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Thursday 24 July 2003
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It seems the hardest part of getting a civilian space programme off the ground might be getting a licence. [SPACE.com]
9:32:09 AM  Google It!
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With Ireland heading down the road to automated voting, this piece in the New York Times Technology section is quite frightening. I have to say that I have changed my mind on this topic over the last 12 months. My inner geek is attracted to the notion of computerised voting but in light of the flaws which have come to light I have serious doubts about its suitability in an open democracy.
9:26:48 AM Google It!
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Scientific American reports on this latest breakthrough. Only 500nm across, the motor consists of a nanotube affixed to a silicon wafer with a 200nm gold square attached to the nanotube. The whole thing is suspended in water and the speed it turns at depends on the applied voltage.
9:15:47 AM Google It!
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This looks interesting. I might check them out.Sparkpod is offering free trial accounts for its new Web logging service. The service was developed using Macintosh technology, according to its makers -- Sparkpod was programmed using Apple's own Webobjects software, designed using Macs and is hosted on Apple Xserves. [MacCentral]
9:06:45 AM Google It!
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