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Saturn Moon Continues to Delight and Baffle

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the scientists-happier-when-baffled dept.

vic_1066 writes to tell us that BBC News is reporting on the many interesting discoveries made by the Cassini probe. The Saturn moon, Enceladus, apparently continues to provide confusion and excitement for scientists the world over. The Cassini probe has been making waves ever since its arrival to the Saturn system.

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  1. Re:it's != its by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Surely this simple rule isn't beyond the tech-heads here? For those of us that care about English this is as jarring a syntax error as anything that would barf a compiler. So do our parsers a favour and LEARN this simple rule."

    Every single time a comment like yours flies across my screen I am reminded of Hermoine saying "... or worse, expelled."

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  2. Re:it's != its by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's not spelling, it's grammar. Jesus.

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  3. Re:it's != its by ram4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's because the English spellling of those words is heavily inspired by the French speilling. I like the English spelling better than the American one, I wonder why? :-)

    You see, "favour" in French is "faveur", and "colour" in French in "couleur". Oh, and "realise" in French is "realiser".

    No need to americanize the spelling, really. :-)

  4. Re:it's != its by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and now we know why the US feel the need to spell things differently. Personally I'm starting to feel that need myself. Fuckin' French.

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