18 month ago
nelson : Babylon Gun - Crazy Iraqi project to launch things into orbit via a projectile cannon
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19 month ago
nelson : The Vela incident - 1979 explosion in the South Atlantic; presumed to be a nuclear bomb test, but no one is sure
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nelson : Glonass update - GPS network alternatives. I hadn't realized the European one was suspended after the DRM was broken.
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30 month ago
cameron : Deutscher Stadtplandienst mit Routenplaner - German map/route planner
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37 month ago
Rod Begbie : XM Satellite Radio on DirecTV - You can now get XM stations on DirecTV (replacing the old MusicChoice channels). I particularly recommend "Lucy" (alternative greatest hits) and "Ethel" (current alternative music) on channels 838 and 834. #
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plasticbag : But though the big programmes are losing out, the audience isn't watching any less TV (pdf) - "Television viewing has proved remarkably resilient to increased demands on consumers ... and in fact has increased slightly over the last decade (from 25.6 hours per household per week in 1993 to 26.1 hours in 2003)"
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48 month ago
plasticbag : UK: 2004 TV shows fail to generate mass audiences - Only six programmes in 2004 attract an audience in excess of 15 million viewers. In 2003, 50 programmes got between 17 and 20 million viewers. In 1999, 177 programmes had more than 15 million viewers.
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