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Submission + - Chris Hadfield to be the First Canadian Commander (orbitalhub.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 02, 2010 @03:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will take command of the station during the second half of his third space mission. Hadfield will launch aboard a Soyuz rocket in December 2012, and spend six months on the station as part of the crew of Expedition 34/35. He will return to Earth in a Soyuz capsule in June 2013.

Submission + - Canadian Cannabis Car (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by sykobabul on Monday August 23, 2010 @03:33PM

sykobabul writes: The CBC is reporting:

"An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.

The Kestrel will be prototyped and tested later in August by Calgary-based Motive Industries Inc., a vehicle development firm focused on advanced materials and technologies, the company announced."

Leave it to us Canadians to come up with all sorts of uses for cannabis.

Comment Re: spelling (Score 1) 183

by sykobabul on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @04:09PM (#33208432) Attached to: Spam email that gets past any relevant filters ...

One way to do it is is hold ALT and type in 0231 on the numeric keypad.

Comment Old news that isn't (Score 1) 318

by sykobabul on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @12:22PM (#32654528) Attached to: Might Shatner Boldly Lead Canada As Governor?

First of all, this references an article that is 2 months old. Since that time, Shat and officials in the Canadian government have confirmed that Bill isn't being considered for the post of Governor General.

Second, Shatner was never on a list, short or otherwise. This whole thing came about as a result of a Facebook group nominating him for GG.

It wasn't going to happen back in April, and it isn't going to happen now. Which is kind of a shame. I would have loved to hear Capt Kirk reading the throne speech.

Submission + - US Suspends Legal Action Against Intel (eweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by geek4 on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @12:02PM

geek4 writes: Intel and the Federal Trade Commission have suspended legal proceedings related to the lawsuit filed by the federal regulators against the chip maker while the two sides try to negotiate a settlement.

In a statement released on 21 June, Intel officials said the two sides agreed to file a joint motion to suspend the administrative trial proceedings to give the parties time to negotiate. According to Intel, the motion calls for suspending the proceedings until 22 July.

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