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codejunkie writes: "Check out this story from the Baltimore Sun. Apparently the middies were laughed at when they proposed a budget satellite for 50K. Boeing said it couldn't be done and gave them 250K. Well now they can build five more because the smart minds on the bay have built one."

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  1. Yep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frist Prost

  2. Five more? by Grelli · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "proposed a budget satellite for 50K. Boeing said it couldn't be done and gave them 250K. Well now they can build five more because the smart minds on the bay have built one."

    OK, so you build one satallite for $50,000, that leaves you with $200,000.... how do you build five more $50,000 satallites with $200,000?

  3. "Native" Americans: An absurd liberal myth: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One of the greatest lies that historians have ever told is that the continent that we now refer to as North America was inhabited by "native peoples" at the time of its discovery by Columbus. This, as true history has shown, is sheer poppycock; it is a nefarious fantasy concocted in the minds of those who wish to control our collective destinies. Not only are there no contemporary documents that support the existence of these fantasy "natives", the people who are responsible for inventing them have never been particularly secretive about their true motives. It is interesting to note that in the late 1950s, no American (indeed, no person) had ever even heard of these so-called "native Americans." But then, in the 1960s, stories of them suddenly started appearing seemingly from nowhere. Your next-door neighbor started relating stories from his great-grandmother about "Injun attacks." Schoolchildren started to get educated about the different "tribes" and "nations" of these people, and yet not one parent demanded to see evidence of their existence. Our children were taught stories about how the great white pioneers of this nation supposedly plundered these peoples and took their land from them, and our children felt ashamed. Of course they felt ashamed! That's the whole reason these fantasy "native Americans" exist! They were invented by radical leftist agitators at Berkeley in the early 1960s. The primary purpose that these mythical "Indians" serve is to instill false guilt in white people. They exist to make the Chosen People of this land feel badly about their own history and heritage, and that is a thought crime. Liberalism is about (first and foremost) the hatred of self and love of collective. To that end, this nation's leftists felt it necessary to invent an entire imaginary race of people that were "pillaged" by this continent's Anglo-Saxon discoverers. The goal: to make this nation's guardians hate themselves and their heritage, and be sympathetic to that which is alien and unacceptable. The truth, of course, is that none of these stories has the least bit of credibility; despite repeated requests from the conservative community, liberals have been unable to produce a single "native American." And so we must file this lie in the same trash dumpster as the (extremely overexaggerated) stories of so-called "slavery" of the 1800s. Patriots must constantly guard their country from its enemies, and we must realize that more today than ever before, its enemies are more likely to attack from within.

    1. Re:"Native" Americans: An absurd liberal myth: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You do realize your ip address is linked to this post, right? So even if you hide behind the "Anonymous Coward", people can still track you down and slice your scalp off. I mean... beat your brains out... or something. Yes...

    2. Re:"Native" Americans: An absurd liberal myth: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I assume 70% will be first on the list of people eager to do that, since this is his troll, I believe.

    3. Re:"Native" Americans: An absurd liberal myth: by cyberdonny · · Score: 2, Offtopic
      > You do realize your ip address is linked to this post, right? So even if you hide behind the "Anonymous Coward", people can still track you down and slice your scalp off.

      Yes, but, unless you are Slashdot personnel, or unless you post from the same IP and happen to have mod-points, there is no way you can read that stored IP address.

      • Slashdot personnel won't reveal or abuse the IP address, at least not for a troll as lame as this one. Heck, they didn't do it during the Anne Tomlinson fiasko, where they would have had much stronger motives...
      • So, that leaves possibility 2 (Same IP & mod points). However, this one is extremely unlikely, unless the troller is a colleague of yours, working behind the same NAT or proxy, or a user of the same ISP, and you got allocated his IP.
      • Oh, I forgot a third possibility: you yourself may be the troll, making it trivial for you to find out the IP address...
  4. The "Moon": An Absurd Liberal Myth: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)

    Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors .. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.

    Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!

    Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.

  5. Re:Thank me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you, are an evil, evil man.
    and i hate you.
    /me goes in the corner and cries....

  6. Slashdot bug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, when I looked at the main screen, it said 0 replies, but when I clicked on "Read More..." it displayed 20! Why do you do this -- it just increases the rate of spurious FP attempts!

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    1. Re:Anything that's as buggy as Banjo deserves this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is one of the most brilliant abuses of Slashdot I've ever seen. Well done!

    2. Re:Anything that's as buggy as Banjo deserves this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      props to the crazy man...and i am saving the html from your comment for future abuse

    3. Re:Anything that's as buggy as Banjo deserves this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Heh, you're not the only one who can pull this off: (from nf)

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  8. Re:Thank me by norculf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Konqueror was not impressed by your web site, and neither was I. So it is with great pleasure that I take the opportunity the be the first one to scream:

    TOTALLY GAY GOATSE.CX LINK WITH JAVASCRIPT POPUP WINDOW ATTACK!!! SOMEONE GET THIS GUYS BALLS!!!

    Thank you for your time.

  9. yeah, well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sue me. more copyrighted material, the posting of which is a crime sentenceable with death, under the DMCA:

    Slashdot Green Eggs and Ham:I will not eat them while I code. I will not eat them a'la mode. I will not eat them with a roll. I will not eat them while I troll. I will not eat them with hot grits. I will not eat them off Natalie Portman's...

    1. Re:yeah, well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, that was pretty incoherent. You'd best stick to ripping off great trolls of the past.

  10. Another bug by Modus+Nonsens · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sometimes clicking on comments brings me back to the first page.

  11. Re:Thank me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you really want this guy's balls? I dunno - personally, I think they're a little over-fermented for my tastes.

  12. Get Ready by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Trolling on Slashdot ?
    --

    Let me first begin to state, that Trolls do not exist.
    Yes correct, and I mean not even on Slashdot.org.

    Someone people say Slashdot.org is facing a crisis, with
    all the trolling going on. It's even for some a fun game
    to play. Both planting trolls, and also the anti-trolls
    like the game. With replies showing up stating: 'Troll'.
    It's like spotting Easter Eggs and saying "Great, I found another one.".

    Even as most people don't seem to like good trolls, a lot of people
    don't mind spotting/pointing out a troll, because I see a lot
    of those replies. Second to that: good trolls, make a lot of replies.

    If you don't like trolls, why bother to reply then ?
    You know you're right and he or she isn't.

    I think it's because;

    Most people like discussing, if you don't like it than don't read
    comments on Slashdot.

    Responding to trolls, is basically the same
    as responding to normal postings.

    You either agree, or disagree with the content of a "normal" posting,
    or a "troll" posting. With both postings you state why you agree/disagree
    with his/her point.

    Somehow we feel we need to reply to trolls. Or else most trolls would not
    get any replies. Somehow we have this urge. Where does this come from ?

    Because *you* cannot accept that someone else might have a completely different
    point of view. And *you* have the urge to shove your opinion upon some troll,
    so you get the false feeling that you did a good thing, and to justify your own
    view.

    ATrolls don't exist, you create them yourself.

  13. Re:Thank me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    fuck you, biznaa aaaaaaaaaaaatch !!!


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  14. Geez, this troll's not even original... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ripped the entire rant from the "How to troll" FAQ at http://spiralx.dyndns.org/howto.html

    This rant is from their troll archive:

    http://spiralx.dyndns.org/trolls.html
    http://spiralx.dyndns.org/texts/troll11.html

    What a dumb ass...