Non-IT News Thread
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Colombia Farc rebels announce definitive ceasefire
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Gene Wilder just passed away.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Gene Wilder just passed away.
That's really sad. A really good actor.
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Oompah loompah doompa dee dah.
Our friend Wilder has really gone far.
Oompah loompah doompah dee doo.
Good by Gene, we'll really miss you.Actors and family bow our heads low,
When we see your movies, surely you know.
When do you think we'll see you again?
Watching and watching around the bend.I don't like to think of it.
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Gene Wilder as The Doctor... one can dream.
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@scottalanmiller
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Explosion at Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX prepares launch
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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-37247077Didn't we talk before about the reusable rocket thing probably not being worthwhile?
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@Dashrender That wasnt one of their reused rockets they were test firing.
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Their slated first reused first stage will be in October.
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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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@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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@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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Oh, do you mean this...
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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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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@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!
