[scifinoir2] Virgin's Review of 'Star Wars' Marathon

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[scifinoir2] Physicists Attempt to Go Back in Time

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[scifinoir2] (Fwd): Seeking Sci Fi Story

Anyone? - Subject: Seeking Sci Fi Story Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:22:13 -0600 One of my co-workers wondered if I recognized this one, but though it sounds faintly familiar I can't actually place it. Anybody else recognize it from this limited description: "The sto

[scifinoir2] Viral Fossil Brought Back to Life

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/1101/4?rss=1 Viral Fossil Brought Back to Life By Martin Enserink ScienceNOW Daily News 1 November 2006 In a controversial study, researchers have resurrected a retrovirus that infected our ancestors millions of years ago and now sits froz

[scifinoir2] Astronauts reunite for Hubble flight

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[scifinoir2] Looks like serial fad is toast

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Re: [scifinoir2] Nigel Kneale

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[scifinoir2] Black Autistic Savant Draws Perfect Rome

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[scifinoir2] 'Heroes' Graphic Novel

NBC.com exclusive! Pick up where the show leaves off by delving deeper into the Heroes universe with original graphic novels created by the world's foremost graphic artists! http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yah

[scifinoir2] On the Edge of Blade Runner

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[scifinoir2] [OT - Mostly] Networks now are entering the dark days. Feel the fear.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/27/DDGQ4M07J415.DTL Networks now are entering the dark days. Feel the fear. Tim Goodman Friday, October 27, 2006 An interesting thing happens to network programmers from May to September. That's the period when they announce their new shows

[scifinoir2] Science Nips at Vampire Myths

http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,72014-0.html?tw=rss.index Science Nips at Vampire Myths Associated Oct, 26, 2006 WASHINGTON - It may be the season for vampires, ghosts and zombies. Just remember, they're not real, warns physicist Costas Efthimiou. Obviously, you might say. But Efthimi

[scifinoir2] Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura): Coder, Actor, Hero

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71984-0.html?tw=rss.index Masi Oka: Coder, Actor, Hero By John Gaudiosi Oct, 25, 2006 Millions of viewers of NBC's Heroes know actor Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura, the bored young Japanese office worker who discovers he has the power to alter time and teleport.

[scifinoir2] Fwd: [sfnorthwest] Call for Submissions: 2007 Endeavour Award - CROSS POSTED (fwd

-- Forwarded message -- Subject: [sfnorthwest] Call for Submissions: 2007 Endeavour Award - CROSS POSTED Thought there might be some writers or publishers out there that should see this See eligibility requirements at the bottom of the PR. Call for Submissions: 200

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[scifinoir2] Klingon Pumpkin

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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Favorite Shows That Never Made It (Brilliant But Cancelled o

oir2@yahoogroups.com, "brent wodehouse" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> >TREO >> >> >> Might you mean Trio? Thanks for the pointer anyway. >> >> >> Brent >> >> >>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Favorite Shows That Never Made It (Brilliant But Cancelled o

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >TREO Might you mean Trio? Thanks for the pointer anyway. Brent >--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Wodehouse" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> &

Re: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >With Smith and a few other shows being canceled and most of us lamenting >how Hollywood seems to cancel show after one-half an episode, I was >wondering what shows did you like that never made it or got canceled >after one or two seasons that you thought should have h

[scifinoir2] Deep exploration raises excitement about the potential for life on Mars

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4229.html These bacteria use radiated water as food Deep exploration of Earth's biosphere raises excitement about the potential for life on Mars FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Researchers from Indiana University Bloomi

Re: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It (Brilliant But Cancelled on th

"ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >The brand-new cable network used Brilliant But Cancelled to brand itself >as a high-brow television destination. Once they got rolling, they >jettisoned Brilliant But Cancelled and went the way of the Bravo >network. Erm, which 'brand-new cable network' w

[scifinoir2] Tired Sci-Fi Tropes That Must Be Retired - Part Deux

http://www.ggl.com/kunochan/ Continuing my study of tired science fiction clichés: Explanations for Vampirism Sci-fi writers like to find scientifical explanations for supernatural myths. Julian May suggests that fairies and dwarves are aliens. H.P. Lovecraft proposes that ghosts and goblins ar

