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Leonid Meteor Shower 2002

Posted by michael on from the rise-and-shine dept.

Jacer writes "Adler press reports that 'approximately every 33 years the Leonid Meteor shower becomes a breathtaking meteor storm -- capable of illuminating the night sky with thousands of meteors per hour. Astronomers predict that the height of the storm over North America in 2002 could possibly generate 40 meteors every minute -- over 2,400 per hour!' Space.com has plenty of information available. I wanted to submit it early so you could plan ahead. It'd make for a long work or school day, but it's not something I'd care to miss."

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  1. haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i 0wnz u

    1. Re:haha by The+Evil+Couch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      bah. liar. you merely hold a lease.

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  2. Where is the site? by eruanno · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where on earth is the site? And what is he talking about not having to have OSes? They are the basic part of the computer. Well, not the most basic. A computer without an OS running a program is just a dedicated peice of (probably) embedded software, or something.

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    1. Re:Where is the site? by eruanno · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Whoops, wrong news item... How EARTH did that happen? My bad. Please delete!

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  3. 2cent joke by mirko · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After the Red Star Leonid Brejnev fall, now it's the turn of the rest of the sky...

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  4. damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    missed the fp by 5

  5. earth push by bumby · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hackers unite!
    Push the earth so that it will spin faster,
    so that I'll see the "rain" here in sweden too ;-P

    On 3
    1
    2
    3 PUUUSH

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    1. Re:earth push by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've got room in my bed for 2 swedish women... I promise a great view.

      I am the Pusher Robot!

  6. Annoying Ad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That page has one of the more annoying animated ads I've seen...

  7. Re:The morning on November 19th by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, Everyone knows that Michael is too busy sucking Taco's dick to read the article.

  8. Are you Insane? & H1B visa news. by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What, you don't have faith that /. will post this at least 3 more times before the event?

    I mean, do you expect /. to post stories like this?

    from the article.

    "It is now official. On November 2, US President George Bush signed the department of justice Authorisation Bill which will make extension for H-1B visas easier.

    It will also make it possible for more Indian doctors to live and work in the US once their academic programme is over.

    The extension of H-1B visas will particularly benefit the IT sector. This is good news for Indian H-1B visa holders, as nearly 50% of them are working in the high-tech sector. "

    http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html /u ncomp/articleshow?artid=27499106