Because then they too could have joined the 50 who protested the scientists' decision - making the grand total of 51:
From an ITV Interview with my Matt from MUSE:
Rumour has it you're fascinated by space. Is that true?
I think everyone is. I think most people think about what is out there and everyone has a curiosity about the unknown.
So what do you make of what's happened to Pluto?
We've been on tour so I don't know. What has happened?
It's been downgraded - it's not a planet anymore…
So what is it?
A Pluton…
That's a bit sad really – it's like the Universe is shrinking.
Ok Matt, there's no more Universe. If Pluto's not a planet, then it's all gone to hell.
But I don't blame you, Matt, for being a tad bit special. Like me, I'm sure the change in Discovery Channel's programming has made you burdened with stoopid as well. "Entertain Your Brain", what kind of slogan is that?! I blame the Discovery Channel for my lack of knowledge about the important things. I used to be smarter than I am now. Curses!
Currently Listening To: "Moth" by Audioslave. I can't say much about this album yet because on first quick listen I was not incredibly impressed. It's going to have to simmer. I'm not ready to give it a real good listen yet because I've been stuck on OK Go. This track has a really good sound though and not even a major guitar solo. Tom?! WDA?!
And now listening to (because the title is so fitting): "Shrinking Universe" by Muse. Har Har.
Showing posts with label Pluto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pluto. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
And the one that is hurt by this the most is Charon...
So here's an update and it's really just horrible but...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.
After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930.
The new definition of what is -- and isn't -- a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one.
Pluto is no stranger to controversy. In fact, it's been dogged by disputes ever since its discovery. ( Watch why some think planet size doesn't matter -- 3:39)
Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh of Arizona's Lowell Observatory, Pluto was classified as a planet because scientists initially believed it was the same size as Earth. It remained one because for years, it was the only known object in the Kuiper Belt, an enigmatic zone beyond Neptune that's teeming with comets and other planetary objects.
Pluto got an ego boost in 1978 when it was found to have a moon that was later named Charon. The Hubble turned up two more, which this past June were christened Nix and Hydra.
But in the 1990s, more powerful telescopes revealed numerous bodies similar to Pluto in the neighborhood. New observations also showed that Pluto's orbit was oblong, sending it soaring well above and beyond the main plane of the solar system where Earth and the other seven planets circle the sun.
That prompted some galactic grumbling from astronomers who began openly attacking Pluto's planethood.
At one point, things looked so bad for Pluto, the international union said publicly in 1999 that rumors of Pluto's imminent demise were greatly exaggerated and there were no plans to kick it out of the cosmic club.
A year later, the Hayden Planetarium at New York's American Museum of Natural History was accused of snubbing Pluto by excluding it from a solar system exhibition.
Pluto took another hit after Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology discovered 2003 UB313, a slightly larger Kuiper Belt object. What's the point, some astronomers wondered, in keeping Pluto as a planet?
Its future brightened earlier this year, when NASA sent the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto to get a closer look at the ball of rock and ice. The Hubble has managed to glimpse only its most prominent surface features; New Horizons, if all goes well, will arrive in 2015.
Pluto... Charon. Send your ice minions to 'change' the minds of the scientists. Yes...
Yes...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.
After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930.
The new definition of what is -- and isn't -- a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one.
Pluto is no stranger to controversy. In fact, it's been dogged by disputes ever since its discovery. ( Watch why some think planet size doesn't matter -- 3:39)
Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh of Arizona's Lowell Observatory, Pluto was classified as a planet because scientists initially believed it was the same size as Earth. It remained one because for years, it was the only known object in the Kuiper Belt, an enigmatic zone beyond Neptune that's teeming with comets and other planetary objects.
Pluto got an ego boost in 1978 when it was found to have a moon that was later named Charon. The Hubble turned up two more, which this past June were christened Nix and Hydra.
But in the 1990s, more powerful telescopes revealed numerous bodies similar to Pluto in the neighborhood. New observations also showed that Pluto's orbit was oblong, sending it soaring well above and beyond the main plane of the solar system where Earth and the other seven planets circle the sun.
That prompted some galactic grumbling from astronomers who began openly attacking Pluto's planethood.
