Posts by Dreadogastus

40,000-plus AT&T staff threaten to strike Friday

Friday 19th May 2017 00:36 GMT Dreadogastus

Union Danger

Yeah! They should have no problem commuting from Indonesia to my local store here in Florida.

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Dungeons & Dragons relaunches with 'freemium' version 5.0

The cute things they say

Beam me up Scotty: Boffins to turn pure light into matter

Monday 19th May 2014 16:51 GMT Dreadogastus

Dad made me go fishing

No trolling is correct. Trawling is when a big boat drags a net to catch sea life. When a person uses a rod and reel, it's trolling.

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Giant pop can FOUND ON MOON

Friday 16th May 2014 18:07 GMT Dreadogastus

Re: makes a change

Dude! You got to know your weaponry. That's a B-29 Superfortress.

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French youth faces court for illegal drone flight

Saturday 22nd February 2014 02:21 GMT Dreadogastus

Re: Congratulations

Lighten up. The only person who MIGHT be offended is the unfortunate dude at Nancy. And I bet he has much bigger worries right now. Hopefully the French courts will be understanding and lenient

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First man/machine nerve grafts restore amputee's sense of touch

Thursday 6th February 2014 20:37 GMT Dreadogastus

Re: glad to see those minds put to good use

Tut-tut my boy. Haven't you heard of the old science-fiction maxim: All new technologies have good and evil uses.

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Mars Orbiter spots FRESH IMPACT CRATER

Thursday 6th February 2014 18:44 GMT Dreadogastus

A miss doesn't count

Much smaller meteorites can penetrate the atmosphere. The Chelyabinsk left no crater because it "broke up" appx. 5 km above the ground. This breakup was estimated at @ 45 kilotons. I don't want that anywhere near my house.

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