I was a little surprised to discover that our government has opted to fund LORAN for a little longer. LORAN, or LOng RAnge Navigation, is a system whereby ships, airplanes or other travelling vehicles or people determine their position by comparing the time difference in receipt of radio signals from multiple sources. It has been …
John Edwards: The Wishful Thinking is Over
Greg Cruey was hoping for John Edwards to stick it out: If Edwards withdraws and the race becomes a two-candidate race, either Hillary or Obama will most definitely win. Personally, I think both of those candidates have electibility issues in the general election. And they look determined to cripple each other before the Democratic Convention. …
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Everybody Needs Heavy Equipment
It's gratifying to see that a few people are seeing daylight on the issue of the need of heavy equipment after it was used to help the Palestinians escape Gaza. The whole adventure of boycotting Caterpillar because their equipment was used to construct "the fence" was idiotic to start with. Construction equipment--and my family spent …
Messing In Our Own Box
It's indicative of the sad state of what is conventionally termed Christianity (but I have my doubts) when an avowed atheist calls our bluff, as Brendan O'Neill does in his article Mankind is more than the janitor of planet Earth: In his Christmas sermon, delivered at Canterbury Cathedral, Dr Williams finally completed his journey from …
Ten Years of a Companion Site: vulcanhammer.net
Ten years ago today, I went online, logged onto my new GeoCities site, and uploaded the first page and images of “The Wave Equation Page for Piling,” my first website. That website—which is still a part of the companion site vulcanhammer.net—was the beginning of a long odyssey which led to the site as it is …
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Create Your Own Anglican Communion Network
A little over a week ago, we called for a new "instrument of unity" by suggeting that the orthodox Anglican groups put together a "new" prayer book for their own use. In the interest of balance, this week we're going to look a an "instrument of division" by showing how you can create your own …
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