At one point, things looked so bad for Pluto, the international union said publicly in 1999 that rumors of Pluto's imminent demise were greatly exaggerated and there were no plans to kick it out of the cosmic club.
A year later, the Hayden Planetarium at New York's American Museum of Natural History was accused of snubbing Pluto by excluding it from a solar system exhibition.
Pluto took another hit after Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology discovered 2003 UB313, a slightly larger Kuiper Belt object. What's the point, some astronomers wondered, in keeping Pluto as a planet?
Its future brightened earlier this year, when NASA sent the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto to get a closer look at the ball of rock and ice. The Hubble has managed to glimpse only its most prominent surface features; New Horizons, if all goes well, will arrive in 2015.
Pluto... Charon. Send your ice minions to 'change' the minds of the scientists. Yes...
Yes...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Oh Glorious Day - Season 2 "the lazy season" Starts Now and the 24 Head Count Continues
People! I'm done with Season 1! and only 96 episodes left until January. Let's go!
8 AM to 9 AM:
Everyone's hair is really messed up this season. Tony's hellatious thing is gone from his face but it seems to have migrated to the hair on his head.
We understand that Jack has gone through trauma but dude, shave the face. Shave...the face.
Except it should be noted: Hooray for small miracles - Kim's hair actually looks nice.
Paula needs to die for her annoyingness. Go stand by Jack, you will be dead in no time.
I don't know what Mitch *Connors* is talking about but any show that features bacon in the first 7 minutes is good times to me.
And what's up with these blondes in this show? Ok, so maybe it's that one blonde. Woman, there's a black President in power and your ass is racist as all hell. Clearly, you didn't vote to put Palmer into power.
And once again, Kim is keeping shady company but at least this guy is slightly better looking than Rick.
Quotes on this:
"We're back in business! Jack shaved!" - Me.
"Because no one can take him seriously as LumberJack." - HOchie 1.
Head Count - 1.
9 AM to 10 AM:
That new crazy guy Kim was working for looks like MacGuyver. A very angry MacGuyver.
Head Count - 0.
10 AM to 11 AM:
I like seeing poor dead Tony in charge of things.
What's up with Kate Warner and the man hands? As in the great words of the Giant Kitty - "Ponds".
You take the Golden An (message) and you put it in the tan truck (hide under the green SUV) and give it to Tony A.
It's not until someone gets hit with Plutonium that you realize you like them.
Who I'd REALLY Like to See Dead in the Near Future: Eric.
Head Count - 22 with seven missing.
11 AM to 12 PM:
Tony A...the man got hit with plutonium (not to be confused by the now defunct asshat of a "planet" Pluto or its ice minions, the Plutoniums), and while you may not know this, cut Mason some slack, will you?
I don't know why Michelle is so whiny. If Paula dies, Michelle gets to be the only bitch at CTU who has curly hair. And she needs to lay her hands off my man Tony A. His ass is dead soon anyway. What's the point?
Head Count - 5. Ummm, so did he HAVE to kill the dog?! Honestly! Jack, I hate to put you on the list of people I'd like to see dead in the near future but you can hacksaw off people's heads and break their ankles but you just don't mess with dogs!
Quote of the day: "South Park is Rochester." - Mitch *Connors*.
8 AM to 9 AM:
Everyone's hair is really messed up this season. Tony's hellatious thing is gone from his face but it seems to have migrated to the hair on his head.
We understand that Jack has gone through trauma but dude, shave the face. Shave...the face.
Except it should be noted: Hooray for small miracles - Kim's hair actually looks nice.
Paula needs to die for her annoyingness. Go stand by Jack, you will be dead in no time.
I don't know what Mitch *Connors* is talking about but any show that features bacon in the first 7 minutes is good times to me.
And what's up with these blondes in this show? Ok, so maybe it's that one blonde. Woman, there's a black President in power and your ass is racist as all hell. Clearly, you didn't vote to put Palmer into power.
And once again, Kim is keeping shady company but at least this guy is slightly better looking than Rick.
Quotes on this:
"We're back in business! Jack shaved!" - Me.
