journalistic integrity... not2002.08.25

Who knew: an entire directory (with subdirs and everything) on Dmoz about linking laws. How sad.

Amusing fake banner ads.

Going up? Space elevator wins support: “Travelling at average speeds of anywhere from 120 km/h to 160 km/h, the length of a voyage to low Earth orbit might be as brief as four hours. A longer trip into the geosynchronous orbit would probably last a week. ” Beam me up, Scotty. I'm so there.

Gorgeous LOTR stuff.

Wow. Talk about a journalist getting it completely, over-the-top, hysteria-raising wrong. What, don't they have real technology in Calgary?

It's really a very simple precept. Thou shalt always do a basic Google search and 5 minutes of reading a real journalist's work before writing a story that can and will (unfortunately, due to this guy's gaffe) be seen by millions (via BoingBoing).

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