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Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming
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CowboyNeal
on Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:05 PM
from the slightly-off-course dept.
from the slightly-off-course dept.
Harmonious Botch wrote in with a CNN story that opens: "A spent Russian booster rocket re-entered the atmosphere Thursday over Colorado and Wyoming, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.
NORAD spokesman Sean Kelly said the agency was trying to confirm a report that a piece of the rocket may have hit the ground near Riverton, Wyoming, at about 6 a.m.
Kelly said military personnel had not yet reached the scene.
No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said."
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In Soviet Russia... (Score:5, Funny)
hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Are they sure it wasn't just a weather balloon, or maybe some swamp gas?
Re:hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
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Most misleading headline ever? (Score:5, Interesting)
The headline sort of makes you think of a Cold-War Russian rocket attack.
At least, it made me think that. -- And I'd already heard about the story.
How is it misleading? (Score:5, Funny)
"Russian": The rocket is Russian. Nothing misleading here.
"Rocket": The object in question is indeed the remains of a rocket. Nothing misleading here.
"Hits": The rocket did indeed crash into the ground in Wyoming. It "hit" Wyoming, if you will. Nothing misleading here.
"Wyoming": The location of the rocket crash was Wyoming. Nothing misleading here.
I'm not sure how you justify your claim of the title being misleading. Every word in the sentence is correct and factual. The sentence as a whole is also completely correct.
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Re:How is it misleading? (Score:5, Informative)
If you shoot an arrow, and the arrow "hits" the apple, you worry that something might have happened to the apple.
If you shoot an arrow, and it "lands in" the forest... -- You're probably not too concerned for the forest.
Maybe I'm just a stickler. -- I think it could be easily misunderstood, though.
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Re:How is it misleading? (Score:5, Funny)
What if the arrow "lands in" your eye, for example?
It's probably justified to be concerned for the state of an apple that an arrow lands in. Changing the victim to a forest is misleading.
Of course the differing connotations of the two terms make it all a big mess anyway. Landing in terms of missiles gives a different impression than it would with a bullet or a loosed arrow.
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Re:How is it misleading? (Score:5, Insightful)
Since the Anonymous coward never molested badgers in the first place, the above headline is correct. Simply because something is technically correct does not mean it is misleading. You might want to look at the difference between "mislead" and "lie" in the dictionary. Kind of reminds me of the RNC fund raising letter where "Bush cuts deficit 40% in two years". Factually correct, but does not mention that Bush caused the deficit in the first place.
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Re:How is it misleading? (Score:5, Funny)
Speak for yourself there, buddy. I'm proud of my family traditions.
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Re:Most misleading headline ever? (Score:5, Funny)
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Sensationalist title or what!? (Score:5, Insightful)
Oh wait, that'd actually be good journalism. Can't have that.
Re:Sensationalist title or what!? (Score:5, Insightful)
But hey, it's only Slashdot. CNN's title was "NORAD looking for Russian rocket in Wyoming".
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Re:Sensationalist title or what!? (Score:5, Funny)
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Dupe! (Score:5, Funny)
Poor Aim (Score:5, Funny)
Video from Denver news station (Score:5, Informative)
In other news Wyoming high schoolers unite.. (Score:5, Funny)
"...No damage was reported..." (Score:5, Funny)
Well, duh! It's Wyoming, fer christsake.
Home on the Range (Score:5, Funny)
Where the buffalo roam
And the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
a discouraging word
and the skies are not full of spent Russian booster rockets
More info (Score:5, Informative)
Something from space disintegrated over Denver, Colorado, this morning around 6:20 am MST (1320 UT). Witnesses describe it as "brilliant, slow, twinkling, sparkly and full of rainbow colors." It was not a meteor. The fireball was the decaying body of a Soyuz U rocket that launched the French COROT space telescope on Dec. 27th. The re-entry caused no damage on the ground--just a beautiful display in the sky.
Re:More info (Score:5, Funny)
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Umm... link to video? (Score:5, Informative)
Just remember, everyone... (Score:5, Funny)
Putin called a news conference (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Right... (Score:5, Interesting)
If what happened to Canada is any indication, then nothing at all [wikipedia.org]
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