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Iridium May Have To Reinvent Itself Again

Posted by Hemos on from the return-of-the-satellites dept.

prgrmr writes "The Washington Post has this article on the latest wrinkle in the Iridium saga. There may be a conflict between new competition and existing contractual obligations for putting up the next generation of sattelites. This could become a milestone for making the service more ubiquitous, or the millstone that finally sinks it."

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  1. Let me get this straight.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mere hours ago, Islamic extremists blew up a California apartment complex in the worst terrorist attack on a residential neighborhood in American history, and you people have the gall to be discussing satellite phones???? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!

    The bodies of the innocent people who died in this unprecedented tragedy could give a good god damn about your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns, your whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, your time-shifted Cowboy Bebop reruns, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddie's is *not* "getting on with your life"). The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!

    You people disgust me! In a way, you're almost as bad as the terrorists themselves. At least they had the conviction to risk their lives doing something they believed in.

  2. Who has more friends than me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    http://slashdot.org/~recursiv/friends