What could be greater entertainment than six monkeys and a computer?

Typing Monkeys Don't Write Shakespeare

] Eleven years before that, two cosmonauts overshot their
] touchdown site by 2,000 miles and found themselves deep
] in a forest with hungry wolves. That's when Russian space
] officials decided to pack a sawed-off shotgun aboard
] every spacecraft.

So we've all heard about the 300 mile mistake now. But I couldn't pass up this "low-tech" bit. It should be titled "When technology just isn't good enough, there's always a shotgun".

Returned space crew lucky, others faced wolves

So let me get this straight. NASA can build a container strong enough to withstand a massive explosion and heat, protecting the fragile life of worms but, still manages to lose astronauts due to seals and foam tiles... wow

Searchers find live worms in shuttle wreckage - Apr. 30, 2003

This would be funny if it wasn't so serious. These things are just so sensitive.

Turtle with beacon causes major sea search - Apr. 18, 2003

Decius wrote:
] ] Both bills would flatly ban the possession, sale, or use
] ] of technologies that "conceal from a communication
] ] service provider ... the existence or place of origin or
] ] destination of any communication".
]
] OK, who knows who in TN. This is a huge mistake and it needs
] to be combated. Anyone know Donna Hoffman? Can we get a copy
] of this thing?

Looks like it not just for TN anymore:

"UPDATE (6:35 PM): It's worse than I thought. Similar bills are on the table in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alaska, Tennessee, and Colorado."

Well, here it is folks, the homefront battles. Show your support for America and let's try to do something about this.

RE: Law in TN MUST be defeated

Wow. Could this become the deadliest computer bug ever?

Software bug may cause Patriot missile errors

wilpig wrote:
] ] March 18 — Auction sites are flooded with
] ] sales of so-called “Universal digital Cable TV
] ] descramblers.” For a small price, buyers are
] ] told, they can see all the pay-per-view sports
] ] and movies they want. Free boxing, free Playboy,
] ] all for $10. Needless to say, there’s a very big
] ] catch.
]
] I just saw these the other day on eBay I knew that it couldn't
] be that easy.

Hmmm. Now, I've never hacked on of these but the article mentions the two-way communications. Could it be feasible to make the box not transmit to the cable company when you order your movie, but respond to the polls? Like a stateful cable box or something.

RE: Would-be cable pirates conned

I'm thinking there is a very fine line between a distributed denial of service and an online protest. This should make future "mass electronic events" a little more interesting.

Virtual Protest Clogs Washington Lines

"The Olympia man who calls himself the chief information officer of Access One Network Northwest, Robert L. Taylor III, claims that AONN is a cover for a clandestine Defense Department entity called the U.S. Defense Security Intelligence Network."

GSA shuts down 'phony' .gov site

Let's see:

(geek - physicalExercise) + EverestCyberCafe = X

a statistic about geeks not getting enough exercise plus a cyber cafe at Everest equals failure?

Atleast the technology to pull this off sounds cool. And who knows, maybe one day someone will stand atop the mountain with their GPS and fire up MemeStreams to see what others had to say about the peak.

Yahoo! News - Sherpa Plans World's Highest Cyber Cafe at Everest