Name new space station module 'Serenity' by phlcn

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:18 PM

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:05 PM

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

I vote every chance I get and we seem to be holding the line in the 81-85% range.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:58 PM

I just went to the NASA site through the link above and the screen camer up empty as fas as choosing a selection, so I went to the NASA home page and then to the Name the module three contest and it gave the top 10 selections without Serenity there. WTF

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:03 AM

Maybe their site is having problems. I logged into mynasa and then went to the contest where there was the traditional list of five names with Serenity among them. I was not allowed to vote for some reason, but it was there.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:30 AM

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

I followd the link at the top--Serenity is there and at 84% after my vote.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:47 AM

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85% for Serenity

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:30 PM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:40 PM

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:36 PM

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Friday, February 27, 2009 1:18 AM

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Friday, February 27, 2009 8:19 AM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

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86%

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Friday, February 27, 2009 9:08 AM

SPACETRAVELER

Voted, yet again.

Wouldn't it be weird to have Serenity on the top for the suggested name too. Bit odd but would show everyone we REALLY want it!

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Friday, February 27, 2009 1:23 PM

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Still 86%

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Friday, February 27, 2009 2:15 PM

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Friday, February 27, 2009 11:03 PM

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"Am I talking to Miranda now?"

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Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:26 AM

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Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:14 AM

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Serenity in space

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Sunday, March 1, 2009 12:32 AM

still vumping. It would be cool if we could get NASA to paint the Serenity symbol onto node 3.

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Sunday, March 1, 2009 2:51 AM

2BY2GINGERBLUE

Yes, having the Serenity symbol painted on would be cool, but knowing NASA it would cost 5.6 billion to do it.

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Sunday, March 1, 2009 8:31 AM

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Sunday, March 1, 2009 10:10 AM

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Sunday, March 1, 2009 10:25 AM

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Now I am learning about scary.

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still 86%

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

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Monday, March 2, 2009 8:05 AM

SOMAHOLIDAY

still 86... less than a month left

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 6:50 PM

VIOLYNS

OH NOES! I was just watching The Colbert Report and he just asked everyone to request "Colbert" as the name for the module! I love Stephen Colbert, but this must not happen!! AHH!

Vote please!!!

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 6:54 PM

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Originally posted by violyns:
OH NOES! I was just watching The Colbert Report and he just asked everyone to request "Colbert" as the name for the module! I love Stephen Colbert, but this must not happen!! AHH!

Vote please!!!

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html

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That HACK!! (Yeah, that's what I saw on his show just moments ago too, just after I was thinking, "Wow, what if Stephen Colbert gave Serenity the Colbert Bump?! We might have an ally!") My dreams were immediately dashed. I love Stephen Colbert, but it's time to declare war on him.

Vote, vote!! (notes that the site isn't loading the poll very well, darn those Colbert fanatics!)

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 6:57 PM

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His viewers have crashed the poll. It's unavailable. doh.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 7:07 PM

At least someone posted this module-naming news for at least the second time just moments ago (I think) over at Whedonesque... Wonder how long before someone comments on Colbert's call to arms? I would, but I'm not a registered member over there.

*sigh* time to hit up the other Firefly forums I've come across in an effort to deter Colbert's manic fans. They didn't get a presidential candidate nomination, so you can bet they'll seize on this opportunity.

Colbert mentioned how his DNA got taken up to the space station... well, Firefly DVDs were on the space station (or at least the shuttle Atlantis) before Colbert's DNA! He needs to know when he's been beaten.

Edit: they just updated Whedonesque again. I'd say they're well aware that this means war.

tee hee!

Edit again: The votes tallied have jumped 175 or so in the last 15 minutes... :( Not good.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 7:42 PM

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

amen

I just voted--still at 86%

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 8:41 PM

So if I were to post the following topic at Colbert Nation... would it help with publicity for our cause or just make matters in the voting polls worse? Whatcha think?

"Of course, you realize this means war."

"Stephen Colbert, many of us love you. We even believe you are America and so can we, or so our dollars that we traded for your book would indicate. We would have voted for you, had become a presidential candidate. But you have done the unforgivable. You have mobilized the Colbert Nation against the Whedonverse.

