In the news, an experimental NASA jet made brief but sucessful test flight, reaching past Mach 7, or about 5,000 miles an hour - News item.
At those speeds, don't bother painting on racing stripes. They'd be left behind.
"Do you like news from outer space? The Mars Rover has found evidence of water and salt. You know what this means? At one point Mars supported margaritas."
David Letterman from "Clean Laffs"
Hubble trouble - various outtakes
Some charging the Internet naming system is "too close to the United States" want the UN to take control - News Item.
Does this mean some clerk will offer to get rid of spam and pop-ups, for a bribe?
In the news, the Army is planing to bring in an experimental sonic weapon into Iraq for combat testing - News Item.
This tech weapon is designed to produce real pain in the ears, even defness if exposed for too long.
Couldn't they do the same with hard rock music played at the same volume as a concert?
The Robotics Society of America recently hosted a contest in San Francisco. - News Item.
The competitors came from 11 countries, and "the competitions seemed to break down along cultural lines. The Japanese robots reigned supreme when it came to sumo-wrestling, while the European teams showed off their skills on the football pitch. As for the American machines, they specialised in demolishing the living hell out of each other in one-on-one robot combat."
Some might argue this speaks volumes about the builders' societies.
from the Daily Illuminator
In the news, astronomers announced the discovery of a "planetoid" far beyond the orbit of Pluto, given the name Sedna - News Item.
This "10th planet" as some are calling it has a comet-like hugely eliptical orbit many times the distance of pluto at it's furthest from the sun, with an orbit of over 10,000 years.
A long time between birthday parties over there.
In the news, Nigeria has been getting irriated over those infamous email frauds
In the news, the Army sponsored a robot race in the Mohave Desert. The main qualification was the robots had to rely entirely under their own programing without radio control. The first robot to finish the 150 mile course would net its owner a million dollars - News Item
Two robots made it fifteen miles before malfunctioning. Some went out of control right after the starting line.
Back to the drawing board.
I am the very model of a Newsgroup Personality
I intersperse obscenity with tedious banality.
Addresses I have plenty of, both genuine and ghosted to,
On all the countless newsgroups that my drivel is cross-posted to.
Your bandwidth I will fritter with my whining and my sniveling,
And you're the one who pays the bill downloading all my driveling.
My enemies are numerous, and no one would be blaming you
For thinking me a d***head after I've been rudely flaming you.
I hate to lose an argument (by now I should be used to it).
I wouldn't know a valid point if I was introduced to it.
My learning is extensive but consists of mindless trivia,
Designed to fan my ego, which is larger than Bolivia.
The comments that I vomit forth, disguised as jest and drollery,
Are really just an exercise in unremitting trollery.
I say I'm frank and forthright, but that's merely lies and vanity,
The gibberings of one who's at the limit of his sanity.
If only I could get a life, as many people tell me to;
If only mum could find a circus freak-show she could sell me to;
If I go off to Zanzibar to paint the local scenery;
If I lose all my fingers in a mishap with machinery;
If I survive to forty, which is somewhat problematical;
If what I post was more mature, or slightly more grammatical;
If I could learn to spell a bit, and maybe even punctuate;
Would I still be the loathsome and objectionable prat you hate?
But while I have this tiresome urge to prance around and show my face,
It's simply isn't safe for normal people here in cyberspace.
To stick me in Old Sparky and turn on the electricity
Would be a fitting punishment for my egocentricity.
I always have the last word; so, with utmost finality,
That's all from me, the model of a Newsgroup Personality.
from "Ryalto," source unknown
How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one but the light bulb must want to change!
from Jokesgalore
Toyota's so proud of it's new robot, they're tooting their horn, or rather it is. - News Item.
Eco-friendly computers - various outakes
In the news, an exoskeleton has been made that allows a person to carry a huge backback load with very little effort, something ideal for soldiers with their heavy loads. - News Item
One can just imagine the rants of sergeants if these became widespread, "COM'ON PRIVATE!! THAT'S ONLY THREE HUNDRED POUNDS ON YER BACK! MOVIT-MOVIT-MOVIT!!!"
In the news, a hacker attack left the Kerry website "riddled with obscenities" - News item
Looks like the Internet isn't doing the wonders for him as it once did for Dean.
In the news, Patrick Stewart, noted as Star Trek Captain Piccard, recieved a British civillian medal - News Item
Wonder if it was "for a Trek series that didn't stink."
How Yahoo dumped Google - various outakes
My husband was once employed in the printing division of a large manufacturing firm. One morning, word came from the top that some visiting VIPs would be touring the plant in just a few minutes. All production was immediately shut down as employees scrambled to quickly tidy up the work place.
When the appointed lookout yelled, "Here they come!" fifty fingers that were poised over fifty machine start-up buttons pressed down in unison and blew every fuse in the building.
from top-greetings.com
In the news, a very flexable display screen has been developed,labeled "Electronic paper" - News Item
"Such a display could, for example, be used create a fully updatable newspaper which could rolled up into a coat pocket."
One just has to remember this is one paper you don't want to swat flies with, or that buzzing noise you hear won't be the insects.
TECHNOLOGY
Technology is dominated by two types of people;
those who understand what they do not manage,
and those who manage what they do not understand.
- Putt's Law, from "Inspire"
"Microsoft's user manual for it's upcoming operating system?"