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NASA Launches Giant Magnifying Glass Into Space

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-all-in-the-name-of-science dept.

ByronScott writes "Early this morning NASA kicked off Operation LENS, an ambitious plan to concentrate and collect solar power using a giant magnifying glass in outer space. Long speculated to be a rumor, the 7,000,000 ft. wide lens was fabricated over the course of the past three years and launched from Cape Canaveral much to the dismay of almost every scientist in the world. While the first phase went exactly as planned, the plan hit a major snag when the magnifying glass began to work a bit too well, and ended up scorching large regions in the western hemisphere."

115 comments

  1. LOLOLOLOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Just make it stop. Next headline:

    Slashdot Completely Worthless For a Day

    1. Re:LOLOLOLOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Obviously this site is utterly useless today.

    2. Re:LOLOLOLOL by Intron · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Finally I found out what's going on with slashdot. The site was abandoned and given to a class of 7-year olds at a Minneapolis public school who are now the editors and story submitters. This explains kdawson, the Idle section and the flash which is now appearing at the top of every article.

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    3. Re:LOLOLOLOL by Nadaka · · Score: 1

      For a day? You must be new here.

    4. Re:LOLOLOLOL by Yvan256 · · Score: 1

      Flash? What Flash? All I get is

      This content requires the Flash Player. Download Flash Player. Already have Flash Player? Click here.

      This site wants to access your webcam.

      Please ensure you can see yourself above. Some visitors may have to right-click or context-click then choose 'Settings'.

      On the left, with a huge white box with

      Welcome to SlashRoulette!

      Notes:
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      on the right, taking maybe half my screen. Instructions for a plug-in that I disabled and that is not displayed at all.

      I think agent Smith had it right. Let me paraphrase:
      "Flash is a disease, a cancer of the Web. It's a plague and HTML5 is the cure."

    5. Re:LOLOLOLOL by Intron · · Score: 1

      So you would prefer to see: This content requires the HTML5 Player

      Great.

      Actually, I was wrong. The site today was written by a new script for the Eliza program entirely running in emacs which just puts together random articles. humor.el still isn't working but RMS should have it fixed by late 2013.

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    6. Re:LOLOLOLOL by DJLuc1d · · Score: 3, Interesting

      God forbid anyone have a little fun 1 day out of the year. It's April fools day, Slashdot has been doing this forever, yet somehow people still fail to expect an April fools day joke on April fools, and then whine like it couldn't have been foreseen at every single article. If you really can't handle some people enjoying themselves, get away from /. for the day. Your SCO lawsuit, microsoft-blunder-of-the-week, MAFIAA, and LHC news will be back tomorrow. For today, you just have to take the needle out of your arm.

    7. Re:LOLOLOLOL by arielCo · · Score: 1

      I don't mind silliness, but please do it smartly.

      I still remember the OMGPONIES edition (2007?), when the theme was changed to pink and a few insightful jokes were posted. (Anyone knows how I can find those stories? I can't and I'd really really like to bookmark them)

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    8. Re:LOLOLOLOL by Intron · · Score: 1

      God forbid anyone have a little fun 1 day out of the year.

      But I am having fun. Seriously, chill out. Grumbling is all part of the plan.

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    9. Re:LOLOLOLOL by c6gunner · · Score: 1

      Don't tell me you're actually looking at the flash. It took all of 5 seconds to disable with Ad-Block. If you're using any kind of filtering software, just block "http://s.fsdn.com/aprilfools/*"

    10. Re:LOLOLOLOL by vikstar · · Score: 1

      Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday April 02, @06:17

      CmdrTaco fails again.

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    11. Re:LOLOLOLOL by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 1

      People have been writing posts bitching and whining about these stories for years and years. God forbid we get to call this site useless on one day of the year... eh, never mind.

    12. Re:LOLOLOLOL by cheezegeezer · · Score: 0

      Just remember one thing folks ..

      Pinch Punch First of the Month Rabbits

        then you dont get effed up by this April fools crapola ! .

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  2. Jesus. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This crap isn't funny.

  3. Please Stop by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Informative

    Please stop now.

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    1. Re:Please Stop by AcidPenguin9873 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Please stop posting "Please stop" comments. If you don't like it, stop reading Slashdot for the day.

    2. Re:Please Stop by Flea+of+Pain · · Score: 2, Informative

      Please stop posting "Please stop posting "Please stop" " comments. If you don't like them don't read the comment section on stupid stories. You know there will be at least one.

