Not a test - don't ignore

[NikS]

But imagine a hard life of a full-timer.  

[TheQuirk]

"This NY Times story reports the controversial decision by the American Museum of Natural History to no longer list Pluto among the planets. Although they don't actually declare Pluto's loss of planetary status outright, their newly opened planetarium classifies Pluto simply as a Kuiper Belt object. A staff member says only 1 in 10 people ask about the 'missing' planet." - http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/22/1442230&mode=thread&tid=160

On an interesting note, I belive three new minor planets were found lately--all three smaller than pluto. Just search the science section of slashdot, news.google.com science.

[Laukev7]

And you think that just because one museum in United States made that decision, that every other country will follow suit?

Typical American egocentrism. (just kidding    )

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]

[TheQuirk]

quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
And you think that just because one museum in United States made that decision, that every other country will follow suit?

Typical American egocentrism. (just kidding     )

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]

Well, I'm sure quite a lot of organizations will follow.

Oh, and good job on the comment about Americans. I would probably cry and whine about it, if I was one.  

[Laukev7]

Oh, I know you're not American. But many people on these boards are.

[xyle_one]

FUCK OFF you anti-american commie bastards!!111


oh yeah. does this board have "sarcasm" tags?

[NikS]

Comrade Stalin, let's arrest, torture & execute this anti-communist people's enemy! :E
 

[xyle_one]

quote:Originally posted by NikS:
Comrade Stalin, let's arrest, torture & execute this anti-communist people's enemy! :E
   

  :eek:        

[NikS]

But you can cast off your capitalist parents, give all your assets to the Red Army and maybe live. But maybe we'll feed you to zombie Lenin, who lies in sacred Mausoleum.

[Stryker]

I think we're catching up in here, it's 69:70.

If I were to be making a distro, do you think I should save up and buy some publishing equipment (cd labeler perhaps, unlabeled cds) or wait until we're done and get a real publisher?

[jasonlane]

Pluto has an atmosphere, asteroids don't. Just though I'd throw that in  

[Stryker]

quote:Originally posted by Zardoz:
Pluto has an atmosphere, asteroids don't. Just though I'd throw that in    

I wasn't aware that an atmosphere was required for planets.

[jasonlane]

quote:Originally posted by Stryker:


I wasn't aware that an atmosphere was required for planets.

I didn't say that did I, I just said Pluto has an atmosphere. Asteroids don't. So it seems to me that if the American Museum of Natural History is saying that it isn't....Well do they need the publicity???

Of course Plutos is planet. ask NASA

 

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

[TheQuirk]

Actually, Pluto has a "temporary" atmosphere. It forms when it's close (well, by its standards) to the sun, causing some of its ice to melt. When it moves away from the sun, it doesn't have enough gravitational pull to hold onto its atmosphere, and it basically "floats away".

[Laukev7]

Not only planets have atmospheres. In fact, some satellites like Io and Europa have volcanic activity. It is even speculated that there might be primitive life forms on Europa (no offence to Europeans    )