Archive for September 23rd, 2008

Bugatti Veyron

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

A beautiful (and fast) Bugatti built by Volkswagen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

Learn from other’s mistakes. Don’t bother racing one….even with a healthy headstart…[if you don't see the video below, check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/v/VEL5ABddZ0k ]

And then there is this short video that shows all the great supercars, with the Veyron easily winning the hearts and minds of those who drive it. http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjw5ijqqcM

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Project Gutenberg and Google Books

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Michael Hart founded the Gutenberg Project; the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.  Michael Hart began this project in 1971 when he typed in the Declaration of Independence and stated the most valuable aspect of computing would be for storage and retrieval. 

Google agrees and has embarked on a scale that far surpases what Gutenberg began.  Google has scanned and continues to scan all of the books in 20 world class libraries.  This brings the knowledge of the world to the screens of anyone with Internet access.  Visit http://books.google.com/books to give it a try or click on http://books.google.com/googlebooks/library.html to learn more about the project in general.

Enjoy your reading! Share this with your friends.  Learn and never stop learning.

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A Matter of Minutes

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

A couple gets trapped in time…

Ever lose your keys, look where you left them, and then find them there a little while later…

But can you ever go back…and if you did, would anyone believe you…

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Blast in Pakistan Marriott

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

It is fortunate that the truck was unable to breach the security gate. The death toll would certainly have been higher.  If there are a few who are willing to go to extremes to kill many, then it is critcal that we do three things: learn how to defend against attacks and learn how to anticipate and then prevent them. The third thing is much harder and may be impossible; to eliminate these types of suicide attacks at their source.

Among the many killed were two active duty military members assigned to Pakistan.

You can see the location of the truck by the crater left in the center of this photo.

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