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Columbia Supercomputer at NASA’s Ames Research Center

February 20, 2011 by
Photo of Columbia Supercomputer at NASA's Ames Research Center, California

Photo: Columbia Supercomputer at Advanced Supercomputing Facility of NASA at Ames Research Center, photo by Trower, NASA

This supercomputer is named Columbia Supercomputer in honor of the crew of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia that disintegrated over Texas on February 1, 2003. The disaster resulted in the death of all the seven crew – Commander: Rick D. Husband, Pilot: William C. McCool, Payload Commander: Michael P. Anderson (also in charge of science mission), Payload Specialist: Ilan Ramon (an Israeli Air Force colonel, also the first Israeli astronaut), Mission Specialist: Kalpana Chawla (an India-born aerospace engineer on her second space mission), Mission Specialist: David M. Brown, and Mission Specialist: Laurel Clark.

The Columbia Supercomputer was specially built for NASA by Silicon Graphics. The main purpose for which it was built was to “esimulate the violent collision and merger of spiral galaxies that lead to the formation of elliptical galaxies”. The supercomputer is connected to the NASA Research and Engineering Network. In 2004 it was installed at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility at Ames Research Center (ARC) located at Moffett Field in California’s Silicon Valley.

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Selecting the right WordPress theme for your blog

December 22, 2010 by

What kind of theme do you want to install in your blog? Unless you are a seasoned WordPress professional, or at least know the basics of how WordPress works, installing the right theme or template for your blog can pose some problems. To solve this problem, there are a few things you can do.

WordPress offers a variety of themes that you can download or install in your blogs or sites. These are pre-designed WordPress approved themes that are optimized from the point of view of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and available in various designs and requirements of the blogger or webmaster. Most of the themes can be customized to your satisfaction, but of course limited by the parameters set by the theme designer and the requirements of WordPress specifications. So you may end up with the result that you may not have all the required widgets or gadgets, pluggins and other features. If that is the case, deactivate the theme and select another theme and repeat the process of customizing.

The second alternative is to look for the themes of your choice. Make a search on the internet and you can find many thousands of themes that suit your needs. Try some of them and most probably you will get the right theme and designs that suits all your needs. These are about installing FREE WordPress themes.

If the above steps are not suitable for you, you may have to go for the alternatives of contacting some PREMIUM theme sellers to whom you have to pay the price they charge for their designs. The advantage with this option is that you will get the technical and other supports from the theme designer or the theme seller for successful installation and customization of your WordPress themes.

If the above option is not for you, you have to hire the services of a custom theme designer who will do all that you like for the look and feel plus the optimum functioning of your blog or site for the price that they quote for their services.

If you want to be your own master of everything that has to be performed on your site or blog, I will recommend that you experiment with the free themes available from WordPress, and in case of difficulties in customizing, you can always go to the WordPress forum from where many WordPress experts and experienced members shall guide you through the process of installing the right theme for WordPress your site or blog.

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