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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
          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
                last edited by

                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...

                        “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
                          brianlittlejohn
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                          Video of SPACEX's RUD from today.

                          Youtube Video

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            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 🙂

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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 🙂

                                          Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol

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

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

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

                                            Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol

                                            I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.

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