Copyright lawyer tells universities to resist “copyright bullies”:
Copyright lawyer tells universities to resist “copyright bullies”

KaZoop – Top 10 Streaming Movie & TV Websites of 2007:
Top 10 Streaming Movie & TV Websites of 2007

Ahead of the Curve | Tom Yager | InfoWorld | More Mac sense and nonsense | September 26, 2007 03:00 AM | By Tom Yager:
More Mac sense and nonsense
Eight months since the switch to Mac, and it’s no turning back

NOVA | The Elegant Universe | Watch the Program | PBS:
The Elegant Universe homepage

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Burton MacKenzie: Instead of sending HUMANS to Mars 11 times, the USA sent them on a Mission to Iraq www.burtonmackenzie.com:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

Instead of sending HUMANS to Mars 11 times, the USA sent them on a Mission to Iraq
Way back in the day (2004), President Bush promised to send people to Mars. NewScientist reported that the cost of the mission was “expected to cost $40 billion to $80 billion”. That really seemed like a lot of money.

A year earlier, in 2003, Bush sent his country’s soldiers into Iraq. It is believed that as of September 27, 2007, the war in Iraq has cost the USA a whopping 454 Billion dollars! (and here’s even a more pessimistic estimate reported at The Boston Globe in 2006)

If the original Mars estimate was accurate, that means that instead of going to Iraq, the USA could have funded somewhere between 5 and 11 independent human missions to Mars! By “independent”, I mean Mars mission programs that start from the ground up, and do not leverage each other’s technology, research, or manufacturing. In reality,

UnSecureFlight.com :: Read Your Own DHS Travel Dossier:
Read Your Own DHS Travel Dossier

Danger Room – Wired Blogs:
Do You Write Like a Terrorist?

Update: Best Buy Adds Disclaimer To Secret Website – Consumerist:
In response to being sued and humiliated on the internet over their “secret website,” reader MK says Best Buy has added a disclaimer that warns customers that the in-store kiosk doesn’t display the same prices as the public website.

Nothing To Do With Arbroath: How rare shellfish fuel drug mania:
How rare shellfish fuel drug mania

Google: YouTube to Kill Itself by Adding 30-Second ‘Bumper’ Ads Next Year – Gizmodo:
YouTube to Kill Itself by Adding 30-Second ‘Bumper’ Ads Next Year

Mister Disc: Mister Disc, The “Portable” LP Player – Gizmodo:
Mister Disc, The “Portable” LP Player

Oddities: Bicycle for Two Seats Riders Next to Each Other – Gizmodo:
Bicycle for Two Seats Riders Next to Each Other