Thursday, September 30, 2004

Cool. SpaceShipOne Rolls Toward Victory. Despite a spectacular series of unplanned barrel rolls, SpaceShipOne completes the first of two compulsory flights that could net its developers the $10 million Ansari X Prize. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California. [Wired News] 6:48:43 PM     leave/read comments []

Good. Signs of Intelligence: Judge Rules Part of PATRIOT Act Unconstitutional. A federal judge has ruled that a provision of the USA PATRIOT Act is an unconstitutional breach of the first and fourth amendments... U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero, saying "democracy abhors undue secrecy," has struck down a provision of the PATRIOT Act that allowed the FBI to search a customer's telephone and Internet records without a warrant and without informing the... [morons.org headlines] 4:26:44 PM     leave/read comments []