I'm back (was RE: [NYT] For the record, Upsilon Andromedae...)

Dan Kohn (dan@teledesic.com)
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:57:31 -0700


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OK, after a 6 month hiatus, I'm finally starting to read FoRK again. I
guess most of the people on the list now don't even know who I am. A
thrown-together home page is at <http://www.dankohn.com>.

Rohit, the Millennium issue of the WSJ is at
<http://interactive.wsj.com/documents/mill-1-cover.htm>, but I believe
you need to be a subscriber. Ahh, the disadvantages of academia (a word
that was recently antedated by 6 whole years!
<http://www.oed.com/newslttr/9901a.htm#JSTOR2>).

I can't you believe you would quote the NYT planet story while
forgetting that on the same day NATO accidentally bombed Kosovar
civilians, causing you to miss the crucial meme of the day:

http://www.slate.com/Code/TodaysPapers/TodaysPapers.asp?show=4/16/99

The WP, LAT, and USAT fronts tell of the discovery by astronomers of the
first multi-planet solar system outside our own. This development, taken
together with the day's more pressing news reminds us of the
simultaneous seductions and limits of technology: Being able to detect a
solar system from 44 light years away leads us to believe we can detect
an innocent from three miles.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rohit Khare [mailto:rohit@uci.edu]
Sent: Friday, 1999-04-16 11:48
To: FoRK@xent.ics.uci.edu
Subject: [NYT] For the record, Upsilon Andromedae...

[This kind of momentous story seems odd in a daily newspaper
alongside the ephemera of our age. Reminds me of what initially
strikes one as the 'stilted' style of the Wall Street Journal Year
1000 issue. (Drat! the January 11, 1999 year-1000 issue was free
on-line and quite a stunning exhibit, but its public link has
vanished from wsj.com. Any interactive-journal subscribers have
access to find out? Also, enough students on FoRK to set up a group
educational buy? (req. sponsoring professor; $88/year including
online access)]

Funny, the NYT's 'front pages on this day in history' two days ago
had the first report of trouble aboard Apollo 13... also by John
Noble Wilford. I wonder when we, as a species, will have the courage
to launch 200-year scientific experiments by hurling a satellite in
its direction to relay back some real data... RK]

April 16, 1999
At Long Last, Another Sun With a Family of Planets
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

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