Actually, Discovery serves as the "Vehicle of Record" among the retired shuttles. Atlantic & Endevour have donated a lot more parts to the SLS program.

“If using components off of the orbiters can help that happen, then we’re all for that, so I think we came to a good compromise in the sense of pretty much leaving Discovery as the vehicle of record. We didn’t take as much out of Discovery, but then we are taking out of Endeavour and Atlantis those components so that we can help SLS, so I think it was a good compromise between the programs.”

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/03/vehicle-record-sls-discovery-mps/

Obligatory post of my "Particle Business" music video shot at Fermilab

http://youtu.be/oaG6umMkbxg

Please mod up this kind soul who gets it. Twitter is a Swiss Army Knife. Don't complain about the toothpick when you should be using the scissors. Use the tool how you like.

@funky49

I was at a Blackberry event earlier this week (stuffed myself mad with shrimp, clams & crab legs!) and noticed that the Playbook could run multiple environments and not just BB6. One of the other environments was Webkit. Well Chrome is made from Webkit and on Monday I got a CR-48 from Google so I asked the guy if the Playbook would be able to run ChromeOS. He hemmed and hawed and I interjected that I had to ask something good because my boss was in the crowd. He ended up telling the crowd to watch for upcoming news about what exactly the Playbook could run.

I was amused.

and I should know... I'm the rapper!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaG6umMkbxg

There is no placebo effect. I just get mad at a button not doing as its marked.

Those ex-communists learn the ways of capitalism quick! Supply of orbit-capable craft go down? Price must go up!

Why would the stronger hardware aspect of the PS3 all of the sudden start attracting gamers away from the 360?

The trouncing would come due to the PS3's stronger horsepower being reflected in games while the X360 games stagnate. Since there is 'room to grow' in terms of BR versus DVD discs and SPUs to be tapped on the PS3, it is more future-proofed than the X360. As Microsoft wants to recoup development costs for the Xbox consoles, they will stick with the X360 longer which will make the PS3 look more and more favorable.

Also, eat yogurt while you are wandering around. Just like Michael Westin from Burn Notice. :)

Just as long as they don't make a movie out of that ET the Extra-Terrestrial Atari game. That one sucked!

Thanks Joe Biden!

I first heard about the case being dismissed on NPR on April 1st. I was assuming it was an April Fool's Day gag that all the news outlets were picking up.

"When my parents built their house 29 years ago the ISDN and cable stopped 2 blocks away. Now 30 years later how far is it? Why 2 blocks away, of course!

Nobody has laid any lines or upgraded shit around here in years because it might hurt the short term stock price if they actually spent a dime"

Sorry bro, tell that to my 20/5 FIOS connection at home.

After 30 years, perhaps you should move from your parents home so you can have better internet connectivity? :)

funky49