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NASA to Investigate Hydrinos
An Anonymous Coward writes "A new NASA program might once and for all settle the "hydrino" question. The concept of the hydrino -- hydrogen shrunk below its normal state with the resulting release of extreme ultraviolet light -- has been derided by the physics establishment and surprisingly embraced by many engineers and people with deep pockets. Slashdot hashed the hydrino pretty vigorously in December 1999. Now NASA is funding independent research into making a rocket from this novel idea. If it works, we could be seeing a sea change in physics. If it fails, hydrinos might finally just float away. There's an active study group of several hundred users (including some prominent scientists) devoted to debating the possible existence of hydrinos. In many ways it sprang from slashdot."
Hmm, someone baiting all the slashdotters with a simple question where half of us will wonder if the question is serious and the other half with will slap our foreheads and go 'fuck me this is stupid!'.
I'll put myself in the latter group.
Is this www.adequacy.org? Is this an attempt at the ultimate troll in the latest 'NASA' article on slashdot?
Sigh...
At the time of my post, 'FakePlasticMe' has posted 4 post, all of them score 1 with the exceptio of this one.
Only due to the combination of crack smoking moderators and troll-making posters can such an event come about such as 'FakePlasticMe' getting a score 5 on a troll post.
Not that I'm surprised. I know this. Many others know this. It's the light and way. Post early, post often... you'll get modded up. Post something right and true, you'll get zero responses and no moderations. Post something dumb-shit/troll/etc, and hello!