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    Behold The Fresh Wound On Jupiter's Surface

    What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?

    Can Our Hearts Withstand Another Strike?

    SAG Strike: Much Ado About Nothing, Or Disaster For Scifi?

    Justice League Movie Punched Out By Studio

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    Image of iCurmudgeon iCurmudgeon
    07/26/09

    In reply to Behold The Fresh Wound On Jupiter's Surface
    Looks like a wormhole that opened in the wrong place. Those Jovians must have a 1-earth wide collider. LHC, eat your heart out.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    07/25/09

    In reply to Behold The Fresh Wound On Jupiter's Surface
    By all that is good and holy... a rift to the outer darkness! The elder gods are coming, the elder gods are coming! Run for your lives!
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    Image of Grinning Kestrel Grinning Kestrel
    07/25/09

    @Anekanta: You win an internet! ...And you lose 10 san.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    07/25/09

    @Grinning Kestrel: Cool--I can use an internet! I don't know if I have any sanity left, though.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    07/25/09

    In reply to Behold The Fresh Wound On Jupiter's Surface
    The thing's hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God—it's full of stars!
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    Image of ARP ARP
    07/25/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: That does look like the beginning of the end of 2010.

    If Jupiter is primarily a gaseous plant, how would this form and remain? Wouldn't it simply dissipate within a few days.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    07/25/09

    @ARP: That occurred to me as well. You really _want_ it to be a bunch of self-replicating monoliths.
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    Image of Kuciwalker Kuciwalker
    07/25/09

    @ARP: It looks like the thing is, what, 100 miles long? I can believe that would take a while to dissipate.
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    Image of Grinning Kestrel Grinning Kestrel
    07/25/09

    @Kuciwalker: Your sense of scale is WAY off. It's probably about as big as 3 EARTH-sized objects.
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    Image of Whitworthian Whitworthian
    07/21/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    There's a little black spot on the gas giant today...
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    Image of JediPeteSolo JediPeteSolo
    07/21/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    The test results have come back and I'm afraid I have some bad news. Its melanoma.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/20/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    As I was reading the story one of my first thoughts was "I can’t wait to make some kind of 2001/2010 reference in the comments"

    Apparently I was beaten to it. By everyone.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/20/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    I know Jupiter is H-U-G-E but it's still somewhat frightening that it can be hit by something big enough to leave a dent that size and we don't realize it's coming till after the fact.
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    Image of Qev Qev
    07/20/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    Apparently, it's been confirmed as an impact mark by Glenn Orton over at JPL, who's observing the spot using NASA's IR Telescope.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/20/09

    @Qev: Yup, That Guy below mentioned JPL's confirmation as well. The Austrailian gets no props from them, figures.
    Funny thing, exactly 15 years ago Shoemaker-Levy 9 smacked Jupiter with it's infamous "string-of-pearls" between the 16th and the 22nd of July.
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    Image of KayDemon KayDemon
    07/20/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landings there. (It's only a few years early.)
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment KayDemon was starred KayDemon was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    07/20/09

    @KayDemon: It's actually only a year away.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/20/09

    @Bill-Lee: Somebody call Floyd Heywood. We better start making a deal with the Soviets now!
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    07/20/09

    @Grey_Area: As long as Dr. Floyd and his Russian equivalent can negotiate near the ladder of a radio telescope.
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    Image of That Guy That Guy
    07/20/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    JPL's saying it's an impact. Also, that it's "full of stars."
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    Image of OldDog1 OldDog1
    07/20/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    You, know, it just goes to show you.

    You're going along, everything is great.
    And on the day you get your picture taken.
    Bang, a big old zit. Right on the forhead.

    You, know, It's always something.
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    Image of Tzepish Tzepish
    07/20/09

    @OldDog1: Except this time, it's on the chin.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/20/09

    @Tzepish: Well spotted! (hah) That's the famous Red Spot "above" the impact site. Those kooky Australian astronomers, they see everything upside-down!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/20/09

    In reply to What's The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?
    Is anyone else hoping for a rectangular solid with the dimensions in the ratio 1:4:9?
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    07/20/09

    @Grey_Area: Or thousands or them. Well, now we don't get Europa anymore.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    07/20/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Oh, Europa's a dump, anyhow.
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    Image of darthsidious_7 darthsidious_7
    11/24/08

    In reply to Can Our Hearts Withstand Another Strike?
    And what is it they deserve? Especially in this economy.


    Is it a raise? Cause I know my employer suspended all raises and bonuses this year.


    Is it job security? I know many people in the real world have jobs and are teetering on being layed off.


    Personally I think they run the risk of alienating the public with this stunt during these bleak economic times. Almost makes me not want to watch anything Hollywood puts out anymore.

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    Image of braak braak
    11/24/08

    @darthsidious_7: Those both sound like really good reasons for forming a union.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/24/08

    In reply to Can Our Hearts Withstand Another Strike?
    EVERYBODY CALM DOWN!!!! Your precious TV shows will likely not be impacted by this at all, because the Screen Actors Guild only covers theatrical releases. The American Federation for Television and Radio Actors (AFTRA) is what covers TV shows and I'm guessing made-for-TV movies as well. In order for TV shows to be impacted, AFTRA would have to go on strike in support of SAG, and I don't think that's at all likely to happen right now, as they're sorta pissed at each other.


    See, back when the WGA strike got settled, AFTRA went to the table with the studios, and hammered out a deal that they were both more or less happy with. SAG was _not_ happy with it, because it didn't include stuff that they wanted to negotiate for. The reason this mattered is that if AFTRA was able to work that stuff into their deal, SAG could then walk in and demand a matching deal on behalf of their members, and the studios would pretty much have to give it to them without a fight. SAG actively lobbied AFTRA members to vote down their own deal, and AFTRA voted to go with it anyways. So, SAG is ticked off at them for scuttling their "matching deal" plan by running with what they'd already negotiated, and AFTRA is equally cheesed at SAG for trying to influence how their members voted. So, what I expect will happen is if SAG asks AFTRA to strike in support of their demands, AFTRA will flip them the bird and go back to work.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/24/08

    @Purple Dave:
    Whoops, I mean that AFTRA stands for the American Federation for Television and Radio Artists, not Actors.
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    Image of The One True b!X The One True b!X
    11/23/08

    In reply to Can Our Hearts Withstand Another Strike?
    The sad part of this, really, is that while SAG is completely correct on the issues, the AMPTP is going to win the rhetorical battle, primarily because of the economic collapse.


    It's even more unfortunate, because the WGA just announced that the AMPTP in fact is completely failing to pay the new media residuals negotiated during the writers strike.


    So on top of SAG being right on the issues, we now know that the AMPTP won't even live up to a crappy deal like the one they got the WGA to accept, which is basically the one they ant to force upon SAG.

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    Image of Mav Mav
    11/23/08

    @The One True b!X: ... If they are not paying the residuals, wouldn't that be a breach of negotiatons?


    Or am I missing something here?

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