What it says.
Obviously, I'm not qualified to judge the science of this article, but it is from New Scientist and thus can't be dismissed as easily as I would from a less reliable source.
Therefore, this is something that people ought to know about and obviously deserves further research.

FYI, kids.--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"

Yup, this is kinda messed up.
This might be the point where I make a sarcastic remark about how we're apparently so used to the idea of the United States holding innocent people for years in an extraterritorial prison repeatedly accused of rampant human rights abuse that there's no outrage to be had in the story that a guy could be there for five years without having done anything they could even bring him to trial about. But y'know, by now the whole Gitmo thing is just a steadily bubbling cauldron of seething rage, and apparently it's hard to really introduce truly fresh outrage at this juncture.
Not that everyone else gets off the hook, it's a goddamn disgrace some country won't man up and at least make the symbolic offer of sanctum for wrongfully detained Gitmo prisoners. I'm sure some would rather fight to get back to their homes from there, but at least there would be a choice.

Relayed from the SFWA Online Update:
*Heinlein Centennial
Dear Space Advocate:
I am contacting you at the request of Tim Kyger, whom many of you know from many space-related activities. In his "spare" time, Tim is Chairman of the Heinlein Centennial, a commemoration of Robert A. Heinlein's life and influence that will be held on July 6-7-8, 2007, in Kansas City Missouri. There will be exhibits, tours, art, sales, and programming in three principal tracks--general science fiction, academic Heinleinia, and space. A birthday celebration, the Gala, is planned for Saturday, July 7, 2007, Heinlein's 100th birthday. Several guests have already committed to attend, including the head of NASA, Dr. Michael Griffin; astronaut and moon-walker Dr. Buzz Aldrin; the first winner of the $500,000 Heinlein Prize for Accomplishments in Commercial Space Activities, Dr. Peter Diamandis; and (through video link) Heinlein's most illustrious contemporary, Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Details can be found at the Centennial website: www.HeinleinCentennial.com.
It is no exaggeration to say Heinlein was the most influential science fiction author of the mid-20th century, but his influence extends to this day far beyond the literary. Someone recalled him once saying he had several filing cabinet drawers of letters from the three full generations of his readers who had come of age during his writing career. Though himself childless, these "children of Heinlein" had written to him to say they had become scientists, engineers, and the like because they were influenced by his writing to enter such fields. Heinlein obviously thought being the sui generis of this nucleus of future technologists was his greatest contribution to humanity. He was a fierce advocate and believer that our human species would, inevitably, venture into space. At one time or another, his book "Starship Troopers" has been on the required reading list of all three service academies. In recognition of Heinlein's influence on readers who would later become aerospace engineers and scientists, the NASA Medal for Distinguished Public Service was awarded to him posthumously in 1988. There is a Robert A. Heinlein Chair in Aerospace Engineering at the Naval Academy as well.
Tim has asked me to contact a number of space-related websites to request the following of you:
(1) To encourage your attendance and participation at the
Centennial.
(2) Mention the Heinlein Centennial on your website, and link to the Centennial website.
(3) "Virally" mention the Heinlein Centennial to anybody else you might think of or be in contact with.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration. I hope you can participate, and please contact me for further information or questions. I can be reached at tdresser@bowlesfluidics.com.
Yours truly,
Thomas Dresser
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:49 PM

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

I'm not going to cut and paste the story, as I'm not entirely sure what Bob's view on language is, but the URL to the story is bash.org/?758379
Now, this being IRC quotes, I'm fairly sure the story's complete BS...but on the other hand, it did inspire the thought 'You know, I could see Doug pulling this stunt...' ;-)

Since my old computer stopped booting up, I had to transfer my internal dsl modem to my new computer, which generates a lot more heat.
Summer is coming, and we don't have air conditioning.
So, what I'm wondering is... just what are reasonable safe temperatures for my cpu and system to be running at?
I can live with not being able to play CoH or other cpu heavy games over the summer, but if I can't even have the system up to use IRC and look at websites, I'll be highly irritated...
-Morgan."This continuity is now a Princess of Darkness crossover."
"... They're all going to die, aren't they?"
"Yep. Popcorn?"

Scientists find "kryptonite"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Link-Fu
Re: Issue 9 Timing to Live [Re: Silverspar]
#8171539 - 04/30/07 03:13 PM
We've posted an extended server maintenance window here for Tuesday, May 1st.
This is our current plan to take Issue 9 live. However, there still is a full day of testing / stress testing on the Auction Server and, if you haven't noticed from the proposed patch notes there is a whole lotta stuff contained in the Issue, any of which may break on us at the worst of times. Murphy and his laws 'n such
So, plan accordingly if you like. If anything comes up to change that timing, we will post here and update the maintenance page.
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Lighthouse
Community Relations Manager


Global: @Jimmy Amp
"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will Rogers

Linky-link
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3 Year Anniversary Free Respec May 1st
#8084204 - 04/18/07 03:44 PM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply


We wanted to let players know that, as part of our celebration of the 3rd year anniversary of City of Heroes, we will be applying a free respec to all characters. So, if you have been wanting to change your powers around a little bit, switch up your power slotting or make other changes, this will be a good time to do it!
To get the most out of your character respecs, be sure to visit the Player Guide section on Respecification.
The actual timing of when the respec is May 1st, 2007
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To address some common questions about this coming free respec:

Q:Will having a prior Freespec (from a previous issue) affect it?
A: Yes, it will. You cannot have 2 "Freespecs" on any given character. This Free respec will function just like all previous free respecs have. If you already have a respec, you will need to "burn" your existing one to obtain the new one.

Q: Barring vetspecs, does this mean we could have five banked respecs (Anniversary spec, Freespec, 3 trial respecs?):
A: No, this is a freespec.

Q: Given the big change IOs may make in players powers, many think a freespec will be given at some point with I9.
A:There is no free respec associated with Issue 9.
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Lighthouse
Community Relations Manager


Global: @Jimmy Amp
"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will Rogers

Haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but (according to folks on rec.arts.anime.misc) here's the Best Comedy winner from this year's Anime Boston AMV contest:
AVI from the creator's site
animemusicvideos.org page
YouTube stream
Pretty obvious why it won at Anime Boston, right?

-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012