[scifinoir2] [OT] Feds Indict Actor Wesley Snipes for Tax Fraud

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-101706snipes,0,5745435.story?coll=la-home-headlines Feds Indict Actor Wesley Snipes for Tax Fraud >From Associated Press October 17, 2006 WASHINGTON - Movie actor Wesley Snipes was indicted today on eight counts of tax fraud accusing him of trying

[scifinoir2] Comic book covers

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[scifinoir2] Cyberface: New Technology That Captures the Soul

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/movies/15waxm.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Cyberface: New Technology That Captures the Soul By SHARON WAXMAN Published: October 15, 2006 SANTA MONICA, Calif. THERE'S nothing particularly remarkable about the near-empty offices of Image Metrics in downtown Santa Monic

Re(2): [scifinoir2] [Reference] Information on over 700 characters from the Marve

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Do you know if there's a similar directory for DC characters? As recommended, Wikipedia is a good source for the information. In addition, also try the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe [http://www.dcuguide.com/]. Brent >brent wodehouse <[EMAIL PRO

[scifinoir2] [Reference] Information on over 700 characters from the Marvel Universe

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[scifinoir2] [Video] Turkish Star Trek

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[scifinoir2] Time capsule to be beamed from Mexican pyramid

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2547540 Time capsule to be beamed from Mexican pyramid Oct 9, 2006 - By Cyntia Barrera Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Teotihuacan, once the center of a sprawling pre-Hispanic empire, is set to become the launch pad for an attempt to communicate with

[scifinoir2] 'Star Trek' Ship Fetches Over $500,000

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/STAR_TREK_AUCTION?SITE=MABOC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-10-07-21-13-48 Oct 8 'Star Trek' Ship Fetches Over $500,000 NEW YORK (AP) - Star Fleet Capt. Jean-Luc Picard commanded it. Now some Trekkie owns it. A model of the Starship Enterpri

[scifinoir2] Terminator vs. Robocop: The Movie

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[scifinoir2] 16 Probable Planets Found in Milky Way

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401730.html 16 Probable Planets Found in Milky Way Galaxy May Have Billions, Scientists Say By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 5, 2006; Page A10 NASA scientists using the Hubble Space Telescop

[scifinoir2] Abducted by aliens? Call now for compensation

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[scifinoir2] George Lucas To Quit Movie Business

http://www.variety.com/VR1117951284.html Lucas tilts at studio tentpoles 'Star' man sees shrinking pic biz By DAVID S. COHEN George Lucas has a message for studios that are cutting their slates and shifting toward big-budget tentpoles and franchises: You've got it all wrong. The creator of "

[scifinoir2] Scientists teleport two different objects

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/04/teleportation.reut/index.html Scientists teleport two different objects October 5, 2006 LONDON, England (Reuters) - Beaming people in "Star Trek" fashion is still in the realms of science fiction, but physicists in Denmark have teleported information f

[scifinoir2] 'War Games' Sequel?

http://www.cinematical.com/2006/10/02/shall-we-play-a-game-again/ Shall We Play A Game... Again? Posted Oct 2nd 2006 9:02AM by Matt Bradshaw Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Remakes and Sequels This isn't the first time the world has been threatened by a sequel to the 1983 Matthew Broderick vehi

[scifinoir2] 2051 space oddity: TV station aims at an alien audience

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0930/1158591216581.html 2051 space oddity: TV station aims at an alien audience Derek Scally in Berlin Eurotrash goes intergalactic tonight when two naked television presenters host the first programme conceived for aliens and broadcast to a star loca

[scifinoir2] Time waster doodle

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[scifinoir2] First Images of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Cabin

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Re(2): [scifinoir2] Tired Sci-Fi Tropes That Must Be Retired!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Part 2...oh boy, can't wait... > How's it going, Brent? Going just fine. Thanks for asking. Brent >brent wodehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >http://www.ggl.com/kunochan/2006/09/tired-sci-fi-tropes-that-must-be.htm

[scifinoir2] Tired Sci-Fi Tropes That Must Be Retired!

http://www.ggl.com/kunochan/2006/09/tired-sci-fi-tropes-that-must-be.html Monday, September 25, 2006 Tired Sci-Fi Tropes That Must Be Retired! If you read or watch a lot of science fiction, you may begin to notice certain themes that constantly crop up. Some of these, like the ridiculously sexy

[scifinoir2] The Inner Life of the Cell

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[scifinoir2] Will Peter Jackson make ''The Hobbit''?

