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New Ring Discovered Around Saturn
HunahpuMonkey writes "BBC News is reporting that 'scientists using the Cassini probe have found a new ring and one, possibly two, new objects orbiting Saturn.' The article also notes that the discoveries are in the planet's contorted F-ring region. The ring of new material seems to be associated with Saturn's moon Atlas."
and get frost pirst!
They're like vampires. You think you've found all the vampires there is to find and then when your guard is down, boom. Another vampire comes up. Will this ever end?
That planet sure has a lot shit around it.
Frodo and Sam: "Here we go again!"
Stereotypical old fashioned cash register: "Cha-ching!"
That's what? 32,638 so far?
just like the ring around ur anus.
First Post and Fuck You.
We're beginning to reach a point where it's just plain silly to describe Saturn's amazing collection of debris as 'moons'.
-1, "1337" speak
The Fithp are coming...
this topic is so important that it didn't come out of any department in particular.
What exactly is the definition of a moon? Is it a size thing or is the fact that it has it's own gravitational field?
Stay tuned for new sig...
LotR jokes
here.
"The article also notes that the discoveries are in the planet's contorted F-ring region. The ring of new material seems to be associated with Saturn's moon Atlas.""
I suggest Atlas invest in some KY.
We have the F-ring. Now let's work on the G-spot ;0
Moon n.
Large body made out of cheese which cows like to jump over.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
The "contorted F-ring region"
;)
But that region is really my favorite woman bodypart
I have nothing to say accept visit anti-slash and have big game of bum darts with us.
So many rings, so many weddings, he must be broke!
What about the ring around Uranus?
:zing:
How it looks like, of course.
Ballmer: "Developers, Developers, Developers"
Oh, no! It's all coming true!
~Philly
startling pics here!
The Universe, will it ever cease to exPAND? Man, if it ever contracts...we're in for it...
Anyone seen my jagged little pill?
Oh wait, we're talking about Saturn ... forget it then
I would suggest that Saturn has a lot of rings, but Uranus has a lot of shit around it too.
That reminds me - I found a new tree in the forest yesterday.
I think I'll name it 'George.'
I found poop in my toilet today
I was going to submit this story a looong time ago, but then realized that it was ridiculous to consider this news and opted not too.
An open letter to Google To all it may concern, You should be ashamed of yourselves. As the description of a search engine goes, one simply finds relevant information to a query and displays results. This does not include the views of the engine's maintainers, owners, frequent users, nor corporate interests. If you are to claim any high moral ground or properly do your job, you must remove whatever makes George W. Bush's biography appear upon the search "miserable failure" as the first result. It is a shameful thing to see such a thing. You are putting your own bias in front of actual information. How can people trust the results if this continues? Like I said before, you should be ashamed of yourselves. I hate GWB like the rest of them, but I do not by any means support this obvious obfuscation of information. -A concerned citizen
I googled for "shit" to look for some Uranus jokes (this was before I realised the article was about saturn) and found several references to Bush. It seems trust-worthy to me.
(And I just stopped this post from being -1 Offtopic. Now if only I could find a way to stop this from being -1 Flame-bait)
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They have found a new ring around Uranus! :)
I wonder how much of the equipment in space runs Linux?
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
-- Dr. Spock, stardate 2822-3.
Cue the silly jokes about "a ring around Uranus".
For your security, this post has been encrypted with ROT-13, twice.
This seems good to me. Just call our satellite the Moon, call Mars's satellites Phobos and Deimos(sp?), Jupiter's Io, Europa, etc, and so on, and anything without a name or newly discovered can simply be called satellite.
"Empathise with stupidity, and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot." - Iain M. Banks
It was sure worth sending this probe, given all the data it has already provided. Scientists must be jumping up and down. However, are we now supposed to modify all the existing drawings and pictures of Saturn to include a new ring?
Anyone who watched the first episode of Father of the Pride already knew that Siegfried and Roy were adding a new ring.
...named ringmusculartaurus.
They are risking life so that men...can act natural...in a world...free of female creatures.
NASA is really just trying to keep you from paying too much attention to Gensis... don't be fooled! :P
(no, I don't have a tinfoil hat; yes, it's a joke)
As in the f-word? :p
Theorists have posited the existance of small moons (~5 km) inside the F ring for some time. They could explain the odd look and behavior of the F ring, although they are not the only possibility. If these new objects are moons and not temporarly clumps of ring material, it will be interesting to see how the models and data agree (or don't agree).
As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have
begun to infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive
involvment in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities
all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis.You can see this clearly by
studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino Americans.
PART 1: Origins of Pinoys/Pinays: Are they really asian?
Well we've come to accept the fact the filipinos come from a part of the
world known as South East Asia. But the term "Asia" is used in the wrong way.
