Thursday, 19 September 2002
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Radio Telescope Proves a Big Bang Prediction. After 271 20-hour nights of staring at the Antarctic sky, a radio telescope at the South Pole has confirmed a critical prediction of the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. By Dennis Overbye. [New York Times: Technology]
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5.1 Entertainment Group Introduces First Commercially Available DVD-Audio Single
Los Angeles (September 20, 2002)--The 5.1 Entertainment Group and immergent Records have created the first DVD-Audio Single with the band, Dishwalla, who forged inroads for the format earlier this year with the first day and date release of their album, Opaline, simultaneously on both DVD-Audio and compact disc formats. [ProSound News]
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US threat to stop Iraq inspections. America threatens to stop weapons inspectors returning to Iraq unless the UN adopts a new resolution. [BBC News | WORLD]
What?! Are they trying to lose all credibility?!
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iBrowse?. Bill Bumgarner: “Rumors abound that Apple is working on iBrowse—a web browser based on the Chimera engine. Maybe, maybe not. However, the market is certainly rife for someone to create a real and working browser on the platform.” [ranchero.com]Interesting rumour but I don't agree that we really need another browser. There are at least 6 browsers and 3 of them are quite usable right now.
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Why I develop for Mac OS X. From my personal weblog, an explanation of why I develop for Macintosh rather than Windows: “One of the reasons I develop for OS X is that, when it comes to user interface, this is the big leagues, this is the show.” [ranchero.com]There are lots of reasons to use a Mac but the UI is always at the roots. Brent is a developer with the same motivation.
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US 'failed to heed' terror warnings. A congressional investigator says the US failed to act despite hints of attacks and the use of planes as weapons before 11 September. [BBC News | WORLD]
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Alberta launches campaign against Kyoto
The Alberta government is spending $1.5 million to advertise why it
opposes the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]We wanna make money and we don't care about the stinkin' environment.
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