|
|
|
|
|
|
- Security Tips for Traveling with Tech Gear [Slashdot] |
|
|
|
- Still no contact with Beagle 2. A second attempt to contact the British-built Beagle 2 Mars lander failed on Thursday... [spacetoday.net] |
|
|
|
- Chris De Herrera of CEWindows.Net has some thoughts on what's next for the Pocket PC: higher resolution displays, Pocket PCs with clamshell designs (like Sony's... |
|
|
|
- Chris De Herrera of CEWindows.Net has some thoughts on what's next for the Pocket PC: higher resolution displays, Pocket PCs with clamshell designs (like Sony's... |
|
|
|
- Oklahoma State University, like many schools, offers a degree in hotel and restaurant administration. Unlike many schools, O-State has its own hotel. And after a year of renovations and upgrades,... |
|
|
|
- I haven't badmouthed any spammers lately, for which I apologize. In the meantime, feel free to mock Charles Gibson, PO Box 19180, Denver, Colorado 80219, who operates something called discount-phentermine.biz... |
|
|
|
- Joulunpyhät sujuivat melko rauhallisesti Suomessa. Suurilta katastrofeilta vältyttiin. Vakavin onnettomuus sattui tapaninpä |
|
|
|
- Newsmark. Refdesk.com has links to every newspaper home page in the world. Very handy. A huge set of lists, though I'm already at least one missing paper: |
|
|
|
- "Getting to the Source: The curious evolution of reporters' privilege." Slate has just posted online this Jurisprudence essay by Stephen Bates. |
|
|
|
- North Korea still won't release the families of those people the regime kidnapped from Japan in the 1970s. How can anyone hesitate to call that regime evil? How can anyone blame its behavior on President Bush? I just don't understand how some people can ignore the truth staring them in the face. |
|
|
|
- El petrel de la tormenta de Nueva Zelanda que se creía desaparecido desde hacía 150 años parece haber retornado a Nueva Zelanda. En enero de 2003 se obtuvo una fotografía del mismo, aunque muchos dijeron que era cuestionable. Ahora, dos británicos, Bryan Thomas, fotógrafo profesional, y su amigo Blob Flood, escritor, dicen que no hay duda. Estaban en Nueva Zelanda para escribir un artículo para el web de ornitología Swarovki Birding (de pago, por lo que es absurdo dar su dirección). Estaban en un bote cerca de la 'pequeña barrera' cuando vieron entre 20 y 30 petreles, entre ellos uno extraño. |
|
|
|
- Se ha confirmado lo que se sospechaba, un caso del mal de las vacas locas en una vaca de del estado de Washington. Se sospechaba de un animal. Se envió su carne a un laboratorio del Reino Unido que ha confirmado el hecho. Nada más saberse la noticia los valores estadounidenses que tienen que ver con la carne de vaca han bajado considerablemente; por ejemplo los futuros sobre carne de vaca y McDonalds han descendido lo máximo que puede hacerse en un día. |
|
|
|
- El segundo intento de comunicación con la Beagle 2, con el radiotelescopio de Jodrell Bank no ha funcionado. Los científicos de la misión no han perdido del todo la esperanza pero pocas dudas hay de que las probabilidades de que esa parte de la Misión Mars Express haya fracasado. Al parecer Marte estaba surcado por tremendas tempestades de polvo que pueden haber acabado con el 'aterrizador'. Nasa con la Mars Odyssey tratará de establecer contacto hasta el 3 de enero. -¿Por qué hasta esa fecha? |
|
|
|
- Ha pasado la hora en la que la Beagle 2 tenía que habernos enviado hacia la Tierra la 'melodia' de llegada que había compuesto para la ocasión el grupo de rock llamado Blur. Tenía que haber aterrizado a las 3:54 HCT. Se esperaba que abriera los paneles solares y que estuviera un poco más de tres horas y media cargando las baterías, tras lo cual debía mandar la música de Blur. La señal debía ir hasta la nave americana Mars Odyssey que era la encargada de retransmitirla a la Tierra. |
|
|
|
