mchakvoort - Slashdot User

Comment Re:QR code? (Score 1) 258

by mchakvoort on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @03:30PM (#26437869) Attached to: Microsoft Tag, Smartphone-Scannable Barcodes

Well, it's not really unlike any other tag technology. For example the Shotcode technology ( http://shotcode.com/ ) has been around for over at least 3 years now, plus I think they've got fancier tags :-).

US To Shoot Down Dying Satellite 429

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 14, 2008 @03:30PM from the we-who-may-be-about-to-reenter-orbit-salute-you dept.

A user writes "US officials say that the Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March. We discussed the device's decaying orbit late last month. The Associated Press has learned that the option preferred by the Bush administration will be to fire a missile from a U.S. Navy cruiser, and shoot down the satellite before it enters Earth's atmosphere. 'A key concern ... was the debris created by Chinese satellite's destruction -- and that will also be a focus now, as the U.S. determines exactly when and under what circumstances to shoot down its errant satellite. The military will have to choose a time and a location that will avoid to the greatest degree any damage to other satellites in the sky. Also, there is the possibility that large pieces could remain, and either stay in orbit where they can collide with other satellites or possibly fall to Earth.'"

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