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First Man To Mars?
An anonymous reader writes "Lee Goldberg posted this story which he says is "...the true story of how I sent the first interplanetary necro-cosmonaut to Mars." An entertaining read."
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Gosh... Gotta love truley news-worthy sites...
Darn thing won't fit as my sig so I'll most it here and wait to get moderated down for being "offtopic". :P
Brain : "Pinky , Microsponge is a huge computer corporation run by the world's richest nerd."
Pinky : " Gumby?"
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Once more unto the breach dear friends...
*taps feet while waiting for timer to expire so he can put up some defensive self depreciating humor*
Paticularly when I say things like "most it" instead of "post it". hehe
Once more unto the breach dear friends...
Read the story - he was (probably) talking about Ira, the guy from this urban legend tale. If anyone did do something like that - put ashes (or anything else) on a spacecraft without authorisation then they should be canned - hell, perhaps prosecuted. Yeah, his motives were good, but it's intolerable to risk a $100 million mission so your buddy's ashes can (sort of) go to Mars.
And since you brought it up - many Irishmen have been killed by English 'terrorists' too. Let's not forget - England invaded and subjugated Ireland, and began colonising it. When you occupy a country, don't be surprised when their people revolt.
And it disingenuous to call the IRA terrorists. Yeah, some have committed atrocities. I don't consider targeting civilians legitimate resistance. But politicians and troops - yes, they are legitimate targets in revolt. And English troops aren't exactly spotless, now are they? Shooting unarmed kids isn't kosher (for either side).
The solution to this problem is pretty clear - England needs to get the hell out of Ireland and Ireland needs to be reunified. The Protestants can either (a) move back to England, or (b) discover what it's like to be a minority.
Secondly: You know nothing about the situation in Ireland. What do you think would happen if a referendum were held asking those from Northern Ireland if they wanted reunification? I'll give you a clue - it wouldn't be a staggering success for Sinn Fein.
Northern Ireland is nothing but trouble for the UK. Not just the violence and terrorist attacks, but unemployment. We'd get rid of it in a flash if we could, but it would be the start of even worse violence.
On that subject (and on you saying it's unfair to call them terrorists) have you ever heard of punishment shooting/beatings? They happen a lot. Deal drugs in an estate with an IRA drug dealer? Expect to wake up in hospital with no kneecaps. No, really.
Oh, go and watch CNN and ask them for a black and white solution to the problem. But take my word for it, in Ireland there is no wrong/right side, and no easy solution, it is just one big shade of gray.
PS. I admit readily that certain loyalist paramilitaries are just as bad as their IRA counterparts.
There is a flagpole with the attached flag bearing the text: "First Post"
He saw some dirty arabs and fired. Too bad it was just some friendly kurds, BBC reporters and his fellow cowboys.
NASA announced today that it has finally determined the cause of the mysterious disappearance of the Mars Observer satellite. According to a spokesperson, "Apparently our weight calculations were flawed. It seems that the satellite actually weighed slightly more than it should have, and that threw off our trajectory calculations. We have no idea where the extra mass came from, but we have determined that it was roughly equivalent to an aluminum cube approximately one inch square."