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POPSSeven Paths To Sensible Privacy "I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction." —George Washington, letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, 1784 That is one view of privacy. Here is another: "We must all watch one another." —Rev. Robert Browne, guiding principles, 1582
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POPSThe Future Of Air Travel? Only if the helium supply is better managed. It is known to be in short supply. The details of the craft are interesting, just the same. Electric engines are a novelty, too.
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POPSThe Machine That Changed The World The very best documentary regarding the history of the computer. the early machines and the people behind them, and the rise of the computer age as seen from 1992. Be sure to check back to the source site for the rest of the series. A joint BBC/WGBH-Boston production.
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POPS4 Ton Girders: Blowing In The Wind? "4-ton girders were found as much as 600 feet from the base of the North Tower of the World Trade Center after its collapse. This raises obvious questions. How fast must they have been ejected from the collapsing building to land that far away? What forces were at work to give such massive structures high horizontal velocities? If anything besides gravity was at work, pandora's box is opened up."
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POPSSouth Tower Coming Down "This is a movie of the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center taken with a hand-held camera. In the original video, the camera is moving wildly, so the details of the collapsing building are hard to see. "