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SHITHAPPENS
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Leichenwagen verlor Toten auf Autobahn (Oct 29 2003 11:08 GMT) - Diese Verkehrsnachricht dürfte ziemlich einmalig sein: Bei einem Unfall mit einem Leichenwagen auf der A 40 Richtung Venlo wurde ein Toter auf die Fahrbahn geschleudert. ¬> |
North Georgia Dogma
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Something to consider (Oct 29 2003 11:08 GMT) - For all the folks out there (and there are plenty, and you know who you are) who are keen on chest-thumping the notion that it's okay for them to publicly profess their hatred for Bush because it's his "policies" that they wrap their consternations around,... |
Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com
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Skeletons Unearthed in South Africa (Oct 29 2003 11:08 GMT) - Hundreds of human skeletons dumped in a trench were unearthed during construction at Cape Town's waterfront shopping complex, researchers said Wednesday. David Halkett, an archaeologist at the University of Cape Town, said it appeared the skeletons had been moved in the 19th century from other graves to make way for some kind of development. |
tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD
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EU: Deutschland wieder Defizitsünder (Oct 29 2003 11:08 GMT) - Deutschland wird nach einer Prognose der EU-Kommission auch 2004 gegen den Euro-Stabilitätspakt verstoßen. Danach beläuft sich die Neuverschuldung Berlins im nächsten Jahr auf 3,9 Prozent des Bruttoinlandprodukts (BIP) und liegt damit zum dritten Mal in Folge über den maximal zulässigen drei Prozent. |
Samizdata.net
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SpaceShipOne back in the air (Oct 29 2003 11:07 GMT) - Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne was dropped from the mothership at 46000 feet for its fourth glide flight on October 17th, after undergoing minor aerodynamic alterations to correct problems discovered during the third flight on September 23rd. The turn around was faster than I'd expected. As they are now testing the preliminaries to engine ignition, I expect the first in-air engine startup will happen within the next few flights. According to Scaled Composites, the flight objectives were:... |
Dubium sapientiae initium
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Im Wandel der Zeit (Oct 29 2003 11:07 GMT) - Es ist schon erstaunlich (und amüsant); was früher als Porno-Cover Aufsehen erregt hat, bekommt man heutzutage im Vormittagsprogramm der Privaten zu sehen - fragt sich, wo das hinführen soll. Einen Besuch ist die X-RATED COLLECTION allerdings allemal wert.... |
North Georgia Dogma
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Oof! (Oct 29 2003 11:06 GMT) - Hardly anyone knew the hot-streak the Marlins would generate beginning on May 15th, but in a column titled "Problems go beyond Torborg", a prominent writer shows us exactly how wrong a so-called 'expert' can be when they determine what will probably take place: Jeff Torborg... |
Site Concept Scan
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Dotson Back in Texas to Face Murder Charge (Oct 29 2003 11:06 GMT) - (US) School investigators said two players had received improper financial aid and employees did not properly report some players' failed drug tests. [$drug_related(50%), $drugwar_propaganda(50%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
jill/txt
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second hand words (Oct 29 2003 11:05 GMT) - I've just written my first recommendation for a student. She's a wonderful student, so it's a pleasure, and it's just to the faculty so she'll get a bit of funding to go to a conference she's impressively enough had a... |
JD Hodges
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Woohoo! Smart and Happy Times (Oct 29 2003 11:04 GMT) - Woah this day is turning out hardcorely good! I heard some uber-pimpin news from Brandy today including stuff about some of her thoughts on healthy eating and living :-) She may post it on her site so I will refrain from listing the super-rockin' detai |
Enhyper
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ICE - The Internet Communications Engine (Oct 29 2003 11:03 GMT) - Welcome to ZeroC The Internet Communications Engine (Ice) is a modern alternative to object middleware such as CORBA™ or COM/DCOM/COM+. Ice is easy to learn, yet provides a powerful network infrastructure for demanding technical applications. Ice shines where technologies such... |
Objective
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Futures keynote? (Oct 29 2003 11:03 GMT) - I'm about to head out to Rick Rashid's keynote; I'm quite enthusiastic about it. Rick delivered a keynote entitiled "Rethinking the modern operating system" about a year ago at the Emerging Technology Conference; |
Burlington Times News
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Farmer's legacies honored by BCC (Oct 29 2003 11:02 GMT) - A farmer who passed away earlier this year wanted to make sure knowledge would be cultivated where his corn once grew, so he snubbed offers from developers and instead sold his property to Burlington County College. |
Jobserve Search: smart card
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My client who is a ... (Oct 29 2003 11:02 GMT) - My client who is a global player in the Smart Card industry is looking for a Smart Card security specialist. You will be highly technical and able to translate customer requirements or market trends in to technical specifications and designs. You will enjoy working within a small team giving you a good overview of the company and exposure in the industry. This is a customer facing role that will demand a high technical exposure ideally you will have Smartcard design experience in a customer Type: Permanent Location: |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Is required on a POST? (Oct 29 2003 11:02 GMT) - I've kicked off what I intend to be a series of discussions leading up... to the creation of a validation test suite for Atom implementors with... the following question on the atom-syntax mailing list: Is content... required on a POST? |
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