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Something I've been wondering for a while: did the name "World Wide Web" have anything to do with the "WorldWeb" in Dan Simmons' 1989 novel "Hyperion"? (the timing is a funny coincidence if not)

How do you feel about that famous never-delivered speech President Nixon was to give in the event that you had failed to return from the moon?

True, but "ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE" probably doesn't apply to sky cranes.

"It's not a question of where he grips it, it's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one femtogram virus!"

For $40,000, and there's an interview with Sir Patrick giggling about it ("it doesn't play; it's not a real flute").