....Those out there in Florida in the middle of that mess, please let us know your status if possible. OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for |...

Saw this on slashdot today - my favorite game of all time has been re-written and re-released (along with a few tweaks, full 3-D game engine, etc.) with...

I hope he gets well soon - I very much want to hear his take on this story: ...

For any of you old fogeys (or, like me, rapidly-approaching-middle-age-with-some-bumps-and-bruises-along-the-way- fogeys), heads up. It appears that Merck has...

Anyone know what the VC-25A's are being designated when they're carrying Reagan's body this week? Since they can't be called "Air Force One" without a sitting...

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994879 ". . . our Universe is curved like a Pringle, shaped like a horn, and named after a Star Trek...

Pretty amazing stuff . . . http://www.digitalglobe.com/sample_imagery.shtml -- Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D. GPG Key ID: BBF6FC1C "Pray: To ask that the...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.planecrash/index.html If this isn't some sort of terrorism, it's the biggest coincidence ever. Of course,...

Ray Charles has passed away: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/10/obit.ray.charles.ap/index.html First President Reagan, now Ray Charles.... It's not...

Dear Herb, This is totally off-topic, but I wonder if you know, off the top of your head, what laws Tennessee has regarding internet stalking. I've got a...

A man, a wheelchair, a jet engine . . . See what can happen when a man has too much time and too many tools at his...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/skycaptainandtheworldoftomorrow/ David -- per aspera ad astra

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_Group "On some of Eurocopter's aircraft the main rotor turns clockwise when viewed from above, unlike most...

Holy crap! http://www.navy.mil/view_gallery.asp?category_id=17 -- Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D., GPG Key ID: BBF6FC1C "Pray: To ask that the laws of the...

....I just got 11 spams on one of my business accounts for various bogus products and services, including cheap viagra, Maxson enlargement, and inkjet...

OT, I know, but I couldn't find what looked like an appropriate newsgroup... We know looking directly at the sun will damage the human eye. What about on...

Going to be interesting over the next few days/months... My newsreader is set to retain messages for one year. s.s.shuttle currenly had 30k messages, the...

From the Pat Flannery Memorial Institute for Really Imaginative Research comes this historical curiosity: "UK's Chicken Powered Nukes" From the...

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I watched BS with some trepidation, but *$diety* is this thing bad. Random questions and comments; -Did this show have any actual writers, or did they...