Chandra Sees Black Hole Rip Star Apart

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Black Hole Seen Ripping Star Apart (AP)

Black Hole Seen Ripping Star Apart (AP) 02/18/2004 02:40 PM
AP - Two space observatories have provided the first strong evidence of a supermassive black hole stretching, tearing apart and partially gobbling up a star flung into reach of its enormous gravity, astronomers said Wednesday.

Huge black hole tears apart star

Huge black hole tears apart star 02/18/2004 05:33 PM
Astronomers claim they have observed a "super-massive" black hole ripping apart a star and consuming part of it.

Hungry Black Hole Rips Star Apart

Hungry Black Hole Rips Star Apart 02/19/2004 06:06 AM
X-ray observatories capture act of 'celestial gluttony' that astronomers say proves a long-standing theory that black holes can pull in cosmic bodies, stretch them to the breaking point and then consume them.

To black hole, or not black hole, that
is the question

To black hole, or not black hole, that
is the question 02/18/2004 10:44 AM
I really need to get things together and finish the time-limited black hole route system I keep thinking about. Digging through the logs recently I've been finding that there are patterns in there to be teased out--systems that constantly hammer me with viruses or bang on the webserver with attempts to post comments to non-functional cgi programs. (Yeah, I left mt-comments.cgi around and just marked it non-executable) While it's not a lot of traffic, it's annoying traffic, and in the case of the virus bombs it's repeated over and over. I could just install a blackhole route for these things,...

"A legal black hole"

"A legal black hole" 01/18/2004 04:54 AM
In an extraordinary Supreme Court filing, five military lawyers equate Bush's denial of legal rights to the Guantanamo Bay detainees to King George's oppression of the American colonists.

Black Hole Organizer v2.7e

Black Hole Organizer v2.7e 04/22/2004 05:22 PM
Black Hole Organizer is a web enabled free-form notes application that's been designed to make document management easier. Find notes quickly with Power Find. Create categories and sub-categories (folders) that are meaningful to you. Quickly insert stock text into any note using the template feature! Being web enabled means that any web url or email address is a live link as well. Includes a full featured spell checker and Thesauraus as well. [Shareware $24.95 30 Days 3.47 MB]

"Black hole" in the Balkans

"Black hole" in the Balkans 04/14/2005 12:33 PM
A report says that democratic development in the region is a failure and calls for drastic changes in European policy.

The black hole riddle -- solved!

The black hole riddle -- solved! 07/22/2004 09:38 AM
Stephen Hawking does a U-turn on his theory of the parallel universe –- and loses his bet in the process.

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet 07/21/2004 09:34 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 22 2004 1:56AM GMT

Hawking cracks black hole paradox

Hawking cracks black hole paradox 07/15/2004 08:20 AM

Hawking: My Black Hole Model Wrong

Hawking: My Black Hole Model Wrong 07/19/2004 11:24 AM
CBS News Jul 19 2004 3:46PM GMT

Black-hole travel theory refuted

Black-hole travel theory refuted 04/14/2005 10:17 PM
New research into black holes sheds doubt on the theory they could one day be used to travel across the universe.

Voracious Black Hole Generates Most
Powerful Explosion Known

Voracious Black Hole Generates Most
Powerful Explosion Known 01/06/2005 02:38 AM

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet
(Reuters)

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet
(Reuters) 07/21/2004 06:41 PM
Reuters - Cosmologist Stephen Hawking lost one of the most famous bets in scientific history Wednesday after he rejected the 1975 black hole theory that helped make his name.

Hawking Gracefully, Formally Loses Black
Hole Bet

Hawking Gracefully, Formally Loses Black
Hole Bet 07/21/2004 07:46 PM

Hubble sees 'planet' around star

Hubble sees 'planet' around star 05/12/2004 08:33 AM
The first direct image of a planet circling another star may have been obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope.

what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando

what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando 08/17/2004 09:01 AM
nytimes piece .. infuriating

nytimes.com/2004/08/16/opinion/16herbert.html?hp
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GOP Sees a Future in Black Churches (Los
Angeles Times)

GOP Sees a Future in Black Churches (Los
Angeles Times) 02/01/2005 08:28 PM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Black conservatives who supported President Bush in 2004 and gained new prominence within the Republican Party are launching a loosely knit movement that they hope will transform the role African Americans play in national politics.

