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12 August 2002

Siemens research unit demonstrates passive radar using mobile base station signals. Piggy-backing off existing wireless network infrastructure means it's potentially much cheaper than conventional military radar systems, and presumably quite resilient.
7:23:45 PM     comments

11 August 2002, UK: Channel5 broadcasts a Fox TV show from 2001 called "Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?", and strongly suggests that Nope, We Didn't. The Fox show annoyed astronomer Philip Plait, so he put up a strong refutation of the show and of moon landing conspiracy theories in general. And Ian Goddard's Are Apollo moon photos fake? page is absolutely brilliant, and not just because it uses Lego models to show the plausibility of the lunar pictures.
7:22:35 PM     comments

Casper is an old pal. And a consultant, so hire him.
3:44:39 PM     comments

Particularly good: shuttle and Apollo-Soyuz. [via Coudal]
3:44:03 PM     comments

... looks like a DesignPatterns-stylee approach to IA. ie: sufficiently structured it's a bit confusing.
3:43:13 PM     comments

Markus Kuhn comprehensively explains the ISO 216 paper size system (A4, A3 etc) and the ideas behind its design. 9.5 out of 10 users who print worldwide said their printers prefer A4.
3:35:59 PM     comments

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