 MiamiHerald.com | US Stocks Close Sharply Lower; DJIA Ends Month Flat Wall Street Journal By Donna Kardos Yesalavich Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stocks tumbled Friday, with Bank of America, jpmorgan Chase and Alcoa leading the Dow Jones Industrial Average's components lower as investors again grew concerned about the ... A Fearful Friday for StocksBusinessWeek Stocks Tumble on Consumer Weakness; Dow Down 2.5%New York Times Stocks take a big slideCNNMoney.com The Associated Press -MarketWatch -Wall Street Journal all 1,927 news articles » |
31 October 2009
US Stocks Close Sharply Lower; DJIA Ends Month Flat - Wall Street Journal
California National Bank fails, is seized by FDIC - Los Angeles Times
 Los Angeles Times | California National Bank fails, is seized by FDIC Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles-based, 68-branch bank is immediately acquired by the US Bank unit of US Bancorp. FDIC officials enter the California National Bank branch at 221 S. Figueroa St. in downtown Los Angeles as the bank is taken over. ... US Bancorp Acquires Nine Failed Banks, Accelerating GrowthBloomberg 9 banks in major holding company failCNNMoney.com Federal Regulators Close fbop's Nine Banking SubsidiariesRTT News Wall Street Journal -MarketWatch -Bizjournals.com all 691 news articles » |
Typhoon Mirinae barrels through Philippines, worsens flooding - Xinhua
 The Age | Typhoon Mirinae barrels through Philippines, worsens flooding Xinhua MANILA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth in a month to hit the Philippines, barreled through the main island of Luzon in just a few hours early Saturday morning, the country's weather forecast bureau said. There is not yet report of ... Typhoon destroys bridge, cuts power in PhilippinesAFP 4th typhoon in month lashes sodden PhilippinesThe Associated Press 'The worst is over'; Santi now over South China SeaGMA news.tv Inquirer.net -BBC News -Reuters all 551 news articles » |
How Critics Reviewed the Original Macintosh in 1984
via Daring Fireball by John Gruber on 10/29/09
Somehow I missed this vintage 25-year claim chowder collection from Philip Elmer-DeWitt back in January. Here's John C. Dvorak's take on the Mac:
The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the "why" out of the equation — as in "why would I want this?" The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a "mouse". There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I don't want one of these new fangled devices.
01 October 2009
YouTube - Luchino Visconti's The Stranger (Straniero, Lo 1967)COMPLETE MOVIE Part 1 of 11
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Luchino Visconti's The Stranger (Straniero, Lo 1967)COMPLETE MOVIE Part 1 of 11
Luchino Visconti's The Stranger (Straniero, Lo 1967)COMPLETE MOVIE Part 1 of 11
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’ - Times Online
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’ - Times Online: "Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’"
'A conversation with Gore Vidal unfolds at his pace. He answers questions imperiously, occasionally playfully, with a piercing, lethal dryness. He is 83 and in a wheelchair (a result of hypothermia suffered in the war, his left knee is made of titanium). But he can walk (“Of course I can”) and after a recent performance of Mother Courage at London’s National Theatre he stood to deliver an anti-war speech to the audience.
How was his friend Fiona Shaw in the title role? “Very good.” Where did they meet? Silence. The US? “Well, it wasn’t Russia.” What’s he writing at the moment? “It’s a little boring to talk about. Most writers seem to do little else but talk about themselves and their work, in majestic terms.” He means self-glorifying? “You’ve stumbled on the phrase,” he says, regally enough. “Continue to use it.”'
'A conversation with Gore Vidal unfolds at his pace. He answers questions imperiously, occasionally playfully, with a piercing, lethal dryness. He is 83 and in a wheelchair (a result of hypothermia suffered in the war, his left knee is made of titanium). But he can walk (“Of course I can”) and after a recent performance of Mother Courage at London’s National Theatre he stood to deliver an anti-war speech to the audience.
How was his friend Fiona Shaw in the title role? “Very good.” Where did they meet? Silence. The US? “Well, it wasn’t Russia.” What’s he writing at the moment? “It’s a little boring to talk about. Most writers seem to do little else but talk about themselves and their work, in majestic terms.” He means self-glorifying? “You’ve stumbled on the phrase,” he says, regally enough. “Continue to use it.”'
28 September 2009
Celestia - Software Summary - FOSSFORUS
Celestia - Software Summary - FOSSFORUS
Celestia
CelestiaScreenshot of Celestia Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel through the solar system, to any of more than 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A "point-and-goto" interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
Celestia is expandable. It comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft, but if that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy-to-install add-ons with more objects.
CelestiaScreenshot of Celestia
Celestia is similar to:
Starry Night, Stellarium, WorldWide Telescope
Celestia is used for:
astronomy
Who uses Celestia:
astronomer, educator, home user, planetarium operator, student, teacher
Other tags:
3D Rendering, Algorithms, Astronomy, Education, Games/Entertainment, Mathematics, planetarium, Science/Research, Sound/Audio
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Features:
* (From Wikipedia)
* Displays the Hipparcos Catalogue (HIP) of almost 120,000 stars
* Uses the very accurate VSOP87 theory of planetary orbits
* Can travel/fly through the Celestia universe using simple keyboard controls at any speed from 0.001m/s to millions of light years/s
* Viewpoints can be set to look forward, backward or at any angle to direction of travel
* Controls allow users to orbit stars, planets, moons and other space objects, track space objects such as spacecraft, asteroids and comets as they fly by, or travel to and/or fly through nebula and irregular, elliptical and spiral galaxies (over 10,000 galaxies included)
* The time simulated by Celestia can be set at any point in the future or past"
Celestia
CelestiaScreenshot of Celestia Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel through the solar system, to any of more than 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A "point-and-goto" interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
Celestia is expandable. It comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft, but if that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy-to-install add-ons with more objects.
