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China Vows to Stop the Rain

Posted by samzenpus on from the way-ahead-of-the-germ-warfare-division dept.

Since the Olympic stadium doesn't have a roof, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau has been given the task of making sure the games remain dry. According to Zhang Qian, head of weather manipulation (best title to have on a business card ever) at the bureau, they've had success with light rain but heavy rain remains tough to control. I see a hurricane cannon in some lucky country's future.

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  1. Let the dissidents out... by mi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rather than worry about the weather, China should release everyone arrested for "inciting subversion of state power", and remove the charge from its criminal law.

    Until then, the athletes should boycott the country...

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  2. Is it just me by wiredog · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Or did the /. UI just go to "Big, ugly, and lots of wasted space"? Huge green box at the top with (for some reason) links to random pictures and videos.

    Using FF3B2, BTW.

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  3. Re:What in the hell? by techpawn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know it's off topic, but... my reaction was to check if it was me or the site. I mean, who would put changes in without the users knowledge? It's not too bad, still scared the buddy Christ right out of me.

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  4. This is gonna be offtopic by idontgno · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and redundant...

    but still. Worst... Theme... Evar.

    Bring back OMG Ponies!

    Make everything babycrap brown like "IT". But make this horrible theme stop!

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  5. head of weather manipulation by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Only a Hotwarts-trained wizard should dare to represent himself as a Head of Weather Manipulation. Lesser muggles will surely fail.

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  6. just import some Indonesian people by rodin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    because me and family has used their 'service' to 'move' the rain's location or time.... yes, without any satellite information or whatever technology