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SCIENCE Dwarf Throwing
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Dwarf's Revenge
8 comments:
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Anonymous said...
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I likes the 29.95 Star Trek pizza cutter. To boldly cut...
oy vey ole' -
7/12/12, 10:41 AM
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Anonymous said...
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From my sister-in-law (an amateur astronomer), the story of how Pluto was stripped out of its planethood was a dirty trick the likes of which Obama wishes he could do.
Basically, after the convention where These Things Are Decided took place, where the debators spent several long days without any sleep arguing it out, an agreement had been reached where Pluto, Ceres (in the asteroid belt), and a couple other "dwarf planets" (as they're now called) would be considered full-fledged planets. Thinking the agreement was settled, a lot of the scientists at this gathering were convinced they could leave, relying on their vote to stand.
Only once the people who believed this agreement was in place left to go home and finally get some sleep, the faction which wanted to strip Pluto of planethood (and deny it to the new "dwarf planets") held a second vote, with no time for debate and no call for a quorum, and of course (being the only ones present, save a straggler or two) they won. They then adjourned the meeting, which by this convention's bylaws cannot be reopened for several years.
And thus, Pluto was stripped of its status as the ninth planet.
Complete bullshit, but now there's "nothing anyone can do" until the next time this is up for debate. A "scientific consensus" has been reached, after all.
*sigh* -
7/12/12, 12:00 PM
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Kristophr said...
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So what?
People will still refer to it as a planet, since folks have been calling it one for nearly a hundred years.
And the near Asperger's social rejects who kept voting until they got their way will be ignored, as usual. -
7/12/12, 1:03 PM
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Anonymous said...
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This sounds like a plot for an episode of Big Bang Theory. I have no use for subterfuge and outright liars. These sound like leftists????
Bolivar -
7/12/12, 1:08 PM
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Anonymous said...
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This is the culture of academia today: self-righteous, smug and always looking for a way to flex their muscle.
The Pluto thing is just one more way a bunch of basically impotent losers get to say "HA, see? We can take away something you want AND YOU CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE SAY SO!"
If you've seen Neil De Grasse Tyson on the Science Channel talking about it, that's all you need to know. That pompous son of a bitch was just DRIPPING with revenge for all those years of girls not liking him and never getting chosen for kick-ball.
NEWS FLASH: You guys are STILL impotent losers and Pluto is still a planet.
Get over it. -
7/12/12, 1:54 PM
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DougM said...
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Reckon they ought'a ask ol' Pluto what it is.
Hey, mebbe it's real name ain't even Pluto. -
7/12/12, 3:45 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Looks like a planet , only smaller . I guess SIZE DOES MATTER ! ; ) > SMIBSID
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7/12/12, 4:55 PM
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Jim - PRS said...
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"...nerds with Kimchi breath"
Priceless! -
7/12/12, 6:32 PM
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