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January, 2007
On The Decline
resulting space debree could damage other satelites
and the International Space Station.
Created by: df1 on January 17, flags: 7, replies: 39 (links removed, visit the thread for external references)
Iran's President Ahmadinejad is coming under heavy Looks like worrisome news from above.
criticism from both conservative Muslims and There’s a growing number of sources suggesting that
reformers. His critics complain about his preoccupation China has tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) device,
with antagonizing the US, inviting UN nuclear knocking out one of its own satellites - an old weather
sanctions and most importantly his failure to live up to spacecraft. The test reportedly made use of a ballistic
his campaign rhetoric which promised improvements missile to reach the satellite, using some sort of kinetic
in housing, employment and rising food prices kill device to destroy the spacecraft.
(links removed, visit the thread for external references) Leading the charge in reporting this January 11th
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Prices for vegetables have event is Aviation Week and Space Technology
tripled in the past month, housing prices have doubled magazine, which will detail China’s possible ASAT test
since last summer - and as costs have gone up, so in its magazine next week.
has Iranians' discontent with hard-line President Citing military and intelligence sources, AW&ST will
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his focus on confrontation report that the possible test took out Feng Yun 1C
with the West. (FY-1C), polar orbiting weather satellite launched in
Ahmadinejad was elected last year on a populist 1999.
agenda promising to bring oil revenues to every family, It appears that once again China has worked behind
eradicate poverty and tackle unemployment. Now he is the US' back. To me this is very troublesome news and
facing increasingly fierce criticism for his failure to just shows how dishonest and selfish the leadership of
meet those promises. their country is. Hopefully, space programs from
He is being challenged not only by reformers but by around the world will see what and how China is
the conservatives who paved the way for his stunning treating it's space faring partners and will decline to
victory in 2005 presidential elections. Even work with China in the future.
conservatives say Ahmadinejad has concentrated too Could this be China's way of flexing before the US
much on fiery, anti-U.S. speeches and not enough on takes out Iranian Nuclear Plants?
the economy - and they have become more And why doesn't the US have an ASAT of their own as
aggressive in calling him to account. the article says?
The public in both the US and Iran are more interested Link to thread: ...thread263305/pg1
in domestic issues, however this fact escapes both of
these presidents. It appears that the citizens of the US
have in much common with the citizens of Iran.
Saddam's trial."
end many fear and believe that this will mean the end
of the printed book. Googles stated mission, "to
organize the worlds information and make it Created by: DJMessiah on January 22, flags: 7, replies: 62
universally accessible and useful" still has a long ways After writing to an editor, proclaiming that he thought
to go, but there is progress on the horizon for digitizing officials hung the wrong person at Saddam's
books. Google has a deal with five libraries to digitize execution, Dan Tilli, age 81, was visited by Secret
there stock of books and make them available on line Service agents. Agents claimed that Tilli's message
through Google book. was viewed as a threat to the President. Tilli states
(links removed, visit the thread for external references) that he hadn't used any names in his message, and
The world's libraries are heading for the internet, says could have implied Osama Bin Laden.
Bryan Appleyard. If this means we lose touch with real (links removed, visit the thread for external references)
books and treat their content as 'information', BETHLEHEM, Pa. - An elderly man who wrote in a
civilisation is the loser letter to the editor about Saddam Hussein's execution
‘The majority of information,” said Jens Redmer, that "they hanged the wrong man" got a visit from
director of Google Book Search in Europe, “lies Secret Service agents concerned he was threatening
outside the internet.” President Bush.
Redmer was speaking last week at Unbound, an The letter by Dan Tilli, 81, was published in Monday's
invitation-only conference at the New York Public edition of The Express-Times of Easton, Pa. It ended
Library (NYPL). It was a groovy, bleeding-edge-of-the- with the line, "I still believe they hanged the wrong
internet kind of affair. There was Chris Anderson, man."
editor of Wired magazine and author of The Long Tail, Tilli said the statement was not a threat. "I didn't say
a book about the new business economics of the net. who — I could've meant (Osama) bin Laden," he said
There was Arianna Huffington, grand panjandrum of Friday.
