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To: shades who wrote (52867)	6/27/2006 8:50:46 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 116555

The 5 minute version of robot love from Futurama. LOL

To: shades who wrote (52867)	6/27/2006 9:05:28 PM
From: Eddy Blinker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

<“ It's all so fascinating to me “> Shades, Re:Post wallstreetandtech.com < Wall Street brokerage houses and quant shops are examining real-time news as a feed for their trading models. Algorithms always have been based on the numbers -- such as price movements, volumes and volatility. “> Miles ahead of all that analog thinking jazz. THERE ARE NO WAVES. THERE IS NO RANDOM. THERE NEVER WAS CHAOS. Enjoy the Video and see if you detect any of those animals. It is all a zero to zero, bottom to bottom hopping game. Only a numbers game, as I said years ago. I hope it is fascinating enough for you. grafty-lola.homepage.t-online.de For your understanding of what you see- grafty-lola.homepage.t-online.de Kind Regards Eddy Blinker

To: shades who wrote (52867)	6/28/2006 4:23:28 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

Bush not going to mars (maybe bush won't get to send us to mars - hehe) US House To Vote On Curbing Mars Mission Funding Wed WASHINGTON (AP)--Critics in the House are taking aim at $700 million that President George W. Bush wants to spend next year toward sending men back to the moon and eventually on to Mars. A comparable effort last year to cut money for the moon-Mars mission lost on a 230-196 vote. But critics of the program hope for a closer vote now that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has lost its biggest defender and champion on Capitol Hill with the resignation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican. A vote on the moon-Mars mission could come as early as Wednesday as the House continues to debate a $59.8 billion measure funding the annual budgets of the departments of Justice, Commerce and State as well as NASA's. The underlying bill gives Bush's moon-Mars plan full funding while grants to state and local law enforcement agencies would be cut for the sixth consecutive year. Reflecting tight budget times, the bill also cuts money for the Economic Development Administration while eliminating a microloan program for small businesses. Democrats plan to try to cut spending for the moon-Mars initiative, which would return U.S. astronauts to the moon by 2020 and to Mars after that, and spend the money instead on other NASA programs or grants to local police at a time when violent crime rates are rising. Opponents of the Mars mission say it is too expensive and that unmanned space travel produces better science per dollar spent. Others say there are more pressing needs here on Earth. "It's a complete and total waste of money," said Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat. "The manned shot to Mars is a pure boondoggle." NASA's overall proposed budget is $16.7 billion, essentially a freeze at current levels. The bill cuts Bush's request for the State Department by $378 million, about 4%, as part of lawmakers' moves to trim his requests for defense and foreign aid-related spending to restore Bush-proposed cuts in domestic programs. The bill will also provide a vehicle for debates on blocking the use of bilingual election ballots, easing federal medical marijuana prosecutions and a longshot bid by Democrats to increase the minimum wage. Democrats plan to offer an amendment to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 by Jan. 1, 2009. The minimum wage was last increased in 1997. But the minimum wage bid is likely to be defeated on procedural grounds since under House rules it does not belong on an appropriations bill. (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 28, 2006 01:40 ET (05:40 GMT)