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Did you know that pneumonosuperultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary? Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutaminylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl...sylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine is the largest printed English word with a whopping 1,909 letters. It i...

It looks like Scooby-Doo with flight gear on.

And hopefully he'll stick around for a while.

Yeah...

I'm still surprised, because they, unlike many other plants, "eat" insects and the like for nutrition, while other plants depend on nutrients in the ground. Kinda animal-like, if you ask me.

Asterisk Academy could probably take the place of Learning & Resources. How about the Help Desk?

I'm surprised the Venus Flytrap isn't in there.

FloridaMike wrote:Where the heck is Neufer? A comment like this is usually his cue...

We don't really know...

orin stepanek wrote:Darn; you made me google solon! No help there as solon hast too many references! Any way; sorry no badge! You really think it looks like a ghost?

It looks nothing like a ghost to me!

Dark chocolate is too bitter for me, though, so I'm going to have to rely on the sugar to sweeten things up.

Actually, to me, it looks like a scoop of cookies 'n' cream ice cream. I feel like having some now.

Chris, what do echo requests have to do with it? I think I might know of a way to resolve the problem, although I'm far from confident.

And tarazed, are any of those numbers IP addresses for your router?

What is that thing, anyway?! Please don't tell me that it's a heart coated in fat. If it is, that carving is just plain cruel. Not to mention gross. How would callers to talk-back radio react? They'd insist on building a wall around the planet to keep them from ever coming here, and seek to criminal...

With this type of supernova, shouldn't the companion erupt due to the mass it gained while it was being buffeted by the supernova? I think the star's gases and dust that was blown out could have collected on the companion, therefore it gaining a lot of mass. If this were to happen, would there be a ...

First snow of 2012 here, and not even an inch of accumulation. What is going on here? And to think that the temperature was in the mid-20s.

Looks haunting to me.

hal wrote:Do all stars and planets shine on their own or are they reflecting light from other stars or planets?
hal

Stars shine on their own, but not planets. Planets reflect light that a nearby star produces.

If I gave you a penny, would you give me over a million dollars

That's a good idea. Thanks, Beyond!
BTW, it's called Fat Man

About half a degree or so northwest of Antares is NGC 6144, which can only be viewed with a fairly large telescope.

I'm doing a research paper on the Nagasaki atomic bombing and need some information about its background in general, obstacles that the U.S. had to overcome, U.S. accomplishments, and its impact around the world. Can you help me with this info? I'd really appreciate it.

I'm allergic to cats and dogs. I try to avoid spending too much time with them. It is really unfortunate.

I remember when I was younger, I used to have a bird (can't remember what kind of bird it was) and several fish. It was fun having them.

I saw the moon in the picture within the minute the picture pulled up!

Finally 2012 here in Kansas City and everywhere else in CST and eastward...although it technically already is 2012, but what the heck?

Wishing everyone a
Happy
New
Year!
And may there be many more new years to come.

That really was a great idea. It's interesting to know what a comet would look like from space. Good going!