Ah yes, now I remember - a few years ago, Voyager reached the point where the solar winds were no longer supersonic. The zone where that happens is called the termination shock. The medium in which Voyager is traveling is changing, and each change is reported. So every time the story seems to be repeated, it is in fact an update, and I say keep 'em coming, JPL.
Each year Voyager seems to reach a new marker, but every time the news is announced with the same backstory every time, so it can feel repetitive. About 10 years ago it was reaching a fluctuation in the solar wind, wasn't it? Then it was confirmed that it was on the outer edge of the heliosheath, where the solar wind turns sideways to fall back in. Now it's interstellar particles moving freely.
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One "get off my lawn" ID flaunting episode went down to below user ID 100, then all hell broke loose when the following post appeared, more or less: CmdrTaco (1) - "Hi there".
Sounds like an insightful post, but that's not the way things have worked out in the USA. If you stood your ideological ground throughout 3-4 decades, you would have gone from a conservative to a liberal. As an example, many of Richard Nixon's initiatives as POTUS would be considered as positively pinko by the current right-wing political climate. Look it up.
Took me a while for a vague recollection to rise in my mind, but yeah, I did see, was surprised by and commented on a +2 Troll, 3 years ago. Someone replied that I must have "Troll +1 Bonus turned on", so not a true glitch like +5 Troll then.
I miss the Roland Piquepaille submissions, futuristic to a degree that left many Slashdotters perplexed. Then the submissions started to receive the tag ohnoitsroland (for some reason the search results of the link are incomplete).
Then on January of 2009, Mr Piquepaille sadly passed away, and in tribute, the tag was changed to ohnoitwasroland, which I think he would have appreciated.
Why not invest the money in Tesla, bullet trains, solar/wind generated electricity, vaccines for 3rd world children, developing a compressed air battery car further, etc?
It wouldn't surprise me to hear about Titanic being sabotaged by the Cunard Line because it secretly ran and navigated with Tesla technology. On certain talk radio shows.
"As close to the original as possible" with "state of the art 21st Century technology..." hmm.
I visualize the current crop of baseball stadiums like Camden Yards and Petco Park, retro but with all the bells and whistles. Although for the full-on, authentic retro experience, across the street from the stadium there should be a dry cleaners, a barbershop and a tavern with sawdust on the floor, instead of a Starbucks, a Verizon store and vegan/gluten-free FUCKING WINE BAR!
Nah, we're quite safe. We all know that only female virgins are sacrificed.
As it turns out, not even a female virgin sacrifice is quite as effective as the right kind of adult:
A man who would come here of his own free will. A man who has come here with the power of a king by representing the law. A man who would come here as a virgin. A man who has come here as a fool.
Well fellow Slashdotters, two or three out of four ain't bad!
You'd not want to start much earlier. Yes, factoring in the shut-ins at pubs. Been there in Wales (Raglan, to be precise), great fun until shamefully late hours. Ah, the memories...
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Or "Starship Troopers", which plays like 90210 until the gore kicks in.
Who's to say that somewhere, sometime, a teacher will not also go amok?
Ah yes, now I remember - a few years ago, Voyager reached the point where the solar winds were no longer supersonic. The zone where that happens is called the termination shock.
The medium in which Voyager is traveling is changing, and each change is reported. So every time the story seems to be repeated, it is in fact an update, and I say keep 'em coming, JPL.
Each year Voyager seems to reach a new marker, but every time the news is announced with the same backstory every time, so it can feel repetitive.
About 10 years ago it was reaching a fluctuation in the solar wind, wasn't it?
Then it was confirmed that it was on the outer edge of the heliosheath, where the solar wind turns sideways to fall back in.
Now it's interstellar particles moving freely.
The new, exciting Slashdot, brought to you by The Discovery Channel Corporation!
Up next on Slashdot, Armagedopocalypse moonshine catapulters, after a brief (read: 10 minutes) message from our sponsors.
One "get off my lawn" ID flaunting episode went down to below user ID 100, then all hell broke loose when the following post appeared, more or less:
CmdrTaco (1) - "Hi there".
Sounds like an insightful post, but that's not the way things have worked out in the USA.
If you stood your ideological ground throughout 3-4 decades, you would have gone from a conservative to a liberal.
As an example, many of Richard Nixon's initiatives as POTUS would be considered as positively pinko by the current right-wing political climate. Look it up.
Took me a while for a vague recollection to rise in my mind, but yeah, I did see, was surprised by and commented on a +2 Troll, 3 years ago.
Someone replied that I must have "Troll +1 Bonus turned on", so not a true glitch like +5 Troll then.
Is it possible to have a (Score: -1 Informative) ???
Yes, if it is modded informative and then overrated.
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, baby it don't fit no more.
By the way: nobody mentioned the Troll +5 posts.
What? That's one helluva Easter Egg!
I really DO miss the April Fools pages
I miss the Roland Piquepaille submissions, futuristic to a degree that left many Slashdotters perplexed.
Then the submissions started to receive the tag ohnoitsroland (for some reason the search results of the link are incomplete).
Then on January of 2009, Mr Piquepaille sadly passed away, and in tribute, the tag was changed to ohnoitwasroland, which I think he would have appreciated.
RIP Mr Piquepaille.
> Gates bad. Torvalds good. Portman pants, grits hot. Jobs cold.
FTFTFY
Then they will want to tell you what you can and cannot think.
Think different (but within the narrow parameters we've set).
So go ahead, break some rules! (except don't break any rules)
Oh yeah? Well yo' momma's so fat, anything near her begins to spaghettify.
Sedna, Quaor and Eris are all well beyond Pluto's orbit.
Why did "Raise The Titanic" bomb at the box office? Simple, TOGTFO.
Why not invest the money in Tesla, bullet trains, solar/wind generated electricity, vaccines for 3rd world children, developing a compressed air battery car further, etc?
It wouldn't surprise me to hear about Titanic being sabotaged by the Cunard Line because it secretly ran and navigated with Tesla technology. On certain talk radio shows.
"As close to the original as possible" with "state of the art 21st Century technology..." hmm.
I visualize the current crop of baseball stadiums like Camden Yards and Petco Park, retro but with all the bells and whistles.
Although for the full-on, authentic retro experience, across the street from the stadium there should be a dry cleaners, a barbershop and a tavern with sawdust on the floor, instead of a Starbucks, a Verizon store and vegan/gluten-free FUCKING WINE BAR!
Pining for the icebergs, crash into the fjords.
The water slide is the most fun a Slashdotter can have on a cruise ship.
Depends, what about CowboyNeal? My wager is the "endless bucket" at the fried chicken station in the all-you-can-eat buffet.
Groping under and around the seat for the dropped Doritos bag, probably.
Phrased in the form of a question, you correctly answered today's first Daily Double.
Nah, we're quite safe. We all know that only female virgins are sacrificed.
As it turns out, not even a female virgin sacrifice is quite as effective as the right kind of adult:
A man who would come here of his own free will.
A man who has come here with the power of a king by representing the law.
A man who would come here as a virgin.
A man who has come here as a fool.
Well fellow Slashdotters, two or three out of four ain't bad!
A new threat is found for the Mac platform and it's in a Microsoft product of course.
What happens when the malicious Word file is opened in, say, Open Office?
It's a Mayan pyramid!!!!
Why read TFA when they'll do a in-depth investigation on the History Channel soon enough?
Great. Only too late do I wish I had mod points.
You'd not want to start much earlier.
Yes, factoring in the shut-ins at pubs. Been there in Wales (Raglan, to be precise), great fun until shamefully late hours.
Ah, the memories...