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Probable Water Ice Sighted On Mars

Posted by timothy on from the pronounced-wooder-ice-in-philly dept.

CraftyJack writes "Bright white chunks in the trenches dug by the Phoenix Lander have disappeared, leading Peter Smith & co. to believe that the chunks were ice that has since sublimated."

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  1. Great! by PPH · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Now we can send a manned mission over there and use the H2O they find for fuel for the return trip. Just drop itr right in the tank. Just like all those e-mails say I can do to run my car on water.

    It must be true. The InterWeb never lies.

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  2. Yes, it's right below the WMD by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You will also find Jimmy Hoffa, Elvis Presley and Osama Bin Laden playing strip poker :D

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  3. Incorrect might not be equivalent to Troll by Gary+W.+Longsine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Moderators, please get a grip. sjf is wrong, but if you look at their history, and consider the simplicity of the incorrect factual statement they made, they probably are not Trolling. Overrated, sure, but Troll is pretty harsh.

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  4. Re:INVISABLE WATR by Kingrames · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it not invisabul it jus look dat way

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  5. Re:The real question is... by Slimee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And apparently stayed stupid "THERE"

  6. Re:INVISABLE WATR by jd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    An' Basement Cat meleted it.

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  7. Re:The real question is... by zmollusc · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I would take issue with your use of 'gods'. Surely a typical right-wing type like yourself should know that not even one god has been proven to exist, let alone multiple gods.

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  8. Re:The real question is... by wobbelyheadbob · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everything here eventually (or immediately) degrades to politics, religion, or inane pedantics. If that's the way things go, that's because that's the way the gods want them to be. Besides, your decision to apply the 'serial' or 'Harvard' comma before the phrase "or inane pedantics" clearly shows a lack of proper use of style guides or general sophistication. The 'serial comma' is appropriate in major publications or papers, but not in newspapers, columns or short elucidations (such as slashdot comments.) Your full stop should come after the closed bracket!
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  9. Re:The real question is... by smilindog2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    After recently re-reading the Bible, one thing I found interesting was how the early portions of the Bible mention other gods, for example in the 10 commandments (thou shalt not have any gods before me), rather than claiming there is only one. Later, mention of other gods disappears, and The God enters as a concept.

    However, as proof that at least one exists, I'll just admit here that I am one. Feel free to worship me :-)

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  10. Re:The real question is... by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Jews weren't monotheists originally. They believed in the existence of other gods, but they were only supposed to worship one.

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  11. Re:The real question is... by Dragonslicer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Jews weren't monotheists originally. They believed in the existence of other gods, but they were only supposed to worship one.

    I don't think it's as much really believing in the existence of other gods as acknowledging the fact that other people believed in other gods.
  12. Re:The real question is... by gnick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. The serial comma is perfectly appropriate in the standard American dialect, at whatever level of discourse. It depends on the style guide you're using. Personally, I use it religiously at all times and would have bashed GGP for omitting it if he'd gone the other way =). Newspaper style guides usually omit it (to save space?) and it's uncommon to see in online news sites. I think it should be used everywhere, as it reduces ambiguity, but I don't write (or typically adhere to) style guides.

    I think a better criticism, as an AC below points out, would be that I referred to it as the "Harvard comma", rather than the proper term, "Oxford comma".

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