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Study Concludes "Planet" Was Just Stellar Spots
Kligat writes "Back in January, it was reported that the youngest planet ever to be discovered, about ten times the mass of Jupiter, was orbiting the eight- to ten-million-year-old star TW Hydrae. Now a Spanish research team has concluded that TW Hydrae b doesn't exist, and that cold spots on the star's surface actually produced the dip in brightness instead of a transiting planet. Not as cool as if a planet had actually been there, but refutations are science, too, right?"
Not if what you are refuting is backed by "a consensus" and has the support of the political left.
What is the criteria for a planet to be called a planet? They keep downgrading every "planet". Can't they study the stars/planets, analyze and make a final decision? Or do they just want to make a statement every now and then to be in the evening news?
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you're shit's all retarted.
fixed.
Charlie Manuel, manager of the Phillies, yanks out home run hitter Pat Burrel for pinch hitter Tso Taguchi, because Taguchi is said to be a better fielder and base runner. But.. Pat has worked on his field, made a number of great plays in outfield, hits 30 home runs, and Taguchi is batting like .150, and just gets a pop fly and, fails to get on base again.
Therefor, Charlie Manuel is a godamned moron, and if the Phillies blow this game against the Dodgers in the same way they blew the season by dropping behind the Mets, I hope they fire his sorry ass. But, if he somehow turns it around, and gets the Phillies into the world series, he's the finest man I ever knew and I hope they make a saint of him.
Your scientists should be thankful they are not "stupid jocks playing baseball."
"Booooo!!!! Fire the guy... this guy shouldn't be a university.. he ought to be doing showing the moon through a 4" Meade at the local middle school... if he could find the moon. retard"
We should probably invite the original scientists to come to Philadelphia, so we can throw snowballs at them and boo them, the same way we booed Santa Clause.
This is my sig.
Pfft... All Your Shit's Are Belong To 'Tards.
And on a serious note, it is "Your", your way is: "You Are Shit Is All Retarded." but that kinda works with some help: "You Are Shit Foo! You Is Like All 'Tarded Mofo"
Because TECH is not SCIENCE. These appear to be somewhat intersecting sets at best.
Furthermore, Computer Science is in its pure state much more akin to a branch of mathematics than anything remotely resembling a Science.
It's not hard at all to understand how you would up in IT with an anti-scientific mind. It's also not terribly hard to understand why a bunch of IT folk shaved their heads and committed mass suicide to attempt to hitch a ride on a comet given there isn't sufficient science to suggest that might actually work.
Sometimes I wonder if programming to many isn't more closely related to magic than science. And indeed, there are many aspects of IT work that seem much more art than science.
I have no clue what you just said, but I like your sig... so I wish I had mod points. :)
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