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Such a space station would orbit the Moon and allow for an environment to prepare for crewed missions deeper into space than those attempted before. Just don't call the station Alpha, you know what happens then
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"That's no moon. It's a space station..."
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<MaximumPedanticEffort>
Actually, it predates Star Wars: Space: 1999[^]
</MaximumPedanticEffort>
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<UpToElevenPedanticEffort>
Actually, UFO, it predates Space: 1999
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!false - It's funny, because it's true
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Was the lunar base named 'Alpha' in UFO? I was 11 when it was on, and I don't remember.
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It wasn't per se mentioned as Moonbase Alpha, but it contained SHADO moonbase (NATO only) and at the end of UFO Stryker is negotiating with SHADO financial supporters to build another international base (presumably the Moonbase Alpha). That should have been a plot of UFO 2, which developed into Space: 1999. So a mention. It doesn't matter really. I'm just glad somebody remembers these shows 
!false - It's funny, because it's true
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My memory of UFO is fairly dim. I have Space: 1999 on DVD. It's a tad painful to watch in places (mainly the 2nd season), but still fun.
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In my opinion was UFO a bit better, more energetic, more fresh and more action packed and also.. Straker. Space: 1999 was more like ST:DS9 to UFO's ST:TNG. That's how I see it at least.
!false - It's funny, because it's true
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The new desktop client is a complete overhaul of the original GitHub desktop client, rebuilt from the ground up on Electron, GitHub’s open source framework with the JavaScript backend and the Chromium front end. Because life is too short for 'git push origin +dev:master'
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I just run git under command line bash shell. You can do everything you need on github from there.
Obligatory...
Terminal forever | CommitStrip[^]
Typed on my C64, posted via CompuServ bbs
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Yeah, except I have to deal with sharing repos with a pack of ... let's just say 'junior devs'. They need a happy GUI.
But yeah, those command-line UIs rock with i7s
TTFN - Kent
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GitHub’s open source framework with the JavaScript backend and the Chromium front end.
They created a desktop client using web technologies?
Amusingly, this reminds me of the company I left, the CTO (whom I've ranted about before) got it into his head that that was the way that ATM's and other casino software should be written. Mind you, this stuff has to interface to a whole bunch of hardware, some if still using RS232. So of course there was a C# app that drove the Chromium UI so the Javascript could interface with the hardware.
And of course, whenever Google updates Chrome, you run the risk that you're Chromium app breaks, which happened during development.
And of course, the new "kids" thought my architecture was too complicated and rewrote the whole hardware interface layer in F#.
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Your devices could be part of a botnet without your knowledge, Norton experts claim. It's true! I discovered a bot named Cortana infected my machine
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It can turn into a boat, a glider and other types of machines. Do the swan one!
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oooo shape shifting...I like!
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Cool!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Scientists have made a crucial step towards unlocking the "holy grail" of computing - microchips that mimic the way the human brain works to store and process information. I hope they know the capital of Assyria
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I'd like to think that the holy grail of computing is to mimic intelligent lifeforms rather than humans but, blimey, that really could take things to a whole new level.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Back in May, Microsoft announced Windows 10 S, a version of Windows 10 Pro that is locked down to the Windows Store. Because who really needs to accomplish anything at work?
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If you're interested in the internals of a system like the .NET Runtime, these docs are a gold mine for you. Secrets THEY don't want you to know
Oh, maybe they do. They did write the book, after all.
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Still fairly secret ...
Quote: Can’t connect securely to this page
This might be because the site uses outdated or unsafe TLS security settings. If this keeps happening, try contacting the website’s owner.
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Time Travel Debugging (TTD) is a reverse debugging solution that allows you to record the execution of an app or process, replay it both forwards and backwards and use queries to search through the entire trace. You just have to debug at 88 mph
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Great Scott!
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Twitter has combined gnip.com and dev.twitter.com to produce the new developer.twitter.com site, which is said to be “a complete reference centre” for its platform and a “hub for all developer resources.” All programs compile to 140 characters (or less)
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You meant 280 or less? 
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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