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A Nuclear Ruse Uncovers Holes in U.S. Security - New York Times |
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8:08 pm EDT, Jul 12, 2007 |
Undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed for a so-called dirty bomb.
Wow... A Nuclear Ruse Uncovers Holes in U.S. Security - New York Times |
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FCC Chairman Wants Winner Of Wireless Auction To Allow Outside Devices, Applications -- FCC |
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4:44 pm EDT, Jul 11, 2007 |
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants the winner of the auction for 22 MHz of spectrum to allow the use of any wireless device and application as long as it doesn't interfere with the network, an FCC official has confirmed.
This may not be the right solution but at least Martin understands that the status quo isn't so great. FCC Chairman Wants Winner Of Wireless Auction To Allow Outside Devices, Applications -- FCC |
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Compromise Measure Aims to Limit Global Warming - New York Times |
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1:48 pm EDT, Jul 11, 2007 |
Influential senators from both parties, backed by unions and some large electrical utilities, will unveil a new global warming proposal on Wednesday that could form the basis of a climate change compromise that has so far eluded Congress.
Compromise Measure Aims to Limit Global Warming - New York Times |
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2:15 pm EDT, Jul 8, 2007 |
noteworthy wrote:
Glenn Gould Playing the Goldberg Variations. It's 47 minutes long, but you may find it difficult to stop.
Yeah, this is from the 1981 recording made months before he died of a stroke. You can buy the dvd on amazon. RE: Goldberg Variations |
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IBM 1401 Mainframe, the Musical |
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4:25 pm EDT, Jun 29, 2007 |
When IBM chief maintenance engineer J�hann Gunnarsson started tinkering with the IBM 1401 Data Processing System, believed to have been the first computer to arrive in his native Iceland in 1964, he noticed an electromagnetic leak from the machine's memory caused a deep, cellolike hum to come from nearby AM radios. It was a production defect but, captivated, amateur musician Gunnarson and his colleagues soon learned how to reprogram the room-size business workhorse's innards to emit melodies that rank amongst the earliest in a long line of Scandinavian digital music.
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Groklaw - GPLV3 - Live at Noon |
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4:23 pm EDT, Jun 29, 2007 |
Just a reminder that FSF will stream live footage of Richard Stallman announcing GPLv3 at noon (EDT) at www.fsf.org so if you are a tech history buff, this is for you. If you need to get a converter to run Ogg Theora, you can here. For the Mac OSX here. And here it is, along with LGPLv3.
Groklaw - GPLV3 - Live at Noon |
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