First Inter-Satellite Laser Link Established

exceed writes: "The New Scientist is reporting: 'A long-distance laser communication link between two Earth-orbiting satellites has been established for the first time. The technique allows fast-moving, low Earth orbit satellites to relay information to the ground almost instantaneously via a geostationary satellite fixed in a much higher orbit.'" Update: 11/24 22:28 GMT by T : Sorry, it's a duplicate. The lashing has begun.

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Again?

[Jucius Maximus]

Wasn't this reported just a couple of days ago?

Re:Repost?

[ColaMan]

Load up story - no "repost?" comments

Type one out, hit submit, refresh page ... 3 "repost?" comments.

Looks like we were all trying to get First Repost :-)

Hey there it is

[Alien54]

In the list of stories for the Science Section

To be fair, the submittal processing module does not display previous posts for an editor to take a quick look at. so mistakes are easy. That area of the software needs work.

Re:Hey there it is

[Telek]

If they went through 50+ articles a day then perhaps I could agree with you, but come on, they have more than 200 articles submitted per day, and lately (especially pretty much every day this week) there has been a duplicate story. When there are only around 12 stories that are accepted, a quick 5 minute scan before going to go through the submission pile would have prevented all of these. I can't understand how they couldn't do that, especially how there aren't all that many stories. And if the editors themselves aren't even keeping up with what is happening on this site...

Re:Hey there it is

[Alien54]

and the submittal page really only shows 30 or so out of that list.

but we like lashing timothy, we do!

before long someone is going to post some weird and sick S&M troll that might even be vaguely on topic for once.

never mind about that thought. really.

You're either a stooge or you don't understand.

[seizer]

That's not an excuse. It's pathetic - we just read the site from time to time - THEY (the editors, story posters) actually run it.

Every day.

As a full time, PAID job.

Surely they have the memory span to remember an IDENTICAL article from TWO days ago. Sure, if it was posted 4000 articles ago, maybe I'd cut them some slack, but this ongoing, unceasing, uncaring duplicate and triplicate posting is lazy editing, no matter how you look at it.

If they're trying to run an interesting and informative news source, they're failing, and they're not winning over any readers by showing their blatant disinterest in slashdot's actual community (read: SOURCE OF CASH).

On a side note - notice there was absolutely no apology, explanation, or even reply, when 800 odd slashdot readers questioned JonKatz' ability to tell the truth in his "Message from Kabul" posting (couple of days ago, search for it if search is working).

The fact remains that although slashdot is a brilliant concept, fairly brilliantly executed, with a brilliant readership, it seems that the higher-ups have lost interest in maintaining that brilliant status.

You watch - they will get their come-uppance if they don't heed these problems.

TMI!

[Exmet Paff Daxx]

y T: Sorry, it's a duplicate. The lashing has begun.


Tim, thanks for letting us know that this is a duplicate story. We're still all excited about the improved relay times that this will enable; for a lot of us it means that when we play Quake on Russian servers, someday we'll actually be able to see the rocket that hit us. Kind of like your Slashback feature, this will let us discuss what we've learned about this topic in the last few days.

I think, however, that as far as the lashing goes, that's a little TMI. What you guys do behind closed doors is, really, your own business.

Its Alright Tim

[Cylix]

Why Timothy it is still a great day.

We won't be so hard on you anymore! We of course have the new guy to pick on.

We are all just waiting for Chrisd to slip up so that we might flame him to a cinder.

Rest easy young Tim, you are no longer a slashdot boy, you are a slashdot man! ;)