From cewcew at mac.com Sat Nov 14 16:34:51 2009 From: cewcew at mac.com (Craig E. Ward) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:34:51 -0800 Subject: [oasis-members] Space Elevator Games Message-ID: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/us_space_elevator The article is about a winning entry in the NASA Centennial Challenges competition. Interesting stuff. -- cewcew at mac.com "We all must from time to time make a sacrifice at the alter of stupidity for the entertainment of the deity and mankind" Albert Einstein (to Max Born) From cewcew at mac.com Sat Nov 14 16:36:52 2009 From: cewcew at mac.com (Craig E. Ward) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:36:52 -0800 Subject: [oasis-members] Water on the Moon Message-ID: <527F22F4-2F79-433C-B9AA-18C911B5267C@mac.com> Just in case anyone missed this, LCROSS found water. Great news! http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091114/ts_alt_afp/sciencespaceusmoon;_ylt=Ah0Fwmztq.iCHZrSN_ed4LqHgsgF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwaGJjbDVpBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MTExNC9zY2llbmNlc3BhY2V1c21vb24EcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmFzYWZpbmRzd2F0 -- cewcew at mac.com "There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't." From cewcew at mac.com Mon Nov 30 17:00:24 2009 From: cewcew at mac.com (Craig E. Ward) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:24 -0800 Subject: [oasis-members] Off-Topic: Google Wave Message-ID: <115710915004352315913930765232649074424-Webmail@me.com> This is a bit off topic, but those in the software industry might find it interesting. I just received a Google Wave Preview account. It came with a limited supply of new invitations. Anyone interested in getting an invitation? You'd need to sign-up for a Google ID to use it, if you don't already have one. Here's a URL to a page describing what Google Wave purports to be: http://www.google.com/support/wave/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=24975 -- cewcew at mac.com