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I think the problems with the food pyramid have less to do with "speculation" than with politics.

Tornados are a bitch. People would be well advised to learn about them and learn how to protect themselves before they have to adlib.

Tornados are a bitch. People would be well advised to learn about them and learn how to protect themselves before they have to adlib.

Yeah, I know, the answers are so obvious that even the popular press has noticed. For instance, the BBC recomending recomending against using Internet Explorer. For every article about the poor state of Microsoft security, there's a billion in M$ marketing. Every chance to get an opinion that's not paid for is worth taking.

My questions were purposfully simple. I want them to register with whatever question parser they have and include common keywords. Next question is "Does GNU Linux offer better security than Windows?" Wow, got both Linux and GNU keywords in that one.

Have you though of any better questions to ask The good man?

'Commercial Fishing' is actually the world's most dangerous job, closely followed by 'Timber Cutters and Loggers'.
Being a Soldier, Fireman, or Astronaut is not even in the Top 10.
Airline Pilots and Railroad Signal Operators are in there though.
Astronauts have a lot more in the way of glory and probably money than fishermen too.
You ask people who Neil Armstrong was. I bet a lot more people know that than know who Neil Kinnock was.
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AC, there may be many bright people in New York, but you are not one of them if you overlook this. Some of us might be interesed in asking pointed questions that millions of people will see when the sit in on the USA Today chat this particular consultant is about to have. My questions are, "Would you recomend free software, such as Debian or Red Hat, on the desktop?" and "What makes Microsoft software so insecure?" Other people here could have better questions.

I highly recomend everyone to go and post questions about free software solutions to security problems. The answers he provides will be seen by the chat crowd and may be turned into an article for printed USA Today. There are 750,000 Slashdotters all interested in free software and security? This interest should be reflected in the questions. Follow the link and submit as many good questions as you can think up.

What will they do? Why, they'll arrest them for "exercising authority which was not [theirs]."

Brad Templeton has previously argued that unsolicited email falls under the free speech rights enumerated by the US Constitution, and that sending UBE/UCE is legal. He also stated, "The free speech rights on ONE SINGLE PERSON outweigh the speech-prohibition rights of 49,999,999 others."

Interestingly, about six years later, spam costs US businesses an estimated $9B per year, including costs for increased hardware and software to handle the load, and has been estimated by the EU to globally cost recipients 10B per year just to download it all, all for delivery of unsolicited (and usually unwanted) advertisements.

One wonders if Mr. Templeton still believes this is a free speech issue.

Fine, make me Google all afternoon for the article:

These days, instead of asking for money, most developers place the products for free (if they can) or pay a company for the use of a logo (if they must).

The reason: Name brands enhance the realism of a game.

I'm not sure what you're quoting when you say "pinpoint accuracy." If you read my original post, all I said was that, according to this article, money often flows the opposite direction.

"Though pricing will be left to the companies that ultimately put their name on the device, Vulcan estimates its cost at $1,200 to $1,500."

Full article available here.

Ok, so whom is going to be the first to volunteer to put up their bail?

What's it worth to put your money where your music library is?

I think it should be Don Henley.... seriously.

but stores probably wouldn't bother buying product from you if you tried to tell them what to charge.
Record company price fixing in USA Today

And this is based on what facts and years of experience in economics? How about all the republicans who have voiced opposition to the tax cuts or allen greenspan's recommendation the tax cut is foolish and inappropriate given the current economic conditions. Does the president really think he knows better than 100's of experts who collectively have several hundreds years of experience with economics. For god sake, read both sides of the story and think for yourself. How about article by business week, usa today, capitalist mag, abc news, or washington times. there are articles for and against the tax cuts. Tax cuts are only good when spending is kept in check as others have stated. Trickle down economics doesn't work as the 80's proved. Finding a good balance is tough, and luckily the president has to convince the senate and congress.

And who will you believe? imdb or Ashton Kutcher? From the second article linked:

All rumors to the contrary, Kutcher says he hasn't seen a script for Seriously, Dude, Where's My Car?, adding, "It's nothing that I've attached myself to or am even planning to do."

