Comment: Or it could be math (Score 2) 451
"It's a feature of space launch trajectories that orbital adjustments must be made halfway around the first orbit to circularize and stabilize subsequent orbits,"
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+ - Amazon Will Publish Book for the First Time->
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Miracle Jones writes "Amazon is breaking into publishing with a new service called "AmazonEncore," which finds languishing self-published books on their website, edits them, and then markets and distributes them online and to third-party bookstores. The first novel that Amazon will publish under this new program is a fantasy novel called "Legacy" that was written by a 14-year-old girl. Should conventional publishers be nervous?"
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+ - Duke Nukem For-never - 3D Realms Shuts Down->
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EmpireJones writes "According to Shacknews:
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"A very reliable source close to Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms today confirmed [...] that the development studio has shut down.
The closure came about as a result of funding issues[...]. "Deep Silver and Apogee Software are not affected by the situation at 3D Realms," a representative for the companies told us. "Development on the Duke Nukem Trilogy is continuing as planned."
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+ - Duke Nukem ForNever-> 1
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Lawrence Person writes "In perhaps the least surprising video game news of all time, Shack News is reporting that Duke Nukem video game developer 3D Realms is shutting down. This means the perennial vaporware champion Duke Nukem Forever, now an astounding 12 years in the making, will never see the light of day."
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Comment: Something they could use (Score 1) 531
Show them how to hack into the school network, bypass any parental controls and download pr0n.
Half the audience will be glued to their seats while the other half runs screaming.