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Mysterious Force Affects Pioneer 10 & 11 Probes
JabbaTheFart writes "The Guardian is writing that something strange is tugging at America's oldest spacecraft. As the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes head towards distant stars, scientists have discovered that the craft - launched more than 30 years ago - appear to be in the grip of a mysterious force that is holding them back as they sweep out of the solar system.
Some researchers say unseen 'dark matter' may permeate the universe and that this is affecting the Pioneers' passage. Others say flaws in our understanding of the laws of gravity best explain the crafts' wayward behaviour."
William Shatner for President!
if you throw items of holodeck equipment within the the holodeck it will hit the holodeck wall.
What? You expect a Slashdot editor to understand the difference between a noun and a verb?
Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
Hi, I'm your friendly neighborhood grammar-nazi correcting jerk.
Effect is also a verb (scroll down towards the bottom). Where's your overly clichéd rules of thumb now?
I want to mod this story "-1, dupe" but can't. Help!
I'm sorry for the redundancy, folks. The prior post hadn't been modded up to make it through my filter when I started composing my post, and I wanted to be careful to do fact checking and proofreading before clicking on the final "submit", just as any other good /.er would do. -- Paul
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Shatner was born in Canada so he can't be president of the US.
Smeghead every day of the week.
Welcome our new Dark Matter Overlords. Sorry...had to be said.
Sorry for being a grammer geek
What is G-d?
..in your case it would be small news
Don't forget "bear" and "bare"! A semi-hilarious memo went around our site about a year ago regarding the parking lot repaving and the encouragement to "bare with us" through the inconvenience. Well, almost everyone thought it was hilarious...
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Had I mod points, you would have gotten a +1, funny-as-all-shit.
for god sakes - give this man mod points, i had to clean my screen, for i spat coffee all over it
I also have trouble harmonizing the two different statements you made about "religions":
The faithful make up stories to explain things ("And we are not willing to make up stories to explain the unexplainable").
The faithful don't attempt to explain things ("We don't admit defeat and say "oh well, must be gods way").
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
Scientist's and Athiest's are the only ones will to admit that thay can't ALWAYS explain EVERYTHING.
Atheists have just as much faith as theists... maybe you mean agnostics?
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
it's like saying "Austria" when you mean "Australia".
Let me guess, born in the US and lived there your whole life?