Rumor-mongers.

Except for CNN and MSNBC mysteriously vanishing in favor of fox news

MSNBC is accomplishing that quite nicely on its own, thank you very much. And although the war has driven viewership of all three cable newsers up, the real losers have been the Old School "News By Appointment" telecasts on the broadcast nets. Check the ratings for the past three weeks. I mean, really, who wants to wait until the "Friends" re-runs are over to find out what is happening in Iraq?

News on TV -- Now, Today -- must be two things: Immediate, and Entertaining. If I want deep analyses and differing perspectives (and I do), I get them on the 'net. Twenty years ago I read the NY Post, Times, Daily News and my local Gannett paper every day. Now I read twice as much news from papers around the world, and I don't have to wash the newsprint off my hands afterwards. The broadcast outlets fail at providing those two criteria. Fox succeeds in spades, and their numbers are reflecting this.

The Fox News "phenomenon" is better understood not as a "right wing conspiracy" but a failure of one by the left wing that has been percolating for 30 years. It is, rather, the "mainstreaming" of the news. People "enjoy" seeing the news delivered by preenters who clearly share their perspective on the events they are reporting. This may not be good journalism, but it is turning out to be good television. Golly, who knew...?

They may not float your particular boats, but it does seem that a not insignificant majority of people in the US share views closer to those of O'Reilly and Hannity than of your average Ivy League University Latino Studies Profeessor. And Murdoch would be insane to ignore that fact. The broadcast news outlets have had their collective heads in the sand on this topic for years, and are now imperiled.

Better intelligence analysis is the solution. As we now know, the FBI had enough information to prevent 9/11. The problem was that no one was piecing the clues together. So the PATRIOT Act--which means a massive expansion in the quantity of info that the government collects--is NOT the solution. The solution is to better analyze the information that we have. Indeed, as anyone familiar with the concept of "white noise" will tell you, it can even be counteer-productive to be flooded with useless information. (How helpful is it for the government to compile information on what books people check out, for example?)

Not sure what this is about...topless women in leather pants. (SFW)

What's cooler than a Toyota Matrix, all decked out in racing stickers?

Oh yeah, baby...Matrix, the board game

How about the Matrix folding bike? Before or after

The Vic-20 fans out there might appreciate a look at the Matrix game for that platform.

Flashback to math class! Matrix multiplication!

So you see, taco, you're only limited by your imagination. Of course, that could be like saying your writing is limited by your spelling and grammar but still...maybe someone can help you come up with something better.

> As anyone who studies political science will tell
> you, a democracy only works well when you have an
> educated public.

That explains what Karl Rove (you know, Bush's brain) was thinking when he said, "As people do better, they start voting like Republicans--unless they have too much education and vote Democratic."

You can easily steer the country on the road to fascism all the while calling it "democracy," if your citizens don't know any better. Republicans have made no secret of their anti-academic views (e.g. they want to teach Biblical Creation in science class, and the current president probably hasn't even read a book since The The Very Hungry Caterpillar). Utimately, they want to replace our democracy with a plutocratic theocracy under their brand of Christianity. Sounds a little extreme, right? Well, Bush already believes that he was elected by God to lead this country.

Wow, this post is probably one sentence away from violating Godwin's law. I should have read my sig before posting.

I wanted to respond to several comments, not all by this person but I thought I'd try to get it all in here. First, tossing stuff out of the shuttle would be disasterous. NASA already tracks over 40,000 pieces of debris from spent rocket stages and dead satellites, all of which are a major hazard to the shuttle and anything else up there. Because of the speeds involved, even a paint flake becomes potentially dangerous. If it collides with the orbiter, it carries the punch of a 22 caliber bullet. In fact, the shuttles windows have already been hit with paint flakes and they have left pits. That is one of the reasons why the orbiter flys backwards while in space, to minimize exposure of oncoming debris from the crew cabin windows.

How would they have gotten rid of the science module? Columbia did not have it's remote arm to lift things out. And they cannot keep the payload doors open in lower oribt.

