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by Hal9000_sn3 (#22115436) Attached to: Researchers Work To Perfect Computerized Lip Reading
Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.
I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.
Books

SPAM: Digital Astrophotography - Review

Journal by stoolpigeon

In the 80's there were a series of commercials for Reeses Peanut Butter Cups that revolved around the theme of accidental meetings between chocolate and peanut butter. The individuals would realize that the two tastes that they loved separately were even better together. Two great loves for many card carrying geeks are digital photography and astronomy. "

Biotech

Doping: Beyond Sports?->

Submitted by runamock
runamock writes "The Los Angeles Times ran a story on the growing use of 'mind drugs': 'Forget sports doping. The next frontier is brain doping.. Despite the potential side effects, academics, classical musicians, corporate executives, students and even professional poker players have embraced the drugs to clarify their minds, improve their concentration or control their emotions.. Unlike the anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and blood-oxygen boosters that plague athletic competitions, the brain drugs haven't provoked similar outrage. People who take them say the drugs aren't giving them an unfair advantage but merely allow them to make the most of their hard-earned skills.'"
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Sci-Fi

Robbie Williams to play Captain Kirk

Submitted by AxminsterLeuven
AxminsterLeuven writes "After yesterday's announcement that Leonard Nimoy will be playing Spock again, reports are coming in that none other than Robbie Williams will be cast as Captain Kirk. Here's just one example, that quotes director J.J. Abrams as saying: "I think (Williams)'d be a good Captain Kirk. The Kirk in my movie is quite young, it's like the early years.""
NASA

House: Investigate NASA General Counsel

Submitted by Doc Ruby
Doc Ruby writes "_Government Executive_ magazine reports that the Democratic and Republican ranking members of the House Science and Technology committee's Investigations subcommittee have formally requested the Justice Department investigate the NASA General Counsel (top lawyer) Michael Wholley for destroying all recordings of his meeting with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin:

At a May subcommittee hearing, Wholley testified that he broke the disks in pieces and threw them away, shortly after the agency chief of staff collected all known recordings of the meeting. Griffin had called the meeting to discuss an IG group investigation that found the appearance of a lack of independence in Inspector General Robert Cobb's close relationship with the administrator. The investigation did not find evidence of an actual lack of independence. [...]
"Wholley's knowing destruction of sensitive records in his possession was a great detriment to our committees' investigations," [...]
The lawmakers rejected Wholley's argument that the recordings were not yet government records when he destroyed them
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