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  • Next Iraqi Elections Set For March 7, 2010

    Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 05:54 in politics, iraq, world affairs

    The present Iraqi government has been deliberating for ages regarding various aspects of their political structure – ranging from organization to legislature and processes. One key milestone has finally been achieved, by defining the laws gove...

  • Russia\'s Radical Sukhoi S-37 Fighter Plane Goes Up Against Our F-22

    Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 18:02 in asia, fighter, aircraft, russian, f35, f22, s37

    How the hell do they do it? A crumbling economy, corruption, failed institutions and still the Russians can produce an amazing fighter aircraft like this. I don’t know if it really is better than our F22, but it certainly appears to be competit...

  • NASA\'s Shuttle Mission Simulator

    Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 18:37 in awesome, NASA, shuttle, simulator

    Say What, Now? If you have ever wondered what kind of training astronauts get before they actually participate in missions, well, I can’t really help you with that. But I did get to fly the fancy simluator that prospective shuttle pilots use to...

  • Sarbanes-Oxley in Court

    Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 15:14 in finance, Regulation, sox

    Fox News is reporting that the Supreme Court is hearing a case that is challenging the constitutionality of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The results of this case could be very widespread as the prime complaint against the law (brought by the Free Enterpri...

  • Offbeat Research by Canadians

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 14:42 in Canada, miscellaneous, research

    As the season has turned, it’s gotten cold up in Canada so the land to the North has turned inwards to hockey and indoor science. As if killing time, researchers at the University of British Columbia determined flipping a coin is in fact not r...

  • Programming Quotes

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 in programming, humor, Cynicism

    At work, we have a guy who I am pretty sure just goes out looking for email forwards to send out to everyone in the department. Usually these are complete and utter crap. But today, he struck a gold mine. And, therefore, I will share that wealth with...

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