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NASA In Colbert Conundrum Over Space Station
After Stephen Colbert won the vote in NASA's contest to name a new module on the International Space Station, NASA found itself in a tough spot. According to Reuters, "Contest rules stipulate that the agency retains the right to basically do whatever it wants," but it may not be all that easy. At first NASA floated the idea of naming the new module's toilet "Colbert." But Last Thursday Congressman Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., urged the agency to respect the people's wishes. And Colbert turned up the heat on yesterday's weekly show: "So NASA, I urge you to heed Congressman Fattah's call for democracy in orbit. Either name that node after me, or I too will reject democracy and seize power as space's evil tyrant overlord. Ball's in your court."
I'm getting bloody sick of his internet vandalism.
Me too! He should be forced to scrub his vandalism off & return the Internet to its original pure / virginal white.
My pics.
Based on yesterday's post. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/31/1332257
Think Deeply.
I know, before he came along the internet was just a load of facts and Wikipedia especially, was 100% accurate.
:(
I also heard that Colbert founded the RIAA. How dare he
They're lucky the winner was Colbert.
Imagine what it could have been named if the 'b-tards' over at 4-chan got involved.
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I think the prank is this hideous green/gray color scheme. Where is that pink one we're accustomed to and learned to love?
the NASA requirement is that the person who it is named after has to affix the signage.
they have 1 year to comply (a their own expense).
he.he.he ..
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NASA should say "I for one welcome space's evil tyrant overlord."
What I cannot understand, though is why, in these cash-strapped times, they did not auction the name off? Could have raised some much-needed funds.
I imagine that's just what Blagojevich said to his advisers just before putting Obama's senate seat up for auction.
Name the node Colbert, but pronounce it with a hard 't' (i.e. cohl-burt).
Just like NASA, you are where fun goes to die.
Chaka Fatah is proving once again what a moron he is.
It's "Fattah"... moron.
With more than a billion potential voters, they could have voted for it to be named after a Dikshit.
Businessman Anurag Dikshit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurag_Dikshit
or politician Sheila Dikshit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Dikshit
Hey, if it was named the "Dikshit" module of the ISS, it would never be mentioned in the news (except in India, of course).
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
Enjoy his humor for what it is and play with it. Name the toilet after him.
I'm off to take a "Colbert", back in 20 min.
Hey, do you have a portable "Colbert"? My Depends box is empty.
I can't believe I bothered to write this. What a waste of effort, bandwidth and humor.
NASA shouldn't name the entire node after anyone that isn't famous for doing good deeds for space. Heck, Jimmy Doolittle would be an excellent choice as the father of avionics.
Name it after Tek Jansen and everybody wins.
You are retarded.
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After what I'm reading here about this guy, I think that we all slashdotters should help him getting his name on the bridge. Of course we should follow strictly the rules given by the hungarians. :)
Why should that election be different than any other election?
In the head?
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Well, you can't very well demonstrate that you are fluent in Hungarian if you are dead. So what they actually told him is "over our dead body". Only in Hungarian.
Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
As NASA does not name things after living people, does that mean we get to kill him to allow him to qualify?
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
Yup, my wife and I, living in Glagow, watch it.
Ironically it is on a Fox channel, wish it was on More4 like the Daily Show
Just call it Blench Treetops (Anagram for Stephen Colbert), which you should do if you're on board it...
Thanks, I work out!
Mer-see bow-coo != mer-see bow cou (thanks, nice ass vs thanks very much)
To be accurate it's "over his dead body"
"He is so stupid. And now back to the wall!" Moe Szyslak
Remember that Transylvania used to be part of Hungary, and has a Hungarian-speaking minority even to this day...
ZOMFGWTF! You had to learn something about his real life just to know his character isn't pure affectation?
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
However, they said they would only use his name if:
1) he could demonstrate he was fluent in Hungarian, and
2) he was dead.
So... if I update wikipedia that Colbert spoke fluent Hungarian before his death, will that suffice?