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    3. Re:Please Stop by oldspewey · · Score: 4, Insightful

      When the 3-word post "please stop now" gets rated +5 informative, it's time for the /. editors to take note.

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    4. Re:Please Stop by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

      stop reading Slashdot for the day.

      Ah, I remember when I could do that.

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    5. Re:Please Stop by feepness · · Score: 1

      They need to watch the Spongebob episode "Ripped Pants".

    6. Re:Please Stop by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

      When it happens every single year it's time for the whiners to take note.

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    7. Re:Please Stop by geekoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Bullshit.

      I have had Chuck Norris jokes mod +5 informative.

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    8. Re:Please Stop by oneTheory · · Score: 1

      Honestly ppl, it's just silly news for a day. The world will still be here in all its boring splendor tomorrow. You won't miss anything important.

    9. Re:Please Stop by dominious · · Score: 1

      you must be new here. I bet if you look back on the last 5 years on 1st April, you will see the same old comments:)
      "Please stop",
      "/. worthless for a day",
      "see you tomorrow",
      "im not coming back",
      etc.

    10. Re:Please Stop by GargamelSpaceman · · Score: 4, Insightful

      April fools joke stories in past years have taken a bit of thought to distinguish from the real ones. When they don't fool anyone, they pretty much suck as April Fools jokes.

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    11. Re:Please Stop by AcidPenguin9873 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Slashdot has been doing stupid April 1 shit for more than 10 years, and hasn't heeded any negative comments about 1) the fact that they do it at all, 2) the style/type/content of the jokes, or 3) the amount/length of time that it goes on. Everyone should be well aware of this by now. If you can't stand it, leave. Or start your own tech/politics site that doesn't do stupid April 1 shit. The editors here obviously don't care about any opinions about April 1 shenanigans, and will continue to do as they please.

      Additionally, posting a "Please stop" comment on April 1 is karma whoring. It's a +5 Insightful for what amounts to a first post.

    12. Re:Please Stop by Tetsujin · · Score: 1

      Additionally, posting a "Please stop" comment on April 1 is karma whoring. It's a +5 Insightful for what amounts to a first post.

      Posting anything that people will agree with is karma whoring! So stop playing up to the masses all the time! If your comments aren't constantly being modded "overrated" or "troll" then you're just karma whoring!

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    13. Re:Please Stop by 517714 · · Score: 1

      Additionally, posting a "Please stop" comment on April 1 is karma whoring. It's a +5 Insightful for what amounts to a first post.

      Thanks for the tip!

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    14. Re:Please Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Who said that this news in an April fool joke ? I know it better, I was one of the engineers, who constructed the lense...

    15. Re:Please Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I thought it was a little warm today :)

    16. Re:Please Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Please stop posting "Please stop posting 'Please stop' comments" comments. If you don't like it, stop reading the comments for the day.

    17. Re:Please Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Guess what... It wasn't informative enough mwhahahhahahaha.

    18. Re:Please Stop by DMUTPeregrine · · Score: 1

      The day they did OMG Ponies was great. All the jokes had a theme (ponies), everything reported on had ponies on it. It was easy to tell what was fake, the site was sparkly pink, and as things got more and more ridiculous through the course of the day it became more and more funny.
      The last few years have been far less coherent. They would be better served by posting a few funny joke stories, instead of a deluge of mediocre ones. Brevity being the soul of wit and such. Failing that, come up with a theme. It could be anything. Slashdot: Deodorant edition. Air-freshening heat sinks, mice that clean your hands, etc, etc. It's a theme, and just like the Ponies one it's something most slashdotters have little to no experience with.

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    19. Re:Please Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      April fools joke stories in past years have taken a bit of thought to distinguish from the real ones. When they don't fool anyone, they pretty much suck as April Fools jokes.

      A 7,000,000 ft mirror? Maybe it's just me, but that made me chuckle, despite obviously being an April fools joke. I'd say a joke that gets a laugh has fulfilled it's purpose and therefore does not suck!

    20. Re:Please Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Excellent. A little collateral damage in the interest of increasing our energy resources is to be expected. Anyway, large regions of the Western Hemisphere need to be scorched.

  4. West coast scorched? by mr_flea · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope someone sheds some light on this problem.

    1. Re:West coast scorched? by courteaudotbiz · · Score: 1

      In fact, light just shredded me.

    2. Re:West coast scorched? by WalksOnDirt · · Score: 1

      Scorched means it's still edible. If it was burned we'd have to throw it away.