"what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando"

"what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando" 08/17/2004 03:41 AM

PrimeSyn Lab Enters into a License
Agreement with Biosearch Technologies to
Sell Quasar®, CAL Fluor® and Black Hole
Quenchers®

PrimeSyn Lab Enters into a License
Agreement with Biosearch Technologies to
Sell Quasar®, CAL Fluor® and Black Hole
Quenchers® 06/05/2005 11:58 PM
PrimeSyn Lab Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Biosearch Technologies for Quasar®, CAL Fluor® and Black Hole Quencher® products. Under the terms of the agreement, PrimeSyn Lab has acquired non-exclusive rights to market and sell these products to the research market on a global basis. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

Consumer Report Part 1: Look at this --
the Diebold GEMS central tabulator
contains a stunning security hole |
Black Box Voting

Consumer Report Part 1: Look at this --
the Diebold GEMS central tabulator
contains a stunning security hole |
Black Box Voting 08/31/2004 09:40 AM
Diebold GEMS central tabulator contains a stunning security hole

blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble sees
'planet' around star

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble sees
'planet' around star 05/13/2004 03:43 PM
Best evidence yet (maybe) for keeping the Hubble around: .. Hubble Spots a Planet? .. something like this

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3707185.stm
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Black Star: Ghana, Information
Technology and Development in Africa

Black Star: Ghana, Information
Technology and Development in Africa 03/09/2004 12:06 AM
Black Star: Ghana, Information Technology and Development in Africa by G. Pascal Zachary
http://firstmon day.org/issues/issue9_3/zachary/

Abstract:

Accra, the capital of the West African country of Ghana, is technologically marginalized by any measure. But over the past ten years, the introduction of the Internet, wireless technology and freer radio broadcasts have vastly expanded communications and information. The Internet is widely available. E–mail usage is soaring. Wireless telephony is growing rapidly. Radio stations are proliferating. Once mired in information poverty, the people of Accra, Ghana now face the challenge of using information and connectivity to their best advantage. In examining how Accra adapts to technological change, we gain a better understanding of how people in poor African cities use technology and what they want from it. Debates over the so–called "digital divide" can be enriched by close studies of lived experience in parts of the world where the revolution in information technology remains more prospect than reality.

Jack Black to star in movie adaptation
of Rudy Rucker novel

Jack Black to star in movie adaptation
of Rudy Rucker novel 05/27/2004 03:34 PM
Variety reports that Rudy Rucker's fantastic 1984 novel, Master of Space and Time (you can buy it used on Amazon for $0.01), is going to adapted into a movie. It'll be directed by Michel Gondry, who directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and will star Jack Black. Link (subscription required)

Chandra Provides Support For Dark Energy

Chandra Provides Support For Dark Energy 05/19/2004 10:22 AM

Chandra Observations Confirm Existence
of Dark Energy

Chandra Observations Confirm Existence
of Dark Energy 05/19/2004 01:27 AM

‘Hole in One’ Instead of ‘Hole in the
Wall’ Office?

