I just heard on NPR news that Luxembourg has begun taking legal steps to enable asteroid-mining companies to be established there.

Here's a link to the BBC story: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35482427

It is a Lenovo ThinkPad, running Windows 7 Professional. I want to do a screen-capture of a listing within a folder in the Documents directory. What combination of key strokes do I need here?

EDIT: Got the answer over on FB.

I don't smoke ( Read more... )

http://boredomtherapy.com/tiger-cubs-bubble-bath/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hoverboard-duru-1.3270569

The following is an excerpt from an APA contribution. I don't know yet if I have time to sneak it into the current distribution or if it won't go out until the December issue, but I wanted to float it out here while my indignation is still hot ( Read more... )

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My current Box-O-Books brought home for rereading includes all of Bujold's that I have in paperback, which means the whole Vorkosigan saga except Cryoburn and Capt. Vorpatril's Alliance, plus the Chalion books and The Spirit Ring.

I started the V-verse saga actually with Falling Free, which I can remember reading originally when it was serialized ( Read more... )

I'm reading Pocket Apocalypse. Our heroes have arrived in Australia and are set-down to a meal of lamb stew, roasted root vegetables, and "soda bread". Is Australian-type soda bread pretty much the same as Irish-type soda bread, or is it closer to Southern American Biscuits, made with buttermilk and baking soda?

...because they won't let you download ebook files to your computer anymore, for copying onto your Nook & eventual archiving on your external hard drive ( Read more... )