September, 2004 archive

Alfred J. Kwak

September 30th, 2004 | Random | No comments

Alfred Jodocus Kwak is a Dutch childrens’ cartoon character. Compared to other childrens’ television series, Alfred J. Kwak is exeptionally sad. In the second episode, just after Alfred is born, his entire family dies when they’re hit by a car. Alfred becomes raised by Henk, a mole. In the last episode (the 52nd) Henk also [...]

2004 Summer Paralympics Ended

September 30th, 2004 | Random | No comments

The 2004 Summer Paralympic Games are the twelfth Paralympics and will be held in Athens, Greece from September 17 to 28. The Paralympic Summer Games are the second-largest sporting event in the world, after the Summer Olympic games. An estimated 4,000 athletes will take part, with ages ranging from 11 to 66.
Here are the final [...]

British physicists create 1 TB disk

September 30th, 2004 | Random | No comments

The surface of CDs and DVDs are made up of microscopic grooves filled with areas known as pits and land regions, which carry the information. Normal CDs and DVDs carry one bit for every pit. British researchers, however, have now come up with a way to store up to ten times the amount of information [...]

SpaceShipOne Flight a Success

September 30th, 2004 | Random | No comments

SpaceShipOne is an experimental spaceplane, which on June 21, 2004 made the first privately-funded human spaceflight (SpaceShipOne flight 15P). It is an air launched suborbital spaceplane, using a hybrid rocket motor. It has been developed by Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan’s aviation company, in their Tier One program, with no government funding.
SpaceShipOne is the leading contender [...]

Google

September 22nd, 2004 | Weird | 2 comments

I’m really sick so I took a day off and get better. (It’s better than go on and be sick for 2-3 more days.) Well, I did some reading about google and found a few funny links.
answer to life, the universe, and everything
The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is [...]