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Pluto is Much Colder Than Expected
IZ Reloaded writes "Any would be travellers to Pluto should bring extra winter gear. The new temperature on Pluto according to scientists is 43 degrees Kelvin. That's 10 degrees Kelvin colder than expected. From CNN: "Astronomers think Pluto's colder than expected temperature reading involves interactions between nitrogen ice on the planet's surface and the nitrogen gas that makes up its atmosphere...Pluto is a dynamic example of what we might call an anti-greenhouse effect...""
First time they used an oral thermometer, the second time a rectal one.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
The new temperature on Pluto according to scientists is 43 degrees Kelvin.
That's nothing, my ex girlfriend easily was the coldest object in our solar system. She had to be way colder than that.
.. scientists are working on developing a new, heavier polluting, SUV to reverse the anti-greenhouse effect on Pluto.
Proof by very large bribes. QED.
Does this mean that Hell froze over on Pluto?
it's just the sort of place you'd need to run a few Pentium Extreme Edition systems.
But seriously, while researchers try to find exotic materials that exhibit room-temperature superconductivity, you could take more common materials and run them at insanely fast speeds out there. Of course, it would take a while to upload your code and data and download any processing results.......
Maybe the dark side of Mercury would be more feasible.
-- *My* journal is more interesting than *yours*...
Try 5,906,376,272 km away from the sun!
Newsflash: Room-temperature Superconductor developed For usage on Pluto!
> Pluto is a dynamic example of what we might call an anti-greenhouse effect...
So does that mean scientists will continue to change what we can expect from Pluto? One decade they say it will get warmer, the next decade cooler?
You want to know who isn't running Firefox 2.x? They spell it "definately" and "rediculous".
My P4 would fix that in about 10 mins.
Silence is golden... and duct tape is silver.
It's not so much the cold as it is the humidity.
What those who want activist courts fear is rule by the people.
So with your title, Pluto, is now the 'in thing'... I so want one now.. where can I buy this cooler Pluto you so mention?
Can there be anything more cooler than Pluto? Venus is Hot... I think I want a pin up poster of that one!
"Don't Forget to Salt the Fries"
It is actually kelvins. Thanks for playing the retarded pedantry game with us today! Your prize is: a life without sex.
I just love the headline. Tourists dissappointed. Pluto falls short of vacationer's expectations.
Man on Pluto: "It's cold."
"It's not what we expected," said Mrs. White, mother of four, "We thought it'd be much milder than this. We haven't been able to go out all holiday and the kids have been bored. It was either this or Disney and the kids were all excited to get to see Pluto. We didn't think it'd be like this."
Mr. White says he intends to pursue compensation from NASA and other astronomic research organizations for misrepresenting Pluto in tourist information.
"It's flagrant false advertising," said Mr. White, father of three.
Especially for smokers out on a smoke break...
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
Microsoft has already launched a probe to harness the power of Pluto to cool the Xbox 360.
The White House, misreading the term "global warming", immediately denied that Pluto exists. After reading the article they retracted the statement and issued another, stating that they will investigate Pluto's "anti-warmification properties".
An investigation has been opened into just who Kelvin is, and why he's allowed to practice science without a degree.
My script don't crash! She crashes, you crashed her!
Anonymous Coward has seems to have lost a planet. How embarrassing, how embarrassing.
For some reason my fountain pen doesn't work here.
anti-greenhouse effect? Shouldn't that be called the whitehouse effect :)
I mean, you'd be emotionally distant too if your master was never home, always away lobbying congress for copyright extensions.
I didn't really have Pluto on my "must visit" list anyway but with that announcement it's certainly never going to be on it.
Damn the Plutorians and their cold world.
I used to have a better sig but it broke.
Man, is logic that is colder, it's January! What would you expect?
Come back in summer.
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Good thing I saw as I was leaving on my vacation to Pluto; I hadn't packed any winter clothing. Thanks Slashdot!
One day two Girton girls are on his bus and one remarks his age and physique, turns to the other and murmurs "Super conductor". To which the other replies "Three degrees Kelvin."
As a result of the parent post, this joke is now officially demolished.
Pining for the fjords
I think we need more information about this family here : is Mr White Mrs White's husband ? Why is he only the father of three while his wife is mother of four ? Perhaps Mrs White had one child from someone else, for instance in a previous marriage ?
I am all confused about all this. Please give us details !
McCartney fans pay bus tickets. [...] Lennon fans too, with discretion.
I upped my anti once and my uncle beat the snot out of me.
NASA seek Geordie crew for first manned flight to Pluto. (T-shirts will be provided)
Try "up the ante" (which is a card game expression, usually poker).
There's just so much fun when talking about nuclear spacecraft, the usual objections to launching said nuclear spacecraft, and then talking about "upping the anti".
As if those eco-freaks really needed to be riled up any more.