Double Comet Spectacular... Maybe 28
jd writes "CNN is reporting that two comets, named NEAT and LINEAR after the obervatories that found them, may both be visible in the sky at the same time. The prediction is that they will first be seen in the southern hemisphere in mid-April, becoming visible in the northern skies in May. This is believed to be the first time these comets have passed through the inner solar system, so astronomers are hedging their bets on how bright they will be. Guesses range from plus infinity to minus infinity."
Been looking already (Score:1, Funny)
I'm going to get ready, just like I did for Comet Kohoutek. I've got the bushel-baskets of 2-inch-high men all ready.
Guesses? (Score:5, Funny)
Damn close minded scientists...are they even CONSIDERING a brightness level in the complex plane?
Coin flip (Score:3, Funny)
huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Ahh, but what order of infinity? (Score:0, Funny)
or
# of decimals between 1 and 0 type of infinity?
Re:huh? (Score:0, Funny)
In the beowulf kind of way.
UFO cults.. (Score:2, Funny)
In order to save the helpless refugees stuck in an endless race for freedom, followers here on earth will help stick it to the man by committing suicide just in time so that as their souls rise towards the heavens, the cop ship will pass overhead and the souls will re-materialize on board their ship so that they can possess their bodies and crash the cop-mobile into earth and allow the refugees to get away.
The refugees, forever grateful towards the helpful earth citizens, will continue on their merry way and will not need to blow the earth up like they had planned (they were hoping that large chunks of earth would smash into the perusing police force and allow them to get away).
Re:Brightness (Score:5, Funny)
prediction... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Coin flip (Score:5, Funny)
(too lazy to post a link to a previous story)
Re:huh? (Score:2, Funny)
Gay Marriage (Score:5, Funny)
Two comets in the sky at the same time? That is obviously proof that our noble and benevolent (but egotistical and psychotic) God is preparing to punish us for destroying the sanctity of marriage! Oh wait...is this FreeRepublic or slashdot? Damn, there goes my karma!
Re:Brightness (Score:2, Funny)