both the blogosphere and smart East Coast society. The fact that the Secret Service viewed a general
But this wasn’t just another jolly. There were also remark, such as as this, as a threat to the President
publishers and Google execs, two groups of people really astonishes me. For all they know, he could have
who might one day soon be fighting for their wrote about the conspiracy delegating that it was
professional lives before the Supreme Court. Saddam's body double that was hung, rather than
I wonder what gootenberg would think about this. Like Saddam himself. He didn't even name any individual in
any one else I know the Internet and digital storage his writings, and yet the Secret Service used it as
has been replace much of printed word. That has not enough means to view it as a threat to the President.
always been a bad thing. Must less space needed for Related News Links:
storage of data. This has been happening all the way (links removed, visit the thread for external references)
back to when the U.S. census ordered there first [edit] (Changed length of the title)
computer. And now books in libraries will be going [edit on 22-1-2007 by DJMessiah]
digital, it was bound to happen. I, however don't think Link to thread: ...thread263840/pg1
this will mean the end of the printed book just yet.
When on the net I tend to skim things until I find
something I want to read. When I have a novel I read
everything. To date I have not read novels on the
computer, but as this article shows, that may soon
change.
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[edit on 21-1-2007 by UM_Gazz]
Link to thread: ...thread263712/pg1
Barack Obama = Antichrist? have a webcam that easily converts to full colour plus
infrared just by taking a small filter out, I've not
Created by: Kingalbrect79 on January 18, flags: 6, replies: replaced it with an infrared only filter either so it gets
161 the full spectrum its capable of and the image is much
I was pondering the supposed "end times", and all the brighter, its quite cool as some stuff is white or
speculation that Saddam Hussein or Osama Bin transparent and it picks up details it wouldn't normally,
Laden are the true antichrist. (according to references all I need to do is use a cheap old pc with linux or
of the bible, and other propecies) windows and setup a house window or back garden
My question is this... shed monitoring station, storage isn't a problem so full
Could Barack Hussein Obama be the so-called video 24/7 for weeks at a time is possible, all I need to
antichrist that the bible speaks of? Are other find is some good video recording and detection
prophecies such as nostradamus pointing to several software, if none is good enough or we want an all in
head figures actually pointing to one individual with the one solution an open source project is possible!
combined names of them all? What do you lot think, who's up for creating something
This is of course speculation by me at this point, but i'd like this?
like to hear your thoughts and ideas on the matter. Link to thread: ...thread263604/pg1
What do you think will happen if Barack gets elected
president of the U.S.?
Will he be another Bush?, or worse?
**Please forgive me if this is in the wrong forum** OMG! Leaked footage from
real alien incident in 1984.
Link to thread: ...thread263393/pg1
Sky Watch Project! You probably have seen the re-inactment of the
eposide where a US family filmed an encounter in
Created by: just theory on January 20, flags: 6, replies: 69 1984, now it seems that the REAL footage has been
I had this idea many years ago but at the time the released! The family actually shoots an alien.
internet and cheap tech weren't quite ready for it, there Note: This is *NOT* the re-inactment with actors that
might be something like this going but i've searched has been posted before!
and its either hard to find or not really going on to the There is some swearing, so its not for kids.
scale that would be useful. (links removed, visit the thread for external references)
The idea is to setup a group who anyone can join and [edit on 14-1-2007 by Acharya]
be given the information to setup a sky watching Link to thread: ...thread262719/pg1
Sucking UFO's - Video Doc. Conquering other nations by re-writing their laws and
introducing draconian legislation that will curb forms of
Created by: Realtruth on January 14, flags: 3, replies: 35 free-thinking on the European continent. And without a
I don't know if this has been posted or even explored drop of blood.
here before. I did a search and couldn't find anything Personally, I just don't think this is possible. Surely
but if it has mods can delete this post. there are still nations in Europe with enough back-
I found the Documentary to be very interesting and bone to shout down this ridiculous attempt to control
fairly credible, but I sure would have love to see it their laws.
myself. Link to thread: ...thread262806/pg1
I would love to hear what you all think of this
information.
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Australian Politics - Coalition
[edit on 14-1-2007 by Realtruth]
Link to thread: ...thread262745/pg1 vs Labor
Created by: fooffstarr on January 17, flags: 3, replies: 26
Since there is no section for it i thought i would start a
Germans Force "Thought topic for Australian Politics, because from experience i
know there is a fair few Aussies on here.
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