Posts Tagged ‘earth’

2003 – As the Space Shuttle Columbia was re-entering into Earth’s atmosphere, the shuttle disintegrated. It killed all 7 astronauts. After review, NASA discovered that a puncture on the wing had created a structural flaw – like when you have a ding on your windshield, if not repaired, it could completely comprimise the glass – and the ship fell apart.

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• Empire Strikes Back – Special Edition
• IBM Sues Eagle Computer
• Legend of Zelda is released

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2008 – Santa Claus is spotted on Google Earth. Of course the story of St. Nicholas is an interesting one that doesn’t really involve religion. But now we know where he resides, thanks to Google!

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• Priceline.com IPO
• Netscape, Spyglass and the University of Illinois
• Benjamin Franklin Shocked a Turkey

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Wow. It was about a year ago I asked for people to send in thoughts as to what to expect in 2008. I also made some Technology predictions. But the real question was – How far off was I?

This is actually part 1 of a 2-part story. This first part reviews the predictions I made last year and how far off I was. Part 2 will have this years predictions, including predictions from CEO’s CTO’s TechPodcasters and even a Psychic.

So without any further ado, let’s pick apart my idiocy from last year:

OLPC will have some growing pains. The first part of OLPC will be the easiest. Maintaining the machines will be the trick. Microsoft coming onboard will muddy the water, but they might be able to do things like offer a better support network to third world countries.

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According to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, his theory was that the Universe was created on April 27th 4977 BC. Kepler was fascinated with theories of planetary ordering. Kepler did a lot of scientific research and calculations of planetary motion. He also worked in the field of optics – especially the human eye and how it produces sight.

Kepler lived from 1571 to 1630. Although some of his theories were later disproved, he definitely inspired many: such as Sir Issac Newton. Some of his theories were based on the idea that the Earth was the center of this Galaxy, not the Sun.

Of course the Big Bang theory devised in the 20th century had disproved Kepler’s theory by 13.7 billion years. Still, we need something to hold on to, sing Happy Birthday, wear cheezy party hats and bake a cake over – only so Milton can continue to pass the cake until everyone has some, but he didn’t get any last year and wants to have cake this year and…..

Anywho, even though this is most likely not the birthday of the Galaxy’s inception, we may never know the official day. So today is just as good as any to celebrate. Just as long as I get an end piece….

Web browsers are just as debated as Operating Systems and Political affiliations. The Web Browser is the program that allows you to browse the web, so you want the best experience possible. And Just like Operating Systems you can also choose the web browser that you use. So which one is it? IE or Firefox. Maybe Safari? Maybe even Opera?

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