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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 CO2 scrubber running? Better go catch it!"
Har har har.
With the first link, the chain is forged.
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 ;-)
But... They're art majors.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
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!"
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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