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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Splinter on January 17, 2004, 07:20:52 am
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http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/970725/1997072510.html
:lol: :thepimp:
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Ookkkey now someone owns Mars:lol:
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Is that for real?
If so - ****ing idiots - if anyone actually takes it seriously and follows through all the court orders and such it could set back space exploration by some large amount. God knows it's taken us long enough to start exploring Mars properly before a few tits try and claim ownership over it.
Oh well... back to having petty little wars on Earth for the human race then.
:rolleyes:
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I seriously doubt some peoples mental health... :rolleyes:
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Bush should just say "Yes, we found some of his blood-relatives on Mars and we had Spirit destroy them with it's cold-fusion laser-cannons. We claim Mars in the name of the United States."
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Well the Spanish had claim to all of the Americas, but that did not stop the English or French from colonizing it. They are just trying to get publicity, and no judge in their right mind would let that get to trial.
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Originally posted by an0n
Bush should just say "Yes, we found some of his blood-relatives on Mars and we had Spirit destroy them with it's cold-fusion laser-cannons. We claim Mars in the name of the United States."
(http://www.stupid-boy.com/smilies/contrib/navigator/usa.gif)
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A US judge would.
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:lol: Remember that guy who claimed the moon as his and started selling off mineral rights? I think he got ownership of it since there was a treaty saying no country could own the moon or any part of it. He said that since he wasn't a country there was nothing to stop him saying it was his.:D
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Originally posted by an0n
A US judge would.
:nod: :( :blah:
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Depends how much George Senior leans on the High Court ;)
LOL I think this is a wonderful example of American civil law showing the rest of the world how to shoot itself in the foot.
Flipside :D
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:lol: :lol::lol: :lol: the's the funniest thing i've seen in a while..
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Originally posted by an0n
A US judge would.
Mor elikely a Kalifornya judge... they do all sorts of strange ass things...
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stupid, stupid, stupid... :rolleyes:
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Hey, I wonder about those bits of the moon that were sold off.
If Bushy boy wants to build a base on there, what if the planned base lies on someone else's land? That would be hilarious.
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What happened to natural selection? We really need to stop protecting stupidity.
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On the subject of which, a fellow at work was getting in to his car, sneezed and banged his head on the car door, giving him a concussion. If he'd have died, I'd have submitted it as a Darwin award :)
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Originally posted by Rictor
Hey, I wonder about those bits of the moon that were sold off.
If Bushy boy wants to build a base on there, what if the planned base lies on someone else's land? That would be hilarious.
Operation: Moon Freedom
I'd be more interested if the Klangers mounted a furious counter-invasion :D
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[q]I'd be more interested if the Klangers mounted a furious counter-invasion[/q]
Bush would meet his match there.
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Heheh... Well, while were at it. I state my claim to the Galaxy of Andromeda and all its stars and planets, within. Plus I lay claim to our Sun, and I will sue everyone going outside and sunbathing who deosent pay my solar tax of 10$ an hour....
*starts filing lawsuits*
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(http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/285000/images/_286965_soupdragon150.jpg)
Let loose the Soupdragons of war!
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Woop woop weeeeoooooooo woop.
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I got dibs on Alpha Centauri!
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I'm going to claim Capella then insure it for a huge ammount of money ;7
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I'm going to claim Capella then insure it for a huge ammount of money ;7
Need to wait a while to collect, though.
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Quiet, you
"Hi, I'd like to claim 3rd party fire and theft on a star system, please"
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Nah, just go for the fire cover.
It's not like anyone inside Capella is gonna be claiming injury-compensation, is it?
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No one with two legs, anyway
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Premium would be a *****, though. Plus be careful it doesn't affect your no-claims.
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Yer all insane! I'm claiming everything outside the SOL system!
Think of the taxes I'll get from that!!!!!!!!
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but you don't know if anyone lives there
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Originally posted by TrashMan
Yer all insane! I'm claiming everything outside the SOL system!
Think of the taxes I'll get from that!!!!!!!!
I'd like to see you collect them..........
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Is that for real?
If so - ****ing idiots - if anyone actually takes it seriously and follows through all the court orders and such it could set back space exploration by some large amount.
actually no.
Some UN Treaty states that space can't be owned, that includes planets and moons. So in theory bo one can own Mars, or any other celestial body.
Practically any celestial body can/will be owned by those who can get there and stay there (i.e. a permanent base). And even then they won't be able to prevent others from taking possession of parts of for example the Moon via the same means.
since the Arab world has a GNP smaller than that of Spain I don't see them actually being able to make any kind of effort to owning some real estate in space.
So, no lawsuit of that kind is going to set space-exploration back.
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not to mention the US would probably just laugh at them and go ahead anyways
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no one (from Earth) can own Mars, because the Martians already own it
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Yeah but all we have to do is build a big cannon and shoot some bacteria at them before they can get their giant tripod walkers to Earth :D
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*annexes Earth to the Sandvich Bar*
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At midnight on the twelfth of August, a huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth. Across two hundred million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us, came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth. As I watched, there was another jet of gas. It was another missile, starting on its way.
And that's how it was for the next ten nights. A flare, spurting out from Mars - bright green, drawing a green mist behind it - a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight. Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet...
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
{War of the World stuff}
Those radio dramatizations (look for Jeff Wayne on Kazaa) rule. :nod:
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Radio? I got me the double 12" vinyl, mate :D
And no record deck to play it on...
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
And no record deck to play it on...
Ironic, isn't it? People have made collecting vinyl records such a Cool Thing, yet they forgot that there aren't many working players left.
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My mum has a mint condition Des O'Connor 12".... just great. Anything else (Beatles, Elvis, Stones) would be worth a mint, but instead we've got Des O bloody Connor.
Bah.
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I've got a mono version of Sgt Peppers with the pushout cardboard bits intact, War of the Worlds with all the art work etc....
All I need now is room for the record player.....
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i claim the andromeda galaxy and the Shivan nebula and beyond (and all who reside within MUHAHAHAHAHAHA MY MINIONS KILL KILL!!!!)
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we still have a gigantic amount of vinyl records, and my dad is in the slow process of converting them to CD.
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:lol: Now that's a lawsuit´:lol:
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My parents have a small collection of records, probably the most worthwhile are Zeppelin's II and IV.
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I'm going to claim Capella then insure it for a huge ammount of money ;7
I know that there are these things that for 15$ you can technicaly buy a star and name it.
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Anyone else notice that this story was printed in 1997? Was there ever a follow-up? You know, someone telling these fools that they own nothing?
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Anyone else notice that this story was printed in 1997? Was there ever a follow-up? You know, someone telling these fools that they own nothing?
They probably haven't stopped laughing yet.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
They probably haven't stopped laughing yet.
The Doctors checked the judge and it would seem he died laughing.