Check out this gorgeous Quicktime VR Scene, shot from the 3rd floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Eric Rougier
Daily Archives: December 23, 2004
Telecom Advocacy Site: Consumer’s Union
Consumers Union has released a new telecommunications and media online resource: www.hearusnow.org. Check it out. Consumer tips on what to do before you buy, understanding your bills after and making companies listen when you are unhappy (from phone services to copyright rules on digital content).
Local Tax Deductions Going Away?
There’s been some discussion recently about eliminating the deductability of state & local taxes on our federal returns. Naturally, this would really pinch taxpayers in relatively high tax states, like Wisconsin. Check out the discussions, here: alltheweb | Clusty | google | msn | teoma | yahoo search |
Burt Rutan Inteview
SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan is interviewed by George Nemiroff:
Question: Considering your motivation to innovate and design futuristic air/spacecraft, are you attracted to the Centennial Prizes offered by NASA to develop new craft designs?
Answer: Oh no, I don?t believe NASA can properly put out a (developmental) prize like the Orteg Prize or the Kramer Prize, or either the X Prize. NASA has a real habit of trying to help sub-contractors and contractors by monitoring risks that NASA wouldn?t take themselves. What NASA needs to do is to put out a very difficult goal to achieve and then not monitor it at all and let those that go after it take their own risks. I don?t see NASA doing that. Possibly they will. Maybe they will put someone in charge that knows the benefits of running a prize properly. I haven?t seen that yet.