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

Ah, diplomacy in action:

http://www.space.com/news/060707_graves_web.html

"BROYE-LES-PESMES, France - A French space-surveillance radar has detected 20-30 satellites in low Earth orbit that do not figure in the U.S. Defense Department's published catalogue, a discovery that French officials say they will use to pressure U.S. authorities to stop publishing the whereabouts of French reconnaissance and military communications satellites."

In swift succession...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6161691.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4155390.stm

I see the SA article does not quote Pope



W

*packs her bags*

Dinosaurs Died Agonizing Deaths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070609/sc_livescience/dinosaursdiedagonizingdeaths

This smacks somewhat of latent desperation ...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-05-29-deviant-thinkers-security_N.htm

"Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described "deviant" thinkers: science-fiction writers."

12 people injured in collapse of bridge built by blind man:

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSPEK16970120070611

Beware the return of the (non) Teenage (non) Mutant Ninja (non) Turtles.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6746051.stm

Outwitted by atrigger happy pensioner, he made off on his bicycle & got nabbed by the long arm of the law.

zdt

I know this isn't recent but I just noticed it and she'll be out by now -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4253849.stm

"A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison"

I was just about to post that one (with a warning to all males of a sensitive nature!)

You wouldn't think it was possible would you? And then she tried to eat it!!!!

(She claims she isn't a violent person)

zdt

The death of BBC performer, producer and former Radio 4 controller David Hatch at age 68.

Hatch went to Cambridge alongside members of the Python team, (Cleese and Chapman), Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall.

With most of the above he was a star of the seminal Sixties radio comedy show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, and as a radio producer' helped to launch its spin-off I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, which is still running today.

As a senior Radio Light Entertainment exec, Hatch had a say in whether or not to commission an expensive science-fiction sitcom by a writer who was not known for delivering scripts on time. Given BBC Radio's attitude to "expensive and time-consuming to produce" and "science-fiction", it says a lot for his vision that he gave Douglas Adams a shot at getting his brainchild on air.

68 seems too young to die, and for a man with this degree of vision and a proven track-record in radio comedy to go, while for instance Margaret thatcher is still ranting strong, it seems doubly harsh.

He will be missed.

Ref. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbbbc7/F2574421?thread=4260883

Attack of the Zombies!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6752853.stm

Does anyone care to speculate regarding the zombie OS of choice?

Undeadix?

Beeeeep!

Nope





Hint: Starts with 'M'

Well if you look at the caption of the first picture it would appear to be Windows.

Bing!

We have a winner!

Yep. Full name: Microsoft Windows

Congratulations, Aries

Now go here: http://goodbye-microsoft.com/

Ah, yes, free software:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6124582.stm

... uhhh, never mind.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060914_eris_named.html