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    • coliverC
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      Gene Wilder as The Doctor... one can dream.

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        @scottalanmiller alt text RIP

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        • scottalanmillerS
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          Explosion at Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX prepares launch
          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37247077

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Explosion at Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX prepares launch
            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37247077

            Didn't we talk before about the reusable rocket thing probably not being worthwhile?

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            • brianlittlejohnB
              brianlittlejohn @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender That wasnt one of their reused rockets they were test firing.

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              • brianlittlejohnB
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                Their slated first reused first stage will be in October.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender
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                  Oh - I wonder why the article decided to drop that bit of information then? Filler? to make the article longer?

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                  • brianlittlejohnB
                    brianlittlejohn @Dashrender
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                    @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    Oh - I wonder why the article decided to drop that bit of information then? Filler? to make the article longer?

                    Who knows. Its a news organization... they don't check facts anymore.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      Oh - I wonder why the article decided to drop that bit of information then? Filler? to make the article longer?

                      Drop that information? What did the article say that was misleading? I read a different one, so actually confused.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
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                        Oh, do you mean this...

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                        That is their stock blurb that tells you what the company is. It implies nothing about what was being launched. what was being launched was stated earlier in the article. This is the bit that the computer tacks on at the end when it is a SpaceX article so that you know what the company is. It's just corporate info.

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                        • brianlittlejohnB
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                          After all the talk about the explosion, it had this line

                          "SpaceX is seeking to create a new era of reusable rockets and affordable private space travel and has used its Falcon-9 rocket to take supplies to the International Space Station (ISS)."

                          It read very out of place.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
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                            @brianlittlejohn said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            After all the talk about the explosion, it had this line

                            "SpaceX is seeking to create a new era of reusable rockets and affordable private space travel and has used its Falcon-9 rocket to take supplies to the International Space Station (ISS)."

                            It read very out of place.

                            Yeah, just automated company info. All BBC articles have general "explaining who the players in the article were" at the bottom so that readers don't have to research more to know what the company is.

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                            • brianlittlejohnB
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                              SpaceX just confirmed they lost the falcon 9 rocket and the $200 million payload that was supposed to launch in 2 days.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @brianlittlejohn
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                                @brianlittlejohn said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                SpaceX just confirmed they lost the falcon 9 rocket and the $200 million payload that was supposed to launch in 2 days.

                                Oh damn!

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                                • coliverC
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                                  http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/att-lectures-google-fiber-about-challenges-of-broadband-investment/#p3

                                  AT&T accuses Google Fiber of common ISP business practices for the past 30 years...

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
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                                    How could this possibly go wrong... Penalizing students who flush toilets.

                                    China students pay for 'excessive' toilet flushing
                                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37246823

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                                    • coliverC
                                      coliver
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                                      http://www.pcgamer.com/bt-sues-valve-over-steam-patent-infringement-allegations/

                                      I... what? Seriously...

                                      “relates generally to providing users with content that originates from multiple subscriptions services and delivering it through a single portal where a customer may access content for which it has access rights.”

                                      Are they going to sue Apple, Microsoft, and Google too?

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                                      • brianlittlejohnB
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                                        Video of SPACEX's RUD from today.

                                        Youtube Video

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
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                                          Big US companies not paying as many taxes in the EU as sausage stalls...

                                          http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37259278

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                                            Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal
                                            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37286980

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