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One Find, Two Astronomers
Malacon writes "The New York Times is running a story about
Debate Between Astronomers who both claim to have discovered the same object beyond Pluto, and almost the same size. Apparantly the US Astronomers had been tracking it for quite some time, but chose to not report it yet. They also claim the Spanish Astronomers stole data to make the find."
I admit that I've never seen two astronomers fight each other. But, I imagine it would be like watching two european Tour de France cyclists going at it, and we all know that aint pretty!
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Obviously these astronomers don't read slashdot otherwise they would tried for first post !!
That is all.
They found the planet where the Loyal Officers are holding Xenu captive?
Trolling is a art,
Obviously, threaten to divide the object in half to give each team one piece. Whichever team prefers to give up their claim and keep the object intact, is the true discoverer.
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Great, just Great! Now I have to move it again. I takes forever to get a saucer out to my command ship. Damn nosy humans. Do they realize how much of a pain hiding a forward base like that is on a moments notice.
Good thing We keep an eye on postings on slashdot otherwise somebody significant might take notice. I have at least three or four reposts of this story to move it before it hits a site like Vampire Weekly or Britney Talk and the world takes notice.
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
Noone expects the spanish astronomer inquisition
"It's not kosher to point your telescope at somebody else's object, unless you ask."
;) BwaaaHaaaaHaaaa
Yes, it's wrong, just wrong to sneakily look at somebody else's object
Orationem pulchram non habens, scribo ista linea in lingua Latina
This would be much easier to sort out if it happened two centuries ago.
Sir! I call you a thief and a liar! You have besmirched my honor! I challenge you to a duel! Shall we make it pistols at 10 paces?
I haven't lost my mind!
It is backed up on disk...somewhere...
That would not happen until the consensus vote was successful in deciding that a man would be sent to Mars as opposed to another planet/moon.
Also, it would probably still be mired in the courts by appeals from the "Friends of the Woman on Mars Foundation".
Furthermore, funding for the project would still have to be collected from member nations, and each one would, instamagically, face a grave domestic crisis of dire financial consequences on the day of the wire transfer.
Lastly, the Men of Much Religion would encourage their followers to rid the world of the scourge of science: this evil that poisons the holy hearts of men and makes them think of themselves as gods. They would cite the Holy, Sacred, and Inviolate Scriptures to denounce the Man on Mars program as the establishment of a Worship of Mars Cult, and pressure local politician with sunday school bake-sales and fiery sermons from the Pulpits of Righteousness.
If you want things done: Put the geeks in the control room, find some shrewd bankers, sleazy politicians, and greedy businessmen, add a sprinkle of alpha military types and you've got yourself a space program that will make the general population ooh and aah with wonderment. Oh, and a few billion dollars. But the money is generally forthcoming.
"Piter, too, is dead."
Grazias!
Un Astrónomo Español.
We get Marty McFly to go back in time in Doc Brown's Delorian........oh crap......wrong Doc!
First, there was "They Live", then there was "Cripple Fight"... But I really want to see two astronomers go at it in a head-to-head battle royal!
BBH