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[anal-nerd]Er, I think you mean not comets, but meteors.[/anal-nerd]

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Eric

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Should still be peaking tonight. Just not in the 1 to 2 per minute range. It is comet dust that makes the meteors. Dust from the Swift-Tuttle comet tail. The tail intersects the Earth's orbit but the orbital path of the comet does not intersect and is quite far away.

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Holy shit, did Colin just get out-geeked?

You're slipping, man. I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin.

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I knew that! I just... didn't mention it.

Well, I didn't know which comet it was...

...sob.

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Trying to build up some of his lost nerd-cred...

This is a meteor:

This is a comet:

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It's okay, Colin. You'll always be my favorite pedantic nerd.

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"Comets! Fucking Comets already!"

The Lithos School of Curiousity is now enrolling

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Ah I give up...but wait here is the Swift-Tuttle instead of hale-bop

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Amigo da Casa

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Dang, you guys missed some good news a couple of weeks ago. Sorry I can't find the reference right now. Research has shown that staying in bed and sleeping very late helps you lose weight. Hello?

Actually, I found a reference. Read and take heart.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-12-06-sleep-weight-gain_x.htm

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Yipe!
Colin, you are quite right. My apologies. Eric Thankyou for the short course in the obvious I am subsrcribed to NASA space weather now and will make myself some cue cards.

The images.... way-cool fellas. Thankyou.

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Marshdrifter

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kittens

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tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
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Yay! Kittens are always good news, even when they're vicious clone-spawn!

"Back, filthy humans!"

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Marshdrifter

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What have we done?! In our ofermod, we dared
pretend to be a 1970s-era Spiderman villain! That
shall prove our downfall!

Let us join Byrtnoth in the pits of shame!

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Eric

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Oh, the limits of heroism.
But too bold, I don't know about that...I mean come on it's just a little kitty...see, just a sweet little kitty...pet the nice little kitty...kitty? KITTY! nooooo! RUN!

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...for Smokers.

Scientists grow Lung Tissue.

Was der hahn ?!?!?

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Justy

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For file-sharing:

UK ISP PlayLouder MSP makes deal with Sony-BMG to allow filesharing of any song in the Sony-BMG catalog, in any format, at any bitrate.

http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/08/22/fi...r_real_this_time.php

The press release: http://www.playloudermsp.com/pressrelease.html

Holy crap this is cool. Why can't anybody do this in the US?

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Psychophant

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I consider this good news, although it opens frightening Eugenics possibilities (and makes me feel obsolete).

Regenerating Mousies.

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striv

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quote:
The only organ that did not grow back was the brain.

Now that sucks.

Τα παιδεία παίζει.

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I hope to see this before I die.

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