User: donturn

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On: Stepping Closer To The Space Elevator

Hemos posted on this same topic just a few months ago...guess he forgot ;)

You must be new here. Next you're going to complain about the spelling. :)
p;

Is it Fry's?

On: Tech Support: Sucking Even More

I hear people shop there because they have latent sado-masochistic tendencies.

heck, I'd go there just to experience it.

An Aurora might do it

On: X-43 Scramjet Rollout

if it existed, it could easily fly along at Mach 5, using all it's elint equipment to monitor the X-43.

But they probably don't exist.

They didn't mention my favorite

On: 101 Dumbest Dot-Com Moments

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The Russians do this all the time

On: Hyperreality: The U.S-China Standoff

What would the USA do if the chinese kept flying planes up the cost of California, just outside the territorial boundaries? What would they do if one of these planes came down at an American air-base?

The Russians do this a lot, mostly in Alaska. try reading the bottom of this piece from Slate about the Russkis buzzing teh Kitty Hawk.

Do you think a recession will help RedHat/Linux?

On: Ask Robert Young

Bob,

We had an Ask Slashdot a few days ago wondering whether a recession will help Linux or not. Since you're the CEO of RedHat, you probably have a better idea as to what effect a recession will have on RedHat and Linux. So, do you think you will gain more market share during a recession than you would otherwise?

This can save a lot of money, oil forever!

On: Drilling For Oil With Megawatt Lasers

as drill bits are very expensive, and can wear out in as little as 100 feet of hard rock.

Now, if Thomas Gold's views about oil and petroleum are correct, wecan have as much oil as we coudl ever want!

Of course, we should still conserve and all that.