Non-IT News Thread
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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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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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@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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AT&T accuses Google Fiber of common ISP business practices for the past 30 years...
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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 -
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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Big US companies not paying as many taxes in the EU as sausage stalls...
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Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37286980 -
Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821 -
@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-37281821I 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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@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-37281821I 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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@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-37281821I 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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I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
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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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@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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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@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
Everyone wins
Should ask Korea, Japan, Philippines and whoever else about that.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@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.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@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
Everyone wins
Should ask Korea, Japan, Philippines and whoever else about that.
We did ask the Philippines, we got their opinion.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@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.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
Several actually; most impressively (to me) they've never invaded a foreign country... in thousands of years. They get a bum rap quite often in the press for human rights abuses, corruption, and other (deserved) stuff. I'd do business with them as a country with few worries though.
