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Spectacular 5 Planet Lineup Visible This Month
MartinB writes "Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up in order of distance from the Sun at the end of April, according to The BBC. They'll be visible without a telescope to observers in the Northern Hemisphere from 20th April."
Is that they are lining up, as the submitter notes, "in order of distance from the Sun". Planetary lineups occur frequently (about once a fortnight if I remember my astronomy classes) but what happens is that the lineup will be something like "mars, neptune, jupiter, venus"--out of order, see? Lining up in order is a pretty rare occurence, kind of like partial vs total eclipses of the sun.
the apocalypse is here!!! we're all gonna die!!!
how do you know Jupiter isn't first in order of distance;)
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Doesn't this mean some demon or other is about to awaken? Or maybe I've just read too many comic books...
Omnes arx vestrum sunt adiuncta nobis.
The show starts around April 18 and lasts a month. I may even try to track the planets myself by taking a few 8-sec-exposure pictures during that interval (no telescope required).
So I sincerely hope that Slashdot will run this as a main page story when it starts, but an April 3rd annoucement is just too early. Mercury is currently on the wrong side of the Sun! Give it two more weeks.
Theres great footage of this event in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. if i had my dvd and player i'd tell you the timecode.
now i just need to round up my illuminati buddies and head off to siberia...
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I just recently visited your anti-Unix propaganda site, which you and Unisys call "We Have The Way Out". I've seen a few of your ads. I am not impressed.
I don't see myself trapped at all when using Linux or BSD. The only time I feel trapped, helpless, and forced to spend any amount of money for service is when I use Windows. Under the free OSes, which you so venomously hate, I'm able to do whatever I want, limited only by the bounds of my abilities. And even when I can't do something, I can always find someone who can teach me, or solve my problems, without costing me a cent.
By the way, it's interesting to note that as much as you are against these things I'm for, you'll still use them. I need not mention what your propaganda site was using, the embarrasement of being found out, and then dealing with problems after switching to your own OS, is probably still foremost on your mind.
I guess that it's true that money can buy almost anything -- even escape from justice. I'm not happy at all about the recent slap on the wrist you recieved from the Department of Justice. How much did you pay as a bribe this time? I'm certain that it was only pocket change for you. And so you go on, trampling over anything you want, like an elephant in a cornfield.
Although I'm sure you prefer to steal the ideas of others, it's probably easier if someone gives you one instead. And I have an idea for you: Do us all a favor, and go out of business.
Those weren't the majestic spheres I was paying attention to in that film...
Say hi to the gnomes for me! Or won't you be taking the tunnel from Zürich?
"If you're thinking what I'm thinking, you're right." -
maybe it is a biblical sign that something terrible is going to happen in the middle east, something much bigger than we ever seen until now
I remember seeing this "documentary" about how lining up of the planets in year 200x would cause the end of the world. Massive tidal forces would cause huge earthquakes, which would kill millions all over the world. I was pretty freaked out after I saw it. But hey, I was like 7 years old!
Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted by UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs - -all next week on Town Talk.
If a syzygy is three celestial bodies lined up collinearly, what is five? Syzygytyly?
Obviously I know that they are not actuallu collinear, they only appear to be from Earth's perspective...
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