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Pi Computation Record

Fabrice Bellard, a French mathematician, claims to have set a new record for calculating Pi. Not only is it the longest, it was also done on a regular computer. “I am pleased to announce a new world record for the computation of the digits of Pi.” The following number of digits were computed: 2242301460000 hexadecimal [...]
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2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?

What are people searching for in space? If you go to the NASA website, one of their top search requests is “2012 end of the world”. As the new year approaches, the population is becoming more curious about The End. Here is one of the articles by NASA: Remember the Y2K scare? It came and [...]
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The Health Of Earth’s Systems

NASA — December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA’s “flagship” Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and year that the satellite monitors Earth, scientists achieve a lengthened record of Earth’s vital signs. It’s that record that [...]
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The Health Of Earth's Systems

NASA — December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA’s “flagship” Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and year that the satellite monitors Earth, scientists achieve a lengthened record of Earth’s vital signs. It’s that record that [...]
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Scientists Fly to the Ends of the Earth

Broomfield, Colo. – NOAA scientists took off Saturday on the second phase of a mission that, when complete, will provide a detailed view of how carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are distributed globally. Monitoring the increasing levels of greenhouse gases and black carbon aerosols in the atmosphere is crucial to understanding human-caused climate change. “Missions [...]
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Cron Vortex

Hereforth, I beg a reply to my query concerning the following hypotheses — The Universal Theorem contains elements from : Vortex Physics Einstein’s Theory of Relativity / Space-time Continuum Chaos Theory The Laws of Thermodynamics The combination of said elements form a system. The interaction between the system and matter is commonly called time. As these variables are [...]
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The Economics Of Y2K

The following thesis was started in 1998. As a group heavily involved in IT (information technologies), we were curious as to the implications of the Y2K (year 2000) computer “bug”. At that time, most computers had been built with the ability to handle dates using two digits for the year. When the [...]
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Miss Daisy Feels Peachy

Ambler, PA — Local robotics teams that made the achievement of qualifying for the world championships are in Atlanta, GA. The Wissahickon High School Team 341 “Miss Daisy” obtained many awards this season including first place at the Western Regionals in San Diego, CA. Team 341 arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday. On Thursday [...]
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Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith Annex VI on Liability Arising From Environmental Emergencies to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Annex VI), adopted on June 14, 2005, at the twenty-eighth Antarctic Treaty [...]
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Lunacy — Robots In Space

San Diego Sports Arena — The FIRST Robotics regional competition is being held at the San Diego Sports Arena. High school teams from across the country came to Southern California to compete in one of the challenges leading up to the national championships in Atlanta, GA. It was unusual for the Ambler, PA Wissahickon team [...]
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