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A lot of research has been done and will continue to be done on the nature of DM (WIMPs vs MACHOs). Massive object like rogue planets doesn't begin to account for galactic halos and since we can see other galaxies from virtually every angle we would see halos of planets the way we currently see gas and dust in galaxies, and we simply don't see that. Moreover, the way groups of galaxies function in clusters and superclusters defies massive objects like planets as a cause. Even if you include small black holes and brown dwarfs, we simply don't see enough baryonic matter in the halo to indicate its primary constituent is massive objects.

So DM is non-baryonic in nature, interacts weakly with light (in all spectrums) and that leaves us with a bunch of theories regarding strange particles and alternative views of the universe rather than Einsteins.

Seeing this discovery, this would also imply that the universe is either contracting to a single point or remaining in its current state.

This should probably put one scenario to rest, that of the open universe in which planets and galaxies (and individual atoms for that matter!) drift farther and farther out from each other, until virtual nothingness.

I am not an astrophysicist, happy to hear their opinion on this ?

Both explanations wrt Dark Energy are correct. I decided to give a simpler more understandable explanation.

With respect to Dark Matter, similarly...:
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"Some scientists think dark matter is in the form of massive objects, such as black holes, that hang out around galaxies unseen. Other scientists believe dark matter to be subatomic particles that rarely interact with ordinary matter."

Daniel

Dark matter is normal matter.

Depends on which theory of dark matter you subscribe to. I don't think WIMPs could be considered "normal" matter.

If you like those artists, check out Synergy/Larry Fast

And for those interested in a history lesson: Wendy Carlos Tangerine Dream Kraftwerk Larry Fast/Synergy

Who do you think is sending the anthrax? Its a bunch of old school computer geeks who used to hang out on the illuminatus BBS from 88-92. Check the ficticious return address on the Tom Daschle letter (the only one of the first 4 letters with a return address). That return address is a direct reference to "teenagers from outers space" campaign that was hosted on the illuminatus BBS around that time period. There is no greendale elementary school, and the 4th grade is obviously and obfuscated reference to the 4th school that the campaigners were all from. Check this site out. Not to mention the fact that the illuminati trilogy mentions breaking the walls of the pentagon in order to free the demon trapped inside. I wonder how the campaign is going, and what the GM is gonna have the players do next for experience.

Since a lot of posts here seem to show a misunderstanding about what this phone is all about, let me explain:
This is actually a phone that was developed and produced about three years ago. It was really ahead of its time when it was made, but never reached the market before the project was cut.
Tim got his hands on a big pile of them, and is reselling these dirt-cheap as Linux developer boxes because they've got a 206MHz StrongARM, 640x480 color LCD screen, have 2 PCMCIA slots, are expandable up to 72MB (come with 16MB), have telephony circuitry (caller ID, etc), so they make a great development box. They come with an
IR keyboard too. (I saw some comments about having to use the keypad to play games which
isn't true)
You can find out some more details about them by going here.

I miss the door games just a little (good old LORD - that was such a ball!).

I really miss the storyboards. I used to spend hours a day writing and keeping up with the stories. I do quite a bit of gaming these days, but nothing is quite like those old storyboards.

Some friends tried to ressurect some of the old boards using (ack!) the Geocities guestbook function, which worked for a while, but died of real life obigations. (I have the cast list and archive of one at http://www.eclipse.net/~srudy/enigma/index.html .)

Now it seems the web community is too big to run one of these without it going random too fast.

Those were the days...

According to the Deutsches Museum Enigma Page (in English), between 100,000 and 200,000 Enigma machines were built during World War II.
The Polish were breaking Enigma ciphers as early as December 1932 and January 1933, as mentioned in passing here - in fact it was Polish dissidents that delivered an Enigma to Bletchley Park.
This page has some recent Enigma selling prices in case you want to start saving up for one (prices start around $15000).
I wonder what's so special about the stolen one, and why there's only three of that type remaining...