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PayPal Founder Wants To Launch Satellites

XNormal writes "Elon Musk, founder of Zip2 and PayPal is planning to build a launcher for small satellites. Much of his personal fortune come from the IPO of PayPal and subsequent sale to eBay. The amount of money he plans to spend on this project is not much more than Denis Tito spent on his space station visit. The difference is that this venture actually tries to do something productive. Elon is also behind the Life to Mars mission."

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  1. Monkey fritos on FUCK YOU thursdays! +5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shithead business plan

    1. Read News for Nerd website
    2. Masturbate to mixture of hot grits, Natalie Portman and Goatse
    3. Add dash of fanboy elitism
    4. ??????
    5. Profit

    In reality though, Step 5 should be:
    5. Dragged out in street by jackbooted federal agent and shot down like the damn dirty hippy you are.

    Thanks, I'll be here all week.
    Don't forget, go to hell cracker

  2. BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They shouldn't be allowed into outer space, either. It says so in the Holy Bible the Word of the Lord our God Almighty in Heaven. Consult Appalachians:7 if you doubt it.

  3. Life to Mars != Sex with a Mare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just making sure all this enthusiasm isn't because everyone thinks we're talking about the sex with a mare guy.

  4. Re:No kidding... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    My own Hubble Scope maybe?

    I would be willing to scope out your interior anal wall with my cock.

  5. Re:im confused now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. Re:Better use... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    HAHA HAHA HA HA hahaha teehee LOL ROTFLMFOA *snort* jeezUS pissmypants lol HAH hehe ahahrhrahr har heh whoo-yeah stop it you're killing me! hahah AHHA hahah AHHA demons! oh man lol milk out my nose haha HAHA hehe arharharaharharha ahahah *chortle* fuck that's funny HAHAH hahaha HAHAHA HA hah dee har har my sides hurt yee-haaa LOL i mean out LOUD! coffee on my screen HAHAHA ahhh haha hahheha hehera hee hah aw fuck my side hurts HAHAHAHA hahaheherar fucker

  7. Re:I'm unimpressed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    True, but not having reusable launch vehicles is sheer insanity.

    However - let's work on actually getting decently cheap launch vehicles of any sort first, eh?

    One step at a time.

  8. Re:I have an idea... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, I have a different idea. How about you take your mother, your father, your sister, and your dog...and you "packeteer" a bag of Polish sausages into their brown little asses?

    Huh? How's that "idea" sound, you wussy little compu-geek? Why don't you take that "idea" back to your little dungheap pisshole outhouse, and suck yourself to sleep with it?

    Your "idea" is like a bad blowjob, pal: hairy, sloppy, and all limp. Ask your mother; she knows.

  9. Re:Give Up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I understand you have given up the fight. Before you convict me in your stereotypic way, the Social Security Number isn't suspected as being the mark of the beast because you willfully accept the contract (trust fund) and you willfully accept the burden and benefit unwaiveringly. You have no idea what you are talking about and it is apparent your only purpose in life is to bend your body to the wills of man and not the wills of God. Investigate, for once, and you will discover that there IS NO LAW REQUIRING ANYONE TO OBTAIN A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND SIGN THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRACT. You and I were tricked into receiving one by "agents" simply saying "ah, wait a minute sir, you need this" the same way a spammer eMails you saying you must purchase herbal viagra or risking not enhancing your sex life. Knowing now that you are not required to obtain a Social Security Number, every company demands a SSN for employment or financial services and by doing so they have violated United States and U.S. Federal Government laws. Yet, they still demand use of a SSN, and the law does not require a SSN for any such existance, occupation, or transaction.

    Before you perceive what I'm about to say about my Bible, be aware that lawfully the SSN may not be the mark of the beast. It is not lawfully binding as all contracts are *voluntary* no matter what founding. So, as long as people aren't being persecuted for not accepting the SSN, it isn't the mark of the beast. In my Bible, it is written in the book of Revelation that without a "mark" you and I will not be able to buy or sell services. It is also written in my Bible that anyone who accepts the mark of the beast will certainly die, reasonably within a certain action of necesarily receiving such a mark.

    I am happy to say that to anyone's perception the Social Security Number is not the mark of the beast. I carry me "special box" and demand police officers to honor their laws and issue them more paper than what is in Yosemite. However, law or not, I can't overlook the fact that every employer and financial service demands the mark of the beast and without presenting one and without knowing thousands of pages of law I am simply not able to buy or sell services. I am a non-commercial sovereign, yet observing commercial and corporate law, I relize that receiving any "mark" of any kind is in fact a mark of the beast.

    "Mark of the Beast", I understand, is a phrase denoting we are somewhat animal-like; such as how a farmer's oxen are used for nothing but work and the animal does not honor God's law. It is the idea that "mark of the beast" presents a human being as nothing more than a symbol of godless sweat and toil, for which a government of man benefits, and the laws of God are ignored. It is written in my Bible that should I love God that I will keep God's statutes. As a sinner, I am doing my best to "keep" his statutes and the mark of the beast is ignoring my beliefs by forcing me into god-less work when my conviction asks that I work to support my family and behold no honor to false gods and graven images before God. My god is an awesome God; he is my judge and I will accept no judges over my judge in heaven.

    So be it, the Social Security Number is not _THE_ mark of the beast... it is _A_ mark of the beast and I take no willful acception! There are many more marks of the beast in the world from other judges, or governing bodies (governors), and I will be steadfast in avoiding them as well as help my fellow brethren see this truth. Let it be known, SSN is a mark of the beast!

    And yet, my belief is scrutinized and it is written on my heart, my soul, my mind. Good luck to you, Anonymous Coward. You are not honerable because you know not the laws you demand me to honor. I respect the laws of man. The laws of man are contractual, as is voluntary my acceptance of Jesus Christ as my messiah. I will respect the laws of man and I will not honor the laws of man.

    (I see the slashdot moderators were quick to censor my parent post and silence my long-drawn question. Will they censor this post? I am sure of it, there are servants of satan everywhere attempting to censor and slander the kindness of God's children)

  10. Re:screw paypal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are quick.

    It is written in the Internal Revenue Code that if I do not send a tax form, and thus initialy create myself as a Taxpayer (with a marking number), then the IRS will substitute a social security number as an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). I do not possess a social security number. I do not maintane any identifiable mark. I am in the number of my God and no man can see my God's law written on my heart, my soul, my mind. No man, nor institution of man, can see my relationship with God and I am under conviction of God's blessing.

    In the Internal Revenue Code, the IRS attempts to force a contractual relationship. The IRS tries to enforce a TIN and the ITIN, and contracts are voluntary and they can't force anyone or anybody into creating a contract. I believe that the TIN and the ITIN is NOT the mark of the beast...the TIN and the ITIN are both _a_ mark of the beast. I will not slave from my family to honor any one of the flavorful laws of man or false judges.

    You say "screw paypal," yea? Perhaps it is God-less people that are destroying the world with disgusting and un-necessary services as "PayPal"