VerbSap
Verbum Sapienti sat est (A word to the wise suffices)
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
They're not exactly rocket scientists...
...no wait a minute - they are!
"origins of the solar system" - ha! Wouldn't it be better to figure out how to properly assemble the technology we have before making more?
The 231-page document prepared by independent investigators found that gravity switches on the Genesis probe designed to trigger the deployment of its parachutes were installed backward.
Genesis' chutes never opened and it slammed into the Utah desert on September 8, 2004, after a three-year mission collecting microscopic solar wind particles that scientists hoped would provide clues to the origins of the solar system.
"origins of the solar system" - ha! Wouldn't it be better to figure out how to properly assemble the technology we have before making more?
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Did they change the meaning of the word "secret"?
I never really get it when I see a headline like this:
Netanyahu and Gaydamak hold secret meeting
Netanyahu and Gaydamak hold secret meeting
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Surely this is the opposite of what we feared?
Iran hints it may use oil weapon in nuclear row
And there we were all riled up about the nuclear weapons.
And there we were all riled up about the nuclear weapons.