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Comment Re:Science is Beautiful (Score 1) 61

by JavaBasedOS on Sunday August 14, 2011 @07:27PM (#37089704) Attached to: Astronaut Photographs Perseid Meteor — From Space

Hear! Hear! Most of my desktop backgrounds come www.nasa.gov's image gallery. The current one in use is titled "Sunrise over Mars", taken by one of the rovers.

BTW for the curious: I tried to find it on NASA's image gallery, and failed(was going to link to it). A Google image search for that title found it. :-) This is it, but not the higher resolution image I got from NASA's sight a few years ago.

That image blew my socks off! Wow! A picture from Mars I can relate to! I've seen many sunrises from good old planet Earth, but from another planet?!?!? It gives me goose bumps!

Speaking of which, I've been looking all over for a high resolution version of that beautiful image. Would you mind posting it somewhere to share? :)

Comment Re:Selection bias (Score 1) 335

by JavaBasedOS on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @08:14PM (#36101110) Attached to: Do Geeks Make Better Adults?

Why would his penis have a glass jar full of needles to begin with?

Comment Re:Overlords (Score 1) 184

by JavaBasedOS on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:25PM (#35085452) Attached to: NASA Finds Family of Habitable Planets

This tells us that 57 were identified in 2009. It could have grown since then.

Comment That's what I've been trying to tell you! (Score 2) 326

by JavaBasedOS on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @04:19PM (#34768980) Attached to: Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes

Who is the doctor!

Comment Re:My favorite part (Score 1) 238

by JavaBasedOS on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @04:09PM (#34408980) Attached to: Torrent Users Fight Back

Damn it, Jim!

Comment Re:This is just getting shameless (Score 3, Informative) 1018

by JavaBasedOS on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @04:54PM (#34394622) Attached to: WikiLeaks Will Unveil Major Bank Scandal

The thing is that someone has to put themselves out for Wikileaks. Someone has to stand and defend its credibility. By putting himself out there, it's arguable that
he's doing it to ensure Wikileaks continues to be a presence.

I could be wrong though, maybe he is doing this for publicity. What we deem of his actions and what his rationale turns out to be are two different things.

Comment Those that fall under public scrutiny... (Score 1) 1018

by JavaBasedOS on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @04:45PM (#34394422) Attached to: WikiLeaks Will Unveil Major Bank Scandal

should get the full force of it.

Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword 188

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @10:15AM from the x4-crit-modifier dept.

jamie writes "Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett says he was so excited after being knighted by the Queen that he decided to make his own sword to equip himself for his new status... the author dug up 81kg of ore and smelted it in the grounds of his house, using a makeshift kiln built from clay and hay and fueled with damp sheep manure."

Comment About time. (Score 3, Insightful) 156

by JavaBasedOS on Monday August 16, 2010 @11:49PM (#33272128) Attached to: Democrats Pan Google-Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal

They're finally realizing that you can't let corporations have their way with the internet? Hopefully, this leads to a reversal that grants the FCC the proper powers to uphold these rules should they actually make the climb.

Comment Re:Fucking magnets, how do they work? (Score 1) 198

by JavaBasedOS on Monday June 21, 2010 @06:39PM (#32647012) Attached to: Noisebridge Attempts to Teach Science To Juggalos

No. It isn't. Also, Santa Claus and the tooth fairy died when they collided in mid-air, and remember last year's rabbit stew? Yeah, that was the Easter bunny.

Comment Re:I'd rather keep my money, thanks. (Score 1) 153

by JavaBasedOS on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @04:42PM (#32004488) Attached to: NASA Expands Role of International Space Station

But why do you want to get the hell off your lawn? It's such a nice lawn...

Comment So what you're saying is that... (Score 1) 840

by JavaBasedOS on Monday April 26, 2010 @09:15PM (#31992950) Attached to: Pope Rails Against the Internet and Transparency

rather than having sex with children, they eat them?

Comment Re:At last... (Score 2, Funny) 123

by JavaBasedOS on Thursday April 08, 2010 @06:12PM (#31782646) Attached to: Wake Forest Researchers Swap Skin Grafts For Cell Spraying

Surgeon General's Warning: Prolonged exposure to this spray may result in one's skin gaining a metallic blue or red sheen. Yellowing of the eyes may occur.

Comment Re:Extended? (Score 1) 133

by JavaBasedOS on Monday February 08, 2010 @04:57PM (#31064812) Attached to: Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off For Space Station

I would go with you calling Spirit "Serenity" pretty up there as an insult.

Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them 233

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @10:20AM from the your-ethics-may-vary dept.

bckspc writes "The Committee to Protect Journalists has published their annual census of journalists in prison. Of the 136 reporters in prison around the world on December 1, 'At least 68 bloggers, Web-based reporters, and online editors are imprisoned, constituting half of all journalists now in jail.' Print was next with 51 cases. Also, 'Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, a dramatic recent increase that reflects the evolution of the global news business.' China, Iran, Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma were the top 5 jailers of journalists." rmdstudio writes, too, with word that after the last few days' protest there, largely organized online, the government of Iran is considering the death penalty for bloggers and webmasters whose reports offend it.

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