The world according to Chris

check out the youtube link to a short piece of an interview with Matt Damon. He talks about Sarah Palin, and I think his arguments are pretty straight-forward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6urw_PWHYk

 let s hope we re all wrong …

This is exactly why we send astronauts to risk their life to service Hubble: in a paper published last week in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists detail the discovery of a new unidentified object in the middle of nowhere. I don't know about you, but when a research paper conclusion says "We suggest that the transient may be one of a new class" I get a chill of oooh-aaahness down my spine. Specially when after a hundred days of observation, it disappeared from the sky with no explanation. Get your tin foil hats out, because it gets even weirder.

The object also appeared out of nowhere. It just wasn't there before. In fact, they don't even know where it is exactly located because it didn't behave like anything they know. Apparently, it can't be closer than 130 light-years but it can be as far as 11 billion light-years away. It's not in any known galaxy either. And they have ruled out a supernova too. It's something that they have never encountered before. In other words: they don't have a single clue about where or what the heck this thing is.

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Apparently, a scientist at the LHC declared that the object is similar to the flash that an Imperial Star Destroyer does when reaching Warp 10. Either that or some dust on the Hubble lenses, so someone tell Nasa to get some Windex up there too. [Sky and Telescope]

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I so hope that this all turns out to be what it turns out to be as this would hopefully stop a lot of "humans as the jewel of creation" stuff … keep fingers crossed … but please be nice to us ;)

how can she even be considered serious which such ridicolous views? … check out the chart to realize how you as a women would be treated in Sarah Palin's America.

Maybe I should point out that if McCain would become president and for any reason not be able to execute his duties, Sarah Palin (with her school mum politics) would actually be president of the United States …

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ok, the browser looks nice … but who wants to surf without mouse gestures and adblock plus ? only people who have never heard of firefox extensions i guess … and please, let s not try to talk about IE8, hmmk?

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I just found out that I am special (when it comes to my last name) :) … seems as if I m the only guy in the states with that name … 

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