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Comment Article Hype (Score 4, Insightful) 20

"...two big rules". ... "two features that are not predicted to coexist."

Those previous grandiose predictions were wrong. No rules are broken here.

I.e. Imagine mathematicians assert all natural numbers are odd. Then somebody observes an even number. Slashdot article consequently announces "big math rule violated".

Predictions are not science. Science is the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained.

Comment Clumsy - there are faster claimed stars: S5-HVS1 (Score 1) 36

"10 million times larger than the sun," : Even though Space.com was quoted, it's a poor choice of words, since neither mass nor diameter is specified.

Here, in the Slashdot article, the black hole isn't identified by name. Poor writing - reads like hype.

Capitalization: "sun" should be "Sun".

Comment Re:Stupid should be painful (Score 1) 85

When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seizes your cash at the airport because they suspect it's related to illegal activities (like drug trafficking or money laundering), the legal action to forfeit that money is directed against the money itself. The lawsuit's title reflects this, naming the property as the defendant.

No animals are being sued in this type of case.

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