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| posted by Killer Tomato 202 days ago |
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omfg
Quote" The United States will take its first shot at an out-of-control spy satellite on Thursday, trying to knock it into the sea before it crashes to Earth, possibly causing damage, CNN news reported Monday."
they have seas in the upper atmosphere?
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| posted by flyingchair 202 days ago |
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Actually, while arguably a little clumsy, the sentence is correct. They will [try to knock it into the sea] before [it crashes to Earth]. It is not about where the sea is but when they will do it. It is correct.
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| posted by Killer Tomato 202 days ago |
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hmm, ok but the sea is on planet earth, isnt it? so how to knock it into sea "before" it crashes down to earth?
maybe you are right and i see it wrong, engrish is not my mother tongue obviously
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| posted by flyingchair 202 days ago |
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That's okay - I can see wy you thought that. What they are saying is that before it crashes into the earth of its own accord they will deibererately knock it into the sea. It is clearer when you add the extra bits.
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| posted by geraldo 202 days ago |
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did you see the SPEED this thing is travelling ? you better hope they get their expensive rockets right this time
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who can read binary and those who don't
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| posted by Lola 202 days ago |
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GDV is 100% correct. It's not an easy error to spot. There is a difference between 'Earth' and 'earth' as he rightly points out.
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| posted by bunthorne 202 days ago |
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i think you're right KT - should've been 'earth' not 'Earth' - but so what, nobody cares.
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| posted by puyi 202 days ago (edited 202 days ago) |
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hmmm we missed admiral .......no!! see it hit the earth ....
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by flyingchair 202 days ago |
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I think both works. Earth is the name of the planet - as in coming back to its origin. Or without the capital to imply hitting the ground.
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| posted by Killer Tomato 202 days ago |
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actually to come back to it, yahoo news is not too bad, i dont see to many weird things there, but if you'd read dutch, steer way clear of "de telegraaf" its full of nonsense kindergarten mistakes.
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| posted by puyi 202 days ago |
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does brintney write for de telegraaf ??
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by geraldo 202 days ago |
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no, it's badder
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| posted by hkJay 202 days ago |
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I reckon they'll 'miss' this thing 'accidentally' and it'll prolly smash into Iran - - - and the missle will 'accidentally' land somewhere in Iran too - - - similar to the 'accidental' smart bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, in 1999 
to be, or not to be, what was the question?
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| posted by Killer Tomato 202 days ago |
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hmm it carries whats it 400 kilos of deadly hydrazine, which can contaminate a size of 2 football fields...........would that really help on iran? nah i dont think so
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| posted by flyingchair 202 days ago |
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And actually they did not accidentally hit the building. They wanted that building but their maps were out of date and they thought is was something else.
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| posted by hkJay 202 days ago |
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Nope, but the missile (and whatever may be inside its warhead) may do something - mind you, depending on where each lands, it could to lots (perhaps one lands on the presidents home and one on his office)...
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| posted by hkJay 202 days ago |
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FC - that's why I state 'accidentally' - strange that is was a secure comms room the missile hit (spot-on) though...
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| posted by Killer Tomato 202 days ago |
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actually this sattelite thingy, from where do they intend to shoot and where is the satelite at that moment? and where do they anticiapet it lands if shot down aND where if it comes down naturally?
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| posted by puyi 202 days ago |
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some hope it may crash near mega box 
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by hkJay 202 days ago |
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KT - don't know, but those in the UK have been told they'll get a good view of it zotting thru the sky 'before' it's 'shot-down'...
Puyi - I'm sure it can be arranged (you'll need to give George a call pretty quickly tho)...
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| posted by Killer Tomato 202 days ago |
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when Bintney is inside i reckon, but now seriously please
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