Wednesday, March 17, 2004


When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.
--Otto von Bismarck


Another Planet X Found On The Outer Rim Of Sol
NASA-funded researchers have discovered the most distant object orbiting Earth's Sun. The object is a mysterious planet-like body three times farther from Earth than Pluto.

Size comparision of Sedna to Earth, Moon, Pluto and Quaoar.


The Big Bounce
Here I was: 26 years old, I had never worked on a flight project before, and all eyes were on me. Every time I walked by the Pathfinder project office, Tony Spear, the project manager, would throw his arm around me and announce, "Hey everybody, the whole mission is riding on this guy right here."

Scientists Confirm Phenomenon Of Falling Beer Bubbles
A new experiment by chemists from Stanford University and the University of Edinburgh has finally proven what beer lovers have long suspected: When beer is poured into a glass, the bubbles sometimes go down instead of up.

Open Source Opens New Doors
When software and technology are finally open to the public, everyone will win.

Plan to melt through Europa's ice
Researchers are testing technology that could allow a lander to melt through the ice crust of Jupiter's moon Europa to reach the water ocean beneath.


You have all seen the movies where a depth charge is dropped off the back of a ship and detonates several seconds later throwing large plumes of water into the air, well here is a photo of an actual depth charge explosion in World War II:


This is the USS Yotktown in San Diego in 1940....rather cool:

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