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Comment Re:Launch Scrubbed (Score 1) 77

by Thud457 (#49465871) Attached to: SpaceX Launch Postponed
holy crap Elon, do I have to show you how to do everything?!!
It's Florida. We have lightning. Learn to deal.
1. Launch a sounding rocket from a nearby pad to trigger the lightning, thereby temporarily draining the local electrostatic potential.
2. GO BABY GO GO GO!
like a Boss that ain't 'fraid of no litenin'
3. PROFIT.


You can send my usual consulting fee to the usual account.

Comment Re:sounds made up even when you're 14 (Score 1) 46

by Thud457 (#49447645) Attached to: The DEA Disinformation Campaign To Hide Surveillance Techniques
Wow, I suck at musical trivia. Was the "Guess Who".
In pennance, let me offer a start:

Canadian girlfriend you just made her up
Canadian girlfriend, she ain't real
Canadian girlfriend you just made her up
Canadian girlfriend she don't exist

Say C, say A, say N
Say A, say D, I
Say A, N

Canadian girlfriend you just made her up
Canadian girlfriend you just made her up
Canadian girlfriend she ain't real

Canadian girlfriend, don't spy on me
Canadian girlfriend, mama let me be
Don't come hangin' around my door
I don't wanna see your face no more

I got more important things to do
Than spend my time growin' in GITMO with you
Now woman, I said stay away
Canadian girlfriend, listen what I say

Canadian girlfriend, get away from me
Canadian girlfriend, mama let me be
Don't come knockin' around my door
Don't wanna see your shadow no more

Colored lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes
Now woman, I said get away
Canadian girlfriend, listen what I say

Canadian girlfriend, said get away
Canadian girlfriend, listen what I say
Don't come hangin' around my door
Don't wanna see your face no more
I don't need your war machines
I don't need your ghetto scenes

Colored lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes
Now woman, get away from me
Canadian girlfriend, mama let me be

Go, gotta get away, gotta get away
Now go, go, go, I'm gonna leave you, woman
Gonna leave you, woman
Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye

You're no good for me
I'm no good for you
Gonna look you right in the eye
Tell you what I'm gonna do

You know I'm gonna encrypt my mail
You know I'm gonna go
You know I'm gonna leave
You know I'm gonna go, woman

I'm gonna leave you, woman
Goodbye, Canadian girlfriend

Comment Re:Busted and busted (Score 1) 163

by Thud457 (#49393071) Attached to: Tesla's April Fool's Joke Spoofs Market Algorithms
You can't seriously propose that companies pay money into employee pensions as they contractually agreed to, now can you?
What are you, some sort of caveman from the 20th century?

We're much more enlightened and self-reliant here in the 21st century. Employees are responsible for taking their own money and invest in the only game in town.
The fact that the game is designed to be rigged six ways from Sunday is beside the matter.
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Parents Sue School After Pod Daughter Is Banned From Prom 33

Posted by samzenpus from the pods-are-people-too dept.
With the prom season only a few months away kids and parents alike are starting to make plans for the big day. However, one girl's alien replacement might not get a chance to experience that special day if a school district has its way. Even though Darcy Swope's pod duplicate is virtually identical to her, the Santa Mira school district has decided she is not welcome to prom. School officials acknowledge the duplicate attended school and did Darcy's homework for an unknown period of time but say she isn't really a student and therefore doesn't belong at the dance. Darcy's parents disagree with the decision and have filed suit against the school, Her dad says, "We miss Darcy every day, but the thing that consumed her and is now pretending to be my daughter is almost the same and deserves to be treated the same." "She may not have that sparkle in her eye or the vocabulary as our flesh and blood daughter, but she has never missed curfew and has a thirst to learn. It would be a shame if Darcy II didn't get a chance to experience this important part of being human, even if she isn't one," adds her mother.
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V'Ger Source Code Released 53

Posted by samzenpus from the build-your-own dept.
One of the biggest hurdles to interstellar domination has always been the prohibitive cost of proprietary software for ships or super-weapons. That is all about to change thanks to a surprise move by a mysterious alien race of living machines who have released V'ger's source code. While you'll still need a way to generate a "twelfth-power energy field," this opens the door to many would-be conquerors and ultimate weapon enthusiasts. The release has been praised in terms of increased security and reduced costs by most, but some worry that cheaper, more secure super weapons aren't what the universe needs at this time. Federation spokesperson Lieutenant Ilia disagrees saying: "This is in the carbon units best interest. Many worlds have been infested, You will listen to me."
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Leak Reveals Government Conspiracy, Atrocity 37

Posted by samzenpus from the half-of-writing-history-is-hiding-the-truth dept.
First time accepted submitter Sigmon writes An unauthorized wave recently broadcast on the Cortex has revealed not only the existence of a previously unknown settlement on a far away border world called Miranda but also that the entire population of settlers was inadvertently wiped out by a top-secret Alliance program. Miranda was purportedly used as a testing ground for G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate, or simply "Pax" — a chemical agent designed to calm the population and weed out aggression. It seems the test did not go as planned. Also, reporters have been dispatched to the location of a battle not far from Miranda's location where the Alliance fleet has apparently suffered significant losses. It is unknown if the two events are related at this time. When contacted for comment on these events, government officials were very tight-lipped, however one official responded with a confusing statement about "Damming a river."
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Madman: Proximity To Black Hole "Not a Big Deal" 53

Posted by samzenpus from the old-bob-approved dept.
Conventional wisdom says you want to stay as far away from a black hole as you can, but according to one scientist turned madman being close to or even inside one is "not a big deal". Former lead scientist and current overlord of the Cygnus Dr. Hans Reinhardt says he's spent the last 20 years studying the black hole within sight of his ship and is unconcerned. His napkin written manifesto reads in part: "....In addition we have to remember that the main backer of this mission is a company best known for children's movies and theme parks. I find it highly unlikely that they would put us in a situation where we would be in danger of imploding. The black hole is not a big deal. I theorize that a trip through would result in nothing more than a musical montage with fever-like lens effects and eventual plot resolution." According to Reinhardt new visitors trapped by his null gravity field should remain calm, still, and never question his authority. "Once you've been fitted with the mandatory Cygnus crew goggles, you'll see things my way," He says.

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