Posts by e2e4

ExoMars probe narrowly avoids death, still in peril after rocket snafu

Re: It's not "Rocket Science"

" Russia never sent anything beyond Mars and Venus"

Actually, Russia has never sent anything beyond an Earth orbit.

Note to potential down-voters: check your facts first. Although SOVIET UNION did have a successful deep space program, all attempts by sovereign RUSSIA to move beyond Earth ended in failures.

FAIL of course, to remind of Russian failures in space

NSA spying on US and Israeli politicians stirs Congress from Christmas slumbers

Re: Try substituting Putin for Bibi

"This is allegedly because some powerful members of the Jewish community feel that their first loyalty is to Israel not the USA."

Nope, this is because Israel is a friendly state, and Putin's Russia is NOT.

By the way, a similar outrage arose when it turned out that NSA was spying after a head of another friendly state - Germany.

BlackBerry Priv: Enterprise Android in a snazzy but functional package

Re: SIM free price?

700$

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1192221-REG/blackberry_stv100_1_priv_32gb_smartphone_unlocked.html

Sales down, profit up, 1,000 bods chopped: Your one-minute guide to Planet Microsoft

Nadelaspeak

I used to work for Microsoft, and Satya was technically my manager couple of levels upstream.

When he visited our site, he used to give a speech to the troops, and I got exactly the same feeling: I could understand each word he spoke, but could not grasp the meaning of the speech!

The guy is a great obfuscator...