You may notice that contemporary filipino americans try very hard to associate
themselves with groups that we know asasian. I cannot count the number of times
I have seen a 'Third World' Filipino try to connect themselves to the Chinese
or Japanese people. There is no connection and here's why. The Philippines is a
Third World country. Nothing respectable has EVER been created by filipino
people during our entire human history. Young filipino men in america have
become obsessed with "import racing". They have an enormously perverted
affection for Japanese cars. It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these
filipinos somehow, believe that they are asian and that it somehow connects
them to japanese people and japanese cars. They often take credit for the
ingenuity of Japanese people and say how it's an "asian thing". This
term..."asian thing" derived directly from African American slang "black
thang". "It's a black thang." "It's an asian thang." You can see the
connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan, Filipinos are heavily
discriminated against. The only filipinos that can live successfully in Japan
are the filipino prostitutes. But that's the case for most filipino people no
matter where they live in the world.Now we've come down to this fact...and it
is a fact. Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as asian. They have no
architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in ANY way,asian.
Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan, Korea, and China there
is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine Islands. This assault by
filipino americans to connect themselves with the great, peoples of North East
Asia is foul and disgusting.
PART 2: Young Filipino Americans: The Disease of Society.
See for yourself and go to any young filipino's website or chatroom, and
you will be able to see kind of attitude that's stinking up america! Some
things you might see: Dialouge such as the following (taken directly from a
chatroom in IRC): (please keep in mind that most people in these chatrooms are
young filipinos between the ages of(13-25).
AznGuRLie: Wzzup EvErYbOdY!!! RhEiNa IsH In Da HoUsE!
(Translation: Her name is Asian Girly. This young woman obviously thinks she is
somehow asian, but we'll adress that later. She's simply saying that she has
arrived in the chatroom but she's saying it in the most immature, ghetto, and
baby-type way possible. I'm suprised she said "Rheina is in the house" rather
than just "Rheina in the house".But notice how she spelled the word "is" as
"ish". The way a baby would pronounce it. The AlTeRnAtiNG CaPiTaLs is also
very common.)
AzNRacr_X: SuP Wit U RhEinA GuRL???
(A filipino male...he's obsessed with japanese cars and masturbates frequently
to Japanese Porno Cartoons, known as 'Hentai'. His response, is based on the
fact he listens to way too much Puff Daddy and thinks that he's some type of
"Player". Player is a concept invented by Black Americans. It simply means that
a young man has good luck with women. A "Player" often has sex with numerous
females and has more than one girlfriend at a time according to the Black
defenition. If the, filipinos have a different definition for this term I'm
not sure. But I think if you apply this term to a filipino male it usually
describes a young man who tries to have sex with girls by meeting
Where are the comments about finding new rings around uranus? Surely some slashdotters out there have found a few of those tonight, eh? Or how about "moon" being defined, as I always thought it was, as my ass in a car window with pants pulled down.
Oh shit! I forgot to click "Post Anonymously"...
Saturn has an F-ring huh? You'd think you'd find an F-ring somewhere closer to Uranus.
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As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have
begun to infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive
involvment in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities
all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis.You can see this clearly by
studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino Americans.
PART 1: Origins of Pinoys/Pinays: Are they really asian?
Well we've come to accept the fact the filipinos come from a part of the
world known as South East Asia. But the term "Asia" is used in the wrong way.
You may notice that contemporary filipino americans try very hard to associate
themselves with groups that we know asasian. I cannot count the number of times
I have seen a 'Third World' Filipino try to connect themselves to the Chinese
or Japanese people. There is no connection and here's why. The Philippines is a
Third World country. Nothing respectable has EVER been created by filipino
people during our entire human history. Young filipino men in america have
become obsessed with "import racing". They have an enormously perverted
affection for Japanese cars. It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these
filipinos somehow, believe that they are asian and that it somehow connects
them to japanese people and japanese cars. They often take credit for the
ingenuity of Japanese people and say how it's an "asian thing". This
term..."asian thing" derived directly from African American slang "black
thang". "It's a black thang." "It's an asian thang." You can see the
connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan, Filipinos are heavily
discriminated against. The only filipinos that can live successfully in Japan
are the filipino prostitutes. But that's the case for most filipino people no
matter where they live in the world.Now we've come down to this fact...and it
is a fact. Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as asian. They have no
architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in ANY way,asian.
Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan, Korea, and China there
is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine Islands. This assault by
filipino americans to connect themselves with the great, peoples of North East
Asia is foul and disgusting.
PART 2: Young Filipino Americans: The Disease of Society.
See for yourself and go to any young filipino's website or chatroom, and
you will be able to see kind of attitude that's stinking up america! Some
things you might see: Dialouge such as the following (taken directly from a
chatroom in IRC): (please keep in mind that most people in these chatrooms are
young filipinos between the ages of(13-25).
AznGuRLie: Wzzup EvErYbOdY!!! RhEiNa IsH In Da HoUsE!
