent a letter to IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano requesting that the computer-industry giant write off the 15-year-old debt as a charitable contribution. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1633 1"

Submission + - 9.9 Gigapixel photo -A breathtaking italian fresco (haltadefinizione.com)

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Gigapixel

on Monday June 18, 2007 @09:27AM

Gigapixel writes: "The 9.9 Gigapixel Apotheosis of St. Ignatius Another breathtaking italian fresco HAL9000 Srl, under the artistical direction of the Inventory Office — dept. Cultural Property of Diocese of Novara, realized the high definition digital picture of the Apotheosis of St. Ignatius, a fresco painted on the barrel vault of the St. Ignatius church in Rome, Italy property of "F.E.C.- Fondo Edifici di Culto" of the italian "Ministero dell'Interno" and conducted by the Jesuits order. The church is located in the ancient Rome near the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain. The fresco was painted in the last years of the 17th century (1685-1694) by Andrea Pozzo, an italian baroque architect and painter who entered the Jesuits order in 1668. The fresco is considered a masterpiece of perspective; from the center of the church appears another order of columns leading to the Holy Trinity and St. Ignatius that reflects the light of Jesus all over the world. The size of the vault is 17 x 35 meters (56 x 115 feet) and the highest point reaches the height of 32 meters (105 feet), the height of a 10 floors building. A 9.9 billion pixel image as been realized to reproduce the 1200 square meter fresco (about 13000 square foot) in any detail. The digital image is entirely and freely visible on HAL9000 website www.haltadefinizione.com where is also possible to browse each page of the original edition of the book "Perspectiva Pictorum et Architectorum", by Andrea Pozzo, considered a milestone in the perspective study. Innovative web technology allows the dynamic comparison of the original 17th century sketch and the real execution of the painting."

Submission + - New Wii Dev Tools in the Making

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Ambrose

on Monday March 12, 2007 @12:23PM

Ambrose writes: "Looks like Nintendo are finally supporting Third-Party developers. From an article at The Wii Gamers, a new development application called NintendoWare is being developed for Wii Developers. NintendoWare emulates Wii hardware on a PC so that developers can sample parts of their games without having to load it to a Wii dev machine. The motion recognition could also see an upgrade, with a new predictive input tool that uses prior movement to predict your next motion, and a text-to-speech tool is also in the works."

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