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September 30, 2005
The Predator B, unmanned drone, has been deployed along the Arizona/Mexico border to help in the fight against illegal immigration. While I see this as great for an experiment, I think at $14 million a pop there are better solutions ...
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September 29, 2005
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said on Tuesday that he believes the whole shuttle and space station projects have been a mistake. He said that since the 70's and the retirement of the Apollo missions that NASA has not chosen the ...
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September 12, 2005
Starter Edition, Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition, Small Business Edition, Enterprise Edition and Ultimate Edition. Which edition or version of Windows will be right for you? Who the hell knows. In a greedy slap to the majority ...
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May 27, 2005
Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security secretary, said Thursday that he sees biometrics as the way of the future for identification when traveling. The current method is too flawed relying on simple names which are subject to misspellings, misidentification and fraud. The ...
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April 11, 2005
Japan has released an ambitious 20 year plan for its space program. It includes robotic and nanotech visits to the moon culminating in a moon landing by 2025. MSNBC Japan's space agency mapped out a new, ambitious plan for ...
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March 16, 2005
TiVo has been struggling and many people have forecast it's demise with the cable companies releasing their own DVR services and equipment. It now seems TiVo may survive as a software only company for enhanced DVR services. Forbes TiVo Inc., ...
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March 03, 2005
For those of you who don't see the history in this completion of a flight around the world without refueling let me put some things into perspective. Think back to the Egyptians in some small rags as they dragged a ...
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January 24, 2005
While it's exciting to see China going into space I still have reservations about them. They seem to have moved more towards capitalism, but there's still the issue of Taiwan and China saying they will crush them recently that gives ...
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Eighteen Talon robots (see description at The Foster-Miller Company) are being deployed to Iraq. These robots have been used previously in Bosnia and Afghanistan as well as for recovery missions at the World Trade Center after 9/11. Australian Broadcast ...
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January 11, 2005
This is just totally cool and it is a great idea. Edutainment has been around for awhile, but The Sims and it's following of players just seems like a perfect match for learning a new language. They speak gibberish on ...
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Posted by Digger at 09:34 AM
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20 Year Archive on Google Groups has 20 years of usenet postings. It is a quite impressive timeline of history including the first mention of AIDS, the fall of the Berlin wall, first mention of Britney Spears (in 1993!) and ...
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January 08, 2005
Anti-Americanism or financial hardship? You make the call. BBC Agency head Anatoly Perminov said US astronauts would be ferried to the ISS "on a commercial basis" from 2006. ... Roskosmos has single-handedly serviced the International Space Station since the suspension ...
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December 01, 2004
Wow! This is a really cool tool that could change the world. Imagine being able to find a digital video clip you need instantly. Google already has normal search, image search and even a search for shopping called froogle. Now ...
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October 28, 2004
There's an interesting discussion over at Slashdot about Project Gutenberg being served threatened with a lawsuit over Gone With The Wind. If you haven't been to Project Gutenberg, it's really awesome. You can download lots of books that have expired ...
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October 19, 2004
In an unprecedented move the crack troops at Google infiltrated a group of terrorists in Iraq and set free Australian Hostage John Martinkus. Martinkus, a journalist, was accused by the hostage takers of being a CIA agent. After watching the ...
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September 24, 2004
With all the hoopla over stem cell laws, a lot of people are forgetting their usefulness. Wired has an article that could change everything for those with macular degeneration, seniors and totally blind people. Scientists have derived retinal cells from ...
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Posted by Digger at 09:14 AM
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September 02, 2004
There.com was "an online getaway where you can hang out with your friends and meet new ones--all in a lush 3D environment that's yours to explore!" The real nature of There was to charge people real money to go online ...
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