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Department of Defense Gadget Show
blackp writes "DefenseLINK has an article about Force Protection Equipment Demonstration IV. This year they had over 2,600 gadget and equipment for defense and government agencies. The list includes kevlar suits, body heat camo, a RoBoCop Suit, even biometric identification. Some pictures are available, although somewhat limited. This show seems perfect for the geek with a big budget." Or the government with a big budget. Still, some neat things on display.
i recently read about disposable dvds. apparently you can get movies on disposable digital video discs now. they last like 48hrs after you open/play it. sounds like a cool way to see whether or not you like a movie.
the inflatable barbara's?
No, he thinks it shouldn't be much stronger than it needs to be, as it is now, and I hope it thinks that it shouldn't be wasting money trying to keep track of all your purchases at the neglect of building better systems to help all people learn additional languages.
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Much in the way that AOL forced Nullsoft to pull their nascent "Gnutella" technology when it first came out, it appears AOL has once again forced Nullsoft to yank distribution of their "Waste" secure P2P-based file sharing and messaging software.
Slashdot.org announced [slashdot.org] the product this morning, and by afternoon it is officially gone from the Nullsoft site.
Fortunately, the Internet routes around censorship and the software is still available here [str8dog.com] (along with an interesting chat forum on the subject) and, undoubtedly, in other places around the net.
It's likely that the source and binaries for this much-needed freedom-inducing GPLed [gnu.org] software will be making an appearance on a freesite [sourceforge.net] at some point in the not-so-distant-future.
Yes folks, history, once again, repeats itself.
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The state legislature in Concord has completed action on a bill to wipe Mount Clay off maps of the Presidential Range in the White Mountains and write in Mount Reagan. The bill now goes to Governor John Sununu for his signature.
The peak is about a mile from Mount Washington, the highest mountain in the Northeastern United States.
Supporters say it is a fitting memorial for Reagan, since Henry Clay, the mountain's namesake, was never a president. Other mountains in the range are: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Eisenhower and Pierce.
76th PROSTTTT???
I was thinking of the next BattleBots champion. It is impressive...