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Universe Pale Turquoise, On Average

Posted by timothy on from the slashdot's-cosmic-color-scheme dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "AP is reporting that the average color of the universe is a "sprightly" turquoise-green. If only they'd known before the new iMacs came out! Link is to Salon.com."

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  1. Re:Indians knew this, I bet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or perhaps it could be because turquoise is abundant in the south west and stands out against the brown and red rock of the desert. Humans love rare, shiny things and turquoise was the SW tribes' version of gold.

  2. Re:The Color of the Universe by coyote-san · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This means that the HTML encoding (e.g,. in "bgcolor") is "#B1FFE1" - script kiddie biff'.

    My God, this means that the universe is someone's middle-school science faire project... and God himself is said student.

    It explains so much!....

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    For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. -- H L Mencken