Comment To quote a philosopher... (Score 1) 239
"Plankalkul is dead." - Nietzsche
Comment Re:From the ESA website:.. (Score 3, Insightful) 81
Hmmmm... good question. I could launch into a wordy, detailed answer here, but it would inevitably end with me insulting your girlfriend once again.
Comment From the ESA website:.. (Score 3, Informative) 81
For 24 months, GOCE will collect three-dimensional gravity data all over the globe. The raw data will be processed on the ground to produce the most accurate map of the Earth's gravitational field to date and to refine the geoid: the actual reference shape of our planet. Precise knowledge of the geoid, which can be considered as the surface of an ideal global ocean at rest, will play a very important role in further study of our planet and, with any luck, by detecting subtle changes in gravitational potential, it will be able to provide mankind with its first indirect measurement of your girlfriend's mass.
Comment Orbiting Black Hole (Score 1) 774
I thought it was because as they reach our level of civilisation, they built giant particle accelerators for research and turned their planets into black holes.
I think it would be hilarious if an alien civilization flew into our solar system only to find a black hole -- complete with moon -- orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars! No doubt they'll know exactly what happened...
Comment ZzzZZzzZzZ... (Score 1) 195
COme tOmoRRow AnD sORt thiS HeLL HOle Out. thAT iS NoT dEaD wHiCh caN eternal LIE. aND wiTH sTraNge AeOnS eveN deATh maY die. Ph'nGlUi mGLw'nafH CtHUlhU R'LYeh wGAH'NAgl fhTAgN.
ps - bring CHiPs
ps - bring CHiPs
Comment Good DAY, Sir! (Score 2, Funny) 152
At least we can count on the UN sending that asteroid a strongly-worded letter!
UN Plans Asteroid Response Framework 152
chrb writes "The Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit group of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space, has presented a report to the United Nations titled Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response. The UN will now meet in February to discuss the issue and try to define a global political framework for dealing with asteroid-based threats to the Earth."
Comment Hey man.... (Score 5, Funny) 108
you ever go crawling around ancient Chinese shaman's tombs....... on weed?
World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Found 108
jage2 writes "Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana in a tomb in a remote part of China.
The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly 'cultivated for psychoactive purposes,' rather than as fibre for clothing, or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.
The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China."
Comment bait-n-switch (Score 1) 209
I would buy the exact same smartphone model at Best Browse, then return it the next day with the other phone given to me by the researchers.
Free phone... and some other sap gets monitored!
Free phone... and some other sap gets monitored!
Comment It's obvious... (Score 2, Informative) 160
but only obvious if you manage to find all 10 comments. When I did the Google search, I didn't see comments 8, 9, or 10. I had to combine my results with numbers 3-10 listed in the first post to actually get the entire list. Did anybody else notice this? Can wiki comments be removed or bumped out of the search?
Anyway, for completeness:
"1 - This article looks good to me."
"2 - Tape this article to the door of your office!"
"3 - Will more information about this be available later?"
"4 - Self vs. others is always a major philosophical question."
"5 - Destruct and destroy is not the best of attitudes, my friends."
"6 - In any case, this list looks very useful."
"7 - Five more entries could be added to that list."
"8 - Seconds or thirds or even more helpings could add a lot of calories."
"9 - Good entry. Very fine."
"10 - Luck has nothing to do with these issues."
Anyway, for completeness:
"1 - This article looks good to me."
"2 - Tape this article to the door of your office!"
"3 - Will more information about this be available later?"
"4 - Self vs. others is always a major philosophical question."
"5 - Destruct and destroy is not the best of attitudes, my friends."
"6 - In any case, this list looks very useful."
"7 - Five more entries could be added to that list."
"8 - Seconds or thirds or even more helpings could add a lot of calories."
"9 - Good entry. Very fine."
"10 - Luck has nothing to do with these issues."
Comment Re:Sure, why not? (Score 1) 990
hahaha, you should work for Hollywood!
Somebody get me Pauly Shore on the phone!
Comment Sure, why not? (Score 2, Funny) 990
Once it learns how to speak, it can tell us what it was like to live back then!
Comment Disappointment Indeed (Score 2, Interesting) 71
The mission will focus on Jupiter's structure and evolution, and not on Europa or the other icy moons that may hide oceans under their surfaces - a disappointment if you ask me.
... especially since we could be using those icy moons as giant particle detectors (PDF) for neutrinos and other cosmic rays.
Comment In a fair world (Score 2, Funny) 128
Facebook should collect the money then cut a check to each and every one of its users that are actually subjected to the spam.
Right?
Right?
