Author Archives: Anton

the brief fame of 2003 QO104

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 September 09 by Anton

Current asteroid impact risk. These tables interested me less for of the warning they carry than for the way they present data. I had wondered how astronomers reckon impact probabilities, and these tables present it neatly. (Explanations at the foot … Continue reading →

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Jack, Jack, Jack

Posted on Monday, 2003 September 08 by Anton

I see that IMDB has accepted my correction that John Holbrook Vance is the same as one of the three Jacks previously listed; though it has not added his year of birth which I also provided.

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six-string orchestra

Posted on Saturday, 2003 September 06 by Anton

Got out my guitar today – the one I gave myself for my birthday in 1999 – and picked out, by ear, two bars of Mussorgsky. Woo hoo!

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time-travel guy busted?

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 September 03 by Anton

Wired News: Turn Back the Spam of Time

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how special.

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 September 03 by Anton

They tell me that all SprintPCS telephones in areas 41x are having trouble today. (Mine, in 415, does not ring; but I can call out.) I wonder whether it’s a bug in 411 service (Directory Assistance).

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free speech makes them easy targets

Posted on Monday, 2003 September 01 by Anton

Is this loon for real? . . . there is NO excuse NOT to implement a Communism, and either KEEP implementing it till every human on earth is dead, or the criminals have all been killed, WHICHEVER comes first I don’t really … Continue reading →