

Space scientists confirm the bright point in the upper left is the first photo of a planet outside our own solar system. Full story is here. For me the fact they can photograph it is genuinely unbelievable and my mind is currently reeling.
Edited to make it clear what I am staggered by.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:31, Reply)

but puzzled by the unbelievable comment. Wouldn't it be more vastly more unbelievable that our solar system was the only one with planets?
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:45, Reply)

There are plenty of exo planets already known about (446 according to the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia)
It is cool they've got a photo of one though.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:52, Reply)

the more and more absurd I find people who find the idea of extra-terrestrial life absurd.
I mean this motherfucker:
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exists. Completely by chance. On the same planet. As you. Won't it be more miraculous if somehow, in the whole of the rest of the immensity of the universe, nothing else is alive? And if there is something else, thinking about it objectively, how is it going to be any weirder than some of the things (like 'im ^) we have here?
*edit* On a related subject, i should say. Otherwise it just sounds like I'm ranting in your face.
Also, good linkage. Woo.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Completely convinced that other solar systems/planets exist, even life.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:12, Reply)

If you know that there's taling a picture of a jupiter-sized planet at 500 light-years. When They were only guessing their presence a few years ago while observing the artefacts in the star movement.
I'm really impressed they shot a photo, When I met the man who discovered the first exoplanet in the french "Haute Provence" Observatory, they explained they needed 1 year and a half to compile the data and prove the presence of the planet. It was only a decade ago.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:19, Reply)

You have perfectly expressed the source of by unbelievingness.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:29, Reply)


And I bet it doesn't have Ewoks.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Forewarned is forearmed.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:09, Reply)

I thought it was assumed and evident that every star is a sun, and every sun has planets (and other stuff) orbiting around them. I thought we already knew this.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 12:19, Reply)

but it's very cool to have a photo of it, and not an artist's impression. See Wespel's nice reply above
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 12:52, Reply)

Every sun is a star, sure, but not reasonable to assume all of these have their own planetary systems.
In fact, the Drake equation, used a figure of 0.5 for the proportion of stars that have planets, but I can only think is is far too high.
I think far older stars are likely to have planets, less so new newer ones being churned out of star nurseries.
Who knows though!
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 12:57, Reply)

And as such have less raw material for planet building?
(Edit - by heavier, I mean larger than lithium)
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 13:14, Reply)

My reasoning was that there was more available raw matter to be collected into the stars accretion discs with the birth of older stars. With newer stars being born, any excess matter would be likely poached by other nearby embryonic stars.
I didn't even consider the distribution of the elements needed for planet formation though; maybe the age of the star gives an approximation towards the type of planet it may have; older stars having gas giants? I don't know; interesting though
An interesting
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 13:46, Reply)

It depends on the conditions under which they formed.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 13:13, Reply)

I present/produce an astronomy podcast - if you like space science then please give it a listen and let me know what you think!
The Naked Astronomy Podcast
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 13:42, Reply)

I thought that planets elsewhere was already a sure thing, I wouldn't have imagined otherwise for a second.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 19:16, Reply)

... ask St Peter for that back at a later date.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:10, Reply)

I'm liking the knock knock jokes :D
edit: There's some nice PS work there too
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:04, Reply)

This is my favourite - nimoysunsetpie.tumblr.com/post/711320426/straight-outta-vulcan
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:12, Reply)

Interesting look at comic book panel/film frame techniques
Includes the classics: "Reflection", "Depth" and who can forget "One Big Object (Hand, gun, lamp, phone)"
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:39, Reply)

a daft joke that made me chuckle a bit too loudly
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:18, Reply)

...by the way, my new 'modern life is crap and everyones an idiot' thing what gets on my nerves is why people never remember and tell jokes any more, they go "oh, here's a good one" and then take out their phone and read it out in a really stilted way.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:18, Reply)

"Did I send you that joke?"
"which one?"
"That one about so and so and the thing"
"I don't think so"
"Yeah, that one... so... (proceeds to tell me half the joke, badly)... tell you what I'll send it now."
*five minutes prannying around*
"You got it yet?"
"yes"
"s'good that one"
"yes"
*sigh*
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:23, Reply)

Which was a few years ago now! :)
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:27, Reply)

Yes, we always have the last bit going something like:
Teacher: And what's your name little girl?
Little girl: Breeze Block *said like a mongy*
Even made my Mum laugh once and she doesn't put up with much of that.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:32, Reply)

2 dogs fucking
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 12:56, Reply)

i saw this for real i was there looking at the soap dodgers, didn't film it, but someone else has...was fekkin loud!
EDIT: link is to mark webber doing a pitstop on parliament square (not flying into the barriers upside down at 200)
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 7:54, Reply)

I say arrest him now and send him to Australia!
um...
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:14, Reply)

they where there watching it too!
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:50, Reply)

Kids drawings. . .. re-imagined....

( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 7:21, Reply)

.. Didnt show as GC for me, probably just shown on the site I was looking at from another "sauce"
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 7:49, Reply)

Is it meant to be some sort of excuse? As far am I'm concerned a crap picture is a crap picture. No excuses!
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:09, Reply)

He reports to the Dragon and coordinates the Centaurs!
See at school we used to talk like this and called Geeks. . . damn racists have all the fun!
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 7:06, Reply)

Not really but parts of this article read like D&D "What are the job responsibilities of an Exalted Cyclops?
He presides over the Council of the Centaurs and writes quarterly reports to the Grand Giant."
Nice find. I hope that next meeting they have, someone spikes the punch with acid and they suddenly all see the hate they carry in them and learn to defeat it.
(Used to hate idiots like this, now I just feel pity for them and hope they open their eyes)
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:45, Reply)

At school me and my other two mates who "went into dungeons" got mocked for such things.... mind you this was back in 1983... and also. . . they were probably right..
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Okay, is this stupid or awesome? Who would actually do anything like this?
I mean think of 25 years from now, zombies/vampires have seen their time and your kids are asking for pictures of your wedding.
What do you do then?
I'd never do this, but it's always crazy to see what some people do to their lives.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 5:35, Reply)

And it's not like a couple of weird wedding pictures are going to utterly wreck your life and your relationship with your kids :P
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 6:13, Reply)

I say, if that's what they want to do then good luck to em.
Not a fan of 'novelty' weddings myself, but then we we didn't a lot of the 'traditional' shit either.
B asically, as long as you do the legal stuff, just enjoy your day the way you want to.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:44, Reply)

GQ and Complex easily and consistently have the hottest covers out of any US magazine still going strong.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 5:13, Reply)

Absolutely best video of bodily expression I have ever seen.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 3:37, Reply)

makes me angry.
Its a struggle to just get up and walk to the fridge at the moment.
Smug, athletic bastard.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 6:20, Reply)

But all I ever seem to find is forums of people that can hardly do a cartwheel.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 6:27, Reply)

and having trouble standing up again
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:49, Reply)

she must of been drinking alot of whiskey cos her voice is pretty gruff now
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:33, Reply)

Just a little test video i made for an upcoming film, sorry about bad quality, hoping i will get a better camera soon. Feedback is apreccaited
JQ
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 1:56, Reply)

Feedback. lols
/coat
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 2:14, Reply)

Most people have the decency to get involved and comment on other peoples links instead of just posting nothing but their own stuff.
You'd probably get better responses if you responded to others as well.
Until then, can't you piss off???????
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 4:23, Reply)

Either interact or fuck off, you malformed, privileged, hog-nosed bag of rancid cunts.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:55, Reply)

Watching a fackin video on youtube are ya? Fackin looks like it an' all.
Went to the Modern toss museum of urban shit-naks tonight in Shoreditch, London. Reminded me of the aceness of Alan and drive by abuser
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 0:36, Reply)

yeah?
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 2:00, Reply)

see ya.
edit: #13. Village Flowerbed is it? Fack off.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:37, Reply)

Defend your icecreeam truck from waves of kids with your (ice) cream gun.
Mor fun than a pedo in a clown suit.
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:53, Reply)

The idea is that it automatically builds a page by compiling excerpts from relevant articles.
The reality is somewhat different.
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:51, Reply)

shoved the entire internet in, and lo and behold, it blended.
Not very well mind.
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:54, Reply)

A friend of mine just posted this on his Facebook page (he's the one on the right). Should I be worried or aroused?
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:24, Reply)

now i see why you tagged it as nsfw, you should really warn people that its two men rubbing their crotches with soap in their underpants.
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:40, Reply)

I have NO idea what's going on but I LOLed.
Countdown to the endearingly prudish mods taking it down...
*edit* the Youtube chaps I mean, not ours, ours will not care.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:33, Reply)

waroused
EDIT: MY EYEEEEES! MY BEAUTIFUL EYEEEES!!!!!!!! *Wilhelm scream*

( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:41, Reply)

And I can guarantee that will in *no* way come back to haunt them in their future lives.
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 12:38, Reply)

I was just searching for premiership players old and new to see what their wives looked like. Even the really good looking players like Martin.
This was the first pic that came up in google.
It gave me a bit of a guffaw.
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:03, Reply)

this photo of Ray Parlour always makes me chuckle
i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/06/13/article-0-0068268300000258-989_224x423.jpg
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:09, Reply)

Surely he doesn't deserve this ridicule.
It should instead be directed at Carlos Tevez
www.sport24.com/var/plain_site/storage/images/media/images/football/diaporamas/carlos-tevez/526359-1-fre-FR/carlos-tevez_diaporama.jpg
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 20:15, Reply)

Those boxes in Sainsburys will never look the same.
NSFW due to cardboard bloodbath.
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 22:42, Reply)

Gotta get me a cardboard gun.................despite the fire risk
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 22:57, Reply)

that was really well done, little touches like the tank turret wobbling when the grenade went off etc. And whats with the beautiful katamari doodle at the end xD *click*
( , Thu 1 Jul 2010, 23:45, Reply)

A veritable cardboard cliché fest.
***cleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek***
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 7:49, Reply)

Very entertaining and a LOT of effort gone into that, the tank especially!
*edit* FXhome you say? ^^
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:09, Reply)

Aye, tis what i played with a while back:
(All short 30 seconds clips or so)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0tnBZ27hI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAFSW-Ikrc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7fJWZkoUxs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cccPJUqnOoM
( , Fri 2 Jul 2010, 11:32, Reply)
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