Month: March 2003
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Wounded British soldiers condemn US 'cowboy' pilot
This story from the Guardian makes for an interesting read. From my years of experience on flight simulators I can tell what most armoured vehicles, jets, helicopters look like. I can name almost all the tank/APCs/fighters/missiles just by looking, and I have never been a pilot. LOL. But this A10 pilot apparently could not tell what a…
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I got it wrong; very wrong
John Simpson, a journalist I greatly admire, on why he was wrong.
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Blogging goes to the UK
I am off to the UK this afternoon so my blogging may be slightly delayed and shortened. I will try to blog from there.
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Ireland lost the game, to
Ireland lost the game, to a far superior English side. Perhaps next year we will do better.
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GO ON IRELAND!
GO ON IRELAND!
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Indo articles
Just gonna quickly link to important stories I read yesterday: John Peacock – Why alJazeera were right to show those pictures.
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Ireland v England
Ireland play England today, in the 6 Nations decider. Ireland have a chance, but England have a superior side in my estimation. The one thing going for us is that its being played in Dublin.
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More missing journos
CNN is reporting that three US journalists are apparently missing in Iraq. They may have been told to leave the country – but their current whereabouts have not yet been established. Matt McAllester, Moises Saman, and Molly Bingham have not been heard from for 2 days. McAllester and Saman were among a small group of…
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World's largest virus
I had a story posted on Slashdot yesterday – Gavinsblog writes “New Scientist is reporting that the largest virus yet discovered may have been found in a water tower in the UK. Dubbed the ‘Mimivirus’, it may be related to Smallpox. It is not yet known if it causes disease.” A few folks from Slashdot…
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Data recorder taped shuttle's last seconds
An experimental data recorder aboard the space shuttle Columbia continued to record potentially vital information until moments before the shuttle disintegrated during re-entry, investigators say. During duplication of the magnetic tape from the recorder, investigators saw that it continued to store data up to 14 seconds after the final telemetry was broadcast from the shuttle…