(Translation: Her name is Asian Girly. This young woman obviously thinks she is
somehow asian, but we'll adress that later. She's simply saying that she has
arrived in the chatroom but she's saying it in the most immature, ghetto, and
baby-type way possible. I'm suprised she said "Rheina is in the house" rather
than just "Rheina in the house".But notice how she spelled the word "is" as
"ish". The way a baby would pronounce it. The AlTeRnAtiNG CaPiTaLs is also
very common.)
AzNRacr_X: SuP Wit U RhEinA GuRL???
(A filipino male...he's obsessed with japanese cars and masturbates frequently
to Japanese Porno Cartoons, known as 'Hentai'. His response, is based on the
fact he listens to way too much Puff Daddy and thinks that he's some type of
"Player". Player is a concept invented by Black Americans. It simply means that
a young man has good luck with women. A "Player" often has sex with numerous
females and has more than one girlfriend at a time according to the Black
defenition. If the, filipinos have a different definition for this term I'm
not sure. But I think if you apply this term to a filipino male it usually
describes a young man who tries to have sex with girls by meeting
Earth is going to have a ring of space crap around it in a few years...
In other news...AOL announced a plan to send thousands of free hours into space. They will be delivered by sending up junk in the shuttle @ 1.5M a launch.
Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember.
well then how come slashdot hasn't changed the icon that goes with the space stories. I won't believe theirs anouther ring until that happens.
Scientists at NASA made a formal announcement today about their discovery of a ring around Uranus.
:-)
Yep, couldn't help it.
Fry: "As long as you don't make me smell Uranus." Leela: "Huh? I don't get it?" Dr. Farnsworth: "Fry, they changed the name of the planet in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all." Fry: "What's it called now?" Dr. Farnsworth: "Urectum!:
Gai8s market 5hare
We are talking about moons when Saturn has just bent over to show us its f-ring?
its RINGTASTIC
So when's the wedding and who's the lucky gal?
Personally I think conspiracy theorists will be far more concerned because this article simply comes 'from the dept'..nothing more....
THE dept!!! Scary....
Who are they!? What is their agenda!?
Oh! Oh! There's a ring around....
Oh, this isn't Uranus.
Damn you!
Damn you to hell!
What we're seeing is some dandruff buildup orbiting Saturn.
Know your pads. One time pad: good for cryptography. Two timing pad: where to take your mistress.
...Luna.
Then /everything/ goes by a name, and "moon" is reserved for satellites which obey certain principles (I don't remember what they are).
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
Well, if it's too small to be a space station, then it must be a moon, right?
Have they found the Millenium Falcon hiding among the debris?
While the crew argues whether something is to big or to small to be a moon?
And why is it that Chewbacca wins all these discussions?
--
Dennis SCP
Let's adopt this definition at Slashdot.
It's a moon if it's big enough that it's own gravity and mass forms itself into a spherical shape.
Phobos... obviously a big rock.
Europa... a moon.
with all the talk about Uranus, the question begs,
Why the hell do they call them "hemorrhoids"??
Why don't they call them "ASSteroids" ??
Wow! You're so clever and witty! I applaud you for this clever insight that was made ten years ago by an unfunny nit-wit on network television! But when you do it, sir, it brings this tired old man to fits of hysterics! Side-splitting and delightful! I just simply can not wait for another of your delicious witticisms!
How about asking what the deal is with airline peanuts? Or maybe that one about the parachute helmet! Because the first time that joke was made, it just wasn't funny, but somehow now these japes and jibes are just astoundingly hilarious! Watch how I chortle aloud at the gaity of it all!
Kudos to you, good sir, for tickling my funny-bone in a manner most befitting an inter-net comedian!
ALL HAIL THE BEAST THAT ASCENDETH FROM THE PIT WITH HIS CUTE WIDDLE NOSE =^o.o^=
Does the fact that we hadn't seen them before make them new? I'm going to visit that new continent called Europe next year...
No wonder we haven't found Bin Laden yet...
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First they found new planets and now a new ring, how is it that they didn't see it before?
The newly discovered debris aroun saturn are just more evidence that David Bowman is in a foul mood.
First rule of 'the dept', you do not talk about 'the dept'.
=)
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
... its a space station.
kulakovich
"We have to go now, Saturn just got another ring; it looks like things are getting serious!"
---Father of the Pride
Parts of the story that were edited out: ... object is 1 x 4 x 9 km ... ... changed orbit ... ... monkey's walloping each other with thigh bones ...
The world is made by those who show up for the job.
A new ring has also been discovered by your mom around uranus...composed mainly of dingleberium (pronounced Dingleberry-um), the new ring has been designated shit-ring B.
"Hemiroids" is an Asteroids clone for the Mac. The space rocks are actually drawn cut in half ("hemi"-spheres).