May 08, 2008

• It's us. It's been us the whole time.
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• Must...watch...Walken. *brain explodes*
• The unthinkable has happened - I'm too excited to make a lame joke.
• I can't stop looking at Walken. You could hypnotize people with that, I'm pretty sure.
• *snaps back* That was just wrong! A warning would have been nice... *scrolls up and falls back*
• Possibilities: Quark Star? Preon Star? First direct observation of a binary Neutron Star with black hole companion? Elliptical-orbit brown dwarf transiting our own sun beyond the Oort cloud? (Swift would have spotted this) First certified Oort cloud object? Dark matter galaxy? Direct detection of dark matter? Super Massive Black Hole at the center of our galaxy directly observed for the first time? Very-low-mass binary star system altering the theory of brown-dwarf deserts. Detection of Mirror-Matter object. - this fits the time frame of 50 years of search, but I'm unsure how Chandra could be involved in this; page states the discovery is the result of Chandra observations in conjunction with ground-based telescopes, so it should be observable in both x-rays and visible light. I don't think you can observe Mirror-Matter directly, only thru gravitational lensing. Baryonic Matter (although I think ESA have already claimed this one) A supernova in our own galaxy (predicted but not observed - radio astronomy is only roughly 50 years old, IIRC) erm.. the Phoenix Asteroids? ..
• Werner von Braun's car keys
• It *MUST* be this It's a conspiracy!
• Socks. Billions and billions of socks.
• I just talked to a friend of mine who does some educational programs for NASA (some of her funding comes out of Chandra) and her guess is that it's some kind of variable star.
• an object... astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years... - a little respect from those darned meteorologists and astrologers.
• A quick Google search reveals it must be this.
• The Flying Spqaghetti Monster?
• A large black rectangular monolith. With Elvis sitting on top
• I think it's going to be Nazi Base on Far Side of Moon Discovered"
• I'm afraid it's just my new shed. I ordered it yesterday and it will be delivered on Wednesday 14th sometime between 13:00 and 19:00 UTC + 2. I guess NASA figure they need a bit of extra time to prepare the press conference. I realize this might be a disappointment to some, but it's very exciting for me.
• Does this mean you now have two sheds? Because that would be very exciting.
• Batboy's home planet?
• Alas, I will only have one shed. I prevaricated between saying "it's just my shed" and "it's just my new shed" and opted for the latter because it's new and I have in the past been the proud owner of a shed, just not where I'm living now. Heartfelt apologies for the somewhat teasing nature of the imprecision.
• Shingle or tar felt for the roof there, rory?
• I'm thinking either the tapes of the first season of "Doctor Who" or that arrow Bullwinkle shot into the air in one of the early "Bullwinkle's Corner" segments.
• Shingle, Abiezer. Mrs Roryk has requested that it be pink shingle, in an effort to undermine the outrageous manliness of my soon-to-be-shed. I expect it will be red/rust, in keeping with most of the buildings hereabouts.
• Well, that makes me aroused.
• What the ladies don't understand I think is that they could put up chintz curtains and paint the whole thing pink but the essential masculinity of the shed would not be diminished one iota. For such is the nature of the beast.
• roryk is Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson?
• My favorite classical composer! But why the two sheds?
• Goody-two-sheds.
• A million smart-asses at a million typewriters.
• The announcement comes today....
• And my shed arrived about 30 minutes ago. It's now blocking up the hallway.
• FUCKN HELL THE SYNCHRONICITIES PEOPLES
• Wired will liveblog the announcement for those of you without speakers at work like me.
• I'm scared. Hold me.
• *puts arms around Hank* *surprised at how warm and fuzzy he feels*
• Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the Milky Way's most recent supernova, which exploded a mere 140 years ago, a few years after the Civil War. Hmmm.
• What is this, Bach? Baroque rubbish.
• Boo.
• NASA Discovers Something Boring
• Who's liveblogging rory's shed assembly?
• I dunno - Unilever?
• > Who's liveblogging rory's shed assembly? I'll be setting up an R S-Ass feed...
• Vatican says it's OK to believe in extraterrestrials. The jokes, they write themselves...
• Ah, he's a Jesuit...these are the guys who once decreed that the Beaver is a fish, so it's OK to eat on a Friday. Speaking of jokes that write themselves
• Thought it was Copy bears?