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Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:55 pm
by D-vid
"Copyright" laws are getting more fucked up every time.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:45 pm
by TheStranger
Wow, the media producers are REALLY getting rustled

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:17 am
by Madican
Malum wrote:What the fuck, America?
Hey we're just as surprised as you are. There was no warning of this at all.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:50 am
by Mr.Fuzznut
Well, I have seen some really stupid laws, but that article made me go :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:04 am
by [Insert Fail]
OKAY DUDES, we (the proletariats) are trying something out and are going to be locking the Current Events thread until further notice. You are strongly encouraged to make threads about whatever various news articles you find. If you need to continue any discussion, you can make new threads about any of the stories previously posted in here.

We're going to see how this goes for a while before deciding if the lock will be permanent. Thank you!

(As always, you are free to PM me or any other moderator with questions and/or concerns.)

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:55 am
by [Insert Fail]
After some nice activity and great support for this thread, it is officially unlocked! Feel free to post about any miscellaneous events you don't want to spotlight as threads.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:39 am
by [Citation Needed]

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:11 am
by BurntToShreds
NASA launched Landsat 8 into orbit. This is pretty cool. The Landsat program is the longest-running satellite-image collection program in the world. It's a joint project between NASA and the US Geological Survey. The Landsat image archive is available to pretty much anybody with a computer.

Here's a gallery of images taken.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:02 pm
by Supaaku
Russia hit by meteorite fragments. Pretty much all the injuries are related to falling glass. One of the three fragments found left a crater six meters in diameter.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:36 pm
by Shad
Europe has allowed the use of MBM (meat & bone meal) in fish farming to, well, feed the fishes (duh). I cannot find a link to this news story in English.

For those who don't know or don't remember, the last time we fed MBM to animals in Europe in the late 90's, the mad cow crisis happened, resulting in a lot of cattle contracting BSE and having to be put down, and humans contracting Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease through infected meat. It's a big trauma that's being brought up every time MBM use is talked about.

While I hope that this won't cause another crisis, we won't be buying much fish in the coming years.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:54 pm
by Syobon
EU has crazy strict health&safety regulations for food now anyway, if those apply to the fish food we should be fine.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:17 pm
by Lotharu
New York Times does a pretty negative review of the Tesla Model S/Supercharge Stations, Tesla finds out the reviewer fabricated results
CNN had two people drive the same route with very different results. (CNN out newsed the NYT, in other words)
Why is Tesla having so much trouble with the press? Everyone seems to try to destroy them.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:27 pm
by Syobon
Influence of the oil conglomerates maybe.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:43 pm
by Game Angel

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:53 pm
by Kamak
Lotharu wrote:New York Times does a pretty negative review of the Tesla Model S/Supercharge Stations, Tesla finds out the reviewer fabricated results
CNN had two people drive the same route with very different results. (CNN out newsed the NYT, in other words)
Why is Tesla having so much trouble with the press? Everyone seems to try to destroy them.
What the hell is with that article? It starts out okay, then gradually turns into an opinion piece, finishing with a statement about car prices.

Uhh?