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[mongers]

Someone has finally outdone the NASA 'designed in imperial, built in metric'* cock-up:

Failed satellite programmed with 'wrong co-ordinates'

28 December 2017 

The loss of a multi-million pound weather mapping satellite was due to programming errors, the Russian deputy prime minister has said.

Dmitry Rogozin said Meteor-M had been programmed for take-off from a different space station.

Speaking to Russian state TV, he blamed "human error".

"The rocket was programmed as if it was taking off from Baikonur," he told the Rossyia 24 TV channel.

In fact the rocket was actually taking off from new base Vostochny, in the east of the country.
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Full item:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42502571




* or something like that.

[derspiess]

Someone has finally outdone the NASA 'designed in imperial, built in metric'* cock-up:

Failed satellite programmed with 'wrong co-ordinates'

28 December 2017 

The loss of a multi-million pound weather mapping satellite was due to programming errors, the Russian deputy prime minister has said.

Dmitry Rogozin said Meteor-M had been programmed for take-off from a different space station.

Speaking to Russian state TV, he blamed "human error".

"The rocket was programmed as if it was taking off from Baikonur," he told the Rossyia 24 TV channel.

In fact the rocket was actually taking off from new base Vostochny, in the east of the country.
....

Full item:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42502571




* or something like that.

Not only that, the Russians are using pounds instead of rubles.  Dumbasses.

[Razgovory]

Someone was killed last night due to a swatting prank.

[Admiral Yi]

I had heard that Steve Perry of Journey was the son of a GI father and Korean mother, and that he had attended Seoul American High School, my alma mater's arch rival.  So I googled.  I was wrong, but his actual ethnicity is a little surprising.  Feel free to guess.

[spoiler]Portagee!![/spoiler]

[Ed Anger]

Journey: Ruined.

Thanks for making a shitty day evem more Shitty.

[Razgovory]

Someone was killed last night due to a swatting prank.

The culprit has been arrested.

[Eddie Teach]

Journey: Ruined.

Thanks for making a shitty day evem more Shitty.

Don't stop believin'.

[HVC]

Journey: Ruined.

Thanks for making a shitty day evem more Shitty.

Woooo!

[CountDeMoney]

Journey: Ruined.

Thanks for making a shitty day evem more Shitty.

Too goddamned bad.  Get off the rink.  FAITHFULLY IS ON

[HVC]

FYI tom hanks of Portuguese descent too. Wilson!!!!

[HVC]

Googled and found out are also porkchops:

Joe Perry of Aerosmith ( real name Anthony Joseph Pereira, which is super Portuguese)
David Lee Roth (Portuguese grandmother)
Katy Perry. Even though Perry isn't her real last name she still has Portuguese in her.
Sean Paul

We're everywhere!

[CountDeMoney]

The United Colors of Eggplant.

[Ed Anger]

I feel sick.

[Duque de Bragança]

Googled and found out are also porkchops:

Joe Perry of Aerosmith ( real name Anthony Joseph Pereira, which is super Portuguese)
David Lee Roth (Portuguese grandmother)
Katy Perry. Even though Perry isn't her real last name she still has Portuguese in her.
Sean Paul

We're everywhere!

Two of them with New Christian roots! 

[mongers]

Man am I glad this got funded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/451007212/hohe-80-project-whitesheet-2018

It was a nice way to honor the Centennial.

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