Comment Re:A BETTERIDGE world (Score 1) 118
Comment Astronomy 101 (Score 2) 27
Those of us who have rubbed elbows with our fellow student-athletes in Intro to Astronomy should know that the visible surface of the Sun is known as the photosphere, and it is the first layer at which the gas density has gotten low enough that photons are no longer trapped and can fly off into space, giving what we observe as sunlight.
Comment Dan Quayle (Score 1) 27
I thought this was a parody of one time Senator from Indiana and later Vice President:
Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.
Comment Re:Just land on the sun and check it out (Score 2) 27
On the Dark Side of the Sun, of course.
Comment Lake Mendota (Score 1) 25
How about the Statue of Liberty frozen into the ice of Lake Mendota in Madison, WI?
Comment Re: Yeah, no (Score 1) 160
Comment Everyone gets time from a smart phone (Score 1) 263
I propose a continuous adjustment of clocks between summer and winter to avoid the step changes between daylight and standard time.
I mean this whole business of mean solar time has us meandering about when the sun rises and sets anyway,
Comment Police officer to trespasser (Score 1) 60
What would say it is that you are doing here?
Comment Forget it, Jake (Score 1) 74
it's Slashdot.
Comment Re: before the inevitable (Score 4, Informative) 264
Comment Obligatory (Score 1) 60
Just.
Drive.
Comment Vote Republican folks! (Score 1, Troll) 41
Trump is doing all in his power to fight for the little guy including stopping foreign H1B1 Visa holders.
The democrats care about the foreignors. Not us!
Comment Does Jason Alexander's (Score 1) 93
alter ego George Costanza work at Meta?
Comment If weedkiller is outlawed (Score 1) 85
only outlaws will have weed-free landscaping?