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Monster European Environmental Satellite

Posted by michael on from the ozone-hole-what-ozone-hole dept.

andygood writes: "Spaceflight Now has this article about the 'Mother of All Earth Observation Satellites' which will be launched by Europe in early 2002. This thing is the size of a juggernaut and 'every hour will gather as much data as can be stored on a dozen PC hard disks'. 'ENVISAT' (ENVIronmental SATellite) has been in the works for almost fourteen years with a price tag of 2.3 billion (Euro)."

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  1. Size of a Juggernaut by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    This thing is the size of a juggernaut


    Is it the size of the famed Juggernaut of the Lesser Hebrides, or is it more like the larger one which is rumored to lurk the slums near Glasgow?


    I hope this starts a new trend in satellites and measurements. In the next few years, we could expect a behemoth-sized satellite, followed by one the size of Leviathan.

  2. i was going to get furst poost but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    cmdrtaco made me join him in a tacosnotting so i was late and couldnt get the first post. oh well. at least we had fun. by the way, wheres wipo troll????? i wants the trolla to cum out witha newa tacosnotting faq ora guidea ora questiona sheeta! i miss you WIPO TROLL!!!!!!! what version is the tacosnotting faq now? 1.5? i cant wait for 1.6 my man! for a troll who has no life and does notting but troll slashdot you have a prerty sense of humor. dont let them moderateras get you down when they mod ya down. youra funnya as hella! keep upa da good warka buddiea!

  3. IF you mount your penis on a dish by Mike+Hock · · Score: -1, Troll
    Then you will have a very tiny appetizer

    Thank you!

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    ---lame
  4. Re:Any bets? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I give you a 4 in one chance of mistaking a juicy poo for a fart and running for the hills in shame.

  5. Re:Does it use Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i watcheted shrek. funny movie.

    DEATH TO THE COMMUNISTS.......I MEAN GAY LOVERS LIKE CMDRTACO AND ERRRR.....UMM.....WHATS HIS NAME? THAT GUY WHO REVIEWS MOVIES AND STUFF. OH SHIT I CANT REMEMBER. SOMEONE HELP ME OUT PLEASE!

    go to this address! this has a picture of the gaylord cmdrtaco!
    remove the space in the middle of the url

    http://a1568.g.akamai.net/7/1568/651/347329/imag es .linux.com/img/dynamic/potd/potd347.jpg

  6. Re:Any bets? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'll give you a 1 in 4 chance of sucking me.

  7. The Europeans have tried this before. by Kinetic+Kit · · Score: 0, Troll

    That is, build the biggest "something" then launch it during the early part of the year. It was called the Titanic. Here's hoping there are no icebergs on the way up.

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    Can what is formed say to that who formed it, "Why have you made me thus?"
  8. Re:Yes.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, I never thought she would get her arm in, UP TO THE ELBOW.

    That's freakshow type shit, man.

  9. Re:Umm, okay. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    E2.3 billion on the world's biggest piece of space debris?

    So, do you have a good reason why I should help a pompus arrogant, lazy fuck?

    USE GOOGLE YOU STUPID ASSCLOWN.

  10. well, it's the Europeans... by AntonVoyl · · Score: 0, Troll
    ... so I guess the name "ENVYSAT" makes sense.

    Are Americans supposed to envy this "juggernaut" or is it the product of somebody covetingly looking at somebody else's manned space program?


    I kid because I love... the acronym for the American missile shield will probably be just a couple of letters away from spelling "arrogance". It's all very unfortunate...

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    sig semper tyrannis!
  11. SCIAMACHY by dackroyd · · Score: 1, Troll
    The Germans are particularly proud of SCIAMACHY on board Envisat: the SCanning and Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CartograpHY.

    Only the Germans would come up with an acronym of nine letters. And it looks liks they'll be the only people able to pronounce it ;)

    Ski-A-Marquis ?

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    "Free software as in beer, copy protection as in racket" - Telsa Gwynne
    1. Re:SCIAMACHY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      It basically just means "kill all Jews"

      Germans....

  12. Stephen King, author, dead at 55 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  13. Stephen King, author, alive again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just heard some wonderful news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King, who was found dead in his Maine home this morning, has come back to life again like he has on scores of times in recent history. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will enjoy his return to life - even if it is likely the man will die again within days (read Slashdot tomorrow to find out).
    Truly an American ressurectionary icon.

  14. Re:at first glance... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    at a first glance it looks like a.....well....see for yourself!

    http://www.massivecocks.com/monstergay/02/08.jpg

  15. THE OFFICIAL TACO-SNOTTING FAQ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    By The WIPO Troll

    What is "Taco-snotting?"

    "Taco-snotting" is a term used by one Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda owner of the popular technology website Slashdot to refer to the practice of sucking off a homosexual man (or unwilling heterosexual; CmdrTaco doesn't care) and blowing the semen back out his nose onto his pertner's (or victim's) face or body. Usually a long, bubbly stream of semen is left on CmdrTaco's face, dribbling out of his nose down his cheek: hence the term, "Taco-snotting."

    That's disgusting. Have you ever been Taco-Snotted?