      Wait, did you write coast? Sorry, I read that as toast. Never mind.

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    3. Re:West coast scorched? by tomhudson · · Score: 1

      Maybe they can use it to get a better look at this story from earlier today: Surprise Results From NASA Mars Satellite Public-Picked Photos.

    4. Re:West coast scorched? by zero_out · · Score: 1

      [jest]I hope it torched the fruits and nuts in California. That place is full of weird people.[/jest] Love the weather though.

    5. Re:West coast scorched? by scottrocket · · Score: 1

      No way this is real! It just doesn't seem plausible! call the Mythbusters!

    6. Re:West coast scorched? by MokuMokuRyoushi · · Score: 0

      In Soviet Russia, the light sheds *you*!

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  5. FUTURAMA DID IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Al Gore was not amused

    1. Re:FUTURAMA DID IT by Nesman64 · · Score: 1

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(short_story)
      Asimov did it first, but we don't have the AI to handle the beam.

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  6. In related news... by rchh · · Score: 1

    Humanity is Dead. Here comes the Death-ray.

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  7. Hm, by KDN · · Score: 1

    Doesn't this sound like a plot device from a recent James Bond movie?

    1. Re:Hm, by brentrad · · Score: 1

      Sounds exactly like part of the plot of the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot":

      http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9389/futuramathreadpic.png

      Started out as a giant mirror in space to deflect the sun's heat, but got flipped around and "somehow" got turned into a magnifying glass and scorched a line in the earth

  8. April Fools Jokes get old.. by rotide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    April Fools Jokes get old when 100% of the stories on your site consist of them. I enjoyed the days of past when you found it fun to try and figure out which stories were jokes. Now every damn story is a "joke". Stops being cute/funny really really fast.

    1. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by bastion_xx · · Score: 3, Funny

      Same burning complaints back in the early 00's and even the 99's. At least now we have tags that shed light on the subject (so to speak).

      Tomorrow will a brighter day, especially on the Left Coast.

    2. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by the+linux+geek · · Score: 1

      This is not 1/1000 as bad as the Year of OMGPOnies. Figure approximately 120 stories, all in a horrible pink color scheme and done with a stereotypical valley-girl dialect. About half were ThinkGeek advertisements, and the other half ridiculous april fool stories.

    3. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by Jazz-Masta · · Score: 1

      The jokes have to be really outlandish, otherwise certain people take them seriously.

      Example:

      Headline: Apple invents iDead - Apple unveiled today a revolutionary, magically device that kills people.
      Result: Obviously a joke, no one will take it seriously.

      Headline: Apple invents iEye - Apple today unveiled a revolutionary, magically device that integrates with the optic nerve to restore sight to blind people.
      Result: People believe it, Apple stock goes way up. People get rich. Once it is found to be a joke (it is believable because some companies have made inroads to this, but the name should have given it away...I mean, iEye? But then again, iPad is just as bad). Apple stock plummets. People get bankrupt.

      I believe April Fool's jokes have, in the past, screwed with stocks.

    4. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by Jazz-Masta · · Score: 2, Informative

      Hmm, I should proof-read my posts more often.

    5. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 1

      Compared to this, I miss the ponies! Maybe next year we can get kitties. Cute, adorable kitties. Meow.

    6. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by Yvan256 · · Score: 1

      Meow indeed.

    7. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by hesaigo999ca · · Score: 1

      Likewise, I too thought it was cool, when 1 in 5 was a joke, but now, it is way too many, I almost stopped reading /. altogether today because of it....and I really don't like giving up my /.

    8. Re:April Fools Jokes get old.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Whats wrong with iPad, Apples' first foray into feminine hygiene products?

  9. C'mon by Stenchwarrior · · Score: 0, Troll

    yawn

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  10. and another thing... by Stenchwarrior · · Score: 1

    ...these goddamn videos are the worst. At least the folks @ /. are having fun, I guess.

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  11. Full moon by Stenchwarrior · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to go to the roof of my house and Moon NASA.

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  12. Goodbye France ... by homey1337 · · Score: 1

    ... after magnifying glass 2.0 is launched in the fall.

  13. CmdrTaco, you are now officially retarded by BitZtream · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do you see anyone laughing in these posts? Do you not get the point yet? Do you even look at whats posted in comments? Is your plan to flood us with some much bullshit that we miss anything that might possibly be real?

    It was old about 10 stores ago.

