ISS Component named "Colbert"

[Nobody]

I agree that mob mentality is frightening, a probably a good chunk of the people don't get it. But if this starts a conversation in the media and among some audience members then Colbert's comedy is closer to accomplishing his goal. His "wikiality" bit caused a lot of talk on the subject, both in the media and the audience. There usually is some small discussion after another thing gets named for him. I think this one might cause a similar, if not slightly more prevalent, discussion.

Of course, some will say it's harmless fun, others will focus on how Colbert is the harbinger of society's death. That's the nature of any sort of art, you can't control how it will be interpreted and how they'll react. Just hope the majority of people "get it."


-nobody

 

[Mr. Adventure]

C'mon, you guys are just upset that *your* show didn't get picked. At the end of the day it's really just about TV shows.

 

[Rii]

Serenity was the best name on the list even outside its connection to Firefly, I think it would've won regardless if votes had been limited to names on the list.

 

[bigdaddy]

No one in the real world gives a fuck what this is called!

Someone name all the other sections of the space station, no cheating.

 

[diankra]

i suggested 'Enterprise'

"Enterprise - and "Voyager" and even "Galactica" would be actually be very appropiate names for space hardware - and in the case of the former, there is actually precedent...

So is there for "Eagle"...now, if we could just get something named "Millenium Falcon", we could have the names of ALL the coolest fictional space vehicles covered...


"Enterprise"
"Serenity"
"Eagle"
"Galactica"

&

"Millenium Falcon..." Well...Falcon is a bird like Eagle...but "Millenium"...huh...well, it *is* the Third Millenium...

Enterprise... as said, already used on the ALT shuttle.
Serenity... well, it is in keeping with the naming style of ISS modules so far.
Eagle. Apollo 11 LM, remember?
Falcon... drop the Millennium, and that's already used, on the Apollo 15 LM.
Galactica... the last chance of escape after a catastrophe? Surely that's the name for one of the Soyuz that double as lifeboats?

But how anyone can claim all the 'cool SF spaceship' names are in that list when there's no mention of Liberator, I'll never know

 

[SeerSGB]

I'm starting to find these stunts pretty annoying now. I think it was cute when it was an OHL mascot or whatever, but this just proves that the idiocy isn't limited to Bill O'Reilly or Rush Limbaugh fans.

I find Colbert annoying in general, the stunts are just the sprinkles on top.

 

[CommodoreKong]

I remember reading that the way they won the bridge vote was that someone created a program that would vote for Stephen over and over again by deleting the cookie the voting left on the PC. Only a small number of people would need to download it and it was pretty much impossible for him to loose. I don't know if they did the same thing with the space station though.

 

[nx1701g]

^ No cookie was placed on your computer after voting. I voted in the poll (not for Stephen) and it let me vote over and over again.

 

[Rii]

I remember reading that the way they won the bridge vote was that someone created a program that would vote for Stephen over and over again by deleting the cookie the voting left on the PC. Only a small number of people would need to download it and it was pretty much impossible for him to loose.

Client-side verification? What could possibly go wrong?