Someone else mentioned those "s" turns, I think it was with the idea that they could have somehow changed those to favor the left wing. Those s turns are very precise and are designed to reduce orbiter speed. They already plot a course for maximum reduction of speed and therefore exposure to higher temperatures. And trying to reduce heat by keeping the orbiter in a less steep descent would have been just as disasterous because it would have meant a longer period of time, even if in slightly lower temperatures. That was just as risky, and possibly more, than the descent carried out.

Someone else mentioned ditching the orbiter and saving the crew. How? Where would the crew go? Columbia was not outfitted to dock with the ISS, so that was out. There were no EVA suits on board so the astronauts could not go outside the orbiter. In fact, one of the reasons that KC was chosen for this flight was because it was a non EVA mission, because she was so small they had no suits to fit her. The crew couldn't leave, there was nowhere for them to go.

Another person criticized Ron Dittemore for not having the military take satellite images of the shuttle's wing. That was not a decision made solely by Ron. A group of engineers met repeatedly, all week, to discuss what to do about the issue of possible damage from the foam. For one thing, the military was already overtaxed trying to prepare for Iraq. Also, military experts did not feel that they could get any images that would show enough detail to be any help. Remember, it took a CAT scan to show the gaps in Atlantis' RCC.

And finally, on to the personel of NASA and the integrity of Ron Dittemore. I am sure that, like any other organization, there are those who would play politics and do things to protect their jobs. I do not believe this portrays most of NASA and I certainly don't believe it indicative of Ron Dittemore. Take a look at these articles about Ron:

Houston Chronicle story and this on in USA Today

Ron didn't come in to NASA from the management side, he is an engineer, and a darned good one, and a good guy altogether. Let's give him a chance. The orbiter is a very complex vehicle, as I am sure most of you know. Let's not see conspiracy everywhere and get lost in "what ifs" and "should have/could have" because in doing so, we could easily lose sight of fact. I don't think this is going to be a case of management vs engineers like Challenger. I don't know if any of you have read Richard Feynman's books, but he sat on the investigation board for the Challenger disaster. He commented that one of the hardest things to do, but that which they had to do, was put what ifs and suppositions out of their minds and try to deal with the facts.

Dittemore has never given anyone any reason to believe he will deliver less than the truth. I think the real enemies here are the politicans who have cut away at NASA's budget forcing people to not only work for less pay, but to even work overtime for free. These kind of people do this because they love what they are doing. Let's please give them a chance. Kathy

Below are parts of a USA Today Article which I think show that Ron Dittamore has done all he could in insuring the safety of NASA's people. Lets's not forget one of the astronauts that died in the accident was a personal friend of Ron Dittamore. I have heard a bit about what others at NASA think about Ron and Safety, one particular astronaut thinks he is too cautious. Most agree with what Joe Rothenberg, the former head of human space flight for NASA, said. "Ron did not let time pressures, peer pressure, political pressure, or any other pressure keep him from putting safety first ... He's very competent technically, managerially. Great leadership. Very thorough."

USA Today
In October 2000, shuttle program director Ron Dittemore minced no words when the liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery was delayed after workers found a loose metal pin near the external fuel tank.

"I don't want to sugarcoat it," he said, noting the dangers the pin could have posed during the launch. "There was a mistake here ... Our inspection teams should have spotted it earlier than they did today."

That kind of candid, straightforward approach -- and meticulous attention to safety -- are hallmarks of Dittemore's 25-year NASA career. Now, since Saturday, he has become the public face of the Columbia disaster while he leads the public briefings.

Dittemore also warned the media and public that "it's certainly possible that we'll contradict ourselves from day to day" as more data is examined.

Perfectly in character, say those who have worked with Dittemore.

Joe Rothenberg, the former head of human space flight for NASA, describes his former colleague as impervious to pressure. At least twice before, said Rothenberg, Dittemore took the lead in insisting on delaying flights for safety reasons. "Ron was at the forefront of taking charge, or making decisions, to take those timeouts," said Rothenberg. "Ron did not let time pressures, peer pressure, political pressure, or any other pressure keep him from putting safety first ... He's very competent technically, managerially. Great leadership. Very thorough."

