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New Crater On Moon Caught On Video
From A Far Away Land writes "NASA has released a video clip of a meteorite striking the surface of the Moon. From the article: 'On May 2, 2006, a meteoroid hit the Moon's Sea of Clouds (Mare Nubium) with 17 billion joules of kinetic energy -- that's about the same as 4 tons of TNT," says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL.'"
On a side note: this is cool they managed to get a fairly clear video of this... however, why'd they convert it to a GIF image? [ewww..]
It's part of the closing scenes in the table tennis game I just saw advertised at the top of this page.
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The USAF dropped two 500lb bombs on Zarqawi's house. Even if you were to make the extremely conservative assumption that 1000lb of today's munitions is equivalent to 1000lbs of TNT, you would have to say that Zarqawi was killed by a pro-rated NASA estimate of 17 billion / 4 tons * .5 tons = 2.125 billion joules on one man's head. That is bad ass!
Zarqawi Getting Blasted Video
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This is a completely offtopic comment but it has to be said. You don't know how correct you are in your comment. I'm one of those non-fatties and let me tell you, trying to find a pair of pants in my size (30" waist) is something close to impossible.
It matters not what store, time of year or any other combination you can think of, the dearth of clothes in general that I can wear is extremely small. For example, there were early Fathers Day sales this past weekend (June 10th & 11th). I went to two local malls and found zero items in my size. Apparently guys can have a 38" waist and a 30" inseam (i.e. an inverted pear shape) but can't be thin and svelte.
It's not my fault I have a high metabolism (always have) and can eat most people under the table. Nor is it my fault that I'm beyond the age where my body is supposed to gain weight and lose hair but has done neither.
All I can say is if I should ever be able to buy a clothing store the first order of business will be to fire the buyers. They're idiots. They have no concept of what consumers want in either sizes or style.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I'm not exactly thin (okay, I'm fat), but even I am amazed at the sizes avaliable at stores. With a 40 inch waist (32 inch inseam), I am at about 220 lbs. How big do you have to be to fill out 58-inch pants?!?! A little chubby is one thing, but at least I can sit in normal chairs and fit through doors.
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Ha, my girlfriend's sister has a startup discount clothing business, and she keeps complaining that her supplier usually sends her 30" pants that few people buy.