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The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Shows The Birth And Death Of Suns
One Galaxy Smashes Into Four Others At 2 Million Miles Per Hour
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Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
09/23/09

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I see a planet with a shack and some guy with a cat named, oddly, The Lord.
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Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
09/23/09

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Hey man, spaceships are just plain cool; even God knows that :)
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stereobot
09/23/09

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It is showing the death of Suns or stars? Because there is only one Sun since that is the name we gave to Earth's star.

"Suns" in a plural sense is incorrect and the word itself is not being used properly. The image is showing other stars, not "Suns".

Sheesh..
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SuperTuna
09/23/09

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I'm looking at that picture and I can sorta see an angry parrot...or rabbit. Maybe I should have checked if I had regular flu or swine flu. And stayed home.
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Ruthless, If you let me
09/23/09

@SuperTuna: I see a bunny too!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
09/23/09

@SuperTuna: Really? I see a vision of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, with GLOWING meatballs!
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WLDaywalker
07/14/09

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God doesn't play dice with the universe...but it appears she does play pool.

Barred spiral galaxy, left corner pocket; barred spiral galaxy right corner; spiral in the side. Boom, baby.
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FrankenPC
07/14/09

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Holy carp. The only thing more astounding is the collision of two dwarf stars at near the speed of light. Talk about clacking your nutz together.
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
07/14/09

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Nice...whilst im on here. What is with the grey/black text system. Ive got bad eyesight as it is. I cant read fuck all. Secondly, whats with the star system, it seems anyone with a star is the elite....well ive been on this site for almost a year and my opinions have counted for something before, ive got a few followers and some cool friends. But I never get a reply now because im stuck way back in the grey corner with the newbies and Trolls. And I find it hard to put my input into anyones posts because I cant read the text!! Just becuse someone has a star and black text next to their name doesnt mean i want to coment on their post. It might be an unitresting post in my opinion, someones in grey might be better...but because i cant see it properly, it doesnt count for shit!

Love the new layout io9....but help me out here. Im an oldie and goldie with bad eyesight and the need for a star!!
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
07/14/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my...: Did someone put my text in black...awwww, Ta. I can see now!! Thanks to whoever did that, if its a spooky coincidence...well!
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TemporalSword
07/14/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my...: In case you missed it, they just revamped the whole comment system last week. Starred commenters are the shiznet now, and are supposed to help promote new commentors.

A question for the site: should featured comments be more like featured discussions or threads? What I mean is, a featured comment goes to black, but some replies are grey regardless of who replies and so you won't see whole the whole discussion unless you click "show all comments". I've found myself replying only to realize someone else said it first, but I didn't see it because it was not shown. Seems like once the main comment becomes featured, the whole thread should be, too. Just a thought.
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Ruthless, If you let me
07/14/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my...: TemporalSword seems to have answered your question.Are you running Firefox? Lifehacker has a pretty cool Greasemonkey script that auto expands all comments, changes font colors, and some other simple things. It'll help with the eyesight at least.

I run it when I am at home, and not on my blasted IE enabled work computer.
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
07/14/09

@BullLifter: This goes to everyone whos answered this thread. Cheers. I'll try the greasemonkey trick considering ive got Firefox. That said...I was away on my 2 year wedding Anniversary, which was (sorry io9), waaaay more important than the change on here at the time. But when I came back and logged in, I had completly missed the section on the revamp and walked into a world of confusion and head scratching. I think im on the ball now. But could someone explain the star system? Is it a star for the quality of the post or the quality of the person involved.?
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tetracycloide
07/14/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my...: the stars were originally based on how many people were following you, so while being around for a while helps get you more exposure it doesn't necessarily mean people are interested in what you have to say enough to follow you. now i think they are awarded by admins (the elite of the elite) for especially clever comments.

my major critique, other than the backflips i have to do just to get the site to work now, is that comments cannot be demoted, only promoted.
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acrobatic rabbit
07/14/09

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a galactic collision that looks like a cack 'n balls. space pron indeed.
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se7a7n7
07/14/09

@acrobatic rabbit: What are you talking about? That's a space vagina, if I've ever seen one.
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acrobatic rabbit
07/14/09

@se7a7n7: space bewbs maybe. vajayjay? nay nay.
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Ruthless, If you let me
07/14/09

@acrobatic rabbit: Space pr0n is the best kind for work.
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