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  1. Heavens Above on Witness the Birth of a Meteor Shower · · Score: 2

    Anyone who has ever looked at the night sky might goto H-A and create an account.The site has much info. I saw the Shuttle chasing the ISS in orbit over my home, many satts like TRMM and China's Tiangong !, spy satts like the Lacrosse series passing by. Most of what can be seen is space junk, rocket bodies and such, some have been in orbit for twenty years. The X37B, seen that too. I was at work and saw Shuttle Columbia on it's fateful re-entry.... RIP brave souls. http://www.heavens-above.com/m... http://www.space.com/25275-x37...

  2. Re:In very related news on Witness the Birth of a Meteor Shower · · Score: 1

    Coastal California, "Night and morning low clouds and fog..." have vexed my seeing for years. I'll drive 45 miles to the local mountains for clear skies.

  3. Cameltoetards on Witness the Birth of a Meteor Shower · · Score: 5, Informative

    Another view from some space guy, Dr Phillips: http://science.nasa.gov/scienc...

  4. Those kids on FBI Need Potheads To Fight Cybercrime · · Score: 1

    Well, there he goes. That ranks with "Get off my lawn" and "Old man yells at clouds".

  5. Re:Tremendous Respect on Why Lavabit Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Was Ladar successful in protecting his company and customers privacy? He can not acknowledge nor deny that the government got access. He's not living in his own embassy or sharing quarters with Snowden so where's the answer. Being aware of security issues, was he able to do an emergency dump of data? A Fail-Safe scenario?

  6. Re:Corporate Entity on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    LumpyQuasar LLC, your best On-The-Road entertainment and distraction provider. LQ is not responsible when your carperson goes all Skynet and stuff.

  7. Corporate Entity on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    Oh great, now my car is treated like a person/corporation? Will my car pay for it's lawyer and insurance? Can my car get a job ridesharing and have a bank acc;t? "Car, loan me a dime...." - Futureself Boz Skaggs,

  8. Re:words on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    Curtiss Cobain was some airplane guy.

  9. Proven Technology on NASA's Plan To Block Light From Distant Stars To Find 'Earth 2.0' · · Score: 1

    Two spacecraft orbit the Sun in the same path as the Earth, one leading and one following. Each uses a disc to block direct light but capture incredible images of solar events and weather. Stereo A and B. Audacious? No. Science? Si, mon. From NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pa...

  10. Re:To be fair... on Ohio Prison Shows Pirated Movies To Inmates · · Score: 1

    Where is Chris Hanson when we need him?

  11. Re:Good luck with that. on US To Charge Chinese Military Employees With Hacking · · Score: 2

    The USofA isn't a monarchy, The House and Senate are controlled by special interest groups esp. the World Domination Industry, so cyber war is good(for) business.

  12. Re:Huh on AT&T Buying DirecTV for $48.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    Buy a country? Parador? I miss Raul Julia, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

  13. Re:The cynic in me on AT&T Buying DirecTV for $48.5 Billion · · Score: 2

    The NSA and, um what's the other one...?

  14. Re:Where is competition? on AT&T Buying DirecTV for $48.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    There were choices. I could use one phone company for local service and another for "long distance". In the USofA a phone call to a location as far as sixty miles distant was a "toll call" that required additional fees. Rates were lower after 5 PM so people waited to call friends.... A co-worker said his MOM started a long distance phone business!

  15. Re:Srsly? on AT&T Buying DirecTV for $48.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    Farm owners were early adopters of diesel fueled cars and trucks. Back when the engines rattled noisily and belched soot.

  16. Re:VOIP sucks. on AT&T Readying For the End of Analog Landlines · · Score: 1

    My sis lives in a rural area, no high speed, only dial up, no cellular service. No TV w/out Dish. POTS. I'm in suburban San Diego and my Verizon signal is only half strength, I use an external antenna on my c-phone. Verizon will never install another antenna in my area, an old neighborhood. FiOS not likely either.