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Comment Re:They've won. (Score 1) 513

by polecat_redux on Thursday February 14, 2008 @08:37PM (#22428752) Attached to: US Set to Use Spy Satellites on US Citizens

Pendulum, huh?

To borrow a quote from Seinfeld (weak, I know, but apt):

"Breaking up is like knocking over a vending machine. You have to rock it back and forth a few times - then it goes over."

At best, the cycle may very well continue. But I suspect that both sides are slowly devolving into similar outcomes.

New Horizons Releases Results 60

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @06:27PM from the when-is-the-next-train-leaving dept.

hendric writes to mention New Horizons had a press conference yesterday for the preliminary results from their Jupiter flyby. Quite a few images are also available on their site, like Europa Rising."

Submission + - Australian teachers try to shut down website

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DeathElk

on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @06:21PM

DeathElk writes: "New South Wales teachers are attempting to have a website based in the United States closed down due to "defamatory" content. The site in question encourages students to rate teachers at their school, which obviously results in some colorful content. Now the story has hit the media, with some insightful quotes such as "The president of the NSW Secondary Principals Council, Jim McAlpine, said the Federal Government should block access to 'scurrilous American websites'." What's next — the great fwall of AU?"

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