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1537662_1_0_,00.html Movies Shire Circumstances Will Peter Jackson make ''The Hobbit''? - MGM and New Line want the rights to the book by Steve Daly Over eight grueling years, Peter Jackson turned J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings into a multibillion-do

[scifinoir2] Private Space Habitat Could Launch by 2010

http://www.space.com/news/060921_bigelow_plans.html Private Space Habitat Could Launch by 2010 By Warren Ferster Space News Staff Writer posted: 21 September 2006 SAN JOSE, Calif. - If the planned Jan. 30 launch of Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis 2 space module on a Russian Dnepr rocket is success

[scifinoir2] Top 10 Worst Portrayals of Technology in Film

http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/326/1 Top 10 Worst Portrayals of Technology in Film Posted by: GideonX Posted on: 2006-09-21 Aside from the daily duties here at GideonTech.com, we also like to unwind in front of the tube and catch a movie or two. With the explosion of technology in

[scifinoir2] Grow Your Own Limbs

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,71817-0.html?tw=rss.index Grow Your Own Limbs By Kristen Philipkoski In response to the hundreds of soldiers coming home from war with missing arms or legs, Darpa is spending millions of dollars to help scientists learn how people might one day reg

[scifinoir2] The Kryptonese Alphabet

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[scifinoir2] UFO Delays Space Shuttle Landing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5361356.stm 'Mystery object' delays shuttle The US space agency's Atlantis shuttle has had its Wednesday landing postponed after an unidentified object was seen floating near the vehicle. The delay will give engineers an opportunity to investigate the i

[scifinoir2] Tourist ready for blastoff

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2006/09/17/1852530-sun.html Tourist ready for blastoff By AP BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Engineers mounted a Russian Soyuz rocket on its launch pad in the middle of the Kazakh steppe yesterday as they began final preparations for blastoff to the International S

[scifinoir2] [OT] Your Inner Artist

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[scifinoir2] Bionic arm provides hope for amputees

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/14/bionic.arm.ap/index.html Bionic arm provides hope for amputees September 14, 2006 DAYTON, Tennessee (AP) - Jesse Sullivan has two prosthetic arms, but he can climb a ladder at his house and roll on a fresh coat of paint. He's also good with a weed-whacker, ben

[scifinoir2] A testament for Trekkies

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2351286,00.html The Sunday TimesSeptember 10, 2006 A testament for Trekkies Marc Horne A PREACHER has decided to boldly go where no cleric has gone before by writing the gospel according to Star Trek. Alyson Leslie, an Episcopalian lay past

[scifinoir2] "Hot Jupiters" Could Give Rise to Earthlike Worlds, Study Says

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060907-hot-jupiters.html "Hot Jupiters" Could Give Rise to Earthlike Worlds, Study Says Anne Minard for National Geographic News September 7, 2006 It's more likely than ever that we are not alone in the universe, new research suggests. The lates

[scifinoir2] A Star Date With Shatner

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[scifinoir2] Gallery: A Trekkie Happy Birthday

http://blog.wired.com/startrek40/ Star Trek 40th Anniversary The popularity of one of the oldest sci-fi universes has waxed and waned over the years, but the fervor of its fans has not. In honor of Star Trek's 40th anniversary, we've compiled 40 reader-submitted images. They capture memories, jo

[scifinoir2] Stephen Hawking: Help Wanted

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/jobs/vacancies.cgi?job=670 Graduate Assistant to Professor S W Hawking Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Vacancy Reference No: LE00670 Salary: £20,842-£23,457 Limit of tenure applies* The Relativity Group in the Department of

