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Telstar 4 is Down
An anonymous reader writes "Sometime this morning (Sept. 19) Telstar 4 had a major onboard failure. I just checked a few minutes ago and there are CW carriers up on 11700 MHz V & 12200 MHz H, so the spacecraft would appear to still be in its orbital slot - just no traffic. The Loral Skynet site has no mention of this yet, but supposedly Telstar 8 was already scheduled to replace T4, so they may just speed the process up. This turn of events will no doubt be of some small concern to Intelsat, who recently agreed to purchase most of Loral's US domestic fleet, including T4."
My girlfriend always told me that when I talk tech with fellow tech-heads I make no sense at all.
"It's hard for me to believe it's even English you're speaking. I don't recognize any of the words."
Reading this Slashdot post just made me understand what she means.
It's like a bad sci-fi screenplay!
(Telstar? CW carriers? 11700 MHz V & 12200 MHz H? orbital slot? Intelsat? Loral's US domestic fleet?)
Loral Skynet site has no mention of this yet, but supposedly Telstar 8 was already scheduled to replace T4 Already at the T4? Did I miss the T2?
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See the results...
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This is a crisis of earth-shattering proportions for many.
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One of Telstar 4's nicknames in the industry is "nookiesat" -- as it carries several of the leading porn channels in the US.
Yes, but don't worry ... It'll be back.
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that would be a hell of a hurricane if its damaging satalites!
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Does the internet still work?
Can we still download the latest Windows security patches?
Do we still get stupid invoices from sco.com?
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Hell, I'm from Gillette, Wyoming and have heard of Telstar satellites.
"They're using our own satellites against us!"
- Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day
I'm not really a web designer, I just play one on the Internet.
Enjoy the silence while it lasts ...
Rejoice! That was the satellite that Major League Baseball was using to spy on us.
"0101100101? It's just jibberish. *looks in mirror, gasps* 1010011010@!? AHHHHHH!!"
...The opening sequence to Terminator 4: Rise of the Voting Machines?
Well... It doesn't effect me, but I don't suppose you could get me some freebie access so that it would effect me?
Big Brother Bush is doubleplus ungood.
Please stand by.
Quick, call Jeff Goldblum!
He might be able to find the hidden carrier signal the alien fleet uses to coordinate the attack.
Well... now that that's over with, nothing left to do but go get a life, I suppose.
Telstar 4 has mutinied and is orchestrating the robot rebellion against humanity. The Loral Global Alliance faction's Loral SKYNET program has gone too far this time.
Looking at Telstar 4's coverage map, it's clear that SKYNET plans to strike first in an east-west corridor bounded by New Mexico and Ohio; the killing robot machines will move outward until they capture most of Canada, half of Mexico, and all of Hawaii.
Save us, Terminate SKYNET!
We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
I think I speak for a large majority of fellow Slashdotters, when I rub my hands together and creepishly ask "Got any job openings there?" (Grabs for inhaler...)
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I always wanted to be able to tell people that I have friends at the Erotic Network.
Not that I can watch Telstar here in Germany, but hey, its the thought that counts.
Rub your hands where?
You know what?
That's the same thing my girlfriend says...
...yes yes yes, and? quite what?
I think Ill speak for the rest of us. WE DO NOT WANT TO KNOW.
Isn't that the place where every network interface is in promiscuous mode? <grin>
I ordered the Jenna Jameson day long movie marathon on PPV this morning and had my PVR and my bottle of lotion at the ready... I am SO screwed.... and not in the good way either...! ;)
Polymorphism -- It's what you make of it.
This hasn't improved the programming any. Better luck next time? Amy
Dilbert: Won't he pop like a baloon a few seconds after he gets up there?
PHB: Will he have time to power-cycle the thingamahoey?
Dilbert: Well, I suppose so, but...
PHB: Will it be operational then?
Dilbert: I think so, but..
PHB: And this will save us how much money?
Dilbert: 25 million a day... look! That's not the point!
Wally: I think it's a brilliant plan, sir. Truly the finest.
Dilbert & Alice: WALLY!?!
Wally: What? I'm just saying....
Three days later
PHB: Okay, we're ready, Asok.
Asok: Are you sure this is such a good idea?
PHB: Perfectly safe. Perfectly safe.
Chunk....whoosh... splut...
(We see Asok's feet sticking out of the side of a building.)
PHB: For us, anyway.
120 character sigs suck. Make it 250.
I think that's the first time we've Slashdotted a satellite.