Antarctic Experiment Finds Puzzling Distribution of Cosmic Rays 119
pitchpipe writes "A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of Antarctica. ... It turns out these particles are not arriving uniformly from all directions. The new study detected an overabundance of cosmic rays coming from one part of the sky, and a lack of cosmic rays coming from another." The map of this uneven distribution comes from the IceCube neutrino observatory last mentioned several days ago.
Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Scientists have called this part of the sky "The Sun".
Here's a thought (Score:5, Funny)
God went that-a-way
Not ordinary Cosmic Rays (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Scientists: (Score:3, Funny)
Look around you.
Look... around you.
Look... around you. ...
How DO scientists sift through this data? They insert the assembled facts into a wave function graphing device.
Note that down in your copybook.
The device is powered by 2 icktoms of intelligent calcium and a green anole.
(addressing anole, paper lab jacket is visibly taped to the lizard's back) Hello, Professor!
When the functions display a wave on the screen of the osomoscope, the scientists interpret the signal. How do the scientists interpret it?
We may never know. Scientists have very intelligent brains, and it can be quite a challenge to even guess what they want for lunch. ... ...back next time when we learn about wood.
I propose (Score:5, Funny)
crap article (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Scientists: (Score:5, Funny)
Look. Around. You.
Have you guessed what we're looking for, yet? Yes, that's right - it's computer programming.
[ MAN SITTING AT TYPEWRITER ]
This man is writing a computer programme. A computer programme is like a script that tells a computer what to do. Like people, computers understand different languages - some examples of computer languages are:
* C
* PASCAL
* BASIC
* C double-plus
* C triple-plus
* C detuned bassoon
* Norwegian
Your school computer is probably a BBC Microcomputerisation Engine and, therefore, understands a dialect of BASIC known as 'HyperFrench.'
Make a note of this in your copybook... now.
Re:Huzzah! (Score:4, Funny)
The centre of my universe is a couple of feet lower.
Stargate (Score:1, Funny)
Its something to do with the second stargate, or the other ancient base in antarctica..