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What is This?

12/04/2015 2:05 PM

Hurry Hurry Before Savvy nukes this thread!
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12/04/2015 2:14 PM

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12/04/2015 2:47 PM

the gun thread has been put in time out
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12/05/2015 3:55 PM

It was put in time-out long enough for me to move it...it's alive and well where it belongs in the Break Room.

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12/04/2015 2:53 PM

cube sat? one lump or two?

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12/04/2015 3:01 PM

rumor has it if todays launch is a success a few might be deployed.
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12/05/2015 7:07 AM

Hello Fredski: "...rumor has it if todays launch is a success a few might be deployed...".

Yes - quite a few in fact: It is the basic building block the Borg adapted to build it's unicomplex - the 'Hive'.

Stand by for assimilation.

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12/05/2015 5:16 PM

Ground zero Borg cube

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12/04/2015 3:07 PM

If I'm ever floating in Earth's orbit it's nice to know there is an ethernet connector available. Does it come with wifi?

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12/04/2015 3:09 PM

they use UHF to communicate with each other
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12/04/2015 10:14 PM

I believe he's referring to the 81sthernet port on the lower left side. I had to laugh when I saw it exposed like that.

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12/06/2015 10:11 AM

I think it's there so astronauts can perform a firmware update. They put the Viagra pill here to keep it in orbit.

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12/05/2015 1:46 AM

Apple Cube, with distant ambition?

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12/05/2015 3:57 PM

Computer - cube style.

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12/07/2015 6:52 PM

First Rubik cube?
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