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Science fiction on ice
This one's not scifi, more a thriller, but set in cold climates:
Alistair MacLean, "Ice Station Zebra"
posted to Ask Metafilter by dott8080
at 10:19 PM on November 20, 2005
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XP recording app needed
I'll also suggest Replay Music from Applian Technologies. It's another tool, like Total Recorder and Audacity, that records audio streams to disk, in MP3 format. It has auto track separation and CDDB info retrieval.
It's try-before-you-buy and costs about 30-40 dollars.
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at 8:40 PM on November 20, 2005
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The executive career path.
Mischief:
In my estimation, a key part of the career path to the executive is learning (and doing) the task of management at several lower levels. For that, I would recommend several of Peter Drucker's books:
1. Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1974)
2. The Practice of Management (1954)
3. The Effective Executive (1966)
4. Managing for Results (1964)
If you don't want to... [more]
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at 7:45 PM on November 20, 2005
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Non-prescription sedatives
I second Triode's solutioin. In fact, I've been falling asleep to Bill Bryson's "A Walk In The Woods" for the better part of a month now.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dott8080
at 6:32 PM on November 20, 2005
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Maybe NASA has learned their lesson
If it takes us 13 years to make first landing, we'll be asking permission from the Beijing Moon Consulate for overflight permission.
I don't doubt for a minute that the current aim (and momentum) of the Chinese space program will get them there before us--if we have to wait nearly a decade and a half.
If we as a nation are to make this effort have real meaning, we have to get off our duff and accomplish this in less than half the time currently... [more]
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at 11:23 AM on September 20, 2005
