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Siggraph Cyber Fashion Show




Would I be hated if I used the, admittedly laughable, term couturepunk?

Magic eight-ball sez yes.

NASA: Immanentizing the Return



Well, it's Sunday. They're on their way back and the asscovering has already begun:

"We've assessed this risk to the very best of our engineering knowledge and we believe the vehicle is safe to fly and for re-entry," he said.

Paul Hill, lead shuttle flight director, also stressed that Nasa is confident of a safe return for Discovery.

"We are in really good shape," he said. "The vehicle is in pristine condition. All the tests are good, we are ready to go. But de-orbit is not a risk free activity. Our big risk now would be the weather."

There. Asses covered. We now return you to your regularly scheduled "Missing White Girl".

(From Wired and BBC Science and Nature respectively)