This time lapse video of Flight 1549 sitting in the icy Hudson and subsequently being lifted out is very cool:
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I used to work in the town of Durham and I lived in the country about 5 km outside town. I was up there for more than five years and I really liked it up there. On Thursday, we had some severe weather here in Southwestern Ontario. A tornado touched down in Durham and killed a [...] This week I learned that in addition to the fact Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle, he also wants your library records. The only thing funnier than the Annoyed Librarian are the commenters who all seem to be suffering from SDI [Sarcasm Detection Impairment]. Dale pointed out the speed with which a game based on this incident appeared. However, I found the object of that game to be unsatisfying. Shooting down the shoes before they hit the potus? C’mon. You can do better than that. These three were my favourites where you are the shoe thrower: http://www.kroma.no/2008/bushgame/ And now for something more serious… This site will be going down for the move, probably Friday evening. Hopefully it will be back Sunday but who knows? I thought that US Homeland Stupidity’s new laptop seizure abilities were outrageous enough, but this quote takes the cake: Preventing customs agents from searching laptops “would open a vulnerability in our border by providing criminals and terrorists with a means to smuggle child pornography or other dangerous and illegal computer files into the country,” Cunningham said. There’s [...] Interesting article on the benefits of piracy to content producers. In particular, I found this quote noteworthy: An even more interesting thing has started to happen: unofficial, but sanctioned television show leaks on BitTorrent. Broadcasters aren’t posting their shows directly on PirateBay yet, but they are talking informally and giving copies of shows to a friend [...] A couple operating system announcements this week, and neither of them involve Microsoft! Apple made clear the upgrade path for Leopard and both Sid Fishes and jamEs were right: there will be an upgrade coupon for new imac purchasers but with less than a 30 day window. I still think that’s pretty chintzy of [...] Offended library patron seizes sex-ed book The Associated Press September 19, 2007 LEWISTON — A Lewiston woman who is upset at the |
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