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    10/05/09

    In reply to HTC Tilt 2 and HTC Pure WinMo 6.5 Phones Arrive on AT&T
    What is the HTC Pure's generic name? I want to buy it unlocked.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to HTC Tilt 2 and HTC Pure WinMo 6.5 Phones Arrive on AT&T
    Any word on WinMo 6.5 devices on Sprint?
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    The sphincterocity of the image aside, it's good to see that the Hubble is still so good at what it does. I'm glad it didn't really get blown up like in Independence Day.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    In lieu of being banned I will not go into any vivid descriptions, but if that amazing hubble photo was a Rorschach ink blot test, my answer would be NSFW.
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    09/10/09

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: This new comment system is a funky thing indeed (sometimes) Took us into the wrong article.
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    09/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:

    How did our hubble comments wind up here? And with no edit button?

    Wonky Wonky Wonky.
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    Image of Jamie Boudreaux Jamie Boudreaux
    07/25/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    Jupiter's huge.. then again..
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't someone in charge of tracking all large asteroids?
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    07/25/09

    @i38warhawk: Yep, and they cover around 3% of the sky. Makes you feel all safe a cosy, no?
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    07/27/09

    @Zoolook: And it's a big ass sky.
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    I want to live in Jupiter! It's so pretty!!!
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    07/25/09

    @Mega-Japan:
    The problem with jupiter is if you go their after a huge diet suddenly you gain back all that weight and more :(
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    Earth is much less likely to be hit by objects like this. This is thanks to the enormous gravity wells that Saturn and especially Jupiter create. They effectively vacuum up most of the large objects in the inner solar system.
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    07/25/09

    @MacBandit: Jupiter and Saturn aren't in the inner solar system...
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    07/25/09

    @Barry99705:

    Very true. What I meant is that they vacuum up most of the large objects before entering the inner solar system.
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    07/25/09

    @MacBandit: ...making large planets like Saturn and Jupiter prerequisites for the emergence of life elsewhere, large body guards taking the blows for precious little Earth.
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    07/25/09

    @frigg:

    It's probably not absolutely necessary to have them but they are definitely on the list of objects that raise the likelihood. At least according to Astro Biologists scientists.
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    Image of Nay Khun Nay Khun
    07/25/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    Uhm..."ONLY ABOUT 50-100 MILES ACROSS"

    Excuse me, but a 50-100 mile across object hitting the earth would annihilate all life on this little planet of ours. There's no need to downplay the massiveness of such an object. Let's also not forget that Jupiter was hit by a comet and was fine.
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    07/27/09

    @Nay Khun: Well, you don't see any life on Jupiter either, so there.
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    It seems Jupiter has room for all of us. Why don't we just live there?
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    07/25/09

    @JoeLikesRamen Likes You!: Seems pleasant enough to me. Never have to worry about cold winters! Its like living in a hot tub...!
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    bosskev promoted this comment Edited by Hi, I'm God at 07/25/09 11:30 AM Hi, I'm God was starred Hi, I'm God was unstarred
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    07/25/09

    @JoeLikesRamen!: duh...because this is only the first of the monoliths to arrive at Jupiter. When the rest of them arrive it'll become a small star. We should look towards it's moons...except Europa, it's not ours. We should attempt no landing there...
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    07/25/09

    @JoeLikesRamen!:
    The lack of a solid ground would be a bummer. Though I've heard theories that the core could be a fairly large diamond.
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    07/25/09

    @JoeLikesRamen!: Because the original inhabitants didn't believe global warming was real and laughed at carbon offsets. And look where it got them!
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    07/25/09

    @Barry99705: What's that sound? Oh, it's just Ivana Trump taking off in her rocket to Jupiter after hearing your last comment.
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    @Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!: So if she discovers it, would it be called the Ivana Diamond?
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
    I never realized that Jupiter was so large compared to Earth. That fucker be huge! What if that asteroid hit us...??
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    07/25/09

    @Hi, I'm God: Picture When Worlds Collide as a rough dramatization.
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    07/25/09

    @Hi, I'm God: It wont hit us. Because Bruce Willis and his mining crew will make sure to save the day with Ben Affleck
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    07/25/09

    @Hi, I'm God: In about 65 million years, sentient cockroaches would be debating why the human population suddenly went extinct.
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    07/25/09

    @bosskev: All the while, never realizing that they've been stomping on human beings when we crawl out from under their stoves.
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    07/25/09

    @fodder650: I gotta tell you. I'd rather die in a cleansing asteroid fire.
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    07/25/09

    @Hi, I'm God: That's why it's called a "gas giant"....
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    07/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:

    Sorf of like this?... I know I would.
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    07/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Forget the asteroid impact. Give me a nice solar flare like at the end of Knowing. :)
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    07/25/09

    @Pasukin: Great, you just ruined the movie even more for me. Well, if you can ruin a Nick Cage movie, that is.
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    07/25/09

    @Hi, I'm God: Please tell me you are NOT the result of public school education. I know when I was in public school, we learned about how different sized the planets were. Of course, in my day, Pluto WAS a planet, and the metric system was recognized as the tool of the devil it is.
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    07/25/09


    @NeedsSharkRepellent_GitEmSteve...: Silly boy. A planet? Pluto always was, and always shall be, a dog. Duh.
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    07/25/09

    @Barry99705: I thought that's what they called John Goodman?
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    07/25/09

    @Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!: Only when he's been to Taco Bell.
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    07/25/09

    @NeedsSharkRepellent_GitEmSteve...: Of course I knew Jupiter was big... that picture just really puts it into proportion and shows its "motherfuckin' huge!"
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    07/27/09

    @JohnnyUtah_GitEmSteveDave: http://www.snorgtees.com/itsokaypluto-p-460.html?osCsid=5693be7402e1e838620e9ff6ec2c60...
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