CelestiaScreenshot of Celestia
Celestia is similar to:
Starry Night, Stellarium, WorldWide Telescope
Celestia is used for:
astronomy
Who uses Celestia:
astronomer, educator, home user, planetarium operator, student, teacher
Other tags:
3D Rendering, Algorithms, Astronomy, Education, Games/Entertainment, Mathematics, planetarium, Science/Research, Sound/Audio
Edit tags
Features:
* (From Wikipedia)
* Displays the Hipparcos Catalogue (HIP) of almost 120,000 stars
* Uses the very accurate VSOP87 theory of planetary orbits
* Can travel/fly through the Celestia universe using simple keyboard controls at any speed from 0.001m/s to millions of light years/s
* Viewpoints can be set to look forward, backward or at any angle to direction of travel
* Controls allow users to orbit stars, planets, moons and other space objects, track space objects such as spacecraft, asteroids and comets as they fly by, or travel to and/or fly through nebula and irregular, elliptical and spiral galaxies (over 10,000 galaxies included)
* The time simulated by Celestia can be set at any point in the future or past"
24 September 2009
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg hospitalized - CNN.com
* Story Highlights
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg feels faint, light-headed and fatigued about 4:50 p.m.
* The 76-year-old Supreme Court Justice had treatment for iron deficiency hour earlier
* She's sent to Washington Hospital Center as a precaution at about 7:45 p.m.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after falling ill in her chambers, the court confirmed.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became ill in her chambers on Thursday.
Ginsburg, 76, felt faint, light-headed and fatigued about 4:50 p.m., around an hour after receiving a treatment for iron deficiency, the court said in a statement." Full Link
Source: CNN
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg feels faint, light-headed and fatigued about 4:50 p.m.
* The 76-year-old Supreme Court Justice had treatment for iron deficiency hour earlier
* She's sent to Washington Hospital Center as a precaution at about 7:45 p.m.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after falling ill in her chambers, the court confirmed.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became ill in her chambers on Thursday.
Ginsburg, 76, felt faint, light-headed and fatigued about 4:50 p.m., around an hour after receiving a treatment for iron deficiency, the court said in a statement." Full Link
Source: CNN
G-20 in Pittsburgh: Will Anarchists Disrupt the Summit?
G-20 in Pittsburgh: Will Anarchists Disrupt the Summit?
"The anarchists came to Pittsburgh to prepare to disrupt the G-20 summit. They quickly saw signs that made them believe that someone, or some entity, was prepared for them too. "Obviously, repression has already started," Pittsburgh anarchist Alex Bradley told a gathering of anti-authoritarians — the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project — in a closed-door meeting on Sept. 20. Members of the group say they have been followed, photographed, stopped and searched in the run-up to their protests of the Group of 20 meeting of the world's leading economic powers on Sept. 24 and 25. The 40 people in the room were urged to write local lawyers' phone numbers on their bodies in case of arrest. " Full Article
Source: Time.com
"The anarchists came to Pittsburgh to prepare to disrupt the G-20 summit. They quickly saw signs that made them believe that someone, or some entity, was prepared for them too. "Obviously, repression has already started," Pittsburgh anarchist Alex Bradley told a gathering of anti-authoritarians — the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project — in a closed-door meeting on Sept. 20. Members of the group say they have been followed, photographed, stopped and searched in the run-up to their protests of the Group of 20 meeting of the world's leading economic powers on Sept. 24 and 25. The 40 people in the room were urged to write local lawyers' phone numbers on their bodies in case of arrest. " Full Article
Source: Time.com
Obama calls Kennedy replacement 'excellent choice' -
Obama calls Kennedy replacement 'excellent choice' "
BOSTON – President Barack Obama says the Democrat selected to temporarily replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy is a 'distinguished leader' and an excellent choice to carry on Kennedy's work.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval (deh-VAHL') Patrick named former Democratic Party chairman Paul Kirk to fill the seat. Kirk will serve in the post until a special election in January.
His appointment gives Obama a critical 60th U.S. Senate vote he needs to pass a health care overhaul
Kirk is a Kennedy family friend who served on the late senator's staff for eight years and is chairman of the JFK Library Foundation.
Caroline Kennedy, the senator's niece, called Kirk 'a citizen-patriot' and a great friend.
Kennedy's family says he would have been pleased with the appointment."
Source: GLEN JOHNSON, AP Political Writer Glen Johnson, Ap Political Writer – Thu Sep 24, 11:40 am ET
BOSTON – President Barack Obama says the Democrat selected to temporarily replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy is a 'distinguished leader' and an excellent choice to carry on Kennedy's work.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval (deh-VAHL') Patrick named former Democratic Party chairman Paul Kirk to fill the seat. Kirk will serve in the post until a special election in January.
His appointment gives Obama a critical 60th U.S. Senate vote he needs to pass a health care overhaul
Kirk is a Kennedy family friend who served on the late senator's staff for eight years and is chairman of the JFK Library Foundation.
Caroline Kennedy, the senator's niece, called Kirk 'a citizen-patriot' and a great friend.
Kennedy's family says he would have been pleased with the appointment."
Source: GLEN JOHNSON, AP Political Writer Glen Johnson, Ap Political Writer – Thu Sep 24, 11:40 am ET
Google Sidewiki will be great if google can control spammers
Also to avoid looking like yahoo answers, I also think you should be required to submit a standardized test score that shows you scored above the 75% percentile. :)
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