Slashdot Mirror
Exploring Antarctica
dargaud writes "There will soon be some firsts on the high Antarctic plateau: after getting 150km from it last year a Chinese expedition plans on reaching Dome A, the highest part of the Antarctic ice sheet (4200m), farthest to reach and coldest place on Earth, untrodden yet. Then in a few months the French-Italian station of Concordia at Dome C (3200m) will open year-round for its first winter-over, of which I will be part. The location of these ice domes make them great for atmospheric physics, glaciology, astronomy and more. Big projects are getting interested in Antarctica again, just in time for the International Polar Year of 2007, 50 years after the first one."
Oh never mind, I keep forgetting that no one bothered to see the movie!
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
Several years ago, we had a tom cat that would walk the fence next to our house at the same time, every day. We went out there early one morning and cut up some squares of packing tape, and put them on the fence upside down.
As soon as the cat came by, he stepped in a few pieces. Then he sat down to look at his paws. As soon as he did that, we let the dog out, which scared the cat. The cat jumped off the fence and tried to take off running, but it was on bricks so he couldn't really go anywhere.
It really did look like a Tom & Jerry cartoon. It's great fun for anyone who doesn't really care for cats.
The cat never came down that fence again, but we still saw him around the neighborhood for a while.