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Hubble's Advanced Camera Suspends Operations
helio writes "The Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) went offline on June 19, 2006. The cause is yet undetermined, although engineers suspect that the culprit may be a bad transistor in the ACS's electronic control board or possibly a memory corruption event due to energetic particle bombardment. Since a backup electronic controller is available for service, this incident is not very likely to lead to the end of the Hubble's Advanced Camera in any event. But, before any attempt to reactivate the camera, engineers are cautiously evaluating and isolating the probable cause of this incident in order to avoid any further incident."
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That's an interesting saying... except for the fact that Star Wars is for little 12 year old moron faggots and those who never got over being little 12 year old moron faggots.
long after stupidities like the Iraq war have faded into history,
Yeah, I agree. Because stopping an asshole who killed people with no recourse is just nonsense. Thank God the UN was there to help out [rolling of the eyes]. Clinton didn't even bat an eyelash at this. I'd love to see the look on your face the day they throw your family into a mass grave.
Ah yes, the old "the ends justify the means" argument, kind of like the one Hussein used when killing people with no remorse: "The ends (a politically stable country) justify the means (killing all opposition to the ruling power)."
You're right, there is no room for argument about the manner in which the war has been conducted. Whether the president botched it by failing to prepare for a long struggle, failing to tell the truth to the world before going into it, failing to listen to his military commanders, failing to have an articulated plan for success at any point of the war's many stages, or botched it by nuking every major city where Hussein may have been hiding, at least a despot was removed from power. At least someone did something!
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