‘Hole in One’ Instead of ‘Hole in the
Wall’ Office? 06/24/2005 02:37 PM
Perfect your golf game in spite of rain and lightning, crowded links or a schedule that keeps you traveling. This interactive, on-line golf game can hone your skills for multi-player tournaments. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]

"Geek Nirvana: Star Trek's Federation vs
Star Wars' Empire By the Numbers"

"Geek Nirvana: Star Trek's Federation vs
Star Wars' Empire By the Numbers" 09/19/2004 09:35 AM

Star Trek's James Doohan gets star on
Hollywood Walk of Fame

Star Trek's James Doohan gets star on
Hollywood Walk of Fame 08/31/2004 03:36 PM
Xeni Jardin: Blogger, photographer, and citizen geek Jason DeFillippo took photos, including the one shown here. He says, "I am really bummed I missed the [Trekkie] convention on Sunday but this made up for it. I'll remember it every time I walk by his star. Safe journeys Scotty..." Link to Jason's photo gallery, which includes some wonderful snaps of other Star Trek cast members in attendance

Finally Answered: Star Trek vs. Star
Wars

Finally Answered: Star Trek vs. Star
Wars 09/17/2004 05:45 PM
Gee k Nirvana: Star Trek's Federation vs Star Wars' Empire By the Numbers

Because we know the debate rages on......

Now if we could only resolve Kirk vs. Picard for once and all.
via Linux Notes

Star Wars vs Star Trek in Five Minutes

Star Wars vs Star Trek in Five Minutes 09/18/2004 03:14 PM
In a straight-up fight, the Empire would squash the Federation like a bug .. Geek Nirvana: Star Trek's Federation vs Star Wars' Empire By the Numbers

stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/FiveMinutes.html
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Sony's PSP: Available in Black, Black,
and Black

Sony's PSP: Available in Black, Black,
and Black 05/29/2004 09:18 PM

Looks like all those pastel PSPs Sony was showing at E3 were just a tease. According to an interview in Japanese game magazine Famitsu, Sony claims the various color PSPs were "just for reference. We plan to make the system black." I wouldn't worry too much, though. I'm sure if the PSP does well at all, color models will start showing up in no time at all.
Read [IGN via Portagame]

Chris Abraham: Evil Man in Black and His
Evil Black Suitcases Tackled by the Good
Guys

Chris Abraham: Evil Man in Black and His
Evil Black Suitcases Tackled by the Good
Guys 04/12/2005 05:55 AM
Evil Man in Black and His Evil Black Suitcases Tackled by the Good Guys .. Permalink

chrisabraham.com/2005/04/evil_man_in_bla.html
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BLACK
HUMOUR

BLACK
HUMOUR 05/08/2004 05:30 PM

No one who has read The Boondocks has a neutral opinion about its writer, Aaron McGruder. You either love him or hate him, or vacillate between the two extremes. The twenty-something radical leftie is working on a Simpsons-style animated series that will air, ironically, on Fox, probably next year, and as the New Yorker reported last month, he's managed to outrage almost everyone of every political stripe, including other cartoonists who say that he's gotten lazy (the strip is now drawn by Jennifer Seng, though McGruder still does the writing), and that he's relentless to the point of being tedious and unfunny. He is the most banned cartoonist in history, with many of the 300+ papers carrying the strip having cut it at one time or another. But as I think the above strip from last week shows, McGruder's biting wit has lost none of its edge, and demonstrates a fearlessness that goes beyond even what Doonsbury and Bloom County achieved.

Black. Duncan Black.

Black. Duncan Black. 07/28/2004 02:44 PM
The true identity of the "mysterious" Atrios has been revealed.

THINK
GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL: PETER SINGER'S
ONE
WORLD

THINK
GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL: PETER SINGER'S
ONE
WORLD 04/23/2004 09:24 AM

