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    What's Spetnik been up to?

    Well for one, I've been branching out a bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjJ_HDOk0Zw

    I have also managed to obtain exclusive helmet-cam footage of the Bin Laden raid as well as non-blurry footage of Bigfoot.

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    I thought you were still orbitting the earth?
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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    No, I had a really bad re-entry

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    Yeah, bad re-entries really burn me up.
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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
    I thought you were still orbitting the earth?
    That wasn't Sputnik, that was Mir.

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Mir isn't orbiting the Earth either. They crashed it into the Pacific a long time ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baja_yu View Post
    Mir isn't orbiting the Earth either. They crashed it into the Pacific a long time ago.
    That wasn't very nice of them. They "deorbited" Mir March 21, 2001. Sputnik 1 was launched October 4, 1957

    Sputnik 1 burned up on 4 January 1958, as it fell from orbit upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, after travelling about 60 million km (37 million miles) and spending 3 months in orbit
    It was just 84 kg or 184 pounds.
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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Quote Originally Posted by EntityX View Post
    It was just 84 kg or 184 pounds.
    Just like me!

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    I was thinking about Mir when it came to earth. It was 129,700 kg or 285,940 lbs. That's a big chunk of stuff. I imagine they made an effort to splash the debris in an area of the Pacific that is free from shipping and probably used satellite imaging to monitor the area that they predicted the debris would fall into.

    Image of Mir breaking up.

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    This got me thinking about the destruction of the Columbia. Could you imagine being the crew on the Columbia when you realized the shuttle was disintegrating around you and overheating. Not a fun thought.
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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    It didn't last for long.
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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Well it's 130 odd tons of very thin aerospace quality aluminium and polystyrene. It's like a very expensive box of confetti.
    I don't live here any more.

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Quote Originally Posted by wossname View Post
    Well it's 130 odd tons of very thin aerospace quality aluminium and polystyrene. It's like a very expensive box of confetti.
    Who?

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    That's so mature, Mr Poopyface.

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Can someone help me with my code?

    Code:
    For x = (1; <45 ++);
    Console.Assert << x;
    End()//

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Quote Originally Posted by Spetnik View Post
    Can someone help me with my code?

    Code:
    For x = (1; <45 ++);
    Console.Assert << x;
    End()//
    I'm not seeing an n-tier architecture there.
    That is your problem.
    Delete it. They just clutter threads anyway.

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    n-tier is not compatible with binary compulsion

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Ah, couldn't tell, I have a binary compulsion disorder.
    Delete it. They just clutter threads anyway.

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Well, you should install the Binary Compulsion Regulator

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    Re: What's Spetnik been up to?

    Started using it, and I'm already feeling better!

    Thanks Spetnik!
    Delete it. They just clutter threads anyway.

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