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NEAT Comet Crossing: Internet Telescopes
An anonymous reader writes "During a large solar coronal mass ejection, this week's NEAT Comet crossing, gave some spectacular film footage. While no comet with such a small nucleus has ever survived that kind of close solar approach (one-fourth of Mercury's orbit) without fragmenting, this one did-- and is now outward bound on its 370 century roundtrip. These new comet discoveries have filled the log files of the now 70 big robotic telescope projects, most of which are being connected to the internet. The largest ($3 M) research-class one for public use--the Hawaiian Faulkes Project--will see first light in 45 days."
Because I can. I mean, isn't that why we do everything? Think about it, dude, it's trippy...
Your ass is grass, Jack. The only honorable way out is suicide. Do it Jack. Do the honorable thing--suicide.
?? I used to enjoy those shows :(
F*cker killed 97 people!!!
Cmdr. William T. Riker: We finished our first sensor sweep of the neutral zone.
Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Oh, fascinating. Twenty particles of space dust per cubic meter, 52 ultraviolet radiation spikes, and a class-2 comet. Well, this is certainly worthy of our attention.
--- Star Trek: First Contact
During a large solar coronal mass ejection
Read that wrong.
First Microsoft's HailStorm, then I find out this morning that 1337 + 666 = 2003, and now this article about huge comets barrelin toward Earth!!!
Time to get the tinfoil hat and duct tape out out of the closet!
Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate. Ex-O'Reilly/MIT employee, now a full-time Google employee.
I read mass erection
hmm
Why don't you use "Linux?" for you subjects anymore?
At the same time Apple's sales were falling, PC sales rose, though just slightly, according to figures from IDC released last month.
The last time Apple was in this state, it brought back co-founder Steve Jobs to fix its issues. He fostered the development of the iMac and secured a US$150-million investment from Microsoft. But there aren't any new iMacs in Apple's future and Microsoft, bolstered by its victory over the U.S. Department of Justice, is clearly not going to help the beleaguered computer maker this time.
So what have you got left? Apple is a company that controls around 3% of the computer market, has recently undergone a restructuring and is slowly fading into nothingness. Software makers don't even have Mac users on their radar and it's not like Apple can bring Mr. Jobs back to right the ship this time -- he's already there.
Comets crash in Siberia!
Linux is gay. Super gay, in fact.
At the same time Apple's sales were falling, PC sales rose, though just slightly, according to figures from IDC released last month.
The last time Apple was in this state, it brought back co-founder Steve Jobs to fix its issues. He fostered the development of the iMac and secured a US$150-million investment from Microsoft. But there aren't any new iMacs in Apple's future and Microsoft, bolstered by its victory over the U.S. Department of Justice, is clearly not going to help the beleaguered computer maker this time.
So what have you got left? Apple is a company that controls around 3% of the computer market, has recently undergone a restructuring and is slowly fading into nothingness. Software makers don't even have Mac users on their radar and it's not like Apple can bring Mr. Jobs back to right the ship this time -- he's already there.
Stick a fork in 'em -- this Apple is cooked.
"Pretty things happen in space... NEAT! Heh."
Trolling? I wonder who took offense to a light hearted comment like that?
You know what else happens? Floor tickets for Metallica. And it happened to me.
I am the Alpha and the Omega.
/I have floor tickets for Metallica.
I hope it happens before your pathetic RIAA concert
After I had a large coronal mass ejection, my wife asked for a tissue
Because as it happens, Linux IS gay.