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    February 24

    高科技=高投入=高风险

      NASA的OCO卫星今天凌晨发射失败(http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/24/nasa.launch/), 2亿多美金就烧了。其实这个卫星和我做的东东也没啥关系,只是我们系的S教授貌似是其中的一个PI,经常提起这个。据说JPL的人搞了7,8年,总算什么都调试好了,火箭出问题了... S教授加州临晨6点给大家发了信,还更新了blog,貌似非常非常的sad。前后搞了差不多10年,写proposal,拉funding,设计仪器,测试,总装...和自己的孩子似的,说没就没了。还是做computer model的好,搞搞simulation就成了。
    February 23

    为革命,保护视力

    在开心网上看到这个投票,才明白这四节操到底叫什么。以前就觉得里面的女声声音太尖了,死活听不清。
    这个东东有用不?貌似穴位什么好像没啥道理,不知道现在国内小学中学还做不做

      

    美女都熬成大妈了

      昨天的oscar,老印的slumdog成了大赢家。一群老印把 Koda Theater的颁奖台挤的水泄不通,就差载歌载舞了。(那个大叔领两个音乐奖的时候,不知道怎么就想起youtube上著名的印度Michael,是不是老印唱歌都一个调调啊)。那么多热门影片也就看了slumdog和BB,感觉都是不错的电影,像milk什么的拿不拿奖就没有什么资格评论了。
      说说其他的几个镜头。最佳男女主角领奖都那个激动啊。Kate感觉保持了金球的风格,一如既往的语无伦次,嘟嘟囔囔说了一堆也没听出什么重点(不过怎么也比Hilary Swank和Halle Berry强)。Sean Penn手那个抖,和拳王阿里有一拼了。要说Kate是被Oscar耍了好多回激动还情有可原,sean Penn这个二进宫的倒是给老同志们丢了一点脸。最佳女配角入围的有在BB里演Pitt老妈的黑人,原来才40岁,和电影里的大妈完全不是一个人,不过想想BB拿的几个效果奖,化妆和CG的功夫还真不是盖的。
      最后说说几个美女。Aniston居然出席了oscar,导播还特别给了台下的Jolie一个镜头。两大美女都显的很大妈,诡异的是Jolie现在看起来到有一点大奶脸... 真的是因为生了小孩?更大妈的就是Kate了,从Titanic到现在,十多年了,演技上去了,人倒是真老了。反过来的就是发奖的Kidman,感觉看了十几年了她还是那个样子,当然还有不老的(老到头了?)就是Meryl step了,老太太现在越活越精神,不但演歌舞片蹦蹦跳跳,这次还带了一个漂亮女儿出席。最后提一提广末,和那个英语说说云里雾里的导演一起上台,要不是LD眼尖,我完全认不出来了,彻底大妈了。想起在‘手机’里,费老想见传说中的吕桂花,葛优说,现在腰已经水桶一般了...
    February 08

    日子会越来越难过

    都眼巴巴的等着Obama的stimulus plan给大家发点钱,结果GOP那边过不了关。修改plan吧,大笔一挥
    Cut了NSF 和Science 3亿,NIST 1亿,NASA 5000万, NOAA 1亿...
    wall street那班精英惹不起,main street那班红脖子也惹不起, 只好捏scientists这个软柿子了

    link: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/07/stimulus.cuts/index.html

    CNN

    What got cut from the stimulus bill


    Bipartisan group of senators reaches compromise on stimulus bill

    Items partially cut include funds for FBI construction, federal hybrid cars,EPA

    Items entirely cut include funds for federal prisons, NASA, school
    construction



    (CNN) -- A coalition of Democrats and some Republicans reached a compromise
    that trimmed billions in spending from an earlier version of the Senate economic stimulus bill.


    Senators worked late into the night to trim billions from the original stimulus bill.

    CNN obtained, from a Democratic leadership aide, a list of some programs
    that have been cut, either entirely or partially:

    Partially cut:

    • $3.5 billion for energy-efficient federal buildings (original bill $7 billion)

    • $75 million from Smithsonian (original bill $150 million)

    • $200 million from Environmental Protection Agency Superfund (original bill $800 million)

    • $100 million from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (original bill $427 million)

    • $100 million from law enforcement wireless (original bill $200 million)

    • $300 million from federal fleet of hybrid vehicles (original bill $600 million)

    • $100 million from FBI construction (original bill $400 million)

    Fully eliminated

    • $55 million for historic preservation

    • $122 million for Coast Guard polar icebreaker/cutters

    • $100 million for Farm Service Agency modernization

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    • $50 million for Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension
    Service

    • $65 million for watershed rehabilitation

    • $100 million for distance learning

    • $98 million for school nutrition

    • $50 million for aquaculture

    • $2 billion for broadband

    • $100 million for National Institute of Standards and Technology

    • $50 million for detention trustee

    • $25 million for Marshalls Construction

    • $300 million for federal prisons

    • $300 million for BYRNE Formula grant program

    • $140 million for BYRNE Competitive grant program

    • $10 million state and local law enforcement

    • $50 million for NASA

    • $50 million for aeronautics

    • $50 million for exploration

    • $50 million for Cross Agency Support

    • $200 million for National Science Foundation

    • $100 million for science

    • $1 billion for Energy Loan Guarantees

    • $4.5 billion for General Services Administration

    • $89 million General Services Administration operations

    • $50 million from Department of Homeland Security

    • $200 million Transportation Security Administration

    • $122 million for Coast Guard Cutters, modifies use

    • $25 million for Fish and Wildlife

    • $55 million for historic preservation

    • $20 million for working capital fund

    • $165 million for Forest Service capital improvement

    • $90 million for State and Private Wildlife Fire Management

    • $1 billion for Head Start/Early Start

    • $5.8 billion for Health Prevention Activity

    • $2 billion for Health Information Technology Grants

    • $600 million for Title I (No Child Left Behind)

    • $16 billion for school construction

    • $3.5 billion for higher education construction

    • $1.25 billion for project based rental

    • $2.25 billion for Neighborhood Stabilization


    • $1.2 billion for retrofitting Project 8 housing

    • $40 billion for state fiscal stabilization (includes $7.5 billion of
    state incentive grants)