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Cyber Storm is the name of a simulated attack exercise conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) between February 6-10, 2006 to evaluate the performance of various public and private organizations. The simulation was conducted from computers in the basement of the Secret Service in Washington DC.
Jordon
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The foot-pound-second system of measurements is commonly used in the United States. What system is most commonly used elsewhere?
Jordon
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M-K-S (Meter-Kilogram-Second)
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
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Watts (and variants such as kilowatts, megawatts) are the most widely used power unit in SI, although horsepower is also widely used (especially for cars) in the UK.
Kilo-Metre/Second is rarely seen.
'Howard
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I guess it's also called the SI system of measurements, though M-K-S is the equivalent to F-P-S for the English (British?) system.
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
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The railway system!
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According to research at the Harvard School of Public Health, Americans believe there's a 50% chance they'll be involved in a serious accident. In reality, do they have: (a) a 5% chance; (b) a 10% chance; or (c) a 15% chance?
Jordon
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A 5% chance (Utne Reader)
Jordon
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Who tap, tap, taps on your window pane to tell you they're in town: (a) Alvin, Simon, & Theodore; (b) Suzy Snowflake; or (c) six geese a-laying?
Jordon
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Suzy Snoflake
I think the geese would probably run into the window pane trying. And, the Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon, & Theodore) don't need to because you can here Alvin coming a mile away.
-- modified at 13:06 Friday 4th August, 2006
Andrew C. Eisenberg
Nashville, TN, USA (a.k.a. Music City USA)
(Yes Virginia, there are rock and roll stations in Nashville! )
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Suzy Snowflake
Jordon
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Who wrote: "Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire.." ?
Jordon
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William Blake. It's from his poem "And did those feet in ancient time". This was later set to music by Hubert Parry and became the hymn, "Jerusalem" which is now a crucial (to me) part of the Last Night of the Proms.
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Wiliam Blake in his Poem "And did those feet in ancient time..." from the preface to his opus "Milton" (1804)
Andreas Weber
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What's special about 4th May 2006, and specifically two minutes and three seconds after one o'clock in the morning?
Jordon
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01:02:03 04/05/06
If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
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1:02:03 4/5/6 (Cosmic and chronological alignment of the first six integers)
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
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It becomes 01:02:03 04/05/06.
Assuming, of course, you write the date in the sane format.
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Cheers,
Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either.
Militant Agnostic
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even more amazing :->...sorted by the unit magnitude
April, 5, 2006 @ 3:02:01 AM
06/05/04 03:02:01
and last year...
April 3, 2005 @ 2:01:00 AM
05/04/03 02:01:00 (lift off)
Steve
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.. and after midday on 7th August 1990 ..
12:34:56 7/8/90
A few years out of date (ho ho) but along the same lines.
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Easy 1 2 3 4 5 6
01:02:03 04 of 05 of 06...
So then the answer is it's time for a beer!
But then again 01:02:04 is time for a beer...01:02:05 is time for a beer...etc
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The News from Jordon wrote: What's special about 4th May 2006, and specifically two minutes and three seconds after one o'clock in the morning?
Paul Watson posted this in the Lounge back in May: clickety[^]
--EricDV Sig---------
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
- Laurence J. Peters
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yeah but I thought it would be fun to post in the newsletter. Not everyone does both
It's the only time for a hundred years (before or after) that the time in the UK will read as 01:02:03 04.05.06. In the US and Canada of course this happens on 5th April due to the way the date is shown there (day and month are inverted).
Jordon
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Paul McGann, Peter Davidson and William Hartnell have each played the same famous sci-fi role. What's the character's name?
Jordon
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