And very human.

Tommy Holloway, who preceded Dittemore as head of the shuttle program, phoned him Monday. He found Dittemore wondering what more he and others could have been done to prevent the tragedy.

"He holds himself personally accountable," said Holloway, now retired. "He has a great deal of compassion and caring, and it's clear he has a great deal of anguish and compassion for the families."

Oh, and since you didn't manage to watch the news, let me catch you up on current events:

The bush administration bombed a crowded marketplace.

Looking for more to support your theory I found articles from USA Today, Time, and IOCOM.

USA Today also has a link to a very nice graphical representation of the sensor failures.

The Time article interestingly describes what the final moments may have been like on board for the astronauts. It appears there was another 2 Sec burst of data after contact was lost. Time states, "For 5 sec. after that, only computer data streamed down, and then all contact was lost. Finally, 25 sec. later, the ship crackled back online for just 2 sec., but the data packed into that brief burst told a chilling tale. According to the readings, the ship was in a flat, counterclockwise spin, moving at 20 per second, meaning it would complete a full rotation in 18 sec. Actually, Columbia was probably twirling faster than that, but 20 per second is as much as its systems could record, given that that's more than the ship could take. The data also suggest that Husband switched the spacecraft from autopilot to manual, evidently fighting to stabilize his spacecraft. There was no "Oh, shoot" this time."

IOCOM's FAQ is pack full of info. I have not had a chance to read it completely, but it does contain dialog that does mention "we bumped the stick earlier".

I have to agree with you that this may be one of the many things that when looked at alone would not have caused a catastrophic failure. I am very interested in what the final findings will be.

You forgot the fun part where Bush Sr. encouraged the Kurds to rise up against Saddam, and then stood by as Saddam crushed the revolution.

However, some conservatives seem to be coming around; see here and here.

No, you should be stopped, questioned as to why you are going so fast, and possibly arrested.

What if I'm doing 120 because I am not cognitively aware that I am going 120? Say, I'm drunk?

So, in my drunken stupor, I get photographed, and get a speeding ticket mailed to me three to six weeks later. But that night, after the picture was taken, I also mowed down 4 pedestrians and fled the scene. Now, is it possible that someone down at traffic control will realize it's the same car? Sure, possibly.

Nice consolation for the families of the 4 dead.

Traffic cameras are a bad idea. They don't stop someone from breaking the law, they just collect fees for the government. It also seems to shift the burden of proof: the fact that your car was photographed means it was you, and now you have to take the time to prove it wasn't, rather than the other way around.

Scenario: bad mailing address attached to the license on the car. If this supposed driver had a hope of never being pulled over by a person, he could just keep on driving, no insurance, no worries about a revoked license. With cameras "making the bust," all he has to do is be hard for the cameras to locate for prosecution. Just think of the number of violations he'd have to accumulate before it became serious enough to warrant a concerted search.

Scenario: your white minivan's license plate is swapped with another white minivan's plate. Someone else does the speeding, you get the ticket, and the hassle of proving it's not your car. Think those cameras can resolve VIN numbers?

Anyway, nevermind the arguments against cameras. As long as they are keeping our streets safer, right?

Old news, but so was Washington's, and the US Supreme Court let it stand.

OT, but the Microsoft-sponsored gutting of Washington's antispam law is all but dead.

Perhaps you have a credible source that claims the numbers are lower?

Shortly before the war begins, Delta Force commandos, many of them wearing camouflage, are expected to be dropped by Black Hawk helicopters to pre-selected sites on the outskirts of Baghdad, Pentagon officials say. Knowing the Iraqis will expect them, they plan to deploy at night. Soon after they arrive, they plan to hack into and shut down Iraq's communications and power facilities using laptop computers -- a standard tactic in recent military operations.

hmmm...
psyops perhaps?

the article

According to this on USA Today The rumours of Tobey's non appearance in the second Spidey film are greatly exaggerated.

According to this on USA Today The rumours of Tobey's non appearance in the second Spidey film are greatly exaggerated.

