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#1 May 28 2011 at 10:43 AM Rating: Good
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No longer missing.

An Australian university student has found the missing mass that has plagued astronomers for decades. I must say I'm f*cking jealous.
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#2 May 28 2011 at 11:13 AM Rating: Good
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Nilatai wrote:
No longer missing.

An Australian university student has found the missing mass that has plagued astronomers for decades. I must say I'm f*cking jealous.


How much of the universe does she get as a Finder's Fee?
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#3 May 28 2011 at 11:17 AM Rating: Good
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Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
Nilatai wrote:
No longer missing.

An Australian university student has found the missing mass that has plagued astronomers for decades. I must say I'm f*cking jealous.


How much of the universe does she get as a Finder's Fee?
About 10^-5000000000000000000000%.
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#4 May 28 2011 at 11:27 AM Rating: Good
Sigh, and here I thought you were going to miss church.
#5 May 28 2011 at 11:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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Technically I am. I'm still technically a Catholic until I can get myself excommunicated. So I've missed mass every Sunday for the past 10 years. Yaaay.
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#6 May 28 2011 at 12:11 PM Rating: Good
I think I got automatically excommunicated the moment I started using birth control.
#7 May 28 2011 at 2:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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catwho wrote:
I think I got automatically excommunicated the moment I started using birth control.


Fun Fact: Even if you get excommunicated, the church still counts you as Catholic.
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#8 May 28 2011 at 3:29 PM Rating: Excellent
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I think I got automatically excommunicated the moment I started using birth control.
Oddly enough, I think you did the world a favor the moment you started using birth control.
#9 May 28 2011 at 8:00 PM Rating: Good
I wonder how many of the ~billion Catholics Wolfram Alpha tells me about are actual Catholics.
#10 May 28 2011 at 8:07 PM Rating: Decent
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Probably most of them. The thing is, it is very difficult to stop being a Catholic. I could become a Muslim and lead a holy war against the Catholic Church, and as far as they'd be concerned, I'd just be a very bad Catholic.


Apparently I need to write a letter to the head of my diocese. Which he is apparently under no obligation to reply to. I heard a story about a guy who took almost two years to be removed from the Church's records, and that was only because he threatened litigation if they didn't comply with his wishes.
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#11 May 28 2011 at 8:15 PM Rating: Good
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Probably most of them. The thing is, it is very difficult to stop being a Catholic. I could become a Muslim and lead a holy war against the Catholic Church, and as far as they'd be concerned, I'd just be a very bad Catholic.


Apparently I need to write a letter to the head of my diocese. Which he is apparently under no obligation to reply to. I heard a story about a guy who took almost two years to be removed from the Church's records, and that was only because he threatened litigation if they didn't comply with his wishes.
I ask this only out of curiosity, but is there a specific reason you want to be removed? Is it merely out of principle because you don't want to be associated with the church any longer, or is there another reason?
#12 May 28 2011 at 8:24 PM Rating: Default
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I ask this only out of curiosity, but is there a specific reason you want to be removed? Is it merely out of principle because you don't want to be associated with the church any longer, or is there another reason?
I don't think it's prudent to be counted as a member of a group which holds polar opposite views of oneself. I also condemn many practices which the Catholic church partakes in (or, partook in).

There are many dogmas and practices that I find distasteful.

Edited, May 28th 2011 10:25pm by Nilatai
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#13 May 28 2011 at 8:31 PM Rating: Good
Nilatai wrote:
Probably most of them. The thing is, it is very difficult to stop being a Catholic. I could become a Muslim and lead a holy war against the Catholic Church, and as far as they'd be concerned, I'd just be a very bad Catholic.


Apparently I need to write a letter to the head of my diocese. Which he is apparently under no obligation to reply to. I heard a story about a guy who took almost two years to be removed from the Church's records, and that was only because he threatened litigation if they didn't comply with his wishes.


s/actual/practicing/


Sorry about that.
#14 May 28 2011 at 9:44 PM Rating: Decent
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catwho wrote:
I think I got automatically excommunicated the moment I started using birth control.
Oddly enough, I think you did the world a favor the moment you started using birth control.


Oddly enough, I agree with you. I'm too mutated to reproduce.
#15 May 28 2011 at 11:46 PM Rating: Decent
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I need to read the papers on this, but it is certainly a much more satisfactory answer than "dark matter." I always hated that ******** in astronomy classes.
#16 May 29 2011 at 12:57 AM Rating: Good
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I need to read the papers on this, but it is certainly a much more satisfactory answer than "dark matter." I always hated that bullsh*t in astronomy classes.


Actually this is supposed to be a missing section of the universe itself. Scientists are still using the term "Dark Matter' to describe the dark sections of the universe between the visible ones that have a noticeable affect on the surrounding area.
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#17 May 29 2011 at 9:31 AM Rating: Good
AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
I need to read the papers on this, but it is certainly a much more satisfactory answer than "dark matter." I always hated that bullsh*t in astronomy classes.


Dark matter's still a thing. It's a stronger theory than it was a few years ago.
#18 May 31 2011 at 9:28 AM Rating: Good
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Each pound of dark matter weighs over 10,000 pounds.
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#19 May 31 2011 at 9:37 AM Rating: Good
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Each pound of dark matter weighs over 10,000 pounds.
PHAIL!!!

This is the OOT, get your figures right.
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#20 May 31 2011 at 9:52 AM Rating: Good
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Each pound of dark matter weighs as much as a thousand suns.


FTFY
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#21 May 31 2011 at 10:36 AM Rating: Excellent
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Each pound of dark matter is over 9,000 !!!

Now it makes sense
#22 May 31 2011 at 2:59 PM Rating: Decent
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edit: never mind ><'

Edited, May 31st 2011 5:00pm by Nilatai
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#23 Jun 01 2011 at 4:49 PM Rating: Decent
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At least they had the honesty to name the 95% of the Universe they just pulled right out of their *** "Dark Matter".
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At the risk of being the party pooper here, that's not the "missing mass" which most people think of when the term is used. Had she found that, then it would have been a huge deal since it's something that affects the very structure and substance of the universe. It's kinda like the difference between discovering the American continents and discovering some change in your sofa.
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#26 Jun 02 2011 at 12:28 AM Rating: Excellent
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At the risk of being the party pooper here, that's not the "missing mass" which most people think of when the term is used. Had she found that, then it would have been a huge deal since it's something that affects the very structure and substance of the universe. It's kinda like the difference between discovering the American continents and discovering some change in your sofa.
I don't know that I'd call it that mundane of a discovery. Sure, it's not the discovery I was expecting from reading Nilatai's OP, but it's still a pretty big deal.
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