homeshark
join:2001-03-09
Saint Petersburg, FL | Who needs those classic things
Who need those satelites anyways! just drag a big network wire around the world I say |
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Anon_Name
@ibm.com | Well....
if they've had a power interuption .... could it just be they haven't paid thier electric bill or the extension cord came unplugged somewhere  |
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Shamayim
I already have a Messiah.
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join:2002-09-23 | Hmmm...
a successful test of some country's secret weapons system?
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kpatz
MY HEAD A SPLODE
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join:2003-06-13
Manchester, NH | Aliens practicing their skeet shooting...  |
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rob_in_chatt
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join:2004-09-17
Chattanooga, TN | uh oh
o well that sucks. lmao back to building this P4..........bbl  |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
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join:2003-05-31 | Quick call tech support...
Just kill off the cell phone sats. |
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exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
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join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
clubs:   | reply to kpatz
Re: Hmmm...
"Damn Robot Aliens" |
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oroper
Patriots Rule
join:2004-06-01
Beverly, MA
1 edit | Mobile Repair
I think now would be a good time to have the capability of robotic repair missions. Send a robot into orbit that can be called up for duty as the need arrises.
For Example: »www.space.com/scienceastronomy/h···504.html |
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PhoenixDown
-- Wants FIOS
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join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
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1 edit | I blame it on BBR's Team Starfire....
... always listening in on the sky with that fancy schmancy radio listening equipment,... it probably gave the satellite some wierd audio feedback or something.
Now go visit the distributed computing forums and join a project for the betterment of man-kind!
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oroper
Patriots Rule
join:2004-06-01
Beverly, MA
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Re: Quick call tech support...
said by Grail Knight  :Just kill off the cell phone sats. I wonder if their tech support is US based or outsourced?? India anyone!!:D
They may tell u to reboot |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
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Well, it's probably another case of "whiskers" shorting out the power.
Various metal components grow "whiskers" in space--when these become long enough, they short between circuits.
The solution is easy, and was long used: just add a tad of lead in the alloy.
Problem is, the rabid enviros banned lead--even in tiny amounts where it is desperately needed. So we get whiskers.
Reminds me of the foam insulation on the space shuttle external fuel tank. Didn't have a problem with it falling off and damaging the orbiter until it was re-formulated for environmental reasons. I guess some folks think it's better to reduce those volatiles released into the atmosphere than to keep astronauts alive....
(It's not that I'm anti-environment. It's that both of these possible pollution sources pale in comparison with the wildly toxic by-products of any space launch. I'm sure that both the foam and the total absence of lead in satellites does about as much good as using water-based paint instead of oil-based paint to mark nuclear waste containers....)
calvoiper
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Iceblink8
By your command
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join:2002-03-21
San Diego, CA | the cylons took it over...:D |
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Vamp
5c077
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join:2003-01-28
MD | aliens..
aliens!!!!! thier here!!!!!!
Or maybe it just got hit by some space junk?
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Kompressor
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Huntington Beach, CA | reply to exocet_cm
Re: Hmmm...
The beginning of SkyNet. |
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BuckarooB
Beware Lectroids from PlanetX
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join:2001-10-27
Cloverdale, VA
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I bet they'll figure out a way to blame us Americans again!! Just like its our fault there was an Earthquake and Tsunami! its all the nuculear testing!! Or maybe we overloaded the Sats because our military is over there hogging all the bandwidth...
actually once or twice in Thirty years ain't bad... its a wonder they are still working after this long anyway!
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Mutiny32
Network Security Engineer
join:2000-07-04
Lees Summit, MO | 9's?
I wonder how many 9's that is. |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH | Space Junk
We already turned our orbiting levels of Earth into junkyards with tons of usless satalite parts and such... whats one more piece to add to the pile? |
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Samwoo
join:2002-02-15
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | It's one more piece of junk for NASA to calculate their shuttle launches around... that is what it is. unless of course if falls out of the sky and burns up. |
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flushls
join:2004-11-02
Joyce, WA | This is why Sat BB won't fly
It is simply to centralized and not robust enough.
Never mind Caps, latency, and oh my the price. |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
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join:2004-04-13
Canada | reply to Kompressor
Re: Hmmm...
too many rednecks with computers for skynet to survive, and AOL can defeat any network in a matter of minutes.(and not the good defeat) |
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