Star Trek Logo Spotted On Mars (uahirise.org) 46
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot brings us news about the southern hemisphere of Mars:
The University of Arizona HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) has posted a photo of curious chevron shapes in southeast Hellas Planitia that are the result of "a complex story of dunes, lava, and wind."
"Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that these features look conspicuously like a famous logo..."
RockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) adds that "For those wanting to try to find it on a Mars map, it's at Latitude (centered) -49.325Â Longitude (East) 85.331Â."
"Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that these features look conspicuously like a famous logo..."
RockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) adds that "For those wanting to try to find it on a Mars map, it's at Latitude (centered) -49.325Â Longitude (East) 85.331Â."
Didn't mention the tweet exchange... (Score:5, Funny)
How can you talk abotu that story and never once mention the tweet exchange between Shatner and the official Star Wars Twitter account [twitter.com]?
Re: Didn't mention the tweet exchange... (Score:1)
You are on a nerd and geek site, iJockTard. Better keep that iPhone hidden in your rectum and not mastubate onto your mirror image on its screen, like you usually do between "Tweets".
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How can you talk about that story and never once mention the tweet exchange between Shatner and the official Star Wars Twitter account [twitter.com]?
I actually remembered this one second after pressing Submit.
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Where did you hear Kendall speak, or was it just the normal voices you hear in your head. Try some Xanax, I read that it might help sad cases such as yourself...
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But it turned out it ain't nothing but a hound-dog.
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"Cause he ain't never caught a rabbit, and he's a friend of a friend of mine."
This Gives Me An Idea (Score:3)
Develop an pattern matching program to scan all of the libraries of images of celestial bodies (why stop and Mars) to find matches of corporate logos and then... profit?
Having the corporations sue said celestial bodies for infringement looks unpromising (though it might keep corporate attorneys busy), but maybe you could offer the findings to corporations for use in ad campaigns.
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Good idea. Someone please find the Caterpillar logo on Mars and keep their lawyers busy with extraterrestrial stuff, and leave our coffee shops alone!
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Develop an pattern matching program to scan all of the libraries of images of celestial bodies (why stop and Mars) to find matches of corporate logos and then... profit?
I'm sure Paramount's legal team is already on the case. The stupider members will probably issue a DMCA order against the Red Planet; the rest will be working on a cease and desist order which requires any telescope operator to avoid those coordinates.
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Yeah, was talking about this the other night and figured the first manned trip to Mars will assuredly include somebody serving papers to the martians for trademark infringement.
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Put Watson to work on it, it needs something to do.
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But have they found the moon? (Score:1)
Dear leader tells us that it's part of Mars, after all. And he would never lie, would he?
*sigh* (Score:3)
So? Who did violate the prime directive this time?
Well, now we know... (Score:2)
...where Mrs. Pac-Man buried her husband's body.
It's The Cochrane Curve (Score:2)
It's the Star Trek Logo, but it also represents the Cochrane curve, after Zefram Cochrane, the discoverer of warp technology.
The upper curve is "traditional physics" which shows as you get closer to the speed of light (the peak) the energy needed reaches infinity. The second lower curve represents what happens when you engage the warp drive - the energy required is lowered and shifts slightly.
This discovery on Mars means the theory is sound and we need to research warp technology.
Serious Explanation (Score:2)
The shape is a well-known common and natural shape for sand dunes formed by wind that prevails in one direction.
Dunes of this type are known as "Barchan." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Academic hubris. Nothing to see here (Score:1)