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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
        last edited by

        @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
          last edited by

          @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
            scottalanmiller
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            Oh, do you mean this...

            0_1472739995359_Screenshot from 2016-09-01 10-26-20.png

            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
              brianlittlejohn
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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
                scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
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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
                  brianlittlejohn
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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
                      coliver
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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
                        scottalanmiller
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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...

                          β€œrelates 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
                            brianlittlejohn
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                            Video of SPACEX's RUD from today.

                            Youtube Video

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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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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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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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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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

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

                                    Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

                                    I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch @DustinB3403
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                                      @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

                                      I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.

                                      This was in the news last night. You need to find a better news source.

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

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

                                        I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.

                                        This was in the news last night. You need to find a better news source.

                                        I didn't watch the news last night, only had it on in the background this morning.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings πŸ™‚

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                                          • MattSpellerM
                                            MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings πŸ™‚

                                            Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol

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