Feb

The Illusion of Reality

Posted by Catfish as science, videos

There might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist…

Empty space isn’t empty at all….

…and the sometimes striking differences in our perception of the world in the universe and the reality.

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Feb

Sealand

Posted by Catfish as Tech, survival

I’d never heard of Sealand before. The name makes it sound like some sort of Sea World theme park rip off, but in reality it is an old WWII gun platform about 8 miles off the coast of England that was purchased by an individual who successfully had Sealand declared a sovereign Principality. First, watch this video that will catch you up to speed on the saga of Sealand.

And with the last words of the video we learn it is up for sale! Imagine just what could be done if the right individual or group were to purchase Sealand…well, that’s exactly what the Pirate Bay, the internet based torrent portal that has been engaged in various efforts to promote file sharing, and the technology that enables it, plans to do.

Pirate Bay to buy country
January 12, 2007
Andrew Craig

Pirate Notorious file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is planning to buy its own country and turn it into a copyright-free piracy paradise.
Currently based in Sweden, The Pirate Bay uses BitTorrent technology to let visitors share videos, games, software and music - mostly without each work’s copyright holder’s permission.
The Pirate Bay remains defiant
The Pirate Bay accuses police
This week it launched Buy Sealand, a campaign to buy the former World War 2 gun platform now known as the Principality of Sealand, located six miles from the UK coast.
The island is reportedly for sale after its infrastructure was badly damaged by fire in summer 2006.
The Pirate Bay plans to fund the £100 million sale through donations from users who will automatically become citizens of the principality.
“It should be a great place for everybody, with high-speed Internets [sic] access, no copyright laws and VIP accounts to The Pirate Bay,” the group said in a statement on the buysealand.com website.
If the bid for Sealand fails, The Pirate Bay plans to look elsewhere. “We will try to buy another small island somwhere [sic] and claim it as our own country,” it stated.
The Pirate Bay is under pressure from the US government, and was raided by Swedish police last year. However attempts to close the site have so far failed.
www.buysealand.com
www.sealandgov.org

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I want to donate! I want to be a citizen! I will buy a house boat and float on out there, drop anchor, and take up a new swarthy residence at sea. It’s sad that the world we live in only provides freedom int he middle of the ocean on and old gun turret. But, at least there at least this one speck of hope left for the future.

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Feb

Broken satellite will be shot down by the US SHIP, Hydrazine is Toxic, Great.

Posted by Reptoid as UFO, USAUSAUSA, politics, science

Original Story
missile broken satellite falling towards earth shoot down

UPDATE HERE - US NAVY SHOOTING DOWN.

Hydrazine is highly toxic and dangerously unstable, especially in the anhydrous form. Symptoms of acute exposure to high levels of hydrazine in humans may include irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, dizziness, headache, nausea, pulmonary edema, seizures, coma, and it can also damage the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system. The liquid is corrosive and may produce dermatitis from skin contact in humans and animals. Effects to the lungs, liver, spleen, and thyroid have been reported in animals chronically exposed to hydrazine via inhalation. Increased incidences of lung, nasal cavity, and liver tumors have been observed in rodents exposed to hydrazine.

Well I guess it is always fun to practice shooting down these “missiles” and “targets” as they are good practice for the next world war, or nuke strike. I hope they can at least hit this toxic ufo, and bring it down without spreading this rocket fuel all over the creation. Hahah, it reminds me of the old Atari game Missile Command. Oh well good luck!

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March, The Associated Press has learned.

U.S. officials said Thursday that the option preferred by the Bush administration will be to fire a missile from a U.S. Navy cruiser, and shoot down the satellite before it enters Earth’s atmosphere.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the options will not be publicly discussed until a later Pentagon briefing.

The disabled satellite is expected to hit the Earth the first week of March. Officials said the Navy would likely shoot it down before then, using a special missile modified for the task.

Other details about the missile and the targeting were not immediately available. But the decision involves several U.S. agencies, including the National Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Defense and the State Department.

Shooting down a satellite is particularly sensitive because of the controversy surrounding China’s anti-satellite test last year, when Beijing shot down one of its defunct weather satellites, drawing immediate criticism from the U.S. and other countries.

A key concern at that time was the debris created by Chinese satellite’s destruction — and that will also be a focus now, as the U.S. determines exactly when and under what circumstances to shoot down its errant satellite.

The military will have to choose a time and a location that will avoid to the greatest degree any damage to other satellites in the sky. Also, there is the possibility that large pieces could remain, and either stay in orbit where they can collide with other satellites or possibly fall to Earth.

It is not known where the satellite will hit. But officials familiar with the situation say about half of the 5,000-pound spacecraft is expected to survive its blazing descent through the atmosphere and will scatter debris — some of it potentially hazardous — over several hundred miles. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

The satellite is outfitted with thrusters — small engines used to position it in space. They contain the toxic rocket fuel hydrazine, which can cause harm to anyone who contacts it.

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