muff528 3 #1 August 26, 2011 (approximately) Now that's a rock! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #2 August 26, 2011 In this regard, I think the part of human history in which we live SUCKS. A couple hundred years ago we had no idea what was out there: we just made stuff up. And to be honest, we're finding stuff out there that knocks the stuff we imagined into a cocked hat. A few hundred years from now (assuming we aren't wiped off the planet by Mother Nature or ourselves) we'll have the technology to go check out all this cool stuff. But right now we're stuck in the middle: we have the technology to look around us and see all the super-cool stuff that is out there, but we don't yet have the technology to GO there and see it with our own eyes, so to speak. Elvisio "I'd even wear those ugly-ass Star Trek uniforms if it meant I could cruise around at Warp speed" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 August 26, 2011 Quote Elvisio "I'd even wear those ugly-ass Star Trek uniforms if it meant I could cruise around at Warp speed" Rodriguez Not sure I want to see you in one of the mini-skirts from early seasons!!! [shudders] (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzdiva 7 #4 August 26, 2011 Size doesn't matter! "It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sacex250 0 #5 August 26, 2011 And right now, Beverly Hills jewelry stores are flooded with socialites trying to get a ring made for it!It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #6 August 27, 2011 I'm amazed by it's orbit. I wonder what kind of gravitational/tidal forces you'd see there....---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #7 August 27, 2011 QuoteI'm amazed by it's orbit. I wonder what kind of gravitational/tidal forces you'd see there.... I dunno. If I haven't made a mistake with the gazintas it looks like the diamond planet's diameter is about 2500 times bigger than it's star. And with a "year" lasting a little over 2 hours! Amazing stuff! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #8 August 27, 2011 Quote Size doesn't matter! That's what you all say! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #9 August 27, 2011 Quote In this regard, I think the part of human history in which we live SUCKS. A couple hundred years ago we had no idea what was out there: we just made stuff up. And to be honest, we're finding stuff out there that knocks the stuff we imagined into a cocked hat. A few hundred years from now (assuming we aren't wiped off the planet by Mother Nature or ourselves) we'll have the technology to go check out all this cool stuff. But right now we're stuck in the middle: we have the technology to look around us and see all the super-cool stuff that is out there, but we don't yet have the technology to GO there and see it with our own eyes, so to speak. Elvisio "I'd even wear those ugly-ass Star Trek uniforms if it meant I could cruise around at Warp speed" Rodriguez Probably don't want to get too close, though! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #10 August 27, 2011 Yeah. . . but that's going to take one hell of a blow job!_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #11 August 27, 2011 good god how fast ois that thing spinning around it's star? Im' not a rocket scientist but a mass that heavy spinning that fast would in theory twist and churn the fabric of space right?Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #12 August 27, 2011 QuoteBut right now we're stuck in the middle: we have the technology to look around us and see all the super-cool stuff that is out there, but we don't yet have the technology to GO there and see it with our own eyes, so to speak. Money will be the incentive for us to go there. If we discover diamond-planets in our own solar system, the space race will be on. If we found some great source of energy out there, it would be even better.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #13 August 27, 2011 Quote And right now, Beverly Hills jewelry stores are flooded with socialites trying to get a ring made for it! Probably fortunate for Richard that he and Liz passed on before this one was discovered. Just sayin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #14 August 27, 2011 > good god how fast ois that thing spinning around it's star? Once a year ....just like all the other planets.> Im' not a rocket scientist but a mass that heavy > spinning that fast would in theory twist and churn the > fabric of space right? Space was built to take it. Ripstop, I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #15 August 27, 2011 I don't think it's heavy enough to do anything. In my opinion, that neutron star is more interesting than the planet._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #16 August 27, 2011 Quote Space was built to take it. Ripstop, I think. And F thread."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herky 0 #17 August 27, 2011 You guys realize if this planet was accessible to us it would make diamonds literally worthless. It would become the most common commodity over even top soil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #18 August 27, 2011 QuoteYou guys realize if this planet was accessible to us it would make diamonds literally worthless. It would become the most common commodity over even top soil. Hint hint nudge nudge diamonds are already worthless. It just so happens that there are a few very well placed companies that own all rights to mining them. I've had a chance to visit one while in RSA and was amazed.Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #19 August 27, 2011 QuoteQuoteYou guys realize if this planet was accessible to us it would make diamonds literally worthless. It would become the most common commodity over even top soil. Hint hint nudge nudge diamonds are already worthless. Diamonds aren't worthless. They are worth whatever gullible people are willing to pay for a chunk of carbon that just happens to sparkle. It wasn't until early last century that DeBeers started their massive marking campaign to make those shiny chunks of near worthless carbon the symbol of never ending love that a man must buy for his woman. Sigh...... suckers.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #20 August 27, 2011 Quotenudge diamonds are already worthless. Perhaps, but blowjobs aren't. So... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ur2er-STls Elvisio "the gift that keeps on giving" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzdiva 7 #21 August 28, 2011 "It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
