Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):  (learn more)
restart protection, space sextant, digital autopilot, landing radar, 
program alarms, rendezvous radar, reaction thrusters, scanning telescope, 
braking phase, inertial platform, descent engine, human spaceflight, 
powered descent, erasable memory, pilot opinion, gimbal lock, 
descent stage, abort button, flying qualities, guidance computer
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Neil Armstrong, North American, World War, Age of Systems, 
Chris Kraft, David Scott, Jack Garman, Space Task Group, Michael Collins, 
Scott Crossfield, Robert Chilton, Project Apollo, Edwards Air Force Base, 
Joe Shea, Aaron Cohen, Alan Shepard, Don Eyles, Draper Laboratories, 
Floyd Bennett, Eldon Hall, Charlie Duke, Mission Control, Deke Slayton, 
United States, Mercury Seven

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more) new circle, condemned man, tenth night, second sack, first sack, sledge port, pure theorics, chalk hall, upper labyrinth, library grape, sledge train, other fids, shock piston, pusher plate, causal domain, remote hermitage, north nave, page trees, machine hall Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more) Fraa Jad, Fraa Orolo, Fraa Lodoghir, Warden of Heaven, Ignetha Foral, Daban Urnud, Sæcular Power, Fraa Erasmas, Praxic Age, Fraa Paphlagon, Thrown Back, Jules Verne Durand, Saunt Edhar, Warden Regulant, Suur Asquin, Third Sack, Day Gate, Suur Trestanas, Fraa Osa, Ganelial Crade, Bly's Butte, Ringing Vale, Clesthyra's Eye, Shuf's Dowment, Hylaean Theoric World

So when I got to Maker Day at Maker Faire yesterday afternoon, I was happy to find that Limor Fried, the founder of Adafruit, was giving a presentation on how to start your own business selling kits. This is a growing business right now, as people look for reasons to teach their kids how to solder, or just want to build a neat device. (Adafruit teamed with the Maker Store to offer the infamous TV-B-Gone kit that garnered a lot of attention at CES this year.)

They had a poster at the pizza place on the Ellsworth triangle, 19 December 2008. In the process of this effort we seek to take the “who made that!?” and “how much does it cost!?” out of our creative endeavors, by anonomously functioning as word-to-image translators of the information we convey. We build, and disseminate these visual tools with the hope that they will self-replicate, and take on life of their own. The Hivestory… The work of the Beehive Collective has three major facets: the Hive is appreciated internationally for its educational graphics campaigns, at a regional level for it’s stone mosaic murals and apprentice program, and locally for it’s dedication to the revitalization of the old Machias Valley Grange Hall, a landmark building in our small, rural town. The Hive has been going and growing since 2000 , at full speed!

The Engineering Design Revolution Table of Contents Title Page Forward by Dr. Joel Orr Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Brief Overview Chapter 3 - Computer-Aided Design Strong Roots at MIT Chapter 4 - Research in the Second Half of the 1960s Chapter 5 - Civil Engineering Software Development at MIT Chapter 6 - The First Commercial CAD System Chapter 7 - Applicon Chapter 8 - Autodesk and AutoCAD Chapter 9 - Auto-trol Technology Chapter 10 - Bentley Systems Chapter 11 - Calma Chapter 12 - Computervision Chapter 13 - IBM/Lockheed/Dassault Systèmes Chapter 14 - Intergraph Chapter 15 - Patrick Hanratty and Manufacturing & Consulting Services Chapter 16 - Parametric Technology Corporation Chapter 17 - Structural Dynamics Research Corporation Chapter 18 - Solidworks Chapter 19 - Siemens PLM Software (UGS) Chapter 20 - Tom Lazear and VersaCAD Chapter 21 - Miscellaneous Companies Chapter 22 - Analysis Companies Appendix A - Terminology Appendix B - Bibliography The Engineering Design Revolution - Entire Book

"The core audio source is a pair of analog-style oscillators, each with access to five cyclic waveforms and one noise source. The output from this stage passes through amSynth's unique mixer to balance the combined oscillators and apply an optional ring modulation effect. The mixed signal is then sent through a very Moog-like filter (with ADSR envelope) and on to the amplifier stage (and its own ADSR envelope). The separation of filter and amplifier envelopes is significant in sound design for amSynth, it allows independent control of the sound's harmonic content and amplitude. "

"The Navy is declining comment on a report that the service wants to end production of its troubled next generation destroyer, the DDG-1000, after just two ships. With Congress still debating the Bush administration's funding request for the upcoming 2009 fiscal year, "it is inappropriate to comment on pending legislation," Navy spokesman Lt. Clay Doss said Monday. The administration is seeking about $2.5 billion in fiscal 2009 to buy a third DDG-1000. Citing unnamed sources, Inside the Navy, a trade publication, reported Monday that naval leaders now prefer to stop at the two ships already ordered from Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Ingallls shipyard in Pascagoula and Bath Iron Works in Maine. Instead, they want to buy 11 more DDG-51 destroyers, an older and cheaper ship. "

"modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2307) to exercise an option for 233,426 man-hours for Lead Yard Class Services for the DDG 51 Class AEGIS Destroyer Program. This work will provide technical assistance to the Follow Yard in the interpretation and application of the detailed design developed by BIW Corp., the Lead Yard contractor. DDG 51 Class services include: liaison for follow ship construction, general class services, class logistic services, class design agent services and class change design services for follow ships. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by Jul. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity."

"Recalling George Bush's ranting about how the endless "war on terror" is a battle for freedom, Carlin echoed James Madison's thinking with a simple question: "Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?""

In search of flattering jeans, Wall Street Journal 2008-06-23 R4