Archive for November, 2002
Wednesday, November 6th, 2002
The mission of the Galileo space craft is nearing its end. According to New Scientist, Galileo is now in a radiation-induced safe mode.
... the harsh radiation it was exposed to as it neared Jupiter's surface caused the spacecraft to shut down all its systems and enter a "safe-mode". The unique ...
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2002
It sure will be nice to watch TV tomorrow evening without the mudslinging.
Tonight, it looks like Iowa has re-elected it's Democratic governor, Tom Vilsak. Despite the minor beefs I've had with his tech policies and practice, I'm happy with his re-election. The alternative was an aide to the previous governor ...
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Monday, November 4th, 2002
I think I can add to this thread and this one - "Signs You Need a De-Geeking Intervention."
22. Your dog growls at you when you step out of the backroom office.
23. Your co-workers leave phone message notes written in ones and zeroes, thinking you'll be more certain to read ...
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Monday, November 4th, 2002
A Brisbane, CA man who lived in a tree house for 12 years honored a country eviction order last week, following the lead of his ancestors in coming down from the trees.
The Associated Press notes that:
The couple lived in the tree for a dozen years, tending to the area and ...
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Monday, November 4th, 2002
Imagine the shock. Booking a hotel room for $250 a night, then being charged $25,000. Nando Times reports on a stunning credit processing error that affected roughly 26,000 guests of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Crown Plaza Hotels:
Betty Williams of Columbus, Ind., paid for two rooms Saturday at a ...
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2002
No one would have expected it. In fact, the Hawkeyes were picked by most to finish somewhere in the middle of the Big 10. This was supposed to be another rebuilding year, albeit a better one than we've had the past few seasons. Finishing as predicted wouldn't have made the ...
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2002
Maybe I'd missed this before, since I've never included keywords in my stories.
I've included a Related link at the bottom of each piece by leveraging the keywords function of Movable Type. This searches Google News for my keywords. If you haven't seen this, you can add the Google News search ...
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2002
Whether you like the ruling or not, you have to feel some small pang of sympathy for Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. The luck of the draw just wasn't on her side in this case.
According to The Nando Times, she'd recently purchased stock in Sun and other Microsoft-rival companies when she "won" ...
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Friday, November 1st, 2002
The Register is running an interesting article on two former French TV personalities who have managed publication of four papers in scientific journals. The problem is, they appear to be hoaxes.
To compound matters, no one in the theoretical physics field has been able to debunk them. Instead, readers of Usenet ...
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