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Dark Matter Measurements
ksp0704 writes: "According to this article at space.com, scientists have finally measured the approximately 90% of the universe we can't see (the dark matter)." I'm sure it will continue to be a topic of debate for years, but two independent measurements agreeing is a good sign.
I'd say, given the diet the Al-Qaeda seems to be giving him, that would be 98 pounds added to the universe, give or take.
Didn't you know? Socks are the larval stage of coat hangers.
Sorry to be off-topic - this is a bitch about www.space.com
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When I visited their site I got a pop-up advertising "Starry Night." Being a bit gullible, I took a look at the trial download page, completed their User Survey and selected the "Unix/Linux" platform. Having read their privacy statement + terms&conds, I submitted the form and received the next page.
That page told me that there were only WinXX and Mac versions, so I sent email to contact@starrynight.com, asking them to remove all of the info I had given them from their database (yes, I did ask for info on upgrades, etc.).
So imagine my surprise 2 mins later, when I received the following from MAILER-DAEMON@richardson.uni2.net:
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
(reason: 550
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to lists.space.com.:
>>> RCPT To:
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550 5.1.1
What sort of reputation does space.com have? Has anybody else had similar experience?