http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12275979

Wow!! They getting into unknown here.
I mean they could find anything.

Here's a list to get ya thinking:
Purgatory
A large UFO base
The Ark of the covenant
Amelia Earhart
A small German town with Adolph Hitler and some Nazi war criminals
Jesse James' treasure
The real killer of Nicole Sympson
The 10 missing tribes of Israel

Hummm....

If you have windows XP and are in the waiting room with your XP buddies, all suffering from the slow shut down problem there is a fix from Microsoft that is worth a try.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en

In case anyone missed it this came up on the BBC science news feed, the biggest rocket ever but is classified, does that mean that it doesn't exist?

QuoteThe biggest rocket ever to launch from the US West Coast has lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a classified mission...

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I will be posting here randomly as I spot any Near Earth Orbit (NEO) Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) that get between us and the moon. i.e. less than 1 LD (lunar distance).

I get this info from Space Weather (list is near the bottom)

The asteroid 2011 AN52 will get to 0.8 LD but is only 8 metres across. On Jan 17 2011 . Link here for longer list.

A happy new year to you.

And I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their contribution to the site, it's been a real pleasure reading all your posts, yes even yours Dusky .

Heres hoping for an educational and informative 2011 with plenty of humour as icing on the cake, oh! and the odd rant here and there.

As luck would have it my media center control has died, so I went looking for a new one and found this little gem, it's a normal media centre control plus a keyboard and mouse (of a fashion), and it fits in the palm of your hand.

I'm gona get one, will let you know how it goes.

Handheld Mini 2.4GHZ RF Wireless Windows Media Center MCE Keyboard/Remote Control

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I've just been down to my local shops for a few bit's , on the way home a '08 plated Ford Mondeo taxi, driven by an idiot, decided to try and reorganise the rear of my car. Lucky for me, not so lucky for him, I drive a two and a half ton 4x4 fitted with a massive tow bar. The resulting carnage, fortunately no-one was hurt, should ensure this idiot is off the road for awhile.

This got me thinking about things I would like to see in 2011.

For example, how about a braking system fitted to your car that applies the brakes of the car behind, or, frozen veg bags you can open without using a sharp instrument, or, plastic milk containers where the little tag doesn't break off.

Any other ideas?.