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NASA

Simulation of Close Asteroid Fly-By 148

c0mpliant writes "NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have released a simulation of the path of an asteroid, named Apophis, that will come very close to Earth in 2029 — the closest predicted approach since humans have monitored for such heavenly bodies. The asteroid caused a bit of a scare when astronomers first announced that it would enter Earth's neighborhood some time in the future. However, since that announcement in 2004, more recent calculations have put the odds of collision at 1 in 250,000."

Comment runescape is a scam (Score 1) 118

I unwittingly let my son play runescape, and even dumber paid for extra "gold".

here is how that process works.

1. pay someone for gold.
2. meet that person in the game, get the gold
3. get robbed of the gold within minutes by another player
4. repeat (if dumb enough to buy more gold)

I feel these online games exist for one reason, to create an environment where users can be scammed.

Comment AT&T should focus (Score 5, Informative) 111

on fixing their

1. inadequate network
2. price gouging
3. treating iPhone users differently than other customers (see 2)
4. crappy support (see 1)

I have an iPhone, an original, I love it. but I am SERIOUSLY considering an alternative as I am just flat out disgusted with AT&T and APPLE for their behavior.
FWIW, our home has 4 Macs, and no PCs.

the iPhone needs to be opened up to other carriers, plain and simple.

in my humble opinion, AT&T/Apple isn't a whole lot different than a mob operation and should be broken up with extreme predjudice.

the bigger question I have is why does the Fed allow phone carriers to consistently scam their citizens?

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