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Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus

TheDawgLives writes "Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States."

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  1. Big deal by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So what? My doctor found it last week.

  2. You've got to be kidding by muellerr1 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Too...many....jokes...about...title...

  3. Obligatory Post... by Slagged · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Why is it looking at my butt? Talk about invasion of privacy!

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  4. Dark spot on Uranus.. by Anonymous+Howard · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I would have thought some skin medication....

    Never mind.

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  5. Hehehe by coop247 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Dark spot on Uranus
    Come on, its just too easy sometimes.
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  6. I see it.. by 3seas · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...it's a tumor...

    Oh wait... that's teh planet..

  7. Too easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Oh, come on, headline writers - at least make us work for it!

  8. White gloves by TheGreatOrangePeel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Haha. Uranus has a polyp.

  9. Good Thing we caught it now... by rubberbando · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Good thing we caught those space pallops on Uranus before they develop into space cancer.. :-P

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  10. Obligatory B&B reference. by Chas · · Score: -1, Redundant

    (Beavis) HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE
    (Butthead) Huh huh huh huh. He's lookin' at your anus Beavis...
    (Beavis) SHUT UP BUTTHEAD!

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  11. In related news... by Hollyfeld · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Astronomers will hold a conference to name the vortex - current frontruners include dirty penny and brown starfish.....

  12. Dark spot on Uranus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Damn; I've got to get that looked at.

  13. it's still called uranus? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I thought they changed the name to urectum to put an end to these jokes once and for all!

  14. Oh noes by glowingsnowball · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Fry: Pine needles. Oh, man, this is great... hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus. Leela: I don't get it. Professor Hubert Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. Fry: Oh. What's it called now? Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Urrectum. Here, let me locate it for you.

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  15. Re:Dark Spot on Uranus? by tehcyder · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Must... resist... bad... jokes...
    Truly, a voice crying in the wilderness.
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  16. this coming mere days before by jimstapleton · · Score: 1, Redundant

    attempting to cover the problem of the jokes about the name "Uranus" by renaming the planet to "Urknickers"...

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  17. star trek joke by scharkalvin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "How is the USS Enterprise like a roll of toilet paper?"

    "They both go round Uranus looking for Klingons"

  18. Re:OMG by n2art2 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    reminds me of a favorite joke. . .

    What does Captin Kirk and toliet paper have in common???

    They both circle Urans in search of Klingons.

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  19. Dark spot on... by HikingStick · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Wait a minute...my doctor's name isn't Hubble...

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  20. A dark spot... by MrNaz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...on my what?

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  21. Re:oh noes by CarnivoreMan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I prefer to call them dingle-berries