All Posts Tagged With: "Odds & Ends"
Web Crash 2007
Well, looks like it’s time to find another hobby. Early reports are it’s terminal and those that can fix it are apparently still standing in line to get their copy of the final Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hollows.
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A Google logo on the moon.
Given a bit more time and that just might become a reality. At the very least they can super-impose the big G logo as you take a virtual tour of the moon. In a further attempt to bring services to the end-user desktop, Google setup an arrangement with NASA providing for additional imagery and information related to weather forecasting, three-dimensional maps of the moon and Mars, and real-time tracking of the space shuttle and International Space Station.
“This agreement between NASA and Google will soon allow every American to experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the canyons of Mars,” NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said in a statement.
Osama bin Laden shot dead in northeastern India
A bit of off-topic news. A killer elephant that has been blamed for 14 deaths in the northern state of Assam was killed by a licensed shooter near the Behali forest reserve. The 10-foot tall bull had been named Osama bin Laden by area villagers who lived in fear of the animal. After killing a woman on Wednesday, wildlife authorities issued an order to have “Laden” shot and killed by Dec 31.
