NASA To Launch Defective Shuttle

There are known problems that caused one shuttle to fail. They will launch in July without necessary fixes.

By MARK CARREAU
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

NASA plans to launch the shuttle Discovery in July without further changes to the foam-covered external fuel tank — despite the concerns of some engineers that more safety improvements are needed, top agency officials said Friday.

The modifications will be considered for flights beyond July's.

NASA 20g centrifuge

This would be quite a ride.

RFID Implant Required For Employment

Security Focus has an article about a company in Cincinnati that requires RFID for data center employees.

A proposed Wisconsin bill would ban implants as a condition of employment.

Fast Car

Fast car priced for the rest of us.

Tagging Air Force One

Tagging Air Force One video.

Easy Windshield Defrost

This instant windshiled defroster is going to be nice.

AT&T Forwards ALL Internet Traffic Into NSA

San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Wednesday filed the legal briefs and evidence supporting its motion for a preliminary injunction in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T. After asking EFF to hold back the documents so that it could review them, the Department of Justice consented to EFF's filing them under seal — a well-established procedure that prohibits public access and permits only the judge and the litigants to see the evidence. While not a party to the case, the government was concerned that even this procedure would not provide sufficient security and has represented to the Court that it is "presently considering whether and, if so, how it will participate in this case."

The ACLU also filed a lawsuit.