    Unfortunately, yes. I first met CmdrTaco at an Open Source Convention. He invited me back to his room for a game of Quake, but when I got to there, he jumped me and tied me to his bed, stripping me. He performed his vile Taco-snotting ritual on me three times over the next two hours, sucking me to orgasm then snotting my own jizz back onto my face, in my mouth, then again on my belly.
    CmdrTaco invited several of his Open Source (or rather, "Open Sauce" -- man sauce) Convention buddies over to continue the snotfest. Linux Torvalds raped my ass with his "monolithic kernel," and Anal Cox used his "network stack" in a multitude of unspeakable ways on and in every orifice in my body.
    How did I finally escape? After about 16 hours of nonstop homosexual atrocities perpetrated against my helpless body, they all finally went to sleep. I was left there, covered in jizz-snot, chained to the bed, with fat, pasty white fags lying around and on top of me. Fortunately the spooge coating my entire body worked wonderfully as a lubricant; I was able to squirm my way out of the handcuffs and slip out the back door. I'm just glad I survived the ordeal. These geeks had a lot of built-up spunk in their wads -- I could've easily been drowned!

    Why am I always receiving emails from CmdrTaco asking me if I would allow him to Taco-snot me?

    I'm guessing you've received an email similar to the following:
    From: malda@slashdot.org
    To: wipotroll@hotmail.com
    Subject: Hey, baby - jion me in a taco-snott! :)

    Hey, baby!

    Ever done a taco-snotting with anothar fellow geek? Its more fun then trolling Slashdot, trust me! all that talk you troll with about homasexual incest and stuff got me all horny and hot for you! Is it serius? Please tell me that itt is! If you want to get with me and my Slashdot bois, drop me an emale!

    ps- Please replie to me at horny_rob_6969@hotmail.com. I'd rather the guys at VA Linux are not seen this. :) :)

    --
    CmdrTaco (malda@slashdot.org)
    You most likely forgot to uncheck the "Willing to Taco-snot" checkbox in your preferences. Whenever CmdrTaco gets bored (and who wouldn't, running a site like Slashdot all day), he roams through the Slashdot database, penis in hand, looking for people who might enjoy being Taco-snotted. And this time, he found you. Lucky you.
    CmdrTaco has probably already got the hots for your wad; there's no escaping a geek in heat, so it's probably too late... but you can possibly rectify this situation. To remove yourself from CmdrTaco's sites, log into your Slashdot account, go to your user page, click on Messages, and uncheck the box next to "Willing to Taco-snot."

    I can't stop receiving these emails from CmdrTaco!?

    Probably not. If you indulge him in a Taco-snot or two, he might leave you alone. You might also want to look into mail filtering, restraining orders, or purchasing a heavy, blunt object capable of warding off rampaging homosexual geeks in heat. Trust me, when they charge... oh, the humanity. If he gets you, and you let him Taco-snot you, he might end up tying you up in his basement and using you as his sex slave for the rest of your life (or until he accidentally drowns you in spunk while using you as his sex pony in a "circle-snot"). It very nearly happened to me.

    What is a "Circle-snot"?

    A "circle-snot" is a Taco-snotting circle-jerk: when CmdrTaco, CowboiKneel, and Homos get together and Taco-snot each other repeatedly with their gooey, hot, sticky cum, spooging all over each other's faces and pasty-white bodies until they're covered head to toe with man juice. Roblowme usually provides the extra lubricant; he owns a limo service and has ample supplies of motor oil and axle grease.
    To complete the perverted orgy, Michael, Timothy, and Jamie sometimes join in, dressed in black Gestapo uniforms, jack boots, and leather gloves. The whole group then proceeds to snot each other's spunk and whip each other's asses with riding crops and cattleprods until their pasty-white geek bodies are exhausted from all the passionate, homosexual revelry.

    Ew. Does Jon Katz get involved in this? I thought he was a paedophile, not a homosexual.

    Actually, Jon Katz a homosexual paedophile. He's also a coprophiliac, and, many suspect, a zoophile. Jon Katz is somewhat of a loner and doesn't involve himself in circle-snots. Mr. Katz usually engages in a game called "Katz juicy-douching" with his harem of little-boy slaves: a vile practice which involves administering an enema to himself of little-boy urine (forced out of them with a pair of pliers), spooging the vile muck from his ass back into the enema bag, then slathering the goo all over himself, and the little boy's chained-up and naked bodies. Unwilling boys are further tortured with the pliers until they comply and allow Mr. Katz to juicy-douche them for the rest of their lives.
    As I already said, Mr. Katz is also a zoophile. As if the sexual escapades with the helpless little boys aren't enough, Jon usually enjoys his juicy-douches best when his penis is firmly planted in a goat's anus. He is also rumoured to get off on watching his little boys eat the goat's small, bean-like turds.

    ...Are you getting hard writing this?

    Why, yes. :) Join me in a WIPO-snot? I promise I won't try and rape you or kidnap you and make you my sex slave or anything. I'm not like CmdrTaco or Mr. Katz; I only enjoy snotting on willing partners.

    What's that screaming I hear coming from your basement?

    Oh, that's just my little sister; I got her chained up down there. In fact, I just finished snotting all over her body. You should see her squirm when I spooge on her belly, lick it up, and snot it all over her face! She's such a feisty little 14 year-old bitch. Of course she's my sex slave, she's my sister. What else would she be good for? So, join me in a WIPO-snot?

    No, thanks. I'm already CmdrTaco's boi toi.

    ________________________________________

    $Id: tacosnotting.html,v 1.5 2001/11/12 22:13:22 wipo Exp $


  16. Re:Wow!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We wouldn't run out of space if we launched them up your black hole.

  17. fuck you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    no it's not you stupid loonytarian fuckwad. a link to junkscience and a PJ O'Rourke .sig means you are an asswipe

  18. Re:Damn, that's cheap! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If NASA's had a budget of a trillion dollars *total* in the past 40 years, I'd probably be writing this message from Mars.

    Why is everyone on slashdot so fucking stupid these days? I'd mention the sites I go to instead, but frankly I don't want to ever see any of you there.