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| Saturday, April 8, 2006 |
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Quotes du jour 
| | Dave: You need a village to raise a child, and you need an Internet to fully develop an idea. |
| | Don: Internet access wants to be $1/day. Background: Don is also the source of Information wants to be $6.95. But that was a few years back. Might be less now. |
Look up
| | A comet with the memorable name 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is breaking apart, with fragments becoming visible as they pass closer to Earth. For details, see SpaceWeather.com, which also reports on recent auroras, with another show expected on Tuesday, April 10. |
Shorter waves
| | Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe (now joined and called RFE/RL) were important sources of information and entertainment to residents of Soviet-orbit countries during the Cold War. They're still in business, although shortwave service has been scaled way back. Hence the demolition of what had been Radio Liberty's main shortwave source for the former Soviet Union. |
| | As Lou pionts out, RFE/RL is now broadcast on the Net, to listeners with RealOne players. Question: why not stream in .MP3 and podcast as well? |
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