Mysterious MilkyWay Warp Finally Explained? 215
* * Beatles-Beatles writes to tell us Space.com is reporting that scientists think that a collision between mysterious 'dark matter' and two of the Milky Way's nearby neighbors may be causing our galaxy to warp 'like a vinyl record left out in the hot Sun.' From the article: 'The warp is most clearly visible in a thin disk of hydrogen gas that extends across the entire 200,000-light-year diameter of the Milky Way. Viewed sideways, one half of the hydrogen disk appears to stick up above our galaxy's plane of stars and gas, while the other half dips below the plane for a bit and then rises upward again farther away from the galaxy's center.'"
missing info (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:**Beatles (thread to be bitchslapped in 3..2..) (Score:2, Insightful)
Taco doesn't read the site and SM abuses the crap out of the system.
Digg is looking better all the time.
Re:**Beatles (thread to be bitchslapped in 3..2..) (Score:5, Insightful)
Digg is looking better all the time.
Now, hold on... I'm not suggesting that we jump ship.
All I'm asking for is Journalistic integrity.
I know digg exists. I deliberately come back to slashdot. The reason? I'm not here for the articles. I'm here for the discussion. I can get the information anywhere. I am at slashdot because I want to know what others think. There are some very smart and very connected people on Slashdot, and I value their opinion. I also find out about alternatives or other theories or random_x piece of software I didn't know existed from the comments. I consider it a great day when I see someone say "Well, if you like X, you'll love Y". That to me is slashdot's strength. And I try to contribute positively where I can.
All I am asking for is for the Admins to have a little integrity. Whatever happened to honesty? Whatever happened to shaking a man's hand, looking him in the eye, and telling the truth? I'm that kind of guy... so are many of my fellow Slashdot readers. And I have an almost irrational belief in the fundamental "goodness" of mankind.
If I had to nail down the problems of Slashdot these days, it's very simple:
1.) They don't hold their admins to the same level of integrity to which their readers hold themselves.
2.) They irrationally refuse to believe people like me exist; they refuse to believe that the strength of Slashdot is in the content provided by the readers.
But, one at a time. Let's get 1 working first, and then I think 2 will fall into place.
~Will
Re:**Beatles (thread to be bitchslapped in 3..2..) (Score:5, Insightful)
I gave up on Slashdot providing reliable information a long time ago. Now I come to skim the headlines and check out the trolls.
Re:related article (Score:3, Insightful)
Um, evidence is pointing towards that being the case in most if not all Galaxies, even our own Milky Way [cnn.com]. That article alone was over 5 years old.
Slashcode (Score:3, Insightful)
Complain to the Advertisers? (Score:3, Insightful)
ASCII art & subtle comment trolls were far more amusing than bad
Only solution is to complain to Slashdot's advertisers.
Tell 'em something like I know it's like going over your boss' head and complaining. But ScuttleMonkey & Co. don't really seem to care.
Re:**Beatles (thread to be bitchslapped in 3..2..) (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:At it again... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:**Beatles (thread to be bitchslapped in 3..2..) (Score:3, Insightful)
Agreed. And check out my UID. I am a long time slashdot user - and it has been my homepage ever since I registered.