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Titan's Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth

Posted by samzenpus on from the black-gold-titan-tea dept.

jcgam69 writes "Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes."

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  1. Re:Don't tell the president by jimmydevice · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A Bush comment gets a -1 troll? Looks like slashdot is getting astroturf patch.

  2. Re:Don't tell the president by x2A · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, a stupid comment gets a -1 troll. The fact that it mentions bush is irrelevant.

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  3. Reminds me of the time I was stuck on Titan by Veramocor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The doors opened with a hiss and I approached the towering desk. The obese
    figure of Cornellius Wrak, Controller of Primus, didn't acknowledge my
    presence - instead, he tapped a few words on the keyboard to his side and
    gazed at the monitor. Checking my records, obviously. I was glad I'd paid that
    hacker to clear my police file, or they would've made me a permanent resident
    of Titan on the spot.

    "What can I do for you, Mr. Jetland?" asked Wrak.

    "My ship broke down," I said, "And I had to scrap her. Until I come up with
    some money, I'm stuck in this pit you call a city. I heard you Controllers are
    offering a shipload of credits to anyone who finds out why we've lost contact
    with Proscenium. As I see it, I need the money - you need a favor."

    Wrak nodded slowly, eyeing me. "We do need a few skilled agents," he said,
    "but we're opening the investigation to all interested parties."

    "Too bad," I said, "I hate sharing a reward."

    Wraks lips curled back into something like a smile. "Whether you share a
    reward or not depends upon how fast you can muster a few warm bodies and get
    to Proscenium. But let me warn you, Mr. Jetland, not to take this assignment
    too lightly. We don't know what dark fate has befallen Proscenium. You should
    worry more about coming back alive..."

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  4. plus 2, TrOll) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lubrication. You as one of the the win3e appeared

  5. Re:so.... by moderatorrater · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Communist.

  6. Re:When we get there... by freedom_india · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wipe their asses with their bare hands. They wipe it with left hands and use the right hands for eating the food.
    Atleast they know their hand is clean since it belongs to them.
    We, on the other hand re-use the same fork and knife to eat the food, and God knows whoelse has used the same knife and fork in what places of anatomy !
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  7. hey nguy by vespacide2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You must have read "Comcast Defends Role As Internet Traffic Cop"

    notice comment #22407712
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=452564&cid=22407712
    Also notice the moderation and responses?

    You know what is childish? Not being able to admit you were wrong.
    Yes, you should take that to heart. The TOS are clear. All the other bullshit about marketing materials and statistics is just irrelevant bullshit you bring up because you can't admit that you're wrong.
    You also had no response to my last points, which pretty much summed it up.
    Now's your chance to own up.
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