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NASA Launches Giant Magnifying Glass Into Space
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."
Just make it stop. Next headline:
Slashdot Completely Worthless For a Day
...should have a surface vaneer of plausibility. This doesn't.
When the 3-word post "please stop now" gets rated +5 informative, it's time for the /. editors to take note.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
Bullshit.
I have had Chuck Norris jokes mod +5 informative.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
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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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.