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Pad 39B will be protected from lightning strikes by a catenary system of three 594-foot steel-and-fiberglass towers connected by cables, which will attract lightning away from the Ares/Orion launch stack.
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What to do if the idiotic language in HR 3093 banning humans from Mars actually gets through.
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Application dialogs and windows should not steal focus, because sometimes we are in the middle of hitting Enter or Space Bar and something else gets pressed just as the window pops up. I'm looking at you, Pidgin.
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Spoiler: "Joel Schumacher ruins Batman" leads the pack.
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Atlantis launch scrubbed till tomorrow, Friday, at the earliest. Those tank fuel sensors have been a pain to the STS program for a while now.
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Roundup of infographics showing where and how Evel Knievel has been injured.
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Google introduces quick and easy URL-based chart making.
Comments (1)
If you set Pidgin to minimize new IM windows and blink the system tray icon it doesn't steal focus. Not a perfect solution, but it works.