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A rock larger than some arbitrary size X with a nearly perfect spherical shape that emits no visible light.
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Half of the planets in our solar system would not fall under that definition.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
The Earth must turn off its lights at night, else its not a planet!Attached FilesOne day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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In any event, I would like to put as big of a visible light telescope as we can on orbit to look for exoplanets. It will cost a billion or so, but this stuff is the ****.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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You people suck ass.
Half of the planets in our solar system would not fall under that definition.
Half? I am not sure of that.
What planets in our system emit light?Comment
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I think he's going off the "rock" part of your definition, but pretty much all gas planets have a solid core."Compromises are not always good things. If one guy wants to drill a five-inch hole in the bottom of your life boat, and the other person doesn't, a compromise of a two-inch hole is still stupid." - chegitz guevara
"Bill3000: The United Demesos? Boy, I was young and stupid back then.
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Thanks for my new desktop picture.Originally posted by Dauphin
The Earth must turn off its lights at night, else its not a planet!
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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Yes. Beautiful picture. Where'd you get it?Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
-Richard DawkinsComment
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Jupiter emitts lots of EM band stuff, and infrared.
What part of the spectrum is that photograph in? I doubt it's a visible light spectrum photo."Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
"...Mangy dog staggering about, looking vainly for a place to die."
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Technically, all bodies of all types that have a therodynamic temperature above absolute zero radiate.
"Compromises are not always good things. If one guy wants to drill a five-inch hole in the bottom of your life boat, and the other person doesn't, a compromise of a two-inch hole is still stupid." - chegitz guevara
"Bill3000: The United Demesos? Boy, I was young and stupid back then.
Jasonian22: Bill, you are STILL young and stupid."
"is it normal to imaginne dartrh vader and myself in a tjhreee way with some hot chick? i'ts always been my fantasy" - DisComment
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Originally posted by Az
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WORD!!A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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How so?Originally posted by DanS
Half of the planets in our solar system would not fall under that definition.Comment
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How about "that emits no light from fusion reactions"? Or simply "whose mass is not sufficient to cause natural fusion reactions".Originally posted by Dauphin
The Earth must turn off its lights at night, else its not a planet!Comment
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VISIBLE LIGHTOriginally posted by Bill3000
Technically, all bodies of all types that have a therodynamic temperature above absolute zero radiate.
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Is there any hope of finding a human habitable planet and sending people to it?Long time member @ Apolyton
Civilization player since the dawn of timeComment
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Sending people there is the tricky part. It's a rather energy-intensive endeavor...I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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