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mrhud
10/01/09

In reply to This Is Probably the Closest You Will Ever Get to the Moon
I don't have the software available to show it, but seems to me there is something odd in the image.
If you look on the left-hand side, almost halfway down from the top, there is a small crater about an inch from the left side of the image. When you zoom in, it almost looks as though there is some sort of laptop monitor screen with what looks like an antenna just to the right of it.
Probably just me.
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ripfire
10/01/09

@mrhud: I dunno. I don't like those bloody clowns that pop up suddenly screaming off my monitor when I'm trying to look for it.
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mseo2578
10/01/09

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I refuse to accept my limitations.
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StupidSimple
10/01/09

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My pizza has more cheese than this. Pffft. Fake
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rjp: This is my rebuttal
10/01/09

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I was going to post and say "You can't zoom in that far before it gets pixelated!" and then the image loaded. Hooooooooooly-
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Hi, I'm God
08/21/09

In reply to Fastest Data Connection In Space Comes Out of a 13-Inch Tube Orbiting the Moon
This article was posted over 3 hours ago, and no one has made the comment;

"I've got an even faster connection with my 13 inch tube"

Shame, Giz.
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iceicemaybe
08/21/09

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So it really is a series of tubes...
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
08/22/09

@iceicemaybe: Get out of my house.
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random_droid
08/21/09

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Oh, great. I've been banned, I think.....
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(Starman) Starman
08/21/09

@random_droid: Wha? It doesn't say you're banned on your profile page...

I think this is due to the faulty comment system...
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frigg
08/21/09

In reply to Fastest Data Connection In Space Comes Out of a 13-Inch Tube Orbiting the Moon
Isn't this the sort of thing that should be deployed on Earth, and then pimped by NASA along with tempurpedic mattresses and tang as the trickle down value of space investment?
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Chris Hansen
08/21/09

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Just imagine how fast our torrents would be.

No, seriously. Imagine it.
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ThisIsSharksTerritory
08/21/09

@Leonce: well i donno if that be a good thing cuz a lot of people, well me at least, only seed while downloading in order to minimize chance of getting caught and i feel like there would be less live files this way
but don't get me wrong i fully understand the orgasmicness that is this idea....
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mferrari
08/21/09

@ThisIsSharksTerritory: Be ashamed, be very ashamed.
You seed to 1.5 at least or you GTFO
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stonefry
08/21/09

@mferrari: It's mathematically impossible for everyone to seed to 1.5. And since a lot of people seed way beyond that, it's not even possible for everyone else to seed anywhere near that amount.
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RoboBagins
08/21/09

@stonefry: You're assuming a fixed number of seeds and leechers. As long as seeds go offline, and new leechers come on, everyone can seed to 1.5 or higher.

That said it's easier to do on new files everyone wants, but niche data, it's pretty much leech if anyone is still seeding at all.
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ThisIsSharksTerritory
08/23/09

@mferrari: naw i'm not ashamed because the things i download a ton of: entourage, weeds, movie just came out to dvd=have a TON of seeds and I know they will be fine...if i download some obscure movie/book/album then I keep it on
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KTK1990
08/21/09

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Wow, thats alot of data being sent so quick.
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Hi, I'm God
08/21/09

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Too bad the moon doesn't have HD porn, to really put this thing to use.
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FrankenPC
08/21/09

@Hi, I'm God: "This is the Pirate Bay reporting from the only place where the courts can't touch us."
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