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What on earth are you blabbering on about. Even my moon ghost rants have more sense then the gibberish you posted above.

The energy comes directly from the physicist's beards. We all know that Iranians have beards, this is what is powering this device. Unfortunately in nations where beards are less prevalent, this effect will be less pronounced, or maybe not evident at all.

Is it likely that this will destroy the moon? Is there any way in which the ghosts that haunt the moon would be able to deflect the comet so that it struck the earth?

I have been worried for a number of weeks now, about what would happen where a powerful OS like Linux fall into the hands of the ghosts that haunt the moon. We all know that spaceships don't run Windows, so if a spaceship crashed on the moon, it would be likely that moon ghosts would find their way inside, and, due to their curious nature, tamper with the computers. If one of these computers had Linux on it, it would give the moon ghosts technology that they would not be able to comprehend or use responsibly (ghosts *cannot* use technology responsibly, this is scientific fact) which could have dire consequences for the human race.

My idea is to write a Moon-ghost distribution of Linux (suggestions for names welcome!) that would be very cut down, so it had little power. This distribution would be installed on all planet-bound spacecraft. This way, if it they where to crash on the moon, the moon ghosts would not have such a powerful tool. My question to Slashdot is, what distro would be good to use for this? What sort of features could be removed? Wireless obviously has to stay in as the spaceships need to communicate with earth, and they would need webcam functionality to photograph stars and craters and things.

No, it isn't. I'm sure Adobe's cubicle programmers fixed the bug just as quickly, its just they have a few more procedures and a shit ton more testing to go through before they can release it.

If you're happy to use someone elses hack to fix your software, thats fine...but most organisations require a bit more assurance and accountability.

Forget about Big Brother listening, it would be far worse if the ghosts that haunt the moon where to be able to listen to your Skype conversations. Luckily moon ghosts are not tecnologically advanced enough to use Skype, and even if they where, when they put the microphone headsets on they would just fall through their spectral heads, onto the floor. Also the moons atmosphere would prohibit the transmission of sound. Even so, I think it is something we should all bare in mind.

Although you are correct that the extent of arctic ice has been understated, this does not in any way suggest that the moon *is not* haunted - in fact current evidence suggests that moon ghosts wander the planet's surface both day and night.

Nor, as you suggest, is the moon too cold. Ghosts do not have a physical presence, so the temperature of the moon would mean nothing to them.

Not only that, but there confidence about the Moon being haunted is also zero - we just don't know. Bringing this together presents us with a nightmarish situation; one where both the possibilty that the Moon is haunted, and that the God particle exists, are unknown, yet related by the fact that LHC technology will soon be in place on the moon, where it could fall into the hands of the ghosts that (potentially) ahunt the surface of the moon. Ghosts simply don't understand modern technology, but there inquisitive minds would lead them to push all the buttons and pull the levers on the LHC, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

September 2008? Its 2009 you fucking idiots.

Good. That service was appalling.

This article, and the research it talks about, is nothing but bad science. Computer models? Tree rings? Proxy indicators? This isn't the internet we're talking about, people, its the climate. IE the temperature. And how do you measure temperature? Well, I use a thermometer, why can't these people?

We all know that, over time, layers of sediment build up, and so, by digging into the ground you are seeing the earth as it was some time ago - so why don't the scientists just use a thermometer to measure the temperature of the soil at different depths?

After further research, I have my doubts that the moon is haunted. It *is* a planet, floating in space, which would suggest that, like other planets, the moon *is* haunted, but I have not yet seen any direct evidence, like footprints or things that have been knocked over.

However, I am very interested in writing software to help the scientists of earth to find out, once and for all, wether the moon is haunted, and what kind of ghosts are likely to live there. What platform would be best for this? Windows seems like the best choice, especially what with Windows 7 coming out, but I believe that such an easy to use operating system could be used for evil where it to fall into the hands of moon ghosts. Linux looks appalling in all of its forms, so it is less likely that the inquisitive mind of moon ghost's would be tempted to tamper, and also because it is so hard to use, moon ghosts would probably give up using it before any evil acts could be performed. Unfortunately, there is not so much ghost/haunting detection software available for Linux. What do the users of Slashdot think?

This is ridiculous, that so many lawyers are taking top justice posts when they should be legislating against the illegal research that is being carried out on the Moon. Right now experiments using space-technology are taking place on the moon, a haunted planet, inhabited by space-ghosts. When it gets dark and the scientists and technicians go home at night, the moon ghosts begin to haunt the labs, tampering which technology they cannot comprehend. This could lead to terrible consequences!

Forget about Mars, its the Moon we have to worry about, because it might be haunted. This technology must *not* reach the moon; if it does, the consequences for the human race would be grave. It is unlikey that ghosts on the moon would be able to understand quantum dot technology, but their quest for knowledge would make it impossible for them to resist tampering, possibly leading to space-damage.