Author: p6admin

Powerline mentions the controversy as well. The interplay between CBS and Kerry has always been suspect, and this is just more of the same for those who feel the media is too meshed in with the political hands that feed them.]]>

One of these just went by the house out in the channel. Guess they are chasing drug dealers in the Bay or something. It’s a 210 foot Medium Endurance Cutter that usually goes out for two month patrols close to the coast. ]]>

Moscow News is reporting that during the height of the Cold War, the Soviets looked at creating a command bunker for their strategic forces on the Moon. The Moon, besides being far away, offered other benefits as nuclear blasts had a diminished impact in a low-G, no atmosphere environment. It was abandoned as the cost was $34 billion. ]]>

Buzz buzz buzz. We’ve been buzzed by one of these a couple of times today. Flying a straight line over the Naval Research Lab’s radar field apparently. I think I mentioned that this plane is being replaced soon by the MMR-737. ]]>

The Wire is on HBO tonight. Forget the Sopranos and NYPD Blue and anything else. There is simply no show better than the Wire. ]]>

Firefox is now reporting over 1,000,000 downloads in four days. Not enough to do away with MSIE, but a start nonetheless. I’m still finding it not quite as smooth as Safari, but the support for java (which is very poor in Safari) is much better in Firefox. Once I learn how to skin Firefox so it looks cleaner I’ll probably start to use it more and more. ]]>