feed on feeds - 2013/09/29 - items 0 to 15

harrymcc writes "On Saturday, I picked up a copy of a book called How To Use the Internet at a flea market. It was published in May, 1994, and is a fascinating snapshot of the state of the Net at that time — when you had to explain to people that it wasn't a good idea to say 'thank you' when issuing commands to a machine, and the World Wide Web was an alternative to Gopher that warranted only four pages of coverage towards the end of the book. I selected some choice excerpts and wrote about them over at TIME.com."

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Court sentences 50 people to between five and 15 years in jail for setting up a group that organises protests.

Ett signalfel på järnvägen vid Mellerud i Dalsland vållade trafikproblem på E 45 under kvällen.

En campingplats i Håbo kommun rånades vid 18-tiden i kväll.

En person omkom i eftermiddags i en trafikolycka på riksväg 56 vid Lilla Åsby i Västeråstrakten.

Ett stort pådrag letade i dag efter en kvinna i 50-årsåldern som försvunnit från sitt hem i Timrå.

An anonymous reader writes "SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket completed a successful first launch today, taking off from California and putting a Canadian science satellite in orbit. 'The beefed-up Falcon 9 that blasted off on its maiden flight from Southern California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying a small Canadian government communication and research satellite, went through a seemingly picture-perfect countdown and performed on ascent as engineers hoped. The changes to the rocket are aimed at improving capacity and reliability, while simultaneously speeding up manufacturing. Historically, the initial launch of a new rocket has as much as a one-in-two chance of failure. Early this month, Elon Musk, the company's founder, chief executive and chief designer, seemingly tried to play down expectations by sending out a Twitter message emphasizing that the revamped rocket 'has a lot of new technology, so the probability of failure is significant.''"