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Thursday, January 29, 2004 |
USA Today publishing TiVo data.
This is interesting and something worth watching: USA Today announced
they will publish TiVo data in their Life section showing monthly data
for Most Watched and Most Recorded. I bet they'll also add most paused
moments (like last year's... [PVRblog]
10:39:22 PM Permalink
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So Now We Know--Child Prisoners in Guantanamo. After
holding them prisoner for almost two years, the United States has
released three "enemy combatants," boys ages 13 to 15, captured in
Afghanistan and held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Reluctantly, no doubt,
Bush and Rumsfeld had to return the boys to Afghanistan, since they
were no longer of any "intelligence" use to them. During their stay at
the island camp, they were denied access to their families or
attorneys.... [ecassel News]
9:25:05 PM Permalink
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ACSLogo 1.4. A Logo interpreter. [Mac OS X Downloads]
Worth a look. If you've never
programmed before, download this and have a shot at it.Logo is logical,
gives quick results in the form of pretty pictures, and easy to learn.
9:21:38 PM Permalink
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Hubble may get reprieve. 
AP reports that NASA is going to review the Hubble decision. Hooray!
Like major surgery, gotta get a second opinion, says Sen. Mikulski of
Maryland.
BALTIMORE -- NASA's
chief has agreed to a review of his decision to cancel servicing
missions to the Hubble Space Telescope and let it deteriorate and go
out of operation, Sen. Barbara Mikulski said today.
Adm. Hal Gehman, chairman of the board that investigated the
Columbia shuttle breakup last year, will "review the (Hubble) matter
and offer his unique perspective," NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said
in a letter to Mikulski, who released a copy of the letter.
There've been editorials conveying dismay, columns stating that desperation makes inspiration.
Savethehubble.com. Savethehubble.org Petition, and stories about same.
The outcry is there. A buncha emailed responses to the Hubble decision on the NASAwatch site.
[2020 Hindsight]
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