Archive for December, 2008
New, Smaller, Apple Notebook
So small, you must see to believe:
Multiple Kill Vehicles Are Here To Protect Us
Check another box on the judgment day checklist, as the military has successfully completed a hover test for the Multiple Kill Vehicle. The MKV is a pretty impressive piece of hardware as it can hover and track targets using short burst rocket power. However it’s name is somewhat unsettling as it is rather close to the Hunter Killer (vehicle) that will hover, track and then kill targets in the not so distant future. The unlike the HK, the MK tracks and kills long range ballistic missiles not humans - at least so far. I’ve always suspected that SkyNet got its best ideas from us. (I’m sure the T08 from the video is no way a reference to the T1-8 from the film)
Sen Majority Leader Reid: Smelly Tourists Stopped
DC Examiner covers Sen Harry Reid’s thoughts on the $600M upgrade:
The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won’t offend them with their B.O. anymore.
“My staff tells me not to say this, but I’m going to say it anyway,” said Reid in his remarks. “In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it’s true.”
But it’s no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to the air conditioned, indoor space.