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Feds Answer Calls for Nuke Safety
Feds Answer Calls for Nuke Safety
05/08/2004 05:06 AMFor years, watchdog groups have argued in vain for new security
measures at the nation's nuclear weapons labs. Finally, Energy
Secretary Spencer Abraham appears to be listening. By Noah Shachtman.
Japan calls for development of
safety-related technology
Japan calls for development of
safety-related technology
06/06/2004 11:55 PMContent.sina.com - Fri Jun 4, 08:46 am GMT
High Growth Expected for Safety PLCs &
Safety Bus/Networks
High Growth Expected for Safety PLCs &
Safety Bus/Networks
04/14/2005 04:00 AMThere are concerns about the reliability and safety in the use of
safety buses/networks for machine automatic safeguarding, particularly
when safety and non-safety data is handled by the same bus/network.
Nevertheless usage is expected to grow significantly over the forecast
period, as the use of safety PLCs grows and reliability of operations
with safety buses/networks becomes proven. Usage is particularly
attractive when machines and controls become more complex (i.e., for
example, requiring many emergency stops and/or safety gate switches
with multiple actuators). [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]
Action on Internet Safety Children's
Organisations Unite On Internet Safety
Action on Internet Safety Children's
Organisations Unite On Internet Safety
04/17/2005 09:50 PMScoop Apr 18 2005 1:57AM GMT
A Tragedy of Errors
A Tragedy of Errors
02/10/2004 02:50 AMMichael Lind in the Nation on the neocons .. This paragraph is great:
.. Perle and Frum review .. A Tragedy of Errors .. neo-conservative ..
more»
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The G(r)eek Tragedy of Tivo
The G(r)eek Tragedy of Tivo
02/01/2005 10:00 PMWhat happens when you have a product that is designed for the masses
but remains with the minority? Nobody could...
Tragedy of Fearless
Tragedy of Fearless
02/15/2004 02:15 AM
I wrote a comment elsewhere that was memorable but not
exactly right, so
I'll post it here as a note to myself.
Being fearless without being peerless is a formula for tragedy.
Maybe some of my quotes will make it into the book of quotes
someday. :-)
Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls?
Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls?
04/21/2004 03:53 PMLast week we noted a new study saying that
people get
annoyed with others talking on mobile phones because they only hear
one half of the conversation. At the time, I wrote that this made
sense as periods of silence followed by talking are a lot more jarring
to the passive listener. However, this BBC report claims that the
reason for the annoyance
is that it
shows that we're more curious about what the other party is
saying. I'm not sure I buy that. It seems much more likely that it's
the variability in noise, from silent to noisy rather than any form of
curiosity. When the conversation is at a constant hum (even when
loud), it's much easier to tune it out. Still, the findings do go
against the opinion many people have expressed that things like
"push-to-talk" where the phone usually acts as a speaker phone would
be more annoying since we get to hear both sides of the conversation.
In fact, the researchers behind the study are even suggesting that
mobile phone makers may want to explore adding speaker phones to more
phones to make them
less annoying. Of course, the study only
set up two conditions: a conversation on a mobile phone and a
face-to-face conversation. They didn't test the speaker phone
situation to see how annoying that was. It's possible that the
annoyance factor comes from the inability to make use of body language
to express concepts as well, leading to a different tone of voice.
Two drown in fishing tragedy
Two drown in fishing tragedy
05/04/2004 02:17 AMTwo men from Northern Ireland drown off the coast of County Donegal as
a fishing trip ends in tragedy.
The tragedy of Nick Berg
The tragedy of Nick Berg
05/11/2004 06:01 PMTwo years ago - a tremendous tragedy.
Two years ago - a tremendous tragedy.
07/01/2004 05:17 AM
On 1 July 2002 at 21:35:32 hrs a collision between a Tupolev
TU154M, which was on a flight from
Moscow/Russia to Barcelona/ Spain, and a Boeing B757-200, on a flight
from Bergamo/Italy to Brussels/
Belgium, occurred north of the city of Ueberlingen (Lake of
Constance). Investigation
Report as of May 2004, PDF. Very detailed, intelligibly
written.
71 people were killed in one of Europe's worst peacetime air
accidents. The report comes the the conclusion that human error was
the main cause. The
TCAS system (PDF) which should have prevented the
collision worked, but the Tupolew crew followed the ATC instructions.
It turned out that the air traffic controller missed a key warning on
his radar screen in one of a chain of errors.
