Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

NIF is the current iteration of the 1950s mantra “energy too cheap to meter” that described the joys of nuclear power plants (oops, forgot about the waste, Yucc(o)a).  Here is the blurb for today’s invention…

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Catching up to the revolution in the dissemination of data comes the announcement of DATA.gov, “a searchable data catalog that includes access to data in two ways: through the “raw” data catalog and using tools.”   Wired Blog has a interesting brief note on the introduction.

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In the land of make believe-  believe it.  The U.S. Army Special Operations Command is in the house; yes, any house they choose.  And if you don’t believe just read any issue of   Special Warfare.

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Not enough the shores of Tripoli, we just now need a riff on CTF 151 which seems to be all pirates all the time.  Still can’t get used to the military putting together an effective fighting force with the levels of bureaucracy and mind-numbing command structure… could it be that anything is possible when your [...]

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