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    1. Re:CmdrTaco, you are now officially retarded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      God forbid people have fun for 1 day in the year. If it's so frustrating, wait till tomorrow when it all goes back to normal.

    2. Re:CmdrTaco, you are now officially retarded by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

      Do you even look at whats posted in comments?

      Yes. They see their ad-counter spinning like mad $$$$ at twits like you bitching about it.

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    3. Re:CmdrTaco, you are now officially retarded by KahabutDieDrake · · Score: 1

      This is the way of it now. It's been going this direction for years now. deal with it.

    4. Re:CmdrTaco, you are now officially retarded by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 1

      And yet, you post the same drivel multiple times in each story. Is your life so empty that you cannot stop reading Slashdot, even if you find it so dumb as to inflict physical pain on you?

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    5. Re:CmdrTaco, you are now officially retarded by twoallbeefpatties · · Score: 1

      You would think people would have figured out how terrible /. was five years ago and moved on to more clever internet sites, like Fark. (Replying to remove a wrong moderation, bleah.)

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  14. Why don't editors have limits to the number of by BitZtream · · Score: 1

    posts they can make in one day?

    I get cut off at some point for too much posting, why the fuck don't you bastards cut yourselves off for being retarded too?

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  15. A good Aperil Fools piece... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...should have a surface vaneer of plausibility. This doesn't.

    1. Re:A good Aperil Fools piece... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And propeer spellun to.

    2. Re:A good Aperil Fools piece... by Flea+of+Pain · · Score: 1

      No kidding, as soon as I heard the line "NASA kicked off Operation..." I knew it had to be a joke.

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  16. In the operator's defense by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They did say "From here those guys are so small, they look like ants!"

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    1. Re:In the operator's defense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They did say "From here those guys are so small, they look like ants!"

      lame

    2. Re:In the operator's defense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Say ... now I'M starting to feel kinda warm!

      (thanks Gary Larson).

    3. Re:In the operator's defense by BJ_Covert_Action · · Score: 1

      To which Charles Bolden responded, "They are ants boys, the ARE ants!"

      And he proceeded to laugh maniacally.

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    4. Re:In the operator's defense by robot256 · · Score: 1

      That just shows how huge the magnifying glass was.

  17. You may as well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...just take the site down for one day ever year. It would save everyones time!

  18. Not funny considering the audience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This one might've been funny for a non-technical audien. but on slashdot?

    Oh.. wait :)

  19. Not remotely funny by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Guys, 1 or two sneak April 1 jokes is ok. Retarded non-stories is another. You aren't funny. Retire and pimp Apple products on a blog somewhere.

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    1. Re:Not remotely funny by zero_out · · Score: 1

      At least some of the jokes made me groan in pain as they hurt my funny bone. This one is just so... mundane, and unclever. I just sighed at the stupidity of it.

  20. Wow by Bratmon · · Score: 0

    This is the most stories/day I've seen /. ever produce!

  21. Repetitive strain injury by janwedekind · · Score: 1

    My brain is getting repetitive strain injury from all this April fool jokes. If the next news is about the Ubuntu security update setting up a bot-net, I might just ignore it.

  22. ZOMG Pwnies! by Torodung · · Score: 1

    OMG! The roulette! ZOMG. Too damned funny.

  23. In BotNet Space: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Giant magnifying glass launches N.A.S.A.

  24. It's nice to know by geekoid · · Score: 1

    that NASA is finally going to defend us from a future of giant ant overlords.

    I'm loving the 4/1 stuff, keep it comin'

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  25. Yeah, I know it's April Fool's Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    but everybody does these stupid stories and, well, they've kind of run their course. Let it go man, it stopped being funny in about 1982.

    PS - SlashRoulette stinks too, because it's neither funny nor original. It's stalking for people too lazy to get out of their parent's basement.

  26. NO, please do not stop by geekoid · · Score: 1

    I like it.

    You should just go away.

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    1. Re:NO, please do not stop by religious+freak · · Score: 1

      +1

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    2. Re:NO, please do not stop by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 1

      Mod parent up!

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    3. Re:NO, please do not stop by LateArthurDent · · Score: 1

      I like it.

      You should just go away.

      You're not alone. I'm a fan as well.

      Talk about having no life. If slashdot doesn't post anything these people like, do they really have that much trouble finding something else to do? At the very least find other sites to visit...for one...fucking...day. The internet is a big place.

    4. Re:NO, please do not stop by David+W.+White · · Score: 0, Redundant

      "01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011" = "ur a geek" in ASCII, "75 72 20 61 20 67 65 65 6b" in hexadecimal, and "117 114 32 97 32 103 101 101 107" in decimal.

