Dark Matter Measurements

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Posted by michael on Tuesday October 30, 2001 @02:29PM from the laden-or-unladen dept.

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.

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almost fp by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-30 14:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

h0h0
Re:You mean you don't know?! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-30 14:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Thank you. You're right, Mr. Evil Spork ;-)
Re:Let me get this straight... (Christmas Special) by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-30 14:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Please post a preview of the abovementioned ok thx
Great by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-30 15:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

our president throws like a girl.

I bet everybody's real scared now.
Laden's part in the universe? by SilentChris · 2001-10-30 17:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"laden-or-unladen"
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.
1. Re:Laden's part in the universe? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-31 03:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I'm just looking for Usama's sister "Never Been-Laiden"
Re:Sturgeon was right! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-30 20:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's a little too forgiving,
99.9999% of everything else is crap.
Important! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-30 21:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just poured hot grits down my pants. oh baby, thats nice
Re:What's so hard about Dark Matter? by Katravax · 2001-10-30 22:06 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Didn't you know? Socks are the larval stage of coat hangers.
Re: Read a book, then try again. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-30 22:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Which god? Thon, God of Pants, has a much more liberal policy than Jehovah/Allah. My money's on him. The Universe is his g-string!

For the humour impaired: any god is a stupid idea, designed to give you a psychological patterning for obeying authority. Free yourself from the tyranny of unreasoning faith!
Re:Something odd by The+Anachronist · 2001-10-30 22:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Sorry to be off-topic - this is a bitch about www.space.com

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 ... User unknown)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to lists.space.com.:

>>> RCPT To:

... User unknown
550 5.1.1 ... User unknown

What sort of reputation does space.com have? Has anybody else had similar experience?
Re:Dark Matter equation suggestion by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-31 01:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Plagiarist but Interesting"-option: mod the comment up and the users karma down.