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Students Call Space Station With Home-Built Radio

Posted by timothy on from the prince-albert-in-a-tin-can dept.

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.

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  1. Hey you BALL LICKING MODERATOR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whoever modded this guy troll deserves to be hanged and left hanging without the neck break so that he is actually choking. Or, he should be dropped from 40 feet so that his head pops off like Saddams, but they have machines to keep the brain alive. With Saddam, the heart stopped beating, so he was legally dead, but they were able to bypass the legal process by pumping blood through his head to keep him alive, and he is currently in Guantanamo. Obama knows this but wants to discontinue the project.

    1. Re:Hey you BALL LICKING MODERATOR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Here's a video confirming it. Now you don't see the decapitation in the video, but I did also hear this theory that he is still alive, as convoluted as it is.

  2. Re:no kidding by MyLongNickName · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is offtopic. Mod accordingly. I was reading a story about how Google executives were going on trial in Italy over a you tube video. I refreshed to see what new comments were in the story. Suddenly, the story was not there any more.

    I have never seen Slashdot pull down a story before, even if it turned out to be factually incorrect. Anyone know why this story got yanked off of the front page?

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  3. Re:You screwed up by MyLongNickName · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, I did post one other time anonymously because I wasn't logged in at the time. Why should I care if I ask this question under my real user account? Will you and the rest of the GNAA come after me?

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  4. Even the MI6 confirms it...Saddam probably alive! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check out this article: from an Australian news source which claims that Saddam may still be alive.
     
    Think there is any truth to this?

  5. Re:no kidding by bluefoxlucid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Who's Nailin' Palin"

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