That's right; it is no mere coincidence that the name Serenity is the highest result in the polls. The Browncoats, dedicated to the interests of reviving our beloved Firefly and Serenity, have taken it upon ourselves to win the highest number of votes. Remember, we have done the impossible before, and that makes us mighty. And here we were hoping for a Colbert bump on behalf of Joss Whedon and Firefly/Serenity! Well, we just may get it after all, haHA.

And by the way, Firefly DVDs were on the space station before your DNA was, thanks to Steven Swanson!"

I'll take any and all feedback, of course! Gotta wait on fellow Browncoat approval before posting a message like this one. :)

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:40 PM

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

Nice speech, but it may just mobilize some folks against those "Sci-Fi geeks"

How bout we declare victory after we win in 16 days?

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:43 PM

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By this time tomorrow, "Colbert" will be in the lead.

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Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 10:26 PM

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 10:36 PM

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I posted something on his boards right after seeing that part of The Report. I think we're screwed, unless we somehow can get Stephen into bowing out because he respects our cause... haha! I'll keep voting, but we're done for.

-Erik

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 1:14 AM

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

Again, keep voting and lets see what happens.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 4:27 AM

FREELANCERTEX

*still cannot view percentages* wtf? all i get are the 'top ten suggestions' whenever i go there. why the hell can't i view the actual contest results?

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 4:58 AM

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That's happened to me and a couple of other folk. I think the site "knows you" now, and won't let you vote again. (Unless you get reset after 24 hours.)

If you go back to the poll on a different machine you should be able to get there.

I tried a variety of cache-clearing and similar trickery, but to no avail. Then it occurred to me I was trying to outsmart NASA...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 5:09 AM

Not sure what's up; I can see the percentages just fine. We're holding at 86% if that thing can be believed, but I don't think it factors the suggestions in because I'm *certain* they would have made a dent by now. Colbert has definitely moved to the top of the write-in votes, though we can't see percentages on those. Last night the vote total had about 100055 votes (right after I heard Colbert's announcement). Now it has 117893. If I crunched the numbers right, before the titans clashed, Serenity had about 86000 votes.

Okay... I won't post my challenge over there unless I get a vote of approval here, though I doubt anything I write could stir them up as much as his call to arms did anyway. :P My "speech" was slightly incendiary.

Mostly keep voting and spread the word to other Firefly sites, right? I see that Whedonesque took down the post from last night (maybe someone thought it was off-topic...?).

Edit: in the span of writing my post, the poll is now up to 119575. We may be in trouble.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 6:40 AM

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 7:32 AM

There's a post from the Colbert Nation forums that smacks of a challenge to see just which fanbase has more time on their hands. Basically they're cheating the system.

Thankfully the poll IS bot-proof, but not crazed-with-time-on-their-hands-fan-proof. Someone help me think up an appropriate Firefly quote for this situation? If it's any consolation, Xenu fans seem as up in arms about losing their top suggestion space as we are about Colbert being there. They've declared war too. ;)

Edited.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 7:43 AM

MYSERENITYBF

From contest rulles on the website:

Quote:
NASA will take into consideration the results of the voting. However, the results are not binding on NASA and NASA reserves the right to ultimately select a name in accordance with the best interests of the agency, its needs, and other considerations. Such name may not necessarily be one which is on the list of voted-on candidate names. NASA’s decision shall be deemed final.

I don't think that NASA will choose 'Colbert', so I say we keep voting for 'Serenity' and see what happens.

They can try to cheat but I don't think it will work.

Quote:
Any number of entries are allowed, up to one vote per user per day. NASA reserves the right to curtail abusive activity, including but not limited to, automated voting, denial of service attempts, disrupting, harming, tampering with, or maliciously interfering with NASA’s web sites and the like, by suspending the perpetrator’s participation in the contest.

Keep on voting!

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:20 AM

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Originally posted by MySerenityBF:

I don't think that NASA will choose 'Colbert', so I say we keep voting for 'Serenity' and see what happens.

They can try to cheat but I don't think it will work.

Keep on voting!

Good point--I was talking with my mouth I guess. Here, I'll give myself a quote: "Man of honor in a den of thieves." Let's see honor (not cheating) prevail. :)

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:34 AM

SUASOR

The site still shows Serenity at 86 percent, and

Top 10 Suggestions with COLBERT at the top.

and

127709 users have voted or submitted a name so far

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 9:07 AM

another vump bites the dust.