Not only would it further Lindows' pursuit of capturing the Linux end-user desktop market, it would also be yet another opportunity for him to get Lindows in the news. MS is already suing the company over their us of the name "Lindows"; this would allow him to pool resources with the XPde team and possibly really win big (not just the use of the word, but also the look & feel).

Of course, we'd also have to put up with another article with his mugshot in it. Why does he always do that?

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technolog y/maney/2003-02-25-maney_x.htm

The Case For OpenOffice

Secretaries use Linux, taxpayers save millions (part 1 of 2)

Largo loves Linux more than ever (part 2 of 2)

How To Run a Microsoft-Free Shop

Reasons to Avoid Microsoft (summary and links)

Microsoft loses showdown in Houston

Making a Living Saving the Government Money

Those are just some of the articles I've saved. If you wade thru a /. search, you may find more. I found those particularly interesting because some of them give details of companies or goverment agencies who have moved to Linux (away from MS), and their difficulties and successes doing so.

Seems GM is switching their attention to Hydrogen, according to an article about a week ago. That could explain this move too.

Here was an example of what happened to Virginia Beach... they have to do a search in 3600 computers and buy the licenses that they not found (not because they had not buyed it, just because they can't find them in that moment). All that funny stuff costs to the city US$80.000. Extrapolating to every city and company of USA you maybe could reach close to the "billons" number.

Today also I saw this article on how BSA/Microsoft is checking companies, and just to check that you are ok you could have to spend money (and more if you can't find every single piece of license you buyed in your history).

This USA Today account of a small business owner that went through license flogging, a fine, then wiping clean and starting fresh with open source software.

Your right.. Bribery and coercion goes a long way.

Oh and don't forget China.

Bribery


Q Ari, in Mexico, the President will continue to call President Fox to pressure him to change his mind against -- and to vote in the Security Council? What Mexico can get from the United States if it votes yes for the resolution that was presented by this country?

MR. FLEISCHER: First of all, this entire matter will be dealt with in a matter of diplomacy and logic and expressions of our position. And nations then will be in a position as sovereigns to evaluate that information. This is why the Security Council is set up with 10 members who rotate on to the Council. This is a moment for 10 nations that would not typically be on the Security Council to have their moment, as part of the international community's regimes to enforce peace and to fight proliferation.

Q But Mexico can get something from the United States, from the President --

MR. FLEISCHER: This is a time -- no, the President is not offering quid pro quos. This is a time for nations to do what they estimate is the right thing to do to promote the peace.

Q Ari, just to follow up on Mexico. Is it true that the administration is willing to give Mexico some sort of immigration agreements like amnesty or guest worker program, to assure the Mexican vote, as the French press is pointing out today and is quoting, actually, two different diplomats from the State Department?

MR. FLEISCHER: No, it's exactly as I indicated, that we have, on this issue, a matter of diplomacy and a matter of the merits. We ask each nation on the Security Council to weigh the merits and make a decision about war and peace. And if anybody thinks that there are nations like Mexico, whose vote could be bought on the basis of a trade issue or something else like that, I think you're giving -- doing grave injustice to the independence and the judgment of the leaders of other nations.

Q -- the French press is quoting actually two different diplomats from the United States State Department that -- they're highlighting that the United States is giving some sort of agreements or benefits to Colombia -- and other non-members of the Security Council --

MR. FLEISCHER: I haven't seen the story. And you already have the answer, about what this will be decided on. But think about the implications of what you're saying. You're saying that the leaders of other nations are buyable. And that is not an acceptable proposition. (Laughter.)


Coercion


Countries have learned to fear Washington's wrath over key U.N. votes. When Yemen, along with Cuba, cast the only negative votes against a U.N. resolution in 1990 authorizing the Gulf War, Washington almost immediately withdrew a $70 million aid package to Yemen. Immediately after the vote in the Security Council chamber, a U.S. official was overheard telling Yemen's ambassador, ''That will be the most expensive 'no' vote you ever cast.''


Lobbying to secure the support of six nations from a group of seven that remain on the fence, President Bush is sending diplomats across Africa, making personal calls to Chile, and entertaining Bulgaria's premier. For the seven countries in the spotlight -- Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Guinea, Mexico, and Pakistan -- a yes vote could mean more US aid, more US trade, and Washington's help on a score of issues.

