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Star Trek Enterprise Tested to Mach 5

Sporkinum writes "University of Queensland Laser Diagnostics Dept has a page where they put the Enterprise through the gauntlet in a mach 5 wind tunnel. It did surprisingly well."

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  1. I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GO LINUX!

  2. "Price Is Right" Announcer Rod Roddy Dead at age 6 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rod Roddy, the often flamboyant announcer of the hit TV game show "The Price is Right," has died at the age of 66. I'm sure everyone in the GNU/Linux community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

    "Come on down! Your the next contestant on the Price is Right..." - Rod Roddy, 1937-2003

  3. gay as hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you dirty fruits - warp speed ahead

  4. doesnt this belong... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .. in the Humour Section?

  5. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It has come to my attention that you completely inhale the shit out of goatse's ass. Read on for more about this fascinating topic.

    The world went into shock a few weeks ago when goatse.info reported the results of a study which concluded that inhaling shit is a very dangerous pastime, one that no one is advised to take up. Eventually, everyone adapted to the new state of affairs and began inhaling other things. Almost everyone, that is. But not you! According to my records, you still inhale shit!

    Why?! What the fuck is wrong with you?!

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  6. Well, DUH! by dillon_rinker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The WHOLE POINT of "Enterprise" is that they're flying the first starship capable of Warp 5.

  7. Johnathan Feruken Conspiracy !!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To Whom It May Concern (other than myself):

    Hi. I have been a huge fan of cereals of all kinds for my whole life. Sometimes I eat it for all three meals of the day, or live on it exclusively for weeks, or put it in my underpants to keep me feeling fresh (and also as an emergency back-up snack). I cereasly love it.

    I am especially fond of a lot of your cereals like Boo Berry and Trix and Chex and Lucky Charms and Cookie Crisp. My absolute favorite is Fruity Pebbles though, which I believe is a Post cereal. Maybe you guys should make something that tastes like Fruity Pebbles except manages not to have Fred Flintstone's ugly mug all over the box. Yabba Dabba Eww. Anyway, my point is that I like a lot of your cereals and so I am personally concerned with their condition. And, quite frankly, lately I've been a bit worried.

    Let's start with my favorite cereal of yours - Boo Berry. I love Boo Berry... at least I think I do... actually, I know it used to be my favorite cereal but I haven't had any in years so I've kind of forgotten what it tastes like - because it's not in any stores! No stores in my area carry it. I checked on your website and apparently you still make it; you even offer it for sale. Unfortunately I can't justify buying it for the $6.74 for a twelve ounce box price. You do offer buying it in a case instead of a four pack, which would drop the price to $4.71 a box, but that is still unreasonable and would also require me to spend an entire week's pay on a large shipment of haunted cereal. My girlfriend would kill me (if I didn't overdose on blue food coloring first).

    I think I have a solution to this dilemma. I know you can't force any businesses to carry your cereals and I know that you can't afford to sell them direct for less than $4.71 and still have money left over to pay for upkeep on Count Chocula's castle, hiring someone to build 400 mind-numbing advertisements disguised as crappy kids games for youruleschool.com, and keep your CEOs rolling in golden Kix. So here's what you should do - open up your own stores all across the country. You've already got one in Mall-of-America, now put one in every mall in America. Even if you don't sell much cereal (and you'd sell a lot, trust me) it would be great advertising. You can sell t-shirts with nifty slogans like "Frosted Wheaties: When You're Too Damn Lazy To Put Sugar On Your Own Wheaties!" or "Honey Nut Chex: It Rhymes With 'Funny Butt Sex' For A Reason!" and other stuff which is even more great advertising plus it makes money up front. I can see it now, picture a young child in the mall with its mother...

    YOUNG CHILD: Mommy! Mommy! Look at all the pretty colored cereal!

    MOTHER: Oh Honey, you know cereals like that are just a result of the global dentist/cereal/porn conspiracy, we've been through this a million times...

    YOUNG CHILD: Awww...

    MAN IN TRIX RABBIT SUIT comes out of the store.

    MAN IN TRIX RABBIT SUIT: You know Ms. Averagemother, all of our cereals are fortified with titanium plating and deflector shi... er, essential vitamins and minerals; and they are a part of this complete breakfast.

    MAN IN TRIX RABBIT SUIT whips out a complete breakfast on a tray.

    MOTHER: Well... I guess a few minutes couldn't hurt...

    YOUNG CHILD: Gee, thanks mom!

    YOUNG CHILD runs in followed slowly by MOTHER. Group of scantily clad dentists appears and drags MOTHER into back room. YOUNG CHILD transforms into a cartoon and spends eternity trying to steal Lucky's Charms and torturing the Trix Rabbit by hogging the cereal.

    Now, on to my next suggestion. You need to do something about Cheerios. Really, they're awful. Yes they are good for my heart, but this is overshadowed by the fact that they taste like my butt.

    On the other hand, a cereal that already tastes great is Lu

  8. Re:its good to know... by Kombat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Despite your judicious use of the word "fictitious," you still neglected to apply it preceding "vacuum," since space is, of course, not a perfect vacuum.

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  9. What by omar.sahal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What a waste of time don't these science geeks have better things to do with there time. Like reading slashdot 15 times a day

  10. Re:Page is over 3 years old by Polly_was_a_cracker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ahahahahahahahahah. Noted.

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  11. Re:"Price Is Right" Announcer Rod Roddy Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and he had breast cancer

    remember to eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day!