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Remember the forgotten hero who saved the world
Anyway, at 40 minutes past midnight on the 26th Petrov looked up and saw a missile launch from a United States silo had been detected by one of his satellites. Now you might expect panic at this point but missile command tends to attract the serious, sobeTue Sep 26 21:17:49 2006 - permalink -- http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/categories/security/589/remember-the-forgotten-hero-who-saved-the-world.thtml
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A textbook definition of cowardice
The Bush Administration did not try to get Osama bin Laden before 9/11. The Bush Administration ignored all the evidence gathered by its predecessors. The Bush Administration did not understand the Daily Briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined To Strike iTue Sep 26 12:00:58 2006 - permalink -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15004160/
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Old Yeller
The illustrious history of the yellow legal pad.Wed Sep 20 08:24:06 2006 - permalink -- http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/May-June-2005/scene_snider_mayjun05.msp
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TickleBooth
The biggest surprise was finding the entire version of When the Levees Collapsed, a 4 hour documentary on Katrina and New Orleans. This film is Lee’s best non-fiction work and the best Katrina related film I have seen. The film goes to the very roots ofThu Sep 14 16:10:47 2006 - permalink -- http://ticklebooth.com/2006/09/spike-lee-joints-on-youtube/
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Salon.com Technology | Why Johnny can't code
For three years -- ever since my son Ben was in fifth grade -- he and I have engaged in a quixotic but determined quest: We've searched for a simple and straightforward way to get the introductory programming language BASIC to run on either my Mac or my PThu Sep 14 14:08:34 2006 - permalink -- http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/09/14/basic/print.html
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Cincinnati CityBeat...They Closed
"Spending a little money on me would be nice," I say, feeling a bit ashamed that I live in a city where you don't know what restaurants are going to be open from one day to the next. "But actually, let me call the Maisonette and see if they're still open.Thu Aug 10 15:39:07 2006 - permalink -- http://www.citybeat.com/2004-11-24/livingoutloud.shtml
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The Surprising History of the "HRmax=220-age" Equation
"Currently, there is no acceptable method to estimate HRmax"Tue Aug 8 11:10:23 2006 - permalink -- http://faculty.css.edu/tboone2/asep/Robergs2.pdf
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Levy: The Hard Disk That Changed the World - Newsweek Steven Levy - MSNBC.com
If there's a bottle of vintage champagne you've been saving, next month is the time to pop it open: it's the 50th anniversary of hard-disk storage.Sun Jul 30 22:14:49 2006 - permalink -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14096484/site/newsweek/
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The Enquirer - Deal reached in styrene leak
Residents of Cincinnati's East End could receive as much as $1,800 each as part of a tentative deal to settle lawsuits resulting from a chemical leak last year.Fri Jun 30 13:52:44 2006 - permalink -- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060630/NEWS01/606300411
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Mémoire du cyclisme
Cycling museum...in French.Fri Jun 30 12:46:46 2006 - permalink -- http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/
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India: Why Apple Walked Away
In late May, Apple dismissed most of the 30 new hires at its subsidiary in Bangalore. (A handful working in sales and marketing will stay on.) Spokesman Steve Dowling would say only that Apple had "reevaluated our plans" and decided to provide support froMon Jun 19 13:18:15 2006 - permalink -- http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989058.htm
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"Jacques" Boyer
Here's a small quiz for you. Who was America's first rider in the Tour de France?Wed Jun 14 16:54:33 2006 - permalink -- http://www.cyclingutah.com/july/july00/classic.html
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Headless Fighters: USAF Recconnaissance-UAVs over Vietnam
Wed Jun 14 16:41:04 2006 - permalink -- http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_344.shtml
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Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House. BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.Mon Jun 5 23:38:06 2006 - permalink -- http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
"...the planet's best online space history resource..."Thu May 4 12:45:08 2006 - permalink -- http://www.astronautix.com/
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Israel crosses the threshold
Isreal's atomic program, and the US response.Tue May 2 11:21:27 2006 - permalink -- http://www.thebulletin.org/print.php?art_ofn=mj06cohen
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Rolling Stone : The Worst President in History?
George W. Bush's presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace. Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again, there seems to be littlThu Apr 20 21:00:38 2006 - permalink -- http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/the_worst_president_in_history?rnd=1145573708766&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1465