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Archive for February, 2007

Possible Extra-Terrestrial Life In Our Solar System

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Aside from the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), another way of determining if there really is some sort of extra terrestrial life in the Universe would a more comprehensive exploration of the planet MARS, & of Jupiter’s moon, EUROPA.
Where there’s water, there’s likely to be LIFE. Mars & Europa are basically the only other worlds [...]

The Battle of Cebu

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

* “The Dream” Gorres showed great technical skill in his match against Montiel, but he has 2 main problems:
- Like most good technical boxers, he is a “Powerpuff” puncher, meaning the power of his punches are mainly nothing but “puff”. This means he most likely relies on decisions from the judges to [...]

12 Byzantine Emperors Podcast Review

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

I was thinking of puting this on the “Arts & Literature” section of PEx, but I felt that w/ all the discussions here about the history of Christianity & the Catholic Church, it would be much, much better appreciated here.
We get to read a lot of speculations about the spread of Christianity from “alternative” sources. [...]

The WOW Signal: Mankind’s First Contact?

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Centuries, or even decades from now, the history of mankind will judge the WOW signal as either just another naturally occuring anomaly in the Universe, or, perhaps, mankind’s first contact w/ extra terrestrial intelligence.
‘SETI’
The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, otherwise known as SETI, was set up in the 60s to enable scientists to detect signals [...]

Home Video-On-Demand Setup

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Imagine this setup:
REQUIREMENTS:
- Laptop / Desktop computer w/ LAN Card
- Regular TV Set
- Broadband or DSL connection.
1) First, find a way to connect the laptop to the TV. This has been tackled by some threads a PEx, & seems to be workable, though is still a bit difficult to set [...]

Future China – Taiwan Conflict Beyond 2015?

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

I saw a glimpse of the interview of Taiwan’s President about 2 weeks ago CNN.  I didn’t pay that much attention to most of the interview, just absorbed a small part of it.
‘Mainland China War Plans’
Basically, what he was saying is that they have intelligence information that China was embarking on a 3-phase armed forces [...]

UFC 67 On RPN 9

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

* Cote got boo’ed at the end of his fight even though he won, because he won by decision. People I guess just have gotten so used to seeing a UFC fight end up in a KO or submission that anything less would be somewhat of a disappointment.
* Cote fought a very [...]

Apple iPod 4GB Nano Review (Part 1)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

I won an Apple iPod 4GB Nano recently, which is a good thing, because I probably would not have bought an ultra expensive MP3 player like this on my own (brand new, anyway).
Below are my experience, impression & observation regarding the unit:
‘Packaging’
Let’s start off w/ the packaging. The packaging is impressive: Out of [...]

Who Gets The ASG Reward Money?

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

The GMA Administration, or the country in general, has been making significant strides in the war against terror, particularly against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), where a number of their leaders have recently fallen under the gun.
As a result of these successes, though, a main issue has come up: Most of these leaders had [...]