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(6:11 PM CST)
India <-> Pakistan
Nice, maybe sanity is making its way back into Indian government.
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan will hold a summit this weekend aimed at improving relations between the two nations that have fought three wars against each other in 50 years.
India's biggest international policy initiative toward its neighbor in more than a decade will come less than a year after the two nations held nuclear tests that brought international sanctions against both nations.
While experts say neither side is looking for a miracle over the weekend, political observers nevertheless do expect Vajpayee and Sharif to reassure each other on the nuclear question.
Both India and Pakistan have pledged to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that forbids signatory nations from carrying out any nuclear testing.
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(6:06 PM CST)
Lookie
Okay, the decor around here is starting to get a little overwhelming...I'll throw on something else soon.
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(4:25 PM CST)
Iridium Flashes
Here's something cool that wasn't really expected - it seems that the Iridium satellites will give off a bright flash of light if the solar panels reflect the sun at a certain angle. The surprising thing is how bright the flash is...it's around magnitude -8. For reference, the sun is at mag.-27, and the brightest night sky star is -1.5. Oh, and it's supposed to last for anywhere up to 20 seconds...hope I can catch one out of Austin.
Update (4:56 PM CST): To find out times to see Iridium flashes in Austin, check out this link...note that you must be at 101 East 21st St. to see the flash correctly. You can find your own flashes, too, directions are here.
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(2:36 AM CST)
Incredible! Astounding! Gimme!
Andrew was kind enough to upload the intro to Final Fantasy VIII.
Incredible! Astounding! Gimme!
Damn, that is a SWEET video...it's in the New Videos section like the others if you want to take a look at it. They better be making a PC port of it...otherwise I see a Playstation in my future.
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(1:44 AM CST)
Music Videos
I've spent some time getting reaquainted with my video capture card, so I put up a couple new music videos, with more to follow. Probably the coolest one on there is Madonna's Nothing Really Matters video, but I'm sure a few of you will like the Flys- Got You Where I Want You...
*cough*Nick!*cough*...
But I have to admit that there are some great clips of her in the video (nope, I'm not a convert, watch the video and you'll notice which clip I'm thinking about :). New Radicals have a good video, too - I really love the way their song comes across. Very happy stuff. The .mp3 of it is up there somewhere, too.
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