Archive for 2008/01/18

Steorn forum - WhipMag Rotor development (MPMM)

2008/01/18/1757

RTFA: http://www.steorn.com/forum/comments.php?Discussio…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tknwdltnB6s

It has been replicated, or so it would appear.

I have been following the development of this concept for two weeks now, and I am encouraged to see that others have been able to achieve the same results. Pretty amazing…

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Illustrated Scientology

2008/01/18/1209

RTFA: http://www.xenu-directory.net/critics/vodicka1.htm…

Here it is…the epic tale of alien overlords, the
planet Teegeeack, H-bombs in volcanoes, and Mankind’s Greatest Ally!
“An Illustrated History of Scientology: Third Edition” is available
for all to download, free of charge, because how
could you possibly put a price on the TRUTH and HISTORY of
humanity’s very existence? Well, L. Ron Hubbard did, I guess. Now
you too can see why Hollywood’s biggest and dumbest stars are wild
about Scientology! It’s the only religion that matters! It’s like a
drug, and rich people love drugs! Just look at Tom Cruise. That
dude’s brain is fried by the unmitigated power of Scientology. […]

Totally awesome illustrated history of Scientology. Er, no - it’s the Scientologist account of history.

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Chess legend Bobby Fischer dies at 64

2008/01/18/0854

RTFA: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7195840.stm

The controversial former world chess champion, Bobby Fischer, has died in Iceland at the age of 64.

The US-born player, who became famous for beating Cold War Soviet rival Boris Spassky in 1972, died of an unspecified illness, his spokesman said.

He was granted Icelandic citizenship in 2005 as a way to avoid being deported to the US.

Mr Fischer was wanted for breaking international sanctions by playing a match in the former Yugoslavia in 1992.

He also had alienated many in his homeland by broadcasting anti-Semitic diatribes and expressing support for the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York.

I’ll avoid attacking Mr. Fischer in this post and instead praise one of his contributions to chess. He invented a different form of playing timed chess, where you are given back x amount of seconds after each move. For example, a 4/3 game would be you are given 4 minutes to play, plus you gain 3 seconds every move you make. So if your first move only takes you 1 second, you would actually gain 2 seconds and be left with 4:02. This is particularly useful in end games.

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