  27. I, for one by sconeu · · Score: 1

    Welcome our new insect-overlord-destroying overlords.

    Seriously, something along the lines of your comment was the first thing I thought of when I saw the story.

    Not sure what that makes me, but what the hell...

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  28. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ok, Here's the laydown

    If you do an April fool after noon - you are the fool (note: CmdrTaco's 4pm posting and this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day).
    This whole fooling system doesn't work very well because there are at least 23 hours between one country and the next. Maybe use GMT as the basis?
    Lastly, if you're going to do an April fools, make it funny and credible. My favourite gag was the valve modem :)

    AC

  29. Ah, it's a joke. by jackpot777 · · Score: 1

    I get it. I get jokes.

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    1. Re:Ah, it's a joke. by robot256 · · Score: 1

      Yeah, seriously, who forgot to add the "ihateaprilfools" tag?

  30. More please by geekoid · · Score: 1

    Keep it comin'

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    1. Re:More please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Keep it comin'

      That's what she said.

  31. my thoughts on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY6insZjCfU

    1. Re:my thoughts on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ok, now i watched the whole damn thing TWICE just to see if i missed something

      i want my time back!

      and my brain, if possible....

  32. Enough! by Beelzebud · · Score: 1

    When the entire site is nothing but "pranks", it sort of defeats the whole purpose of the day. Cya tomorrow slashdot.

  33. burning sensation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See, ha! I told ya this burnin' sensation was not cuzza the whores.

  34. Oh cmon by Krakadoom · · Score: 1

    This would have been a lot funnier if it was even remotely realistic. How much would a 7.000.000 ft glass lens weigh anyway? Good luck getting a rocket big enough.

  35. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew? by Dahamma · · Score: 1

    At least it's good to see Dr. Honeydew found a new job after the Muppet Show was cancelled...

  36. I would like to magnify... by Neanderthal+Ninny · · Score: 1

    Beware ET, "Somebody's watching meeee!'

  37. Ambassador Varg would like a word... by jeko · · Score: 1

    The Canim community frowns upon your shenanigans.

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  38. So obvious! by SadieJane · · Score: 1

    Just from the headline, I knew it was prank. And that was before I remembered today is April Fool Day. What is really funny about attempting to trick people? So they might look stupid .... and that would make you look smart? To whom?

  39. 7000,000 ft lens by physburn · · Score: 1

    Wow. Thats a big contact lens, imagine the size of the eye.

  40. Dammit!!! by IMustBeNuts · · Score: 1

    It's April 2nd here, you insensitive clods!

  41. Move it to L1 by valderost · · Score: 1

    The magnifying glass is scorching only the Western Hemisphere because it's been placed in a geosynchronous orbit. NASA is rumored to be preparing to reposition it to LaGrangian Point L1 to provide a greater degree of stability, provided that they can account for positional oscillation resulting from the moon revolving around the Earth. Meanwhile, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is preparing to return the Hubble Space Telescope's COSTAR lens to NASA for refurbishing and redeployment to correct LENS' focal length for its new location.

    Aside from being able to put away our asbestos suits, another direct benefit of placement at L1 is a smaller footprint in the sky, letting more of the sun's light reach Earth.

  42. I call bullshit! by Alex+Belits · · Score: 1

    The article claims that the lens scorched areas in Western hemisphere while the picture shows it burning things in Eastern hemisphere (though still pretty close to the Greenwich meridian).

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    Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
  43. I'm sooo lucky! by chewthreetimes · · Score: 1

    Good thing I couldn't get online for too long yesterday, and thus missed reading the Slashdot stories. I can read those now instead of the useless unfunny overdone crap we're getting today.

  44. The really sad part by Subsound90 · · Score: 1

    I know it's an April Fools prank, but the lady down the street thinks this has already happened to the World Trade Center! She has been posting flyers for about 2 years now. She also thinks my dog (black lab) is a member of the CIA in disguise keeping an eye on her. Oh man, I am laughing so hard just thinking about it again.

  45. Posted on April 2, must be true by tdwebste · · Score: 1

    Fact

  46. Great!! by redlabbey · · Score: 1

    I hope this will help to unravel the mysery of universe. http://www.articlesbase.com/shopping-articles/get-exclusive-shoebuy-coupon-codes-amp-shoebuy-promotional-codes-2086623.html

  47. Fail. picked it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nice April fools joke.