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New Moon Formation Model

msheppard writes "This ariticle at Scientific American describes a new computer model describing the formation of the moon. "It is also strikingly similar to the first proposed impact theory 25 years ago, before computer simulations were available.""

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  1. Please /. and troll this web site for me!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  2. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dude!

    1. Re:fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yeah boy!

  3. We take the milk and... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    skim the cream off the top. We then press the resulting "curd" into large round tins and let it sit for a few weeks. Once the mush hardens into a solid ball, we let it sit in a damp cave until mold grows through it. Then we launch it into orbit.

  4. third post by Tim_F · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And I just finished compiling 2.4.8. Damn you Linus! Damn you to hell!

  5. Author Stephen King, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard sad news on talk radio - Horror/fiction writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine house this morning. There weren't any more details than that. I'm sure we'll all miss him - even if you didn't read his books you've probably enjoyed one of his movies. Truly an American icon.

    1. Re:Author Stephen King, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Take that!, zombie Shaeksp^H^H^H^H Stephen King!

  6. Re:Stupid Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gravity & spinning

  7. Dear God! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WARNING: GOATSE LINK! Do not click!

    Think of the trolls,
    pleeease, think of the trolls,
    Oh, why won't anyone think of the trolls?!!!

  8. Re:The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From here

    http://spiralx.dyndns.org/texts/troll1.html

  9. Re:The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I *knew* it sounded familiar. How's the trolling been, spiralx? E-mail me and let me know where the forum is, if you will.
    ~jawad (jawad(at)jawad.org)

  10. BASTARD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does your mama know you do that?

  11. Re:Jews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Interesting theory, however proven false by the fact there there still is and always will be Jews, while subhuman scum like you will be gone and forgotten before long as usual.

  12. Re:Why this model is important by ackthpt · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Another theory (possibly posed by less sober astronomers) is that the moon is actually an orbiting landfill from the civilization which predated our own, by hundreds of millions of years. The theory goes that there have actually been 4 or 5 civilizations on earth, each wiped clean by a cataclysm (i.e. buried under the weight of styrofoam fast-food containers) and the earth would enter a phase of lower life forms which would tromp around, florish then die, providing fossil fuels for the next civilization.

    --

    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  13. Re:The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you are nuts

  14. Good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well I sure am glad of that.

    1. Re:Good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Me too.

  15. Re:The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nice troll job. So where did you lift that humorous story from you pathetic plagerizer?

  16. I like my theory better. by BiggestPOS · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    1. Find Victim

    2. Drop pants, posterior pointed towrd adversary.

    3. Shake Your Booty!

    --
    What, me worry?
  17. slow down!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey /. !!! Specifically Taco, tim, and Hemos. Too many stories!!! Slow Down!! Wait at least 40 minutes between articles. We had the Java story posted, 20 mins later the Dr Felton one, 20 mins later the linux kernel, then 15 mins this one. Give us /.ers a chance to digest and discuss everything!

  18. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I stand astounded...
    hooked be one of the most beloved and well known trolls of all time.
    Of course he's inconsistant! That's rule #3 in the "Trolling for Dummies" book.

  19. Re:Why this model is important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LOSE LOSE LOSE lose lose lose LOSE LOSE FUCKING LOSE! LOOSE = NOT TIGHT. lose = NOT WIN!

  20. Re:The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From my troll archive here :) It was too good an opportunity to miss, and 70% doesn't mind...

    -- spiralx

  21. Re:NO NO NO NO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That just goes to show that Steven Speilberg is a troll.

  22. Re:bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Q: how gay are you?
    A: very.

  23. Is this how you post? by Hellcheese · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There are ways of getting around the anti-user interaction feature of banjo.