Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Shrinking 270
cjstaples noted a CNN story proclaiming that
Jupiter's signature red spot is shrinking. Over a 10 year study, the giant storm lost just over half a kilometer per day for a total loss of about 15%. Scientists know about shrinkage, right?
meme tag stole my post (Score:4, Funny)
Here I was ready to make some crack about how global warming is causing jupiter's red spot to shrink and this shows that the sun is having some other effect, and there it is in the tags:
"globalwarming manbearpig globalshrinking...."
totally burst my bubble, stole my thunder... I might actually have to do some work.
In Jupiter's Defense (Score:5, Funny)
Scientists know about shrinkage, right?
Let me just point out that it's very cold in space. Even with the sun nearby, I think we'd all experience at least a little bit of shrinkage if we were in Jupiter's position and it's not fair for the other planets to laugh at him.
Red spot shrinking? (Score:5, Funny)
Perfect time to send some spam to Jupiter.
The birth of europa? (Score:4, Funny)
How about color? (Score:5, Funny)
It's not getting blacker by chance is it?
Re:How about color? (Score:5, Funny)
OMG its full of ponies!
Re:The birth of europa? (Score:3, Funny)
You could have just, I dunno, made one.
**spoiler!!!**
I wonder if Clarke chose that year because a craft leaving Earth in 2010 would arrive at Jupiter in 2012 and thus the Leonov would witness the birth of a new sun just as the world is ending!
Re:The birth of europa? (Score:3, Funny)
2010: The Space Oxy??
When it's done.. (Score:4, Funny)
..we need to make sure we stay away from Europa
Time for a bailout (Score:5, Funny)
2010 (Score:4, Funny)
We should see if we can get the Russians to take US scientists along on a ship next year to investigate.
Re:meme tag stole my post (Score:5, Funny)
Here I was ready to make some crack
I knew it!
Even drug dealers read Slashdot!
Aw, Jupiter is finally out of puberty! (Score:2, Funny)
Monolith (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In Jupiter's Defense (Score:3, Funny)
... it's not fair for the other planets to laugh at him.
I don't think the other planets are listening to you as I'm pretty sure I can hear Pluto laughing from here; something about "serves you right!".
Re:Let's celebrate! (Score:2, Funny)
Isn't it enough just not to believe?
No, we must also mock. Mock heartily. That's what we do in this country.
Don't worry (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In Jupiter's Defense (Score:5, Funny)
Let me just point out that it's very cold in space. Even with the sun nearby, I think we'd all experience at least a little bit of shrinkage if we were in Jupiter's position and it's not fair for the other planets to laugh at him.
Venus: That's what every man says. The truth is, you're just upset that Saturn has over 200 satellites to your... uhh... 63. Plus, you've completely lost control of your weight these past few millenia and have horrible acne. Seriously, clean up your atmosphere and do something about those red splotches and maybe you'll have a chance with some of the inner planets.
Re:meme tag stole my post (Score:5, Funny)
Must you turn something going on on an entirely different planet into a political rant?
Global warming may or may not be affected by humans (I find it hard to believe that it isn't to at least some degree), but that has nothing at all to do with this story.
Personally, I think the Red Spot is shrinking because illegal immigrants are taking jobs from the Americans that would normally be maintaining it.
Re:meme tag stole my post (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In Jupiter's Defense (Score:5, Funny)
Let me just point out that it's very cold in space. Even with the sun nearby, I think we'd all experience at least a little bit of shrinkage if we were in Jupiter's position and it's not fair for the other planets to laugh at him.
Well we sure have no room to laugh. Jupiter's spot, shrinkage and all, is still several times bigger than our entire planet.
Saturn probably has the right for a chuckle or two, though, and Neptune might join in. Uranus as usual will just try to avoid attention since it always ends up with it being made fun of.
Jupiter confirms it: Red Storm Linux is dying! (Score:3, Funny)
Another crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Red Storm Linux community today when Jupiter...
#$%! economy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:meme tag stole my post (Score:3, Funny)
'Natural' doesn't equate to "OK".
I reject this on principle! Natural = better! Tons of infomercials for herbal supplements have implicitly told me so! Just look at ginseng, herbal tea, cyanide, tobacco, botulin, the plague, male pattern baldness, and dying of old age at 30. All good reasons why natural equates to better!
Another venus is coming! (Score:3, Funny)
Anyone remember Immanuel Velikovsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_in_Collision
Could this be just the preliminaries for another Venus ejection event?
Re:In Jupiter's Defense (Score:3, Funny)
Wow grandpa, did you know Galileo personally?
Pluto a planet?!? That was like what the people that thought the earth was flat thought, right?