More Coercion:


US bullies Security Council members

uploaded 25 Feb 2003

United Nations- Senior U.S. officials have been quietly dispatched in recent days to the capitals of key Security Council countries where they are warning leaders to vote with the United States on Iraq or risk "paying a heavy price."
For some of the countries, such as Angola, Guinea and Cameroon - poor African nations whose concerns drew little attention before they landed seats on the council - there is the possibility that supporting Washington's drive for a new U.N. resolution authorizing war may reap benefits down the line.
"For a long time now, we have been asking for help to rebuild our country after years of war," said Angolan Ambassador Ismael Gaspar Martins. "No one is tying the request to support on Iraq but it is all happening at the same time."
Angola's president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, met in Luanda Thursday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Walter Kansteiner, who was diverted from a trip to South Africa to meet with the leaders of the council's three African nations.
"In Africa, the message is simple: Time is running out and we think they should support us," said one U.S. diplomat on condition of anonymity.
The United States and Britain plan to submit their resolution to the Security Council this week and will ask for a vote by the middle of March.
In the meantime, the State Department has sent some of its top people to the world's capitals to lobby for support even as President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell and British Prime Minister Tony Blair work the phones. The Bush administration has also recruited the leaders of Australia and Spain to help push for votes.
"The order from the White House was to use 'all diplomatic means necessary,' " another U.S. diplomat said. "And that really means everything."
In the past three weeks, the administration has sent Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman and Kim Holmes, the assistant secretary of state for international organizations, to Mexico City.
Mexican diplomats described the visits as hostile in tone and complained that Washington was demonstrating little concern for the constraints of the Mexican government, whose people are overwhelmingly opposed to a war with Iraq.
"They actually told us: 'Any country that doesn't go along with us will be paying a very heavy price,' " said one Mexican diplomat.
To get its resolution through, the United States must secure nine votes in the 15-member council while preventing France, Russia or China - which are pushing for continued weapons inspections - from using their vetoes. The United States and Britain hold the two other vetoes.
While Washington and London believe they already have the necessary authorization to forcefully disarm Iraq, many key allies - Turkey included - have said a new resolution would help them overcome opposition at home.
But so far, Washington is at least five votes short with support guaranteed only from Britain, Spain and Bulgaria.
Since both Germany and Syria have said they would not support the resolution, and Pakistan is almost certain to abstain, the United States must persuade the African trio as well as Chile and Mexico to vote yes. Otherwise, the resolution will fail.
Diplomats said there was little the Bush administration could use to scare or entice Mexico now since it does not receive U.S. aid and the one thing it had wanted most - legalizing the status of undocumented Mexicans in the United States - was taken off the table more than a year ago.

Source:cleveland.com / Associated Press


I could go on and on.

It looks like this is exactly the question that the person doing the work is trying to ask. The Community Connections Project outlines the nature of the research that they are doing. It's part of the Center for Refecltive Community Practice which seems to be doing a number of interesting projects combining community and technology. Oh and USA Today also ran a story on this and other community networks last November.

It looks like this is exactly the question that the person doing the work is trying to ask. The Community Connections Project outlines the nature of the research that they are doing. It's part of the Center for Refecltive Community Practice which seems to be doing a number of interesting projects combining community and technology. Oh and USA Today also ran a story on this and other community networks last November.

Here's an article on this. The article title gets the point across pretty clearly: "New technology could cut down on whistleblowing". Think Enron, WorldCom, cigarette companies, etc... .

It seems that this technology would be pretty valuable for terrorists, no? This is a child pornographer's dream. You want to run a second set of books so you can pay less taxes, use the new MS Office. How exactly will law enforcement do legitimate searches? A lot of the arguments made against strong crypto by the government would seem better aimed at DRM.

Keep in mind that mobsters have been jailed even though they used strong crypto because the government tapped their keyboards (after obtaining legitimate warrents to do so) and sniffed their keys. Do we REALLY want to allow a system where the machine prevents us from gathering such evidence? How would you like to receive a death threat from a mobster via email and be unable to prove it to the police?