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that I'm opposed to unregulated 'free' trade, very worried about the extraterritoriality of the WTO, NAFTA, Davos and other corporatist captives, strongly opposed to domestic corporations 'offshoring' jobs, using influence with the Bush regime and other right-wing governments to circumvent social and environmental laws and responsibilities, and a great believer in taking the pledge to buy local, and in community self-sufficiency. At the same time, I'm a strong supporter of the UN and other multi-lateral NGOs, and I believe that we each have a responsibility for the well-being of all the people and creatures of this world. Some readers have said this view is inconsistent, and I wasn't quite sure how to respond to such charges. Fortunately, Peter Singer, in his recent book on global ethics, One World: The Ethics of Globalization, has come to my rescue. Singer sees no inconsistency between strong local autonomy, community, and self-sufficient economies on the one hand, and global responsibility on the other. The book is based on the Dwight Terry lectures at Yale in 2000, but has been updated to incorporate reflection on the events of 9/11 and the appalling Bush social, environmental and economic record. I'll have more to say next week about Bush's fraudulent and despicable Earth Day media blitz, and the major media's shameless lack of critical evaluation of the utter nonsense that his propaganda machine has been churning out this week on the environment -- newspeak of Orwellian proportions. The first part of Singer's book deals with environmental responsibility, and his prescription for increasing it -- immediate ratification of Kyoto by the US and other holdout countries, and introduction of an emissions trading mechanism to make the realization of Kyoto feasible (subject to the need for some oversight on the disposition of the proceeds of such trading when it involves autocratic governments). The second part of the book deals with the global economy, and Singer adroitly tears apart the Economist's (and other neocons') naive assertion that economic globalization somehow benefits both rich and poor countries. He then goes on to prescribe a substantial reform of the WTO and the GATT, which could actually lead to more equitable distribution of wealth and more efficient production of economic goods, while safeguarding human rights, labour and the environment. Unfortunately, the multi-national corporations and corporatists who hold sway in the WTO would never tolerate Singer's prescription, since it would entirely divert the benefits of economic globalization from their pockets to those of the world's poor. The third part of the book deals with international law, and Singer lashes out at Bush for his unconscionable refusal to ratify the International Court of Justice, and for the UN's continued hesitancy to accept a duty (not a right) to intervene in situations of genocide and other humanitarian crises, even within a single nation. Singer is sanguine about the limitations and dangers of 'global government', but supports strengthening the UN to enable it to act as a 'protector of last resort', and including in its mandate the responsibility to supervise elections in all member nations. The fourth and final part goes back to ethical principles and proposes that countries must, in this world where national boundaries no longer have any logistic meaning, set aside national interest and embrace, once and for all, global interest, impartially. That does not mean cultural homogenization, but imposes a responsibility for the reduction of inequality, both of economic resources and personal rights and freedoms. Always the pragmatist, Singer concludes by worrying out loud about how the responsibility for a global ethic could be managed: It is widely believed that a world government would be, at best, an unchecked bureaucratic behemoth that would make the bureaucracy of the EU look lean and efficient. At worst, it would become a global tyranny, unchecked and unchallengeable. These thoughts have to be taken seriously. How to prevent global bodies becoming either dangerous tyrannies or self-aggrandizing bureaucracies, and instead make them effective and responsive to the people whose lives they affect? It is a challenge that should not be beyond the best minds in the fields of political science and public administration. I'd like to believe that this was possible, because if it isn't, we're in serious trouble. We cannot expect national governments to set aside parochial interests, especially when this entails accepting a responsibility that would, for the richer nations, inevitably lead to a drastic redistribution of wealth to poorer nations and hence a sudden and sharp reduction in, at least, economic living standards (if not necessarily well-being). But as John Ralston Saul has so eloquently argued, larger organizations and institutions, whether public or private, are almost always, and inherently, less efficient, less agile, more resistant to change, more hierarchic, and less transparent than smaller organizations. So the challenge is to achieve the best of both worlds, having organizations of global scope and authority and responsibility, but broken up into sufficiently small, autonomous and dynamic units that they are sensitive, resilient, responsible and responsive to the people and communities they serve. We can only hope that "the best minds in the fields of political science and public administration", wherever they are, are up to the task.

Pie hole

Pie hole 06/11/2004 11:48 PM
I've got a pie hole on the front of my head.

Welcome to My Man Hole

Welcome to My Man Hole 05/05/2004 11:14 AM
Cy Brown: "I got a whole bunch of emails from people telling me how great my hole is. At first I thought that maybe the porn pics of me had gotten out." (05-04)

The Big Hole We're In

The Big Hole We're In 06/07/2004 09:13 AM
The average household with credit cards owes a whopping $9,000.
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