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Europe Kicks Off Saturday Night With A Rocket Launch

Europeans sure know how to celebrate a Saturday night! While I spent the good part of Happy Hour knocking back shots, our cousins from across the ocean shot a satellite up into space. The Giove-B satellite, a demonstrator that will test key technologies needed in satellite navigation systems, ascended to the heavens at 22:16 GMT. More »

9:30 PM on Sat Apr 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
1,982 views, 8 comments

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UK Drivers Trust Navigation, Drive Into River

When you see a road submerged in four feet of water, what should you do? The answer is definitely NOT to try to go through it, as one or two UK motorists learn each day. Listen, just because your satellite navigation is right most of the time, doesn't mean you need to listen to it when your eyes tell you there's a river in the way. We know how great sat-nav is normally (we named ours Betty), but you have to draw the line somewhere. Lest you be out £25 to some local bumpkin for fishing out your car. More »

1:23 AM on Sat Apr 22 2006
By Jason Chen
100 views, 5 comments

Latest by edd: Ok first of all the road is a ford. This is a road with a little stream running over it. It rains and water goes up. 2nd "or two motorists have been towed out, having either failed to notice or more »