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Space Station Computers Up and Running
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| 6/16/07
| JUAN A. LOZANO
Posted on 06/16/2007 7:11:05 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
At this point in time, are we just wasting our money on supporting this adventure? We risk lives regularly to support the ship.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:13:27 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: Rb ver. 2.0
"The cosmonauts may use another jumper cable Saturday to get the last two failed processors on the computers working ..."OK, Sergei .... crank it!
To: Sacajaweau
At this point in time, are we just wasting our money on supporting this adventure? I think you could say that about everything we're doing.. ;)
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:22:19 AM PDT
by
Riodacat
(Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge, truth and reality sucks....)
To: robertpaulsen
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:22:20 AM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(The Republican party of today is the Whig party of 1856.)
To: Sacajaweau
No one was a bigger supporter of the space program than me before the space shuttle days. The shuttle has never done what if was billed to do. We were told it would be able to take off at any time with very short notice. Instead it can take off after several months notice and only if there are no clouds in the sky.
The space station is even worse.
I still support a space program, but one done by humans who remain on earth.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:25:24 AM PDT
by
millerph
To: Rb ver. 2.0
"Open the pod bay doors, HAL"
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Russian cosmonauts on Saturday began turning back on some crucial systems that had been shut down more than four days ago when a computer system on the Russian side of the international space station crashed.Should have bought a Dell....
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:48:48 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Sacajaweau
"Houston, we have a problem...!"
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:49:18 AM PDT
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Why can’t we start solving the problem by breaking up Big Government?"- MortMan)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Ao a Y2K code Tech-Bulliten with 3 1/2 flopppies had a KooKoo's egg in it, or is blasted Microsoft Vista!
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:49:24 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Sacajaweau
We risk lives regularly to support the ship.Some of us thrive on taking risks and get out of bed in the morning. ; )
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:52:33 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
This is good news, but in the longer view we are a long ways from the reliability needed for a manned trip to Mars and back. The Centaur apparently misfired slightly yesterday and that is one of the most reliable rocket systems ever. The satellite will probably have enough internal fuel to reach its orbit on its own, but mission lifetime will be limited.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:54:15 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Treaty)
To: Sacajaweau
Didn’t you hear Bradbury on Coast last night, or don’t you agree with him?
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:55:31 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Treaty)
To: Sacajaweau
Were learning a great deal from the space station, and one of things we may be learning is we shouldnt have built this particular one, said Howard McCurdy, a space public policy expert at American University.
He says this after we’ve spent $100 billion dollars and it is only half built.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:55:49 AM PDT
by
miele man
(Continually voting against iodine deficient libs for 42 years)
To: robertpaulsen
"The cosmonauts may use another jumper cable Saturday to get the last two failed processors on the computers working... "OK, Sergei .... crank it!
Right away I noticed the obvious lack of an antistatic wrist strap being used in that picture.
No wonder they are having so many problems. LOL!
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:56:32 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: EGPWS
"Should have bought a Dell...."
"Dude!"
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:03:56 AM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(The Republican party of today is the Whig party of 1856.)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
It took four days to restore the capability of the computers.
That 'award winning' Dell Tech Support from Bangladesh strikes again.
(after 45 minutes on hold)
"Hi, my name is 'Tommy'. Do you have a firewall? Did you install any software? No, Okay - first, unplug your computer and wait 30 seconds then plug it in and re boot ..... Alright then, did that fix it?." "NO?" Oh well, I think we have to reformat your hard drive."
*#&%&* Dell.
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:19:46 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
To: Condor51
We are in space. In a spacestation. I think that is so cool.
Baby steps. Expensive but baby steps nevertheless.
May take us another 200 years to get to Mars. So?
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:29:30 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(If your representative will not vote for Term Limits, vote for the candidate who will.)
To: EQAndyBuzz
You maybe missed my sarcasm.
I had a Dell from Hell. My Dell File (hard paper copies ) is over a 1/2" thick of junk that crapped out and had to be replaced. It was so bad I even had Dell replace stuff AFTER the warranty expired when I casually mentioned I just might contact the IL Attorney General under the Lemon Law.
So anytime I read of computers crashing, I think Dell.
So now I'm on an American Made, with American tech support Systemax p.c. - all in good ole Ohio, USA.
[My Dell crashed more than a blind man in a Demolition Derby.]
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posted on
06/16/2007 9:08:48 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
THIS is why we need people in space. Let’s see a remote robot probe fix itself by bypassing circuit boards. There is still no replacement for a real, honest-to-goodness “meat world” human being.
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