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Accident kills three Scaled Composites workers, injures three

The Los Angeles Times reports that an explosion at the Mojave airport killed three workers and injured three others, during a test of the propellant flow system for SpaceShipTwo. In 2004, SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded manned spacecraft, and … Continue reading

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CIO’s list of companies and products that didn’t deserve to die

I was pleasantly surprised to see DEC made the #1 spot on CIO’s Dearly Departed, a list of computer companies and products that didn’t deserve to die.  DEC is gone, but not forgotten.

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Your world, delivered… to the NSA, MPAA, and RIAA

AT&T now claims that they will deploy some kind of filtering to keep copyrighted content off their network, effectively spying for the MPAA and RIAA. No one has developed a reliable way to even identify copyrighted content, but even if … Continue reading

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GOTO considered harmful

Apparently Dijkstra was right!

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Moon landing hoax: the real story

There was a conspiracy, but the landing wasn’t faked on a sound stage. The real story has finally been revealed by TDAH #20.

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Harry Potter surprise twist

I certainly was shocked when it turned out that Voldemort is Hermione’s father!

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Interesting numbers

In 100 reasons why lists are stupid, Tom Harrison explains that the smallest interesting number is 4.  I presume he is only considering natural numbers.  But even there, I think he’s wrong.  1 is interesting since it is the smallest … Continue reading

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Inconceivable!

The Princess Bride, 20 years later When it first hit the theaters, I didn’t even want to see it.  Fortunately for me, my friends forced me to go.  It’s in my top ten list.

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Employees no longer need to fill out I-9 forms!

The DHS I-9 form, used by employers to report verification of employment elgibility, has expired as of 31 March 2007, and the DHS not issued a replacement. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the government cannot … Continue reading

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Should we stay or should we go?

A friend pointed out Natan Sharansky’s article “Leave Iraq and Brace for a Bigger Bloodbath” in the Washington Post. I don’t disagree with any of Mr. Sharansky’s facts or general reasoning, but yet clearly favor a different course of action … Continue reading

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