#archive2002q4

Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Source: Stonycreek Township garnered global attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, intended to strike the United States

Shanksville, Pennsylvania Source: Shanksville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of 199 as of the 2020 U.S. census.[2] It is part of the Somerset, Pennsylvania,

Hardware random number generator Source: The failure of a TRNG can be quite complex and subtle, necessitating validation of not just the results (the output bit stream), but of the unpredictability of

Information Awareness Office Source: Poindexter and Hicks had previously worked together on intelligence-technology programs for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA agreed to host the

Polaroid (polarizer) Source: Polaroid is a type of synthetic plastic sheet which is used as a polarizer or polarizing filter. A trademark of the Polaroid Corporation, the term has since entered common

Gimli Glider Source: Air Canada Flight 143 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Montreal and Edmonton that ran out of fuel on July 23, 1983,[1] midway through the flight. There was no fuel

Electron–positron annihilation Source: Conservation of electric charge. The net charge before and after is zero. Conservation of linear momentum and total energy. This forbids the creation of a single

Phil Hartman Source: Philip Edward Hartman (né Hartmann; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford,

Lunar Laser Ranging experiments Source: Although it is possible to reflect light or radio waves directly from the Moon's surface (a process known as EME), a much more precise range measurement can be made