[scifinoir2] Electrical problem delays shuttle launch

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[scifinoir2] Wired News Wants Your Star Trek Photos

http://wired.com/news/culture/0,71696-0.html Wired News Wants Your Photos By Wired News The 40th anniversary of is coming up next week, and we want to see your trophies of fanhood. Any homemade homage to the Star Trek universe, any snapshots of you with the stars, anything that shows your dev

[scifinoir2] Friends of Lulu: Call for Entries

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[scifinoir2] Harry Potter author has lost the plot

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006400493,00.html EXCLUSIVE JK has lost the plot By JEROME STARKEY JK ROWLING has been forced to correct a plot blunder in a Harry Potter book - after fans spotted it. The author credits Hermione Granger with 11 top exam results in the first hardback edit

[scifinoir2] My Love Affair With Star Trek

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71690-0.html?tw=rss.index My Love Affair With Star Trek By Lore Sjöberg Aug, 31, 2006 September marks the 40th anniversary of Star Trek, which started with a show about a shape-shifting creature who seduces, then sucks the salt out of people. This pretty muc

[scifinoir2] Future Enterprisers

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1156592170934&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630 Future Enterprisers Aug. 27, 2006. MALENE ARPE ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER The convention, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Star

[scifinoir2] New spark in Spock

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[scifinoir2] [Rumour] Original Star Trek Getting a CGI Makeover!

http://trekmovie.com/2006/08/28/star-trek-tos-gets-redone-with-new-cgi/ Original Star Trek Getting a CGI Makeover! August 28, 2006 Posted by Anthony Pascale in : Trek on TV, Rumor, Exclusive , trackback Before JJ Abrams gets to bring the TOS era back to the big screen in Star Trek XI, CBS Para

[scifinoir2] Star Trek's a thesis

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[scifinoir2] NASA cancels Tuesday shuttle launch

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[scifinoir2] NASA delays Atlantis shuttle launch again

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[scifinoir2] Atlantis set for weekend launch

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[scifinoir2] Astronomers Say Pluto Is Not a Planet

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[scifinoir2] Team finds 'proof' of dark matter

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[scifinoir2] Nightmare at 20,000 Feet Remix

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[scifinoir2] Holy windfall, Batman!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060818.wxcomics19/BNStory/Front/home Holy windfall, Batman! INGRID PERITZ >From Saturday's Globe and Mail Montreal - Tom Crippen knew he faced a daunting task after the death of his father, an inveterate pack rat who never threw anything out

[scifinoir2] Volunteers line up for simulated mission to Mars

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[scifinoir2] Google builds bridge at Star Trek cult convention

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[scifinoir2] NASA Announces Dark Matter Discovery

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[scifinoir2] Experts meet to decide Pluto fate

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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71518-0.html >From Nowhere to Out There By Jason Silverman Aug, 10, 2006 AS CRUCES, New Mexico - From the passenger seat of Bill Gutman’s truck, Spaceport America looks more John Ford than Jetsons. No gleaming buildings, no space-age machinery, just a few

[scifinoir2] The Best and Worst Sci-Fi TV Show Openings

http://www.ggl.com/kunochan/2006/08/best-and-worst-sci-fi-tv-show-openings.html Thursday, August 03, 2006 The Best and Worst Sci-Fi TV Show Openings I suffer from insomnia, and you benefit. Here are my picks for 10 Best and 10 Worst Opening Credits for Genre TV Shows. By "genre," I mean scien

[scifinoir2] Star Trek Inspirational Posters

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[scifinoir2] The Biology of B-Movie Monsters

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[scifinoir2] Strange 'twin' new worlds found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5241774.stm Thursday, 3 August 2006 Strange 'twin' new worlds found A pair of strange new worlds that blur the boundaries between planets and stars have been discovered beyond our Solar System. A few dozen such objects have been identified in recent

[scifinoir2] Dorn ready for another Trek voyage, if there is one

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4084222.html Aug. 4, 2006 Star Trek Klingon ready for another voyage, if there is one Michael Dorn doesn't anticipate new Trek series but won't say never By BRUCE WESTBROOK Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle After spending more time on Star Trek than an

