Saturday, January 14, 2006

THE KISS RULE: KEEP IT SIMPLE, SCIENTISTS

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.

To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.


The Russians used a pencil.

Your taxes are due again. Enjoy paying them.

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