(ex) Planet 10 "Xena" is officially christened "Eris"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5344892.stm

So Xena has been officially named Eris (after the greek goddess of discord) and her moon is Dysnomia (daughter of Eris and the spirit of lawlessness)

Like all small bodies in the solar system, such as dwarf planets and asteroids, Eris and Dysnomia were each given a sequential number.

Pluto, now just another of the probably dozens of dwarf planets, was further demoted by receiving a sequential number just as Eris and Dysnomia received... it now is officially called 134340 Pluto.

Disgusting

A bill radically redefining and expanding the government's ability to eavesdrop and search the houses of U.S. citizens without court approval passed a key Senate committee Wednesday, and may be voted on by the full Senate as early as next week.

By a 10-8 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved SB2453, the National Security Surveillance Act (.pdf), which was co-written by committee's chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) in concert with the White House.

.. Specter's bill concedes the government's right to wiretap Americans without warrants, and allows the U.S. Attorney General to authorize, on his own, dragnet surveillance of Americans so long as the stated purpose of the surveillance is to monitor suspected terrorists or spies.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71778-0.html?tw=wn_index_1

and the bill

http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/s2453.pdf

(ex) Planet 10 "Xena" is officially christened "Eris"

Originally published at Twixel.net. You can comment here or there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5344892.stm

So Xena has been officially named Eris (after the greek goddess of discord) and her moon is Dysnomia (daughter of Eris and the spirit of lawlessness)

Like all small bodies in the solar system, such as dwarf planets and asteroids, Eris and Dysnomia were each given a sequential number.

Pluto, now just another of the probably dozens of dwarf planets, was further demoted by receiving a sequential number just as Eris and Dysnomia received… it now is officially called 134340 Pluto.

Disgusting

Originally published at Twixel.net. You can comment here or there.

A bill radically redefining and expanding the government’s ability to eavesdrop and search the houses of U.S. citizens without court approval passed a key Senate committee Wednesday, and may be voted on by the full Senate as early as next week.

By a 10-8 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved SB2453, the National Security Surveillance Act (.pdf), which was co-written by committee’s chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) in concert with the White House.

.. Specter’s bill concedes the government’s right to wiretap Americans without warrants, and allows the U.S. Attorney General to authorize, on his own, dragnet surveillance of Americans so long as the stated purpose of the surveillance is to monitor suspected terrorists or spies.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71778-0.html?tw=wn_index_1

and the bill

http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/s2453.pdf