ATCs from nearby airports realized what was going on but weren't able
to contact the responsible
Skyguide
controller
because the telephone network did not work:
the main telephone line was switched off because of work being
done on the telephone network, and the collision warning system was
temporarily shut down for maintenance.
The ATC in charge was
stabbed to
death in February 2004 by a Russian man
who lost his wife, son and daughter in the plane
crash. Between Travesty and Tragedy
(washingtonpost.com)
Between Travesty and Tragedy
(washingtonpost.com)
03/24/2005 08:43 AMBetween Travesty and Tragedy (washingtonpost.com) .. an excellent
column .. Charles Krauthammer .. Krauthammer sums up .. C.
Krauthammer
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Comedy = Tragedy + Distance
Comedy = Tragedy + Distance
12/19/2003 11:36 AM To say that
The
Conqueror, the
Howard
Hughes-backed film about Ghengis Kahn with John Wayne as the lead,
is an awful film is somewhat of an understatement. Bad acting in the
hot Nevada desert surrounded by radiation from the Yucca Flats lead to
around 90 people getting cancer and 30 dying from it. They even
shipped radioactive sand back to Hollywood for extra scenes.
Lost in La Mancha doesn't
seem so bad in retrospect.
The "tragedy" of Howard Dean
The "tragedy" of Howard Dean
02/18/2004 05:32 PMTragedy of the network commons
Tragedy of the network commons
08/09/2004 09:11 AM
A recent survey found that 75 percent of Dartmouth students have
shared their network passwords. They like having people who know their
password, explained Denise Anthony, a sociologist who spoke at the PKI
summit conference I attended earlier this month. "They like having
someone who can check their e-mail for them or log them in to places
where they're supposed to be."
...
As security technologists, we’re easily dazzled by our shiny
cryptographic swords. But while we’re brandishing our swords, our
users -- like Indiana Jones in that famous scene from Raiders of the
Lost Ark -- might simply pull out their guns and shoot us. Better
security protocols alone can’t thwart such game-changing
behavior. We need to understand what motivates the behavior and figure
out which carrots and sticks will influence it. [Full story at
InfoWorld.com]
The responses to this column expressed a mixture of hope and
resignation. The hope: that in a token-based authentication regime,
tokens will feel more like personal property than passwords do, and
that as a result, there will be less promiscuous behavior. The
resignation: that, as one reader put it, "there is no access control
system that is so convenient that some significant percentage of users
will not intentionally circumvent it in one way or another at least
some of the time."
...No lifeguards at scene of tragedy
No lifeguards at scene of tragedy
08/09/2004 09:23 AMNo lifeguards were on duty where a 10-year-old boy died after getting
into difficulties in the sea off Cumbria.
Night Club Tragedy
Night Club Tragedy
02/21/2003 10:53 PMLast night I was laying in bed watching the local news and right
towards the end of their broadcast they mentioned they had breaking
news of a club fire in West Warwick. They didn't comment much on it
at the time, and I didn't give it a second thought as they went back
to Leno. Today, almost one hundred local residents are dead, and
another two hundred are injured. I live about a half hour from the
club that burnt down. In fact, right next to the club is a car repair
shop that has done work on my car. I do not know anyone that was in
the fire, but I thank the local firemen for saving what the papers are
saying is a hundred lives, and I grieve for the families of the
victims.
Tsunami Tragedy Blog
Tsunami Tragedy Blog
12/31/2004 06:44 AMTsunami Tragedy Blog
asiantsunami.blogspot.com
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Boy dies in Cumbria sea tragedy
Boy dies in Cumbria sea tragedy
08/08/2004 03:40 PMA 10-year-old swimmer dies and his older brother is in a critical
condition after they were stranded off the Cumbrian coast.
Body found near cockling tragedy
Body found near cockling tragedy
05/03/2004 12:33 PMA body washed up near the scene of the drowning of 20 cocklers could
be another victim say police.
Spielberg to film Olympic tragedy
Spielberg to film Olympic tragedy
04/22/2004 05:16 AMDirector Steven Spielberg is to make a film about the murder of 11
Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Double tragedy for Tyrone village
Double tragedy for Tyrone village
12/27/2004 07:04 AMThe driver of a car which killed a three-year-old boy is found dead in
a quarry at Donemana in County Tyrone.
