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Discovery's Dangling Gapfiller Removed by Hand

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the here's-hoping-everything-goes-cool dept.

Cyclotron_Boy writes "According to the New Scientist and NASA TV, Discovery's gap-fillers were removed successfully by hand by astronaut Steve Robinson earlier today during the eva. They didn't even have to use the forceps or the makeshift hacksaw-blade tool."

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  1. Re:Image problem by cavemanf16 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey! Howard Stern said this morning that the television WOULD BE revolutionized when he brings his stanky brand of humor and raunchyness to Comcast's On-Demand channel specially made for him in 2006. Put that in your gap filler and smoke it!

  2. Re:Futurama.. by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They apply the same shrieking adulation to their coverage of politics here in the US. Why do they hate America? Because it stands in the way of Rupe Murdoch's corporate global domination.

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  3. New Phishing Scam Opportunities by kiddailey · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    This is great stuff :) Not to sound alarmist, but what makes it really ugly is the fact that this gives new meaning to the term phishing.

    Many, many people have a huge false sense of security when it comes to cell phones (and phones in general for that matter), thinking that what they say won't and/or can't be intercepted by anyone. I've witnessed people giving out credit cards, social security numbers and other personal information over their cell phone numerous times. If it's really this easy to grab conversations from the air, i's just more fuel to the identity theft fire.

    After all, this implies that you can do some easy scamming by just go a highly populated area and phishing away. Of course, it might be hard to explain to passerbys just what that big tube-like thing you're holding is for :)

  4. Re:Futurama.. by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a cow that gives milk only when you beat it. Even if you started off hating the cow, angry it making you beat it, eventually you'd just think of it as your job. And all that milk would really take the edge off.

    Now, if you had to beat the rancher, too, and the rancher sometimes fought back, but sometimes helped you with both beatings, you'd lose any possible respect for the rancher. You'd hate the rancher - maybe even beat the rancher to death, if you could get away with it. Then it'd be just you and the cow, and some workmanlike beatings, and nothing standing between you and the milk.

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