China’s first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, separated from the lander early on Sunday, several hours after the Chang’e-3 probe soft-landed on the lunar surface. Read the take on FauxNews![...]
Archive for December, 2013
December 13th, 2013 - 4:56 pm § in Misc.
Buchenwald 12: How the camp was built
Working During the Winter Holidays There were many ways to exterminate prisoners by work in Buchenwald, the official goal of Buchenwald was the destruction of the prisoners by that work. During the entire summer of 1937, the SS forced the prisoners to use their “free time” to carry huge [...]
December 13th, 2013 - 3:28 pm § in Misc.
REPOST: Apple store opens in North Korea
See more at Jaunted Other links … This just seemed so much in theme with the events in North Korea that I wanted ot repost it from its original status on April 1. 2012.[...]
What would Nelson do?
A sad note here .. The online History of Nelson Mandela: http://digitaljournal.com/article/353312 reports that “Walter Sisulu, secured a job as an clerk at law firm … run by a liberal Jew, Lazar Sidelsky ….. At the firm, Mandela befriended Gaur Redebe, a Xhosa member of the [...]
December 13th, 2013 - 11:33 am § in Misc.
BARGAINS: Two
Two very different bargains. One is a somewhat boring Mac at a low price. CLICKHERE The other is a very innovative Windows 8 machine for more money and a lot more function. CLICKHERE This video gives a fascinating view of the Windows machine from Acer. [...]
December 13th, 2013 - 9:50 am § in Misc.
Ford Pretends They Do Not Know That Alan Mulally is the Next CEO for Microsoft
Ford board of directors to press Alan Mulally about future plans Members of Ford’s board of directors want to know definitively if CEO Alan Mulally plans to stay with the automaker through next year as originally planned or leave sooner, possibly to helm Microsoft. The tech giant has been eval[...]
December 13th, 2013 - 7:13 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge
What new fad in 1661 was described as follows: ‘Tis extolled for drying up the Crudities of the Stomack, and for expelling Fumes out of the Head. …which can cleanse the English-man’s Stomak of Flegm, and expel Giddinesse out of his Head.” A. chewing tobacco B. chile peppers C[...]
December 12th, 2013 - 11:23 pm § in Misc.
Nobel Laureate Denounces Premier Journals …
Randy Schekman refers to these journals as “luxury” journals. I think a more apt term is” science tabloids.” Recently, TA has written about the problem of scientific publishers appropriating copyrights to themselves . especially on materials funded by our government. The [...]
Harassing THE Ave editor : Is Bob Raymond Hacking The UW?
My UW Email is Being Attacked Here is an example of less than 24 hours worth of these emails: OR ,,, maybe he is a robot? [...]