- La Mars Express ya está en órbita marciana. Sin noticias de la Beagle 2 El día de Navidad estaba lleno de emociones para la Agencia Espacial Europea: tenían que realizar dos maniobras de alto riesgo. La primera era el aterrizaje de la Beagle 2 en la superficie marciana y la segunda la puesta en órbita de la Mars Express. A las 5: |
|
|
|
- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625-1712) fue un astrónomo francés nacido en Italia. También se le conoce como Jean Dominique, por aquello de que era francés. Descubrió cuatro de las lunas de Saturno (Dione, Japeto, Rea y Tetis). Llegó a ser el director del Real Observatorio de París. Es el patriarca de una importante familia de científicos. |
|
|
|
- Duncan Ferguson has handed Everton a lifeline at Old Trafford in the 90th minute. |
|
|
|
- Bolton have scored a consolation goal five minutes from time at Anfield. |
|
|
|
- An exterminator received a call from a client that they had |
|
|
|
- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Slashdot | Reflecting on Linux Security in 2003. LogError writes "Here's a look at some interesting happenings with Linux security in 2003 with comments by Bob Toxen (one of the 162 recognized developers of Berkeley UNIX and author of "Real World Linux Security" |
|
|
|
- Nice guide to polyamory, not that I would know. |
|
|
|
- "Israeli engineer Adrian Dvir says the giant spider aliens have convinced Hussein they were sent from Allah to help Islam defeat the infidels but, in reality, the dictator is merely a tool for the evil spiders, who are planning to kill all Muslims after t |
|
|
Oh Pervez (Dec 26 2003 16:54 GMT) - Some folks really seem pretty determined to kill Pakistan's president. As expressed previously in this space, I have no idea whatsoever of how we ought to deal with the world's very serious Pakistan problem or, in turn, with Pakistan's own... |
|
|
|
- This week, advisories were released for ethereal, XFree86, BIND, and apache. The distributors include Fedora, Mandrake, NetBSD, and Red Hat. [NewsForge] ...John |
|
|
oh boy (Dec 26 2003 16:52 GMT) - I'm running a nice intermediate between very tired and exhausted. I had to get up this morning at 7 to take Debbie to the airport. Now I've had about a two-hour interlude here at home where I've tried to nap...now... |
|
|
|
- According to this Datacomm press release on the 3G market the Number One reason mobile phone subscribers will upgrade to third generation wireless services is to download, stream, and swap short videos. That is one of the conclusions of 'Mobile Movies: the Market for Short Videos on Small Screens', a market report released on Sept. 11 2003 by Datacomm Research Company. more Competitive Edge reports |
|
|
|
- The OEM Microsoft Office v.X Standard Edition costs $269.49 at MegaMacs.com. That's $10 off our last mention and the lowest price we know to be... |
|
|
|
- Coldwater Creek takes 50% off everything it sells with no minimum required. ColdwaterCreek.com carries women's clothes, shoes, and accessories. Offer...(more) |
|
|
|
- dear Rhye, I had no intention to be rude, just ribbing. Anyhow I'm running radio on a Mac clamshell ibook paris special edition 466mhz G3 MacOSX Panther 10.3.1 [my other computer is a Filofax] Radio is running via Netscape 7.1 no firewall or proxies my user number is: |
|
|
|
- As if it wasn't enough that radical environmentalism brought us the massive California forest fires of a few months ago, we are now dealing with the mudslides resulting from those fires. We need more logging, we need more thinning, and we need to stop the tree huggers. |
|
|
se7en (Dec 26 2003 16:49 GMT) - Short crime stories in Bulgarian hereA translation:A short crime story:Everything started with a midnight's telephone ring. I picked up the phone - they had dialed the wrong number.A very short crime story: |
|
|
|
- · A tryst in the men's room of the NY Public Library was unnecessarily disrupted by the premiere party of... |
|
