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Spectacular New Martian Impact Crater Spotted From Orbit
New submitter kc123 writes: "The team that runs the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has released a photo showning a new impact crater on Mars, formed sometime early this decade. The crater at the center is about 30 meters in diameter, and the material ejected during its formation extends out as far as 15 kilometers. The impact was originally spotted by the MRO's Context Camera, a wide-field imaging system that provides the context—an image of the surrounding terrain—for the high-resolution images taken by HiRISE. The time window on the impact, between July 2010 and May 2012, simply represents the time between two different Context Camera photos of the same location. Once the crater was spotted, it took until November of 2013 for another pass of the region, at which point HiRISE was able to image it."
Reader astroengine adds some more Mars news:
"On Thursday at 3:41 p.m. EST (20:41 UTC), Mars rover Curiosity beamed back a photo from its rear hazard avoidance camera (Hazcam). In the shot we see wheel tracks in the downward slope of the dune bridging "Dingo Gap" with the peak of Curiosity's eventual goal, Mount Sharp, on the horizon. This can mean only one thing; the one-ton robot has successfully conquered its first Mars dune! Curiosity has also taken a picture of Earth."
Slashdot Beta craters faster and makes a bigger mess than even the one on Mars does.
Kill the Beta with FIRE!
-- Tigger warning: This post may contain tiggers! --
Wrong link!
Mr. Moderator, brothers and sisters, friends and enemies: I just can’t believe everyone in here is a friend, and I don’t want to leave anybody out. The question tonight, as I understand it, is “The Slashdot Revolt, and Where Do We Go From Here?” or "What Next?” In my little humble way of understanding it, it points toward either the pitchfork or the codefork.
Although I’m still a Slashdotter, I’m not here tonight to improve my karma. I’m not here to try and change your karma. I’m not here to argue or discuss anything that we differ about, because it’s time for us to submerge our differences and realize that it is best for us to first see that we have the same problem, a common problem, a problem that will make you catch hell whether you’re a Troll, or a Shill, or a First Time Submitter or a Karma Whore. Whether you’re educated or illiterate, whether you live on the boulevard or in the alley, you’re going to catch hell just like I am. We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man. He just happens to be a work at Dice.
Now in speaking like this, it doesn’t mean that we’re anti-Dice, but it does mean we’re anti-Beta, we’re anti-SlashBI, we’re anti-Slashcloud. And if Dice doesn’t want us to be anti-it, let it stop forcing Beta on us. Whether we are Trolls or Shills or Karma Whores, we must first learn to forget our differences. If we have differences, let us differ in the closet; when we come out in front, let us not have anything to argue about until we get finished arguing with Dice. If the late President Kennedy could get together with Portman and exchange some grits, we certainly have more in common with each other than Kennedy and Portman had with each other.
If we don’t do something real soon, I think you’ll have to agree that we’re going to be forced either to use the pitchfork or the codefork. It’s one or the other in 2014. It isn’t that time is running out — time has run out!
(And a thank you to arth1)
First link is kaput. Links to hypersonic missile article.
Please post this to new articles if it hasn't been posted yet. (Copy-paste the html from here so links don't get mangled!)
On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design. Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system.
If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this in a new tab. After seeing that, click here to return to classic Slashdot.
We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.
We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott
Moderators - only spend mod points on comments that discuss Beta
Commentors - only discuss Beta
http://slashdot.org/recent - Vote up the Fuck Beta stories
Keep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention.
-----=====##### LINKS #####=====-----
Discussion of Beta: http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=56395415
Discussion of where to go if Beta goes live: http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=submission&id=3321441
Alternative Slashdot: http://altslashdot.org (thanks Okian Warrior (537106))
Please post this to new articles if it hasn't been posted yet. (Copy-paste the html from here so links don't get mangled!)
On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design. Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system.
If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this in a new tab. After seeing that, click here to return to classic Slashdot.
We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.
We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott
Moderators - only spend mod points on comments that discuss Beta
Commentors - only discuss Beta
http://slashdot.org/recent - Vote up the Fuck Beta stories
Keep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention.
-----=====##### LINKS #####=====-----
Discussion of Beta: http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=56395415
Discussion of where to go if Beta goes live: http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=submission&id=3321441
Alternative Slashdot: http://altslashdot.org (thanks Okian Warrior (537106))
Link that works: http://www.newsfiber.com/p/s/s...
Link is wrong. Beta sucks too.
Timothy too.
I wanted to post something about crater, but then i remembered the BETA is coming and that we are in a big hole as it is.
I take my children to see Madonna(..), but I never for once ever thought I was in the same business.Chris Rea.
A link that shows the photo! Imagine that, 2 seconds to proof click an article.
No posts after ten minutes is just sad. This site is dying. It wasn't that long ago people used to fight to get the first post.
-- Proud AC since '98
Will beta correct the wrong link in the article? Didn't think so
fucking beta
>> Spectacular New Martian Impact Crater...formed sometime early this decade
https://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu...
Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
"NASA estimates that the rock was a modest 10 or so feet across"
And that gets a title as Massive asteroid impacts Mars?
In other news: Hypersonic Missile Digs Spectacular Martial Impact Crater. Sorry I can't post a link to that, it's Top Secret!
Dice dim weeds don't know how to proof. No wonder cuz fucking Beta exists.
I need a 320x200, heavily compressed jpeg, with a space.com logo watermark across the bottom 1/3.
These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
We should think of the Beta as a great opportunity : we get to diss a bunch of corporate asshats and build a community site we love.
altslashdot needs a kickstarter fund that gives us founders stock and owner-voter power in exchange for contributions.
I'm sorry, I'm not a coder so I don't get it. Could you please restate your position using the 4 box analogy and if that can't be done, in grand /. tradition, please make a car analogy. Thanks.
Now I don't normally post, but, fuck beta.
https://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu... trully spectaculare.
C. Sagan : A demon haunted world:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345409469/
visit randi.org
Please post this to new articles if it hasn't been posted yet.
On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design.
Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system. If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this ] in a new tab. After seeing that, click here to return to classic Slashdot.
We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.
We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott Moderators - only spend mod points on comments that discuss Beta Commentors - only discuss Beta http://slashdot.org/recent - Vote up the Fuck Beta stories
Keep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention. Links of note: Discussion of Beta: http://slashdot.org/firehose.p... Discussion of where to go if Beta goes live: http://slashdot.org/firehose.p... Alternative Slashdot: altslashdot.org IRC Discussion: freenode #slashdot-refugees
My computer at work was one of the unlucky that defaults to BETA.
HOW CAN I SWITCH BACK TO CLASIC? I COULDN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO POST AC! HAD TO WAIT TILL I GOT HOME.
Seriously, it takes true talent to design a site as bad as beta.
Another spectacular and original thing filthied by the machination of the humanity.
It occurs to me that if they didn't let people moderate except from beta, they could effectively stifle opposition.
Then we would all move to altslashdot.org even faster.
Reminds me of the Genesis probe parachute failure.
Table-ized A.I.
One day Mr. Dice too hot.
Call HVAC man to fix HVAC.
HVAC man say "My cousin make you better web site. We call it Beta"
Cousin make Beta.
Beta site no good, all post off topic say "FSCK BETA"
Everyone is very sad. sad sad sad
Please fix beta then everybody happy again
Where is the -1, BETA SUCKS! mod?
Fuck beta
they found your mom on Mars?
That was the site of Mars' Slashdot beta.
Have gnu, will travel.
That's a saiyan space pod....we are so screwed now lol