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Students Call Space Station With Home-Built Radio
Pizzutz writes "Four Toronto college students have accomplished a technological feat that their teachers are calling a first. The Humber College seniors made contact with the International Space Station Monday with a radio system they designed and built themselves. School officials say that, to their knowledge, that's never been accomplished by students at the college level." Somewhat disappointingly, the students actually did have permission to make contact.
...Cap'n Crunch responded by saying "tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet", and subsequently found out that, yes, the fridge on the ISS is in fact running.
HAM SPAM?
Part of that is the medium itself, where you're often essentially talking with bored middle-aged men about nothing
So it's basically like IRC was back in the day? ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
"Is your toolbag secure?"
I guess it doesn't really work. :(
"Is your CO2 scrubber running? Better go catch it!"
Har har har.
With the first link, the chain is forged.
"we aren't retarded."
Do you only read with a +8 comment threshold or something?
Though it it some what difficult to come up with space themed prank calls akin to "Is your refrigerator running".
I suppose calling them and telling them to stay up there since Earth has been wiped out would be in bad taste ;)
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
I think the emphasis was "with a radio system they designed and built themselves".
Define "designed and built themselves"... did they mine the copper ore using handbuilt tools and smelt it into wire using fire struck from flint? Was the design derived in a "clean" environment from first principles?
I thought not... posers ;-)
Sorry, the Iranian kids called first. We have to put you on hold.
This is my sig.
But... They're art majors.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
That boring middle aged man is probably thinking the same thing when he talks to you too.
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Is there something special we need to know about students in Canada?
That they're Canadian?
That they pronounce "about" as "a boot"?
(With apologies to South Park)
"But this one goes to 11!"
We Americans will apologise to Canada for trying to steal all your good hockey players when you guys apologise for Celine Dion and Bryan Adams.
We would like to thank you, however, for Mike Meyers and The Kids In The Hall.
Also, after everyone apologises, will you help us out with the whole metric system thing? And show us the secret of how you keep your country so litter free?
Also, send more beer pls ;)
Advanced Radio Transmission majors?
Now, now. The Canadian government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions.
Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.
Terrorist: We make deal with you. Al'Qaida has billions of oil dollars to make you very rich--
American astronaut: We're not interested in dealing with terrorists! Our government will find you, you can't destroy the heart of America, you towel-headed bast--
Russian astronaut: GIVE ME THAT! Hey! HEY YOU! This is a RUSSIAN SPACE STATION! You COWARD always fighting from behind other peoples' backs NO SPINE! I kill you! I kill you drunk! You want to fight with ME?! My VODKA kick harder than you! My MOTHER would wrap towel around your FACE!
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