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The U.S. military in Okinawa is instituting a 48-hour operational pause, prohibiting U.S. service members from leaving the base. [...]
A former senior CIA agent pleaded Tuesday guilty to stealing tens of millions of dollars that he converted into hundreds of gold bars. [...]
Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 terrorist attack at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad on Thursday, Dec. 3. [...]
Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, her attorneys said Tuesday, six days after Tennessee failed to execute her. [...]
The U.S. trade deficit jumped to more than $100 billion in August as companies imported goods related to data centers and dealt with tariff impacts. [...]
This artist’s concept depicts a possible explanation for the unusual chemical abundances NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected in the HS 0209+0832 system: a second-generation planet orbiting the white dwarf star. [...]
NASA astronaut and mission specialist of the agency's Artemis II mission, Christina Koch, led the fans in singing the Eagles Fight Song from the field at an NFL game between [...]
An engineering model of NASA’s DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) descent probe passed a key test that ran from Aug. 28 to Sept. 10, [...]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, [...]
This long-duration image shows star trails above Earth and the blue lights of fishing boats and the yellow lights of Indonesian cities stretching below the International Space Station as it [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2006
And now, another reason for me to feel old…but a good one…
Ah yes, here I go, I’m like the last man standing around here without a wife, children, a serious girlfriend, a semi-serious girlfriend, or, say, even a really high-priced hooker. However, there is good news, from the Old Friend front. … Continue reading
One book no college student should be without…
When I graduated from high school, one of the most significant and important gifts I received was a tiny little book, published in 1954, called How to Lie with Statistics.The book was simply indispensable in college, and is engrained in … Continue reading
Borat wasn’t as funny as I had hoped…
Yep, it’s true. I finally got around to seeing Borat, and I have to admit, it just wasn’t as funny as I was hoping it would be. I mean, it’s damn funny, there are certainly a few laugh-out-loud scenes and … Continue reading
Cleaning a Plasma TV
Yet more tips on plasma HDTVs. Most plasma sets have a very thin anti-glare coating on top of their protective glass. You don’t want to scratch this coating or dissolve it. So, right off the bat — Windex and paper … Continue reading
Component Cables and HDTV
I’m here to quickly dispel a myth — that you have to use a digital cable of some sort to hook up HDTV. It’s complete and utter crap. If you have a good component cable (you’ll need three video jacks, … Continue reading
Bouncing Babies
Ahh, I have good news to relate. A friend of mine, an old friend and fellow Berkeley alum, whom I shall refer to only by her initials, L.S., is due to deliver a baby girl this Tuesday (although she herself … Continue reading
A quick tip for plasma TV owners
If you ever run your plasma HDTV in 4:3 mode, you should be very aware of this. Most plasmas will display 4:3 mode with two light bars to the left and right of the picture. This can cause burn-in, just … Continue reading
Oh, how the mighty eBayers have fallen…
If you want to see what the Playstation 3s on eBay are selling for, check this link: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=playstation+3&category0= Indeed. The mighty eBayers who waited in line in the rain, got beaten up by PS3-hungry thugs, who peed against alley walls … Continue reading
I can offer no excuse for the Patriots
Perhaps Maroney being hurt affected the team super-adversely. But 78 total yard passing by Brady? What a terrible game. Miami deserved the win. I hate to say it, but they deserved it, they even deserved the shut-out that they pitched. … Continue reading
