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June 30, 2002
I don't have the words...
CNN.com - Moon rock at center of legal battle - June 29, 2002:
An "encased, fingertip-sized rock is listed as the defendant in the case of 'United States v. Lucite ball containing lunar material.'"
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June 18, 2002
Mozilla
So, I've been using Mozilla as my primary browser for a week or so now. It's not so bad. There are four things that are keeping me using it: 1] tabbed browsing, 2] no pop-ups, 3] faster startup time, and 4] nice mailreader. There is one big thing that I miss: no calendaring system with the mail reader. All of my iCalendar meeting requests are useless. This post is actually a test of mozBlog - a blogger interface for Mozilla.
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June 17, 2002
Optical Networks: A Thing of the Past?
So, it seems a clever Australian research team managed to teleport a laser beam. One of the more interesting aspects of this story is that they actually embedded information in the beam that was teleported, effectively teleporting that information. They don't mention whether the teleportation happened instantaneously or not. If it did, it's quite cool, since that would allow for information being transmitted over long distances in -zero- time, potentially allowing things like real-time control of Mars Rover or Pioneer, and completely obsoleting optical networks.
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June 11, 2002
GAO finds some vandalism by Clinton staffers
GAO finds some vandalism by Clinton staffers
So, an $X00,000 investigation, requested by idiot Rep. Bob Barr, R-Georgia, found that the outgoing Clinton administration caused $9,324 worth of damage to the White House. Says Mr. Barr, "They showed nothing less than a complete lack of respect for one of America's most sacred public monuments, and in doing so, they disgraced not just themselves, but institution and the office of the presidency as well." Is the wasteful expenditure of the American public's $X00,000 less disgraceful than $9,324 of vandalism?
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June 10, 2002
Wish it were Sunday...
As if PwC Consulting's new name weren't bad enough ('Monday'), their new branding is absolutely preposterous.
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June 05, 2002
The Alexis de Tocqueville 'Institution'
Open source invites terrorism - study:
The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, "a group purportedly devoted to the 'perfection of democracy' would, with a straight face, recommend the MCSE as a qualification for adult participation in a democratic economy superior to a university degree.
"Effective participation in the American political economy has always been substantially dependent upon an education that goes beyond basic verbal and mathematical skills," the author of this 'study' intones."
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