Several efforts are in progress at the moment.

(1) Conversations are being held in a number of Newsgroups regarding downloadable, universally available computer programs for use in developing earthquake precursor and triggering computer program modules which could be exchanged. Researchers could use my Web site precursor data to get started. Windows Scripting looks fairly easy. Perl startup looks like it might be a little complicated. Questions are being asked about downloadable versions of BASIC. Even the old GWBASIC would work if used with Windows Script. I am trying to determine if GWBASIC is now considered “freeware.”

(2) My new MICA CD arrived a short time ago. And I have to say I am impressed. The CD programs generate quite a few different types of data for the years 1990 to 2005 including the absolute positions of the Earth and moon relative to the gravitational center of the solar system, lunar and solar distances to the Earth, and sun and moon positions in the sky at any point in time.

Those data along with others are now being used to prepare a Web site GIF graph for the years 1990 to the end of 2003 which would have the times of important earthquakes overlaid on plots of Earth velocity, acceleration, and “Impulse” in space along with Earth – moon distance, past geomagnetic storm activity etc. At the moment I am trying to decide what the best types of data would be to include in the chart.

(3) At some point I would like to get an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) group started which people around the world could join at different times each week to discuss earthquake forecasting efforts using a conversational format. Bulletin boards such as this one are not really ideal for that. For one thing, only approved members can post notes. A downloadable program called Visual IRC appears to work fairly well Any of the instant messenger programs could probably also be used to hold those discussions. However, I personally do not care for those programs as much as the IRC ones.