@ US of A #

"I hate the term 'Radio' when it comes to internet... casting, "

I know it's not strictly accurate, but what's the alternative? When standalone Internet radios do look like radios.

Whoever did the catalogue pictures for the Bush Tr2015 even felt the need to photoshop a telescopic aerial which it neither has nor needed.

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/images/bushtr2015.jpg

@ Title

"She wouldn't probably have received an automatic email acknowledgement.""

I meant "would have".

Title

That makes perfect sense. Blears received an email from an official Civil Service address, and quite understandably complained to the department concerned.

I feel that a Civil Servant that stupid deserves to be fired. She wouldn't probably have received an automatic email acknowledgement.

Is this surprising?

Pure water is a poor conductor of electricity.Of course adding a few more ion will allow m ore current to flow.

@Pointy stick

" And then if a kid really, really wants a knife, there is always the cutlery draw"

First they came for the cutlery draw.

And I did not speak out

Because I didn't want to win a knife

Then they came for the National Lottery

@ All well and good

The satellite was built in America. ESA is now a major player in the heavy launch business which is why the owners used it.

Thirty one successful launches in a row. Three so far this year and four more planned.

It's about time Europe got into the manned space business. We've got an ideal launch vehicle and the ATV which has delivered supplies to the ISS.

Why?

I've currently got three devices that charge by Mini-USB (Phone, ebook reader, and MP3 player).

What extra benefit does Micro-USB offer?

Charging is only slower if charging from a computer. If it's not enough, buy a charger with a USB socket. And the phone came with a lead that fits a car cigarette lighter socket.

@ Seriously, a Dremmel Tool and a vacuum hose

Thy can manage with two Shuttles, but the time it takes to prepare a Shuttle for its next launch means that finishing the ISS will extend well into 2011.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts127/090624update/ sounds less pessimistic though. My money's om Atlantis launching in November though.

<Title>

If the EU had existed then, it might have insisted on dinosaur passports, and agreements not to eat your own dinos. . With photos and detailed info that could settled the arguments.

7) (with added superfluous title to avoid problems)

Remember. A horse isn't just for Christmas. You can eat it at any time of the year.

I blame Dr Who

My SSID is Bad Wolf, And everything connected to the router is Bad_Wolf_1, Bad_Wolf_2, etc.

Another one I set up uses Harlequin, Pierrot, (would have been Pantaloon, but I chickened out), and Columbine.

@ Lola resolution

That's the altimeter The camera has a resolution of 12 inches, so all the Apollo hardware will be easily visible. And I read somewhere they are hoping to locate a couple of probes that crashed (unintentionally).

Bandwidth available means that images of about 10% of the surface can be sent back in a year.

Obama

I for one, welcome our new fly-killing overlord.

Premises?

I thought they danced naked in the woods.

@ What about LACROSSE?

Not much of a delay. It's due to fly tomorrow, 21.12 GMT. Weather permitting.

<Title>

"Ryanair has told those traveling on Thursday the 25th that "in order to avoid any inconvenience," they must do their web check-in before 6pm Wednesday the 24th."

If you've any sense, you'd do that anyway. Leave things until the last minute, and you're asking for trouble.

What if your PC, router, or printer, goes tits-up, and you've no time to get it sorted?

@ Always with the Hydrogen leaks

This is a quick release connector that detaches at launch, So probably harder to make leak-proof.

And the only way of testing it is to fill the tank.

@ Agent Smith had it right

On the ground, robots are a poor substitute for manned visits.

Opportunity has travelled just over 10 miles. After over six years! Providing results but exploring a very small area.

All three manned lunar rovers travelled more than that in only a few hours.

Re @ @@frank ly "Flown more..."

According to Wikipedia

Soyuz 102

Shuttle 134 (eight more planned)

@ @frank ly

"Then again the Shuttle never was a serious space vehicle."

What? It's flown more than any other manned vehicle. It can carry a crew of seven (more than its planned successor). With a massive cargo bay, robot arm, and the capability of allowing the crew to do repairs in Earth orbit.

Well, someone has to.

I for one welcome our new indestructible prehistoric overlord.

@ Just as well..

.The rescue launch would have been on the other launchpad, so the problem may not have occurred.

And I expect they'd have launched anyway. I was told that they would have launched even though the weather at the time would have precluded a routine launch

@ who probably took advantage of weak passwords

No. He fell for a phishing attempt, and logged onto a fake site, after being told his account would be closed if he didn't.

It's a common scam.

Wow!

I can see the "no win no fee" lawyers rubbing their hands.

"Are your children poor for no fault of yours......."

Plenty of time.

Give us a few hundred years and we ought to be able to move planets about. Sorting out Mercury's orbit sound like a good place to start.

If we can't, we don't deserve to survive.

Pinkfuckit/pingfukkit

Less than 1000 Google hits so far, but I'm working in it.

@ I just don't get it?

The Internet allows a criminal and victim to be in different countries. It seems entirely reasonably to me that the country where the victim is should have jurisdiction.

Let's hope

that it doesn't occur to terrorists to say nothing about terrorism during taxi rides.