Comment Ireland saw it too... (Score 5, Informative) 68
I wish I hadn't gone to bed early last night...
Here's a little video from Ireland.
Comment Re:exponential version growth (Score 4, Informative) 309
I have a copy of (most of) 0th edition at home (the "little brown books" that came out before Basic).
And if it's made from animal hide, it's vellum, not parchment.
parchment = skin (of various animals).
vellum = high quality skin (of various animals).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellum
Comment Re:Yet another piece of junk science ... (Score 5, Funny) 344
Clearly you don't read enough bash.org
I swear to god
I've just heard a duck tell a joke
there was as group of ducks on a pond near where i live
one of the ducks was quacking away looking straight at a group of like 10 ducks
then he stopped and all the other ducks went mental
Comment Re:No pictures? (Score 1) 120
I assumed the OP meant a nice informative diagram rather than an actual image of the planets... the pretty artists rendition of a star and a planet doesn't do the complexity of the orbit any justice.
Comment Re:dont use print links (Score 1) 208
That's a very good point...
People *should* link to the main article, but then the main article should be on one page, not spread over 5 pages and surrounded by massive piles of crud... also the print page still has adverts on it, so there is still some advertising revenue from your visit.
The Best Near-Term Future of Space Exploration? 444
An anonymous reader writes "Much fanfare has been made about manned missions to moons and planets, but little has been done about travel to the asteroids — until now. NASA is working on plans for a trip to the asteroids by 2025. This type of mission has great potential for positive economic return based on the fact that no effort has to be spent on getting in and out of a distant planet's gravity well. Yes, we should go to the planets, but we should master mining the asteroid belt for resources first because it is easiest. What do you think?"
Iron Baby 139
When Iron Baby wants O's, Iron Baby gets O's.
Comment Re:Icarus? (Score 1) 138
Of it can refer to the physically impenetrable Walls of Troy which were only breached through cunning trickery...
Much like when she takes all your condoms and secretly pokes holes in them through the packaging so that she can have your baby... actually that's more likely to happen the other way round but anyway.
Comment Re:Looting (Score 1) 480
And what was this game called?
Comment Re:To whoever tagged story as uk (Score 1) 157
From An mBunreacht Na hÉireann, The Constitution of Ireland
Airteagal 4
Éire is ainm don Stát nó, sa Sacs-Bhéarla, Ireland.
Article 4
The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.
Comment Re:Windows installer totally broken (Score 1) 142
It also wants to Enhance My Browsing Experience by installing a browser tool bar... yippy
