Archive for December 20th, 2007
A Small Sampling Of Kim Jong Il’s 1,200 Titles
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- Supreme Commander at the Forefront of the Struggle Against Imperialism and the United States
- Greatest Saint Who Rules with Extensive Magnanimity
- Lode Star of the Twenty-First Century
- Best Leader Who Realized Human Wisdom
- Leader with Extraordinary Personality
- Perfect Picture of Wisdom and Boldness
- Eternal Bosom of Hot Love
- Master of Literature, Arts, and Architecture
- World’s Best Ideal Leader with Versatile Talents
- Humankind’s Greatest Musical Genius
- Master of the Computer Who Surprised the World
- Man with Encyclopedic Knowledge
- Guardian Deity of the Planet
- Heaven-Sent Hero
- Power Incarnate with Endless Creativity
- Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
- Present-day God
- World’s Greatest Writer
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Computer History Museum Unveils Its Own YouTube Channel
Comments(0)25 videos, about 1 1/2 hours each, detailing milestones in the evolution of the computer.
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Comments(0)Google Launches Flight Tracking Service
“The service delivers details as to whether a flight is on time or delayed as well providing the estimated departure and arrival times. Using the service is as simple as typing in the flight number into Google, and the flight details will be delivered as the first search result . . . .” Techcrunch
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The First Human In Space Wasn’t Yuri Gagarin
It was Air Force test pilot Joe Kittinger. He was part of an Air Force project called Excelsior, which was set up to test the effects of space on humans. On August 16, 1960 he ascended to 102,800 feet in a high altitude balloon and jumped out. That’s right! He jumped out of the balloon from space with nothing but a pressurized suit and a drogue parachute (which are the kinds of parachutes used by planes!). Falling for over 13 miles at 614mph he broke the sound barrier — the first, and last, human to do so! And to this day he still holds the records for the highest altitude from which a human has jumped, the fastest speed by a human through the atmosphere, longest drogue-fall, and highest balloon ascent. And the whole experiment was filmed, as you can see from the clip below that shows some of the footage of this mind-boggling feat.
Now why didn’t I know this until just now? Kittinger responded in a recent interview with CBS news, “Remember, we didn’t have the PR that NASA had.” I’ll say!
Check out another clip here with more extensive footage.
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Curt Schilling’s Latest Post About Mitchell Report
He thinks Roger Clemens should return all his Cy Young awards since 97′.
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