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Slashback: Summer, Sail, Sex Offenders
A new definition for optimism. Rei writes "According to a weblog entry from the Planetary Society, it appears that Cosmos 1 - the world's first controlled solar-sail spacecraft - has been found. The data is still tentative, but they have detected evidence of the spacecraft's signal in multiple tracking stations. There is a chance that it is in the wrong orbit, but it appears to be up there. This is after it was reported that the Volna rocket that launched it lost an engine after 83 seconds, and many had assumed that the craft was lost."
The power of the tag can only grow with time. An Anonymous reader writes "Saw your coverage of YubNub - I've been playing with a similar tool for a while that might interest your readers. It's called Ambedo and works in a way that you can tag search engines or bookmarks with a bookmarklet (you can also enter them manually if you want to). These are then added to you own tag directory. You then access these tags by typing them in a search box -- but all the matching is done client-side in javascript. It also has nice features like matching IP addresses, domain names, FedEx packages, calculator in the search box and so on."
If you like it so much, why don'tcha marry it? Mad Merlin writes "Groklaw has an interview with Chris DiBona of Google with regards to their Summer of Code program (as previously covered here). When asked why Google is doing the SoC program, Chris responds, 'It is simple: We love open source. A great number of Googlers have and are donating their 20% time to the open source efforts that we're doing.'"
Just kidding! scotty777 writes "Japan plans to give up its bid to have the world's first nuclear fusion reactor built in Aomori Prefecture. Japan Today reports the government decision, which means that the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) site decision can be made. Japan Times reports that the government announced the decision by saying 'it plans to back down [from the Aomori site proposal] if the European Union stands firm on bringing the project to Cadarache, in southern France.'"
Surely this won't cause any controversy. davenaffis writes "Here's a little site I developed that uses Google Maps to map sex offenders. Only Washington, D.C. data is available right now, but I'll be adding more states soon."
The Solar Sail was lost due to no wind in space?
I heard it was transmitting this:
4 8 15 16 23 42
It was just on a three-hour tour...
(There's gotta be a better Gilligan joke in all of this, I just can't think of it now.)
Was deemed Carnival Cruise Line's least effective tag line of last year's ad campaign.
You should colour code for females.
You know those girl put out.
Pretty Pictures!
In Soviet America, Sex Offenders map YOU!
The idiot mapper.
So far only 1 idiot is listed there, but it is the biggest idiot on this planet.
Great job on the sex offender map. Now somebody get started on the slut map, please. Start with the Chicago area?
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
i was looking around on the sex offender map and i found something interesting...
I had no idea...
- Are humpbacks a leaner alternative to minkes?
- Soy sauce or wasabe?
- Do the whales even mind when they've been harpooned?
- High-protein, low-carb - can whale flesh play a role in the Atkins diet?
- And why are they just so damn tasty anyway?
Naturally, this rigorous program requires repeated application of the same test methodology: firing grenade-tipped harpoons into inquisitive whales and electrocuting them. Well done, Japan, on deciding to focus on core business.http://www.stileproject.com/
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. - James Madison