h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yes, indeed - good luck to her!

I was intrigued to read in today's news that some eagles (don't know the name of the species in English) have left France, migrating in the wrong direction. Can't find any links in English either - perhaps it's not true. Or the French aren't prepared to admit that they have stupid eagles.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/21/cetacean_suit_fails/
(now the idiots that were ddos'ing have stopped)
"The world's cetacean community - encompassing dolphins, porpoises and whales - has been dealt a severe blow in its fight to sue president George Bush over the US Navy's use of sonar, Reuters reports.
Three judges at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco declared that animals had not yet been given the right to sue"

It's from AFP if anyone can find their way in there. I couldn't.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3764142.stm

Want one!

Isn't it weird how the UN has a report on absolutely everything? I mean, World Robotic Report?

Experts to reveal Holy Grail code:

Code-breaking experts at Bletchley Park are expected to reveal the solution to a 250-year-old code rumoured to point the way to the Holy Grail.
Since May specialists from the former WWII intelligence centre in Bucks have tried to decipher letters etched on a garden ornament in Staffordshire.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4040127.stm

A few stories that caught my attention this week

-Cynical:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/24/microsoft_makes_millionaire/
It pays to be nice to microsoft

-Still Cynical:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/24/ofcom_spectrum_deregulation/
airwaves in UK to be open to market forces.

-innovative:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/24/fingerprint_fights_id_theft/
DIY Credit Security

-Scary:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=6893056
"Under the program, the president can appoint a copyright law enforcement officer whose job is to coordinate law enforcement efforts aimed at stopping international copyright infringement and to oversee a federal umbrella agency responsible for administering intellectual property law. "

Does not look like the Virgin Mary to me. Any better suggestions on who this bit of untoasted toast looks like.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4034787.stm

Oh and TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!!!! No wonder Bush got back in on the religious vote.

Wish I had the cash to buy it and then grind it up into bread crumbs for the birds just to see how many people have heart attacks from the shock.

Princess Leia from A New Hope - you can see a hair bun on the side of her head.

Oh, I started a thread about that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F19585?thread=533164 It's a pretty good ringer for Fay Wray: http://www.silentera.com/people/actresses/img/Wray-Fay-01.jpg You can find a discussion and examples on the lookalikes here: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1217964

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/25/ms_antitrust_evidence/
linked to the story about the MS Payoff. is there really no one to stand up for the average consumer?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4042481.stm

Nope, the Israeli army doesn't have a sense of humour...

No, indeed it doesn't, Woodpigeon...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1360623,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704
So it goes.

"so it goes."

A Kurt Vonnegut fan?

Most certainly

Bees buzzed dinos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4030933.stm

I now have an image of a dinosaur running around going, "covered in beeees."

Terrible Thunder Lizzards style you mean?

Oh, no... I heard about the dolphins on the TV news. That is so sad.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4052617.stm

Rentaghost star Molly Weir dies at 94.

Obituary:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4052519.stm