[scifinoir2] Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit

2006-03-02 Thread KeithBJohnson
This is a fascinating read. It shows a few things. First, to no one's surprise, the government didn't know what the hell it was doing. That's self-evident. But the big thing here is, as Ray Nagin says, the change in the perception of what that means. Rather than the we didn't know, we weren't

[scifinoir2] rex 84

2006-03-02 Thread JediMaster*Skywalker
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[scifinoir2] Seattle Octavia Butler Memorial Gathering

2006-03-02 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.sfhomeworld.org/make_contact/details.asp?display=calm=3d=2y=2006eventID=416 Octavia Butler Memorial Gathering 03.02.067:30 PM - 9:30 PM Level Three in SFM (Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame) 325 5th Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109

[scifinoir2] Online amateurs crack Nazi codes

2006-03-02 Thread brent wodehouse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4763854.stm Online amateurs crack Nazi codes By Adam Blenford BBC News Three German ciphers unsolved since World War II are finally being cracked, helped by thousands of home computers. The codes resisted the best efforts of the celebrated Allied

[scifinoir2] Budget Cuts Back Much-Promoted NASA Missions

2006-03-02 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/science/space/02nasa.html Budget Cuts Back Much-Promoted NASA Missions By DENNIS OVERBYE Published: March 2, 2006 Some of the most highly promoted missions on NASA's scientific agenda would be postponed indefinitely or perhaps even canceled under the agency's

[scifinoir2] Kevin Smith on 'Superman Lives'

2006-03-02 Thread brent wodehouse
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[scifinoir2] Re: RFID: Sign of the (End) Times?

2006-03-02 Thread g123curious
Thanks for sharing this. Businesses in their rush to cut costs and exploit the next technology tend to forget or ignore one important factor: if the new technology presents more problems than benefits, consumers won't use it. Early adopters might use a new technology, but most folks won't if

[scifinoir2] Alba Plays Hardball with Playboy

2006-03-02 Thread Keith Johnson
I can't believe they'd do this, I really can't. What were they thinking? They're actually making a sequel to The Fantastic Four?! :) Alba Plays Hardball with Playboy By Sarah Hall 42 minutes ago Jessica Alba is not feeling particularly playful about her unwitting role as a Playboy cover

RE: [scifinoir2] [Terrance Howard] Oscars' Star No To Song

2006-03-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, seeing as how he's been *nominated* for acting in the role of a pimp, I don't see that singing the song is any worse. It's also not as if they're changing the title, whether the expletives are removed from the song or not. And hell: we have a movie with what? Eight Oscar nominations, and