09.29.04
Posted in Science and Technology at 10:31 am by Jeff
If Rutan and team are able to duplicate today’s successful launch within two weeks, it will mark the beginning of the private space race. Scaled Composites will claim the $10 millon prize, but this will not be the end for the X-Prize. Ansari X-Prize is planning an annual X-Prize cup described thus:
An event where the average person can come and watch the next generations of space vehicles fly, where they can talk to the astronuts, see the vehicles up close, learn about the technology, and begin to dissolve the myth that they will never travel to space in their lifetime.
The cry of my generation was (sadly) “I want my MTV.” How about this instead: “I want my Rocketship Trip?”
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09.28.04
Posted in Science and Technology at 1:52 pm by Jeff
It looks like Scaled Composites and Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC are poised to claim the Ansari X-Prize. With a planned launch date of September 29th, they’ll have to turn around and perform a second launch by October 13th in order to claim the $10 million prize.
Godspeed.
X-Prize Launch Schedule
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Posted in Science and Technology at 1:35 pm by Jeff
My daughter has been throwing up since two in the morning. We got an appointment with the doctor for 10AM. As we were sitting in the waiting room, I thought I was beginning to feel dizzy. Turns out it was the 5.9 magnitude earthquake 17 miles NE of Paso Robles.
Hopefully my daughter will get better soon because I’m sleepy.
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09.27.04
Posted in Politics and Issues at 8:34 am by Jeff
For years we’ve heard the accusations: Bush dodged Vietnam service, Bush didn’t fulfill his duties to the TANG, yada-yada-yada. We’ve endured the past couple weeks of CBS coverups as they attempted to save face after they were “misled” by fake documents. These are the same stories dug up during the 2000 election campaign; none of these attacks are new. Apparently the opposition can’t come up with anything better on which to attack the President. Now, they are really in trouble as new information surfaces showing that then-Lieutenant Bush not only fulfilled his duties, but offered to go beyond the call of his commission.
“The man who swore then-Lieutenant George Bush into the Air National Guard, is rising to the President’s defense…”
Retired Colonel: Bush Volunteered for Vietnam
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Posted in Science and Technology, Business and Economy at 8:28 am by Jeff
Want a ride to space? It’s not going to be cheap.
Richard Branson, Britain’s best-known entrepreneur and part-time daredevil, plans to launch the world’s first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for 110,000 pounds ($198,600).
UK’s Branson to Launch Space Tourism in 2007
Virgin Galactic
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09.22.04
Posted in Politics and Issues, Business and Economy at 10:30 pm by Jeff
It always cracks me up with the government refers to taxes collected as “revenue.” Here’s some more of that bad logic:
House-Senate negotiators late Wednesday approved extending three popular middle class tax cuts… The tax breaks are estimated to cost the government $145.9 billion over 10 years.
“Cost the government?” How about this: “The tax breaks are estimated to keep 145.9 billion dollars in the hands of taxpayers and out of the government coffers.”
My Way News
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09.15.04
Posted in Politics and Issues at 11:29 am by Jeff
Microsoft has a “new product” that you just have to check out:
Microsoft® Forger
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09.14.04
Posted in Politics and Issues at 9:52 am by Jeff
Senator Miller takes issue with his detractors and reiterates his argument against John Kerry:
John Kerry and his crowd derisively call American troops “occupiers” because it fits with their warped belief that America is the problem, not the solution. While more than 50 million people in Afghanistan and Iraq are enjoying freedom, Mr. Kerry is still fretting over whether the U.N. crowd likes us or not. The American people will not abide a commander in chief who gets squeamish over America’s role as a liberating force in the world.
OpinionJournal - Featured Article
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09.13.04
Posted in Politics and Issues at 1:57 pm by Jeff
AP News and CBS News have stooped to new lows in their blatant anti-Bush propaganda push. Hindrocket at Power Line compares the willingness of Big Media to sacrifice its reputation to the willingness of Islamic Radicals to commit suicide for a cause.
So we have entered a new era. We now know that our richest and most powerful news organizations are willing to blow themselves up–to destroy their own credibility, once considered a news organization’s most precious possession–to achieve a political goal.
Power Line: Suicide Bombers and CBS News
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Posted in Politics and Issues at 1:25 pm by Jeff
Mark Steyn demonstrates that having the media on “his side” is actually hurting John Kerry’s campaign.
George W. Bush ought to wake up every morning and thank the Lord the media aren’t on his side.
CBS falls for Kerry campaign’s fake memo from Mark Steyn at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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09.06.04
Posted in Culture and Ideas at 10:42 pm by Jeff
Uh-oh…
Having children significantly lowers the IQ of both male and female parents.
And here I thought I wasn’t really losing my mind.
Indiana University study: having children significantly lowers parents’ IQs
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09.01.04
Posted in Computers and Internet at 10:37 am by Jeff
Is this the beginning of the end for Internet Explorer?
This summer the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity wing suggested that people use a different browser to deal with Internet Explorer’s continuing security flaws. Could this be the beginning of the end for Microsoft’s Web browser dominance?
Don’t bet on it…
Yahoo! News - Is It Time to Ditch IE?
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