"Relief Fund for
Tsunami Tragedy"
"Relief Fund for
Tsunami Tragedy"
01/02/2005 11:37 PMPaintball Equals Tragedy Plus Time
Paintball Equals Tragedy Plus Time
12/13/2003 01:26 AMColumbine Paintball offers a chance for individuals and groups to
re-enact the school massacre with paint in place of precious
life-giving fluids. "Come and shoot your friends and family members in
remembrance." (12-13)
Mother speaks of car park tragedy
Mother speaks of car park tragedy
07/16/2004 12:15 PMThe mother of a girl who fell to her death with her father says the
pair were "totally inseparable".
Technology brings tragedy home
Technology brings tragedy home
12/31/2004 12:32 PMglobetechnology.com Dec 31 2004 4:54PM GMT
A discussion of the French cheese
tragedy
A discussion of the French cheese
tragedy
04/18/2005 09:53 AMThe other day I linked to an article about the decline of French
cheesemaking in my post, Speaking of French cheese. Today I followed
up on the debate over at eGullet.com in this interesting thread, The
Great French Cheese Tragedy, impending? Some interesting points in
there. I need to read more eGullet.com.
Landslide tragedy stuns Philippines
Landslide tragedy stuns Philippines
12/21/2003 07:18 AMLandslides stun
Philippines
news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/world/asi
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Albanian boat tragedy kills 20
Albanian boat tragedy kills 20
01/10/2004 10:13 PMTirana declares a day of mourning after at least 20 people die at sea
while trying to reach Italy illegally.
'Suicide pact' leads to tragedy
'Suicide pact' leads to tragedy
09/04/2004 09:21 PMA teenager dies from a suspected drugs overdose after apparently
making a suicide pact with her best friend.
Body found near lifeboat tragedy
Body found near lifeboat tragedy
04/27/2004 05:54 AMA body thought to be that of lifeboatman Alan Massey who went missing
while laying moorings, is found on the north Wales coast.
Tragedy throws spotlight on Kremlin
Tragedy throws spotlight on Kremlin
09/04/2004 10:10 AMThe BBC's Humphrey Hawksley gauges the mood in the Russian capital,
after the tragic end to the Beslan school siege.
Boating tragedy at Austria lake
Boating tragedy at Austria lake
05/31/2004 06:46 AMA tourist boat overturns on an underground lake, throwing more than 30
people into the water and killing at least five.
Out Of Tragedy, Stem Cell Progress
Out Of Tragedy, Stem Cell Progress
10/31/2003 03:50 AMCBS News Oct 31 2003 3:23AM ET
Collector's Mint profits from 9/11
tragedy
Collector's Mint profits from 9/11
tragedy
09/15/2004 03:10 PM
Mark Frauenfelder:
Becky sez:
"Plumbing the depths, in terms of profiting from 9/11's victims: these
people are selling coins made with silver they say they got from
Ground Zero. I guess they couldn't get their hands on any human
remains to use."
The silver used in each gleaming dollar coin is from
Ground Zero! You see, when the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001,
a bank vault full of .999 Pure Silver bars was buried under hundreds
of tons of debris. After months of salvage work, many of the bars were
found. Now, the same silver that was reclaimed from the destruction
has been used to create the magnificent 2004 “Freedom
Tower” Silver Dollar.
On its website, National Collector's Mint asks: "How many would you
like to order today?" Here's the company's email address so you can answer
that question.
Link
UPDATE: Here's a link to a Daily Show segment about this coin. (Thanks,
Dan!)
Cancer tragedy inspires £12m unit
Cancer tragedy inspires £12m unit
09/03/2004 10:05 AMThe death of a young woman helps lead to the funding for a new £12m
cancer unit in Swansea.
Tragedy 'must not happen again'
Tragedy 'must not happen again'
01/28/2004 10:17 AMDr David Kelly's family urges the government to take action to ensure
their tragedy is never repeated.
Schiavo Tragedy Taking on Political Tone
(AP)
Schiavo Tragedy Taking on Political Tone
(AP)
03/26/2005 05:36 AMus.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050324/ap_on_go_co/schiavo_politics
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Big tragedy: Vodafone dumps Microsoft
smartphone
Big tragedy: Vodafone dumps Microsoft
smartphone
12/22/2003 12:41 PMWhy it is a big tragedy for Microsoft smartphone? Because Vodafone is
the biggest and the most successful cellular network operator in the
world and it´s "Vodafone Live!" service is an ideal towards which
several other operators are working. If Vodafone (the largest operator
in the world) and T-Mobile (second largest operator in the world) are
saying that Microsoft smartphone is not good enough for them then it
truly is a tragedy.
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