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Final Skynet Satellite Launched

Posted by kdawson on from the head-for-the-hills dept.

kamochan writes "If you are a fan of the Terminator series, this headline in BBC News sent shivers down your spine today. The idiots actually did it, the countdown has started! What the BBC claims the story is about: 'An advanced satellite that will improve greatly the ability of UK military forces to communicate around the globe has been launched into space.' Quite frankly, that sounds scary enough as it is, but why the heck did they have to name it Skynet?"

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  1. Skynet precedes Terminator by clang_jangle · · Score: 4, Informative

    The UK's use of the name Skynet precedes the Terminator movies.

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    1. Re:Skynet precedes Terminator by Jekler · · Score: 4, Funny

      You mean they sent operatives back in time to create the company before the warning documentary was filmed?

    2. Re:Skynet precedes Terminator by Candid88 · · Score: 4, Informative

      http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/assets/channels/about/UK%20registry%20of%20Space%20Objects%202006.pdf
      centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/mini/mini60s.html
      http://www.astronautix.com/project/skynet.htm

    3. Re:Skynet precedes Terminator by SpeedBump0619 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The UK's use of the name Skynet precedes the Terminator movies.

      Temporal or Causal Precedence?

  2. Re:It is now just a matter of time.. by RickRussellTX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bow before your new robotic overlo...

    Stop 0x0000000A or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

  3. Obviously by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    but why the heck did they have to name it Skynet?" Because "Colossus: The Forbin Project" would have just been too long and awkward to keep writing on paperwork.
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