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Monday, December 29, 2003
Slashdot | The Expensive Hobby Of Kite Aerial Photography: "Amateur Radio Groups Having Done This For Years (Score:3, Informative)
by gpmidi256 (638924) on Monday December 29, @07:23PM (#7831704)
Loudoun Amateur Radio Group [k4lrg.org] has been launhing balloons with both still and video camera's on them for years. Info and pics on all 8 of LARG's fights are avalible here here [k4lrg.org].
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Slashdot | OnStar Considered Harmful: "Onstar and the Beagle (Score:4, Funny)
by Papa Legba (192550) on Monday December 29, @08:00PM (#7831852)
Maybe if the Beagle 2 had onstar they would have an idea where it is now. privacy be damned.
Onstar: 'Onstar operator here. I see that your airbags have deployed do you need assitance?'
Beagle 2: 'Uh, no, everythings fine here.'
Onstar: ' We are concerend that you have fallen in a crator, can you confirm?'
Beagle 2 : ' Look can I get some privacy here! I am in the crator taking a wicked piss. You would to if you had to travel that far without a potty break! I'll be in contact when I am done.'
See mystery solved and an example of when to much privacy causes confussion.
Papa Legba come and open the gate
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Slashdot | OnStar Considered Harmful: "1975 - The year I consulted for Magnusson-Moss (Score:1, Interesting)
by Amsterdam Vallon (639622) *
(http://www.slauhgter.edu/ | Last Journal: Thursday December 18, @05:23PM)
Back in graduate school, I was fortunate enough to have had a LOT of sway when it came to departmental activities. As an undergraduate, I held a 3.98 GPA and graduated first in my class. So naturally, when I kept these same kind of grades in graduate school, I earned a lot of respect and got into some interesting positions.
In 1975, a very important question came up in court - should MODIFICATIONS of factory-bought automobiles void the warranty? That is, if you install an aftermarket part or tinker with some subsystem of the vehicle, are you voiding the warranty?
I was called in to work with a team of mechanical engineers and electrical engineers to determine how TINKERING with specific parts could alter a vehicle's performance and safety. We decided to set some ground rules based on some research examples in the lab on alterations to new cars bought from dealers.
The result was the F"
Saturday, December 13, 2003
WAIKATO TIMES - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Nick Andreef's pigeons are faster than the internet, but no match for falcons. "
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OneWorld South Asia - Humanity will survive information deluge – Sir Arthur C Clarke: "Humanity will survive information deluge – Sir Arthur C Clarke
Nalaka Gunawardene
OneWorld South Asia
05 December 2003
Sir Arthur C Clarke is acknowledged as the greatest living science fiction writer and an outstanding visionary of our times. His writing over the past six decades – more than 100 books, 1,000 articles and short stories – have not only helped humanity find its way in times of rapid change, but also discussed the social and cultural implications of key technologies. "
