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Friday, October 25, 2002 |
 Venus, 27 years ago today: these 2 photos were taken by Russian Venera probes to Venus 27 years ago. Both probes failed moments after returning images, but that's not surprising given the pressure and temerature on Venus (where it's hot enough to melt lead). Amazing: unmanned probes were doing a fine job of probing the solar system way back when... |
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Guns in the cockpit: I really don't think this is a good idea... guns are always more problematic than they seem. A gun in a household doesn't improve safety, just the reverse. People who live in households where guns are present are much more likely - I think the figure is like 8 times more likely - to die or be injured than those who live in households where there are no guns (that should be pretty obvious).
Anyway, I just stumbled on security guru Bruce Shneier's essay on same. Good reading.. and Shneier makes no bones about poorly thought out policies and is happy to walk one through the real ramifications of ideas like this - he's a full-on security freak, no other axes to grind . What does a terrorist want more than a gun on a plane? And now, every airline is going to put at least one on every airplane? Heaven help the frequent flier... |
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Microsoft decals don't stick in NYC. The city of New York orders the software giant to remove butterfly decals that were plastered all over midtown Manhattan as part of a promotion for the launch of MSN 8. [CNET News.com] But Apple decals are sought after according to Wired... Comments 1:16:22 PM 
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Blog site back up after hack attack. update Blogger.com is back in action following an attack that had locked out site users from their accounts. [CNET News.com] Shows the disadvantage of a large centralized system... gulker.com uses Radio, a personal blogging system with an aggregation feature that allows edge users to share content... Comments 12:32:02 PM
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Software firms grab the venture money. Software companies capture a 28 percent increase in venture funding during the third quarter, while virtually all other industry sectors post across-the-board declines, a new survey says. [CNET News.com] Be interesting to see what segments these cos. are focused on... Comments 12:26:45 PM
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Updated 4/16/04; 12:06:14 PM
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Chris Gulker'sUpdated 4/16/04; 12:06:14 PM
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