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    • brianlittlejohnB
      brianlittlejohn @Dashrender
      last edited by brianlittlejohn

      @Dashrender That wasnt one of their reused rockets they were test firing.

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      • brianlittlejohnB
        brianlittlejohn
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        Their slated first reused first stage will be in October.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          Oh - I wonder why the article decided to drop that bit of information then? Filler? to make the article longer?

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          • brianlittlejohnB
            brianlittlejohn @Dashrender
            last edited by

            @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Oh - I wonder why the article decided to drop that bit of information then? Filler? to make the article longer?

            Who knows. Its a news organization... they don't check facts anymore.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

              Oh - I wonder why the article decided to drop that bit of information then? Filler? to make the article longer?

              Drop that information? What did the article say that was misleading? I read a different one, so actually confused.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                Oh, do you mean this...

                0_1472739995359_Screenshot from 2016-09-01 10-26-20.png

                That is their stock blurb that tells you what the company is. It implies nothing about what was being launched. what was being launched was stated earlier in the article. This is the bit that the computer tacks on at the end when it is a SpaceX article so that you know what the company is. It's just corporate info.

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                • brianlittlejohnB
                  brianlittlejohn
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                  After all the talk about the explosion, it had this line

                  "SpaceX is seeking to create a new era of reusable rockets and affordable private space travel and has used its Falcon-9 rocket to take supplies to the International Space Station (ISS)."

                  It read very out of place.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
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                    @brianlittlejohn said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    After all the talk about the explosion, it had this line

                    "SpaceX is seeking to create a new era of reusable rockets and affordable private space travel and has used its Falcon-9 rocket to take supplies to the International Space Station (ISS)."

                    It read very out of place.

                    Yeah, just automated company info. All BBC articles have general "explaining who the players in the article were" at the bottom so that readers don't have to research more to know what the company is.

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                    • brianlittlejohnB
                      brianlittlejohn
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                      SpaceX just confirmed they lost the falcon 9 rocket and the $200 million payload that was supposed to launch in 2 days.

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @brianlittlejohn
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                        @brianlittlejohn said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        SpaceX just confirmed they lost the falcon 9 rocket and the $200 million payload that was supposed to launch in 2 days.

                        Oh damn!

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                        • coliverC
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                          http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/att-lectures-google-fiber-about-challenges-of-broadband-investment/#p3

                          AT&T accuses Google Fiber of common ISP business practices for the past 30 years...

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            How could this possibly go wrong... Penalizing students who flush toilets.

                            China students pay for 'excessive' toilet flushing
                            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37246823

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                            • coliverC
                              coliver
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                              http://www.pcgamer.com/bt-sues-valve-over-steam-patent-infringement-allegations/

                              I... what? Seriously...

                              “relates generally to providing users with content that originates from multiple subscriptions services and delivering it through a single portal where a customer may access content for which it has access rights.”

                              Are they going to sue Apple, Microsoft, and Google too?

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                              • brianlittlejohnB
                                brianlittlejohn
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                                Video of SPACEX's RUD from today.

                                Youtube Video

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Big US companies not paying as many taxes in the EU as sausage stalls...

                                  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37259278

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal
                                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37286980

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

                                        I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @DustinB3403
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                                          @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

                                          I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.

                                          This was in the news last night. You need to find a better news source.

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
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                                            @JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
                                            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

                                            I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.

                                            This was in the news last night. You need to find a better news source.

                                            I didn't watch the news last night, only had it on in the background this morning.

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