The title is fine, but I prefer the line under it: "Penthouse suite: 11,457,600th floor - lots of room - great views".
Anyway, this is not science fiction. NASA people are thinking about a space elevator connecting a point near the equator and another one on a geostationary orbit.
For sure, this is not for next week. NASA is currently planning it for 2100 and for a cost of several billion dollars.
But when it's done, someone like you and me will go up 36,000 kilometers for a mere $250. I hope that NASA also is planning something for me in order to be here around 2100.
Source: Robert Longley, About.com, Apr. 20, 2002
The San Jose Mercury News carried several articles about "spam" today. Just in case you come from another planet, "spam" these days means unsolicited e-mails.
I particularly enjoyed the Mercury News's glossary of words about spam.
My preferred expression: Whack-a-mole!
*Sounds* good to eat, but it actually means the "largely pointless act of repeatedly shutting off e-mail accounts of a spammer who immediately moves on to new accounts."
Source: San Jose Mercury News research, Apr. 20, 2002
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