Ian Andrew Bell

Canada’s Internet Vice Superstars in Trouble

Apparently the cops raided the Starnet offices in Vancouver on Friday — they did a DNS cutover to their operations in the Caribbean and no inter- ruption. Clearly they think their recovery path is to get out of the porn business and move into gambling, though.....

Wealth in Silicon Valley

All too true. Not all is rosy here in the boomtown.. -Ian. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/wealth/ The pursuit of money has changed the culture of Silicon Valley, affecting everyone from the super-rich to people struggling just to survive AT FIRST...

Broadcasting MP3 over 2.4gHz Wireless to Your Stereo

http://www.x10.com/mp3/mp3_anywhere.htm Thanks to Christy for digging this up… MP3s Rock the House by Andy Patrizio 3:00 a.m. 19.Aug.99.PDT MP3 addicts can now bypass those wimpy PC speakers and broadcast straight to their stereos, thanks to a wireless...

Re: Whoopee!

Oops. URL: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/SF_Bay.html -Ian.

Whoopee!

AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06:06 PM PDT Tuesday, Aug 17, 1999. THE MAGNITUDE IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN; MORE SHOULD BE AVAILBLE IN ABOUT 2 MINUTES THE EVENT IS LOCATED 0 MILES SSW OF BOLINAS, CA THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS 4.2 MILES. PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE...

The True Cost of Iridium

Funny posting on Slashdot about the Iridium debacle: http://slashdot.org/articles/99/08/13/1947222.shtml So Gore Sold Us Out For Nothing (Score:2, Funny) by Fleet Admiral Ackbar (squid [at] columbus.rr [dot] com) on Friday August 13, @04:00PM EDT (#5) Let me get this...

The Penny Drops – IridiumisDying.(EdHargraveis awayon vacation) (Ed Hargrave isawayonvacation) (Ed Hargrave is away onvacation)

Hmm.. had to unsubscribe him. eGroups sucks. -Ian. Ian Andrew Bell wrote:> > Hey, guess what? Ed’s on holiday! > > I suspended him from posting. Someone remind me to turn it back on on Aug > 23rd. > > -Ian. > > Ed Hargrave wrote: > > > > I will be out of the...

The Penny Drops – IridiumisDying.(EdHargraveis away on vacation) (Ed Hargrave isawayonvacation) (Ed Hargrave is away on vacation)

Hey, guess what? Ed’s on holiday! I suspended him from posting. Someone remind me to turn it back on on Aug 23rd. -Ian. Ed Hargrave wrote:> > I will be out of the office until August 23, 1999. > If this matter is urgent. please contact Mike Antoniak > at...

The Penny Drops – Iridium is Dying.

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/19990813/news/current/irid.htx http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,40492,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh.ni http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,40407,00.html?st.ne.ni.rel -Ian. –=– Chapter 11 filed against Iridium Interest payment of...

Last Night on PBS: Koncordski vs. Concorde

Ian Andrew Bell wrote:> > FYI, I knew that’d draw Rich out of his shell. > > Josh Gardner wrote: > > > remember hearing about such a concept, and I think (maybe) that is was > > being called “XB-70” at the time. > > Yep. Oops. Nope. Thought you were...

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