How could one convince me to believe in Christianity?  Is this the heaven that all Bible lessons tell us as demonstrated by Israel with their "justified" assault on Lebanon?  Open up thy eyes.  There is no God! 

Original news (NASA site defaced) from Slashdot
More independent news (Chinese)

A nice post-world-cup mail from a friend...
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Finally, I've got my new eye candy.  More on the technical evaluation later.  I'll have some fun with it first!

I don't want to be seduced again by consumerism but Dell LCDs are on bloody sale on the street - USD840 for 1920x1200 24".  As researched earlier, the 20" model was said to be having the same panel as the Apple Cinema (both from Philips).  I would guess it's the same for the 24 and 30 inches babes.  However, note that even though with the same panel, the internal circuits might make a difference between the two in neck-to-neck comparison (from CNet).