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Spacecraft 'Stardust' to Fly Through Tail of Comet |
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6:44 pm EST, Dec 30, 2003 |
] A spacecraft is on track to fly through the tail of a
] comet on Friday, collecting hundreds of specks of the
] primitive material from which the sun, the planets and
] all living creatures are made, NASA said. This is a mission I've been following closely, since it's another one that has my name aboard. :) Spacecraft 'Stardust' to Fly Through Tail of Comet |
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Mythic Entertainment Sues Microsoft |
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| Topic: Multiplayer Online Games |
6:09 pm EST, Dec 30, 2003 |
] Mythic Entertainment, best known for its ultra popular
] online role-playing game, Dark Age of Camelot, today
] filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for using the name
] "Mythica" for an upcoming Norse god themed game for the
] PC. Here's a GameSpy interview with Mark Jacobs, head of Mythic Entertainment, on the reasons for the lawsuit. IMHO, he's got a valid claim, and though he's one of my competitors, I wish him well on this one. Mythic Entertainment Sues Microsoft |
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Les sculptures de James Sanborn |
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| Topic: Cryptography |
2:26 pm EST, Dec 30, 2003 |
] James Sanborn n'en était pas à son coup d'essai, puisqu'il avait
] créé en 1990 une sculpture pour l'entrée du bâtiment principal de
] la CIA. Intitulée "Kryptos", cette oeuvre attend toujours d'être
] entièrement décryptée. A Kryptos page that I ran across, which is all in French, which brings the number of different languages writing about Kryptos & the Cyrillic Projector to three (the other language is Russian). I also got a kick out of the artwork at the top of this page, which is in an old Civil War cipher. I used to write messages in that cipher on my desk in high school math class. The real trip was when someone wrote back! :) Les sculptures de James Sanborn |
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| Topic: History |
4:58 pm EST, Dec 28, 2003 |
I love this site. It's a blog of someone who quotes and links news articles from post World War II, during the occupation of Germany. All of the same whining and complaining and finger-pointing that's going on now about Iraq ("There wasn't a plan," "the motives were wrong," "things aren't going as smoothly as they're supposed to," the sky is falling, etc.) were being said then, as well. Those who do not study history, are doomed to repeat it . . . The CounterRevolutionary |
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BBC News: Romania tackles rise in cyber-crime |
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| Topic: Technology |
9:47 am EST, Dec 27, 2003 |
] Internet crime could cost more than $200bn, say some
] experts. Most of it originates in the US but other like
] nations such as Romania are becoming hotbeds for online
] scamming More news about the problems originating from Eastern Europe. BBC News: Romania tackles rise in cyber-crime |
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Flash adventure game from Czech Republic |
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| Topic: Games |
1:58 pm EST, Dec 25, 2003 |
This is a fun little Flash program, where you have to help a guy rescue his world from destruction. Some of the pages may be slow to load if you don't have broadband, but even with dialup you can probably get through the whole thing in about an hour. Flash adventure game from Czech Republic |
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After Lord of the Rings, Director Peter Jackson's next project is re-make of 'King Kong' |
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| Topic: Movies |
11:09 pm EST, Dec 23, 2003 |
] King Kong will be filmed in New Zealand and is scheduled
] for release in 2005. English-born, Australian-raised
] actress Naomi Watts is expected to be among the starring
] cast, as well as several members of Jackson's Lord Of The
] Rings cast. After Lord of the Rings, Director Peter Jackson's next project is re-make of 'King Kong' |
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| Topic: Humor |
10:49 pm EST, Dec 23, 2003 |
] This is what happens when a person gets a brilliant idea
] and a little free time :) Christmas, Dilbert-Style |
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DeCSS Developer Cleared of DVD Piracy Charges in Norway |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
5:34 pm EST, Dec 22, 2003 |
] OSLO, Norway (Reuters) -- An Oslo appeal court cleared a
] 20-year-old Norwegian man of DVD piracy charges on Monday
] in a new setback for Hollywood studios which say
] unauthorized copying costs them billions of dollars a
] year.
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] The lower Oslo court also said in January prosecutors had failed
] to prove that Johansen's program -- called DeCSS -- had been used
] for illegal copying. Good news. :) DeCSS Developer Cleared of DVD Piracy Charges in Norway |
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Mars Express - European Spacecraft Streaks Toward Mars |
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| Topic: Science |
5:27 pm EST, Dec 22, 2003 |
] The Beagle 2 probe, named for the ship that carried
] naturalist Charles Darwin on his voyage of discovery in
] the 1830s, will scratch Mars' surface with a robotic arm
] to test for signs of organic matter. It is expected to
] transmit its first pictures from Mars to mission control
] early next month. It was launched just six months ago via a Russian Soyuz rocket, and is scheduled to attempt landing on Christmas Day. So far so good, but there is still so much that can go wrong. Only three other missions (to my knowledge) have managed a successful landing on Mars -- the two Viking landers in 1976, and the Pathfinder in 1997. Will Beagle be the fourth? Stay tuned . . . Mars Express - European Spacecraft Streaks Toward Mars |
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