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- themarq, on 10/12/2007, -3/+171I would guess that the Astrologers will just ignore the new designation from the Astronomers, they same way they ignore other things, like logic and common sense.
- roastedbagel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+129Hope he at least gets a gold watch for his departure :(
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+96Dear Pluto,
The human race wishes to inform you that we no longer consider you a planet. It was fun while it lasted, but seriously, you knew it wasn't going to work out. Your always so cold, and you only come to see us every few years.
Good luck bitch. - ScottyMo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+84Of course, any true astrologer should have seen this coming
/rimshot - Mousefinger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+57Okay. I know this is going to sound silly, but I have to ask anyway: what the hell are all the Astrologers going to do? So Pluto doesn't influence Scorpio?
Yes, I know astrology isn't a real science, but really...this whole deal must be driving them crazy. - lerinlas, on 10/12/2007, -13/+62Now if we can just get them to rename Uranus to Urectum, then we'll be set.
- MrCobaltBlue, on 10/12/2007, -3/+50Its not you, its us.
- databasecowboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+46I don't know, but now I have to go back to Junior High Earth Science and contest a certain midterm test that I didn't list Pluto as one of the planets and was marked wrong. Finally, after all these years, vindication!
- bignickolson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+43So, if Pluto is disqualified because it can't clear it's "neighborhood" because it's orbit intersects with Neptune...how does that fair for Neptune? Why does Pluto catch all the blame when Neptune can't seem to pick up after itself either...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+49No, but he gets a copy of the home game!
(And 400 packages of other useless crap) - Pluckie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41'Tis a sad day for Pluto.
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39I personally like Stephen Colbert's new saying...
"My Very Educated Mother Just Said 'Uh-Oh' NO Pluto" - edzieba, on 10/12/2007, -9/+44I've personally never heard it pronouced as your-anne-us by anyone with a background in astronomy. Your-anus is how every astronomer I've heard pronounces it.
- transfire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33I'M A PLANET TOO!
Seriously. I orbit the sun. I can roll up in a ball, and I can clear my local region when I rip one. - KidAirbag, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34My 6th grade science teacher made us call Uranus "Planet U". Seriously, no joke.
- vayhey215, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31Now instead of saying "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" it will have to be "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos"
- Mousefinger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31It probably made it to the front page with so few Diggs because it's a major story. You have to admit, this decision does change quite a few aspects of astronomical education.
- ChronicColonic, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28[checking to see if http://www.eightplanetsandafreakingdwarfplanet.org is available...]
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22I think it was 8 years ago, they demoted the 9th year to a day.
- flipside3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Actually NPR had a segment on just this topic and themarg is right... they're just going to ignore it.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5697880 - bignickolson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Actually...most orbits are elliptical. Pluto's is offset from the standard plane of orbit, however.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18The book publishers are laughing all the way to the bank :)
- apocalizer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20It'll be awesome messing with people with this.
"Excuse me, sir, how many planets are there?"
"Nine. Why do you ask?"
"WRONG-it's eight, bitch! Pluto was just demoted to giant rock status!"
In other news, 95% of Americans will claim that there are nine planets in the solar system until hell freezes over. - clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20yea I'm sure Pluto is really hurting because of this. Now it won't be able to qualify for Planetary Welfare Assistance.
- gronne, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22He'll just buy a Corvette and catch himself up a young asteroid to make himself feel better.
- apzdsx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21This website is now inaccurate: http://www.nineplanets.org/
- IQis87, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Now we have to get new textbooks
- RetroRufio, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20On the bright side, we can still use...
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us... Nothing? - zediker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18"Your-anus is how every astronomer I've heard pronounces it."
The IPA phoenetic spelling is jurənəs. So they are mis-pronouncing it. And mine was off as well, its 'Yur-uh-nus' - Mousefinger, on 10/12/2007, -5/+19Ha-ha...good answer. You're probably right. :-D
- doubledangerbat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Can we still stay friends?
- Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16My Very Efficient Memory Just Screwed Up Now?
- Ubermensch423, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14@guardsman
well, first go to college and get your b.s. then, go to grad school and study and research for years in order to obtain your Ph.D. in astronomy. then, you can research tirelessly for years in order to earn a position in the IAU, then you can have the free time to sit around and scrutinize over astronomical issues and theories, while trying to best determine definitions draw conclusions that will shape humans' understanding of their solar system throughout posterity. astronomers really are bums. - strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14http://space.com/scienceastronomy/060824_planet_definition.html
- JangoFett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13My Very Educated Mother Just Saw Us Naked?
- clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13@flag564
actually the planets you mention are made up of a lot more than Pluto is made up of.
Pluto is essentally a giant ball of ice floating around in space.... we have Tony Danza. - ChronicColonic, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Does this mean that all the A's I got in Astronomy are now going to be B's?
I mean come on, it is not like Pluto changed overnight. The thing that changed is how we look at the cute little floating-in-orbit iceball. - SAUCERMEN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Kids have it so easy today....back when I was a kid I had to learn the 9 planets of the solar system, but not today, oh no, not today, today it is only 8. What will tomorrow bring?
- xtmno3, on 10/12/2007, -9/+21Futurama FTW.
- Mjhavok, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13No worries. It's still in there. It's now a dwarf planet.
- rushiku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12In a strange twist of fate: yes! after we reclassified a chunk of rock that orbits the sun all so-called 'plutonium' here on our rock that orbits the sun, stabilized and became inert.
- manicleek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13scientists spend weeks discussing whether pluto is a planet or not
They havn't, they've spent weeks discussing a set of standard rules to govern the naming of any large objects found in space.
These standards will now be used for future astronomy, and as a result of these standards Pluto now doesn't fall into the correct category for a planet - Hurricane, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16So long Pluto, it was a good 76 years.
But it is still nice to have things cleaned up and categorized better, especially considering the absurdity of defining all Kupier objects (100s?) as planets. - mecole21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Steven Colbert is never wrong. He only preaches the truth!
- zackz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I'm from Pluto and in a retaliatory move, we declare earth a rock
- Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I was thinking the exact same thing.
- bitcloud, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16I've heard it pronounced "urine us" by people who are in he field and "your anus" by homer simpson.
Lets hear some urine jokes for a change... - neave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Will somebody please think of the children!!!
- KYDS3K, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16damn, now Pluto will have nothing to do all day but post on Digg . . .
- gizmo490, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Well that was definitely unclever and unfunny
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