Introduction to the Sony HDR-FX1 - HDR-FX1 Sony HDV Info .com
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Beyond3D - Which was nice.
Beyond3D - Which was nice.: "NVIDIA announced the new NV43 based GeForce 6600 and 6600 GT graphics boards nearly a month ago now. NV43 is a native PCI Express chip that's designed to bring the features and capabilities of the high end NV40 (6800) to the mainstream market. In the mainstream market segment, while performance is a key element, so too is cost, hence NVIDIA are saying their aim for retail pricing of 6600 GT is $199."
Common Good: faq
Common Good: faq: "What is Common Good?
Common Good is a bipartisan coalition dedicated to restoring common sense to American law. Our Advisory Board is a virtual who's who of leading Americans from across the political spectrum. Common Good grew out of the work of our founder and Chair, Philip K. Howard, the author of The Death of Common Sense and The Collapse of the Common Good. We are a 501(c)(3) public charity and rely entirely on contributions for support."
Common Good: The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn
Common Good: The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn: "CG board member Diane Ravitch's new book, The Language Police, describes a world gone mad in search of fairness and avoiding bad feelings. Her riveting expose describes the bizarre and often scary world of educational censorship. The 'sensible principle of removing racist and sexist language' has turned into an 'effort to delete whatever might annoy or offend the most agitated imaginations.' Merle Rubin of the Los Angeles Times asks:
What do dinosaurs, mountains, deserts, brave boys, shy girls, men fixing roofs, women baking cookies, elderly people in wheelchairs, athletic African Americans, God, heathens, witches, owls, birthday cake and religious fanatics all have in common? Trick question?
No, all verboten.
Bias and sensitivity guidelines routinely used by educational publishers, test development companies, the states, and scholarly and professional associations 'combine left-wing political correctness and right-wing fundamentalism, a strange stew of discordant influences,' explains Ravitch."
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that mattersSlashdot's Politics subsection.
The Underground History of American Education - John Taylor Gatto
The Underground History of American Education - John Taylor Gatto
"The true purpose of schooling, according to Gatto, is to produce an easily manageable workforce to serve employers in a mass-production economy. Actual education is a secondary and even counterproductive result since educated people tend to be more difficult to control." -- Slashdot.
Huge magnet pulls world toward a new source of energy - MIT News Office
Huge magnet pulls world toward a new source of energy - MIT News Office: "A 150-ton magnet developed in part by MIT engineers is pulling the world closer to nuclear fusion as a potential source of energy.
Over the last three years 'we've shown that we can design a magnet of this size and complexity and make it work,' said Joseph V. Minervini, a senior research engineer at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and the Department of Nuclear Engineering."
Elizabeth A. Thomson, News Office
September 25, 2002
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Article: Unique moon may partner Sedna?| New Scientist
Article: Unique moon may partner Sedna?| New Scientist: "Now a UK team has shown that if Sedna has a moon, it must be more like a gigantic, extinct comet than a planetary body.
Assuming the moon exists, Chandra Wickramasinghe of Cardiff University in the UK and colleagues calculated its maximum possible reflectivity on the basis that the space telescopes have been unable to see it. 'If there is a moon, it has to be the darkest object in the solar system,' Wickramasinghe says."
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