Three days ago, a brazilian teenager was killed in hospital, because instead of saline solution, the nurse gave her vaseline. The reason was that the idiots...
FWIW: "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is threatening to go "nuclear" if he is killed or arrested, releasing a "poison pill" of secret documents even more...
There seems to be overwhelming sentiment against Wikileaks' release of confidential documents and I was wondering how people here (some of whom may have read...
... Atomic secrets were leaked to the Soviets. Einstein leaked the information that the Nazis were working on the atomic bomb. Good on Al!~) However, in this...
Hi all! Temporarily resurfacing from lurker depth. I'm getting rid of my old life and am working my *ss of starting a brand new one. Brin-L is part of my old...
... sounds reasonable. the US was in a more powerful position and followed a policy of containment. the real wars were over trade and resources and mostly...
... I wonder if the reason the USSR was engaging in brinkmanship was less for imperialism and exporting communism, than from fear of the U.S. threat. Looked...
... Only because the war between Communism and Capitalism was fought through surrogates. It was really over trade. What would you call the war against...
... There never was a "Cold" War beginning with the Korean War WW III was a global conflict against Communism in Latin America, The Carribbean, Africa,...
"Something happened yesterday that could upend the bragging rights among the kingpins of trans-Neptunian space. If the early results hold up, this time it's...
Interesting perspective in the LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-economy-mortgages-20101101,0,7338975.story By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times ...
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:00 AM, "Dan Minette" <danminette@...> wrote: snip ... Dan, I don't mind criticisms based on understanding the engineering and/or...
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, "Dan Minette" <danminette@...> wrote: snip ... I know about two positive black swans. However the first one (power ...
My computer seems to be dying. Anybody got any recommendations/suggestions for companies/websites/etc. that I should take a look at before buying a new one. I...
I have been trying to remember when I first came across the wiki concept. I have a suspicion it might have been when someone on this list mentioned a Startide...
Video & transcript at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec10/mortgage_10-25.html One quote: SARAH PORTER-BRAUN: There's been countless numbers of...
<very large><bold>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is now officially a legal authority</very large></bold> [stock photo of Spock on the bridge in STII uniform] ...
Some clarifications. The problems I had with our lender regarding the loan modification had nothing to do with whether or not they were willing to make one....
I'm back again. I don't really know that I am doing any better than I was when I left, but I will see. I wanted to discuss some concepts with intelligent...
IIRC, there was a story somewhere that the SETI@home software included a bug (like a crippleware) that would make it run _much slower_ than it could run,...
... not random at all, chris don't be bullied into lurking. what you said is very relevant to how angry tea baggers want to close down government services,...