[scifinoir2] Japan aims for Moon base by 2030

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn9658-japan-aims-for-moon-base-by-2030-.html Japan aims for Moon base by 2030 02 August 2006 NewScientist.com news service New Scientist Space staff and AFP Japan's space agency has set a goal of constructing a crewed lunar base by 2030, an official s

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Scientist thinks invisibility possible in future

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[scifinoir2] Life After Earth: Imagining Survival Beyond This Terra Firma

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/science/01arc.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Life After Earth: Imagining Survival Beyond This Terra Firma By RICHARD MORGAN Published: August 1, 2006 When the dust settles after World War III, or World War IX, humanity will still want to grow pineapples, rice, coffee a

[scifinoir2] Scientist thinks invisibility possible in future

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060731/sc_nm/science_invisible_dc By Patricia Reaney Mon Jul 31 LONDON (Reuters) - It's unlikely to occur by swallowing a pill or donning a special cloak, but invisibility could be possible in the not too distant future, according to research published on Monday. H

[scifinoir2] Newfound blob is biggest thing in the universe

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-07-27-biggest-blob_x.htm?csp=15 Newfound blob is biggest thing in the universe Updated 7/28/2006 By Ker Than, SPACE.com An enormous amoeba-like structure 200 million light-years wide and made up of galaxies and large bubbles of gas is the larges

[scifinoir2] Friday, July 28, 2006 is System Administrator Appreciation Day

http://www.sysadminday.com/ System Administrator Appreciation Day If you can read this, thank your sysadmin A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server ro

[scifinoir2] Babylon 5 Returns?!

Sweeet! (If true). Brent --- http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23963 BABYLON 5 Returns!! Merrick here... I've checked around the Internets, and have found little (or no) reference to the news conveyed through the messages below. But this is definitely wo

[scifinoir2] Tut's gem hints at space impact

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5196362.stm?uid=1533 Tut's gem hints at space impact In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun's necklaces. The jewel was tested and found to

[scifinoir2] Details emerge on Bezos' spaceport plans

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/science/4066823.html July 23, 2006 Details emerge on Bezos' spaceport plans By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer - A spacecraft taking off from a private West Texas spaceport being bankrolled and developed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos would tak

Re: RE: [scifinoir2] Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager

;so? >I hate to go here again, but can it be that they wanted a formula to bring >in (white) men, and felt focusing on a skimpily clad lady would do that, >and >that using the Black man as seasoning to her meat was the best way to go? > > _ ??????! Brent > >From:

[scifinoir2] Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager

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[scifinoir2] Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into Daily Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/technology/18brain.html Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into Daily Life By JOHN MARKOFF Published: July 18, 2006 Robot cars drive themselves across the desert, electronic eyes perform lifeguard duty in swimming pools and virtual enemies with humanlike behavior ba

Re: [scifinoir2] "Eureka" premieres tonight on Sci Fi Channel

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Long as it doesn't suck, I'll give it a try, if for no other reason than >the fact that Salli >Richardson-Whitfield is in the series, looking more fetching than ever! Fetching - indeed! Oh Fenna! ;-) Brent Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[scifinoir2] notstarring.com

notstarring.com is a movie trivia database focusing exclusively on movie stars and the roles they turned down, auditioned for, got fired from, or simply didn't get. All trivia is submitted by users, so please help us build the archive today! http://www.notstarring.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*

[scifinoir2] Virtual reality gaming system tests for telepathy

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/virtual-reality-gaming-system-to-test-for-telepathy-11024.html Virtual reality gaming system tests for telepathy Scientists at The University of Manchester [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/] have created a virtual computer world designed to test telepathic ability. Th

[scifinoir2] Clone 'would feel individuality'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5187990.stm Last Updated: Monday, 17 July 2006 Clone 'would feel individuality' A cloned human would probably consider themselves to be an individual, a study suggests. Scientists drew their conclusions after interviewing identical twins about their experience

[scifinoir2] Animation: Varied

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[scifinoir2] India Ink

http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/61/40/ India Ink By Tom Marcinko Picture this: A global pop-culture renaissance out of India. Headquartered in New York and Bangalore, a small army of writers and artists unleashes a new breed of India-infused comic books and Asian-edged animated fi

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