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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."

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  1. 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 geekoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Bullshit.

      I have had Chuck Norris jokes mod +5 informative.

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    6. 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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    7. 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.

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

    I hope someone sheds some light on this problem.

  3. 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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  4. 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.

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

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

  7. 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.