"Because no one can take him seriously as LumberJack." - HOchie 1.
Head Count - 1.
9 AM to 10 AM:
That new crazy guy Kim was working for looks like MacGuyver. A very angry MacGuyver.
Head Count - 0.
10 AM to 11 AM:
I like seeing poor dead Tony in charge of things.
What's up with Kate Warner and the man hands? As in the great words of the Giant Kitty - "Ponds".
You take the Golden An (message) and you put it in the tan truck (hide under the green SUV) and give it to Tony A.
It's not until someone gets hit with Plutonium that you realize you like them.
Who I'd REALLY Like to See Dead in the Near Future: Eric.
Head Count - 22 with seven missing.
11 AM to 12 PM:
Tony A...the man got hit with plutonium (not to be confused by the now defunct asshat of a "planet" Pluto or its ice minions, the Plutoniums), and while you may not know this, cut Mason some slack, will you?
I don't know why Michelle is so whiny. If Paula dies, Michelle gets to be the only bitch at CTU who has curly hair. And she needs to lay her hands off my man Tony A. His ass is dead soon anyway. What's the point?
Head Count - 5. Ummm, so did he HAVE to kill the dog?! Honestly! Jack, I hate to put you on the list of people I'd like to see dead in the near future but you can hacksaw off people's heads and break their ankles but you just don't mess with dogs!
Quote of the day: "South Park is Rochester." - Mitch *Connors*.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Squirrels & Planets
Squirrel Knocks Out Power to 5,000
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) -- A wayward squirrel invaded a power substation and left more than 5,000 homes and businesses without electricity.
Duke Energy restored the service from the South Main Street substation near Wildcat Creek after about an hour Sunday night.
"We lost the squirrel and 5,039 customers for the space of an hour," Duke spokesman Rob Norris said.
The outage included much of the city's central neighborhoods west of U.S. 31.
So here's the thing, squirrels have been tearing up the place it seems in the past week or so.
There's this story (and by the way, I'm very disturbed by the quote 'we lost the squirrel' - wtf happened to it?! They murdered the poor little bastard, didn't they?! Awww, poor boo boo bitch) and then there's the story of the squirrel who terrorized peeps in Florida. He bit and scratched his way into stardom...uh, infamy. And then he died. He was truly a bitch. But as you all know, squirrels are plague carriers. But since these squirrels were doing a service to the world by hatin' on Floridians and people from Indiana, then kudos to them! Har Har.
And now for a sad note...
The Planet Pluto is under scrutiny by scientists who are considering giving it the axe. They think that Pluto may not be a planet at all. 8 planets in the solar system? That's madness.
If Pluto makes the cut then something like 33 'planets' will make it as well and we'll have one happy solar system - full of dead rocks. Awesome.
What's the bottom-line though? ::tear:: Poor Pluto...
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) -- A wayward squirrel invaded a power substation and left more than 5,000 homes and businesses without electricity.
Duke Energy restored the service from the South Main Street substation near Wildcat Creek after about an hour Sunday night.
"We lost the squirrel and 5,039 customers for the space of an hour," Duke spokesman Rob Norris said.
The outage included much of the city's central neighborhoods west of U.S. 31.
So here's the thing, squirrels have been tearing up the place it seems in the past week or so.
There's this story (and by the way, I'm very disturbed by the quote 'we lost the squirrel' - wtf happened to it?! They murdered the poor little bastard, didn't they?! Awww, poor boo boo bitch) and then there's the story of the squirrel who terrorized peeps in Florida. He bit and scratched his way into stardom...uh, infamy. And then he died. He was truly a bitch. But as you all know, squirrels are plague carriers. But since these squirrels were doing a service to the world by hatin' on Floridians and people from Indiana, then kudos to them! Har Har.
And now for a sad note...
The Planet Pluto is under scrutiny by scientists who are considering giving it the axe. They think that Pluto may not be a planet at all. 8 planets in the solar system? That's madness.
If Pluto makes the cut then something like 33 'planets' will make it as well and we'll have one happy solar system - full of dead rocks. Awesome.
What's the bottom-line though? ::tear:: Poor Pluto...
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