Do you think there's such a thing as unbreakable encryption?

Why should I have doubt, when there's already Unbreakable Software out there?

1. The tanks were nearly empty. This was at an _END_ of a mission. Granted there may have been reserves on board, but what needed to be used was used. The main engines were dry, and what was left was purely maneuvering fuel.
   
2. The percentage of the total mass of the shuttle that the fuel occupied is very small. Most of what feel were structural components.
   
3. Considering the number of pieces the Columbia broke into, it doesn't seem likely that any of the tanks survived intact, aka sealed.
   
4. Heat. IIRC, the shuttle broke up at Mach 18. It turned into a fireball that streaked through the sky. It is logical to assume that much of the fuel had burned away (or chemically changed) once it contacted the plasma around the vehicle.
   
5. Wind. Skydivers jumping from 10,000 feet (2 miles) experience wind above 100 mph. The shuttle hit the atmosphere at supersonic speeds. Any remaining liquid would likely evaporate during the fall. Even if the liquid boils at 500C, the speeds at which the components were traveling would create dynamic pressures so low that any liquid in contact with the boundary layers would evapaorate. In short, liquids traveling at that speed would cavitate. Simpler reason: the liquid would blow off.
   
6. IIRC, the shuttle broke up 20 miles above the earth. According to standard atmospheric tables, the air pressure would be 0.32" Hg, 1% of that at sea level. Lower air pressure makes it easier for liquids to evaporate.
   

Actually the budget is being increased by 6.6%
as opposed to the planned 13%. In newspeak
this translates to budget cuts.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-01-14-spe nding-usat_x.htm

Another analogy would be living(?) in North Korea.
Until they escape their reality, they don't know any better.

Sure it's possible. The RIAA has been sued and lost before: Just recently they lost a case for CD price fixing.

But that really had nothing to do with why CD sales are down. Sales are down because of lecherous teenagers.

I love the part in the article linked to where the ClearPlay CEO talks about watching movies with his kids and being uncomfortable with the language. Excuse me? You're watching R-rated movies with your kids and you all are uncomfortable with the language? Here's a tip: watch G-rated movies. That's what the rating system is for. Here's another tip: don't let your kids watch anything but G-rated movies if you don't want them hearing bad language. It works in my household.

Then there's the part in the ZDNet article about "Hollywood shouldn't force its paying customers to watch those scenes." Excuse me? Last time I checked, Hollywood has not forced me to watch anything. If you don't like nudity and violence in your movies, don't watch R-rated movies. It's simple.

To the real issue, though, it seems that there is no difference between CleanFlix and ClearPlay. Both want to profit by creating derivative works of copyrighted material. ClearPlay isn't some magical filter that automatically detects bad language and lots of flesh. It is a subscription service that will filter out movies that they have "edited". Same thing, different approach. Expect Hollywood to smack them down.

Use the rating system folks. It's your friend.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-01-28-cdc -bioterror_x.htm CDC mointoring system will serve early waning.

It's puppy love New robotic dog growing in popularity.

An eye on bioterror CDC monitoring system will serve as early warning.

Film at 11

What???? Still no repeats??? No bad grammar or poor spelling? No tossed assumptions? How can that be?

It's puppy love New robotic dog growing in popularity.

An eye on bioterror CDC monitoring system will serve as early warning.

Film at 11

What???? Still no repeats??? No bad grammar or poor spelling? No tossed assumptions? How can that be?

Satellite radio shifts into high gear

The USA's two satellite radio providers, which were struggling to hold on last fall, appear to have turned a corner toward survival. They've been helped by a slew of new vehicles that will offer factory-installed systems and by an infusion of new long-term financing.

Turner steps down from AOL Media giant posts $45B loss

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Satellite radio shifts into high gear

The USA's two satellite radio providers, which were struggling to hold on last fall, appear to have turned a corner toward survival. They've been helped by a slew of new vehicles that will offer factory-installed systems and by an infusion of new long-term financing.

Turner steps down from AOL Media giant posts $45B loss

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