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"In the end, we chose to drop IE6 support and to tell you the truth, we haven't heard a single complaint about it!" -- a very large company
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Zack Whedon's 'Dr. Horrible' #1 Exclusive Preview | MTV Photo Gallery - http://www.mtv.com/photos...
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The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin has written a book for a very specific audience. - http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009...
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"In many VERY Christian homes throughout America, 'Going Rogue' will share a special place on the bookshelf sandwiched between the Bible and 'The Purpose Driven Life'. It will be read repeatedly by devotees looking for inspiration to tackle their own difficulties in life. And every word within will be believed as if it were carried down on stone tablets from Mt. Sinai itself. Sarah Palin is NOT running for President. Her goals are much loftier. She wants to help control the process. She wants to, in some way, have a hand in how we pick our political leaders, either by supporting certain candidates and convincing her minions to vote for them, or by creating a third, more Christan based, party. In that way she, and her handlers, believe they can reform this country into a theocracy where only the 'saved' will have influence and others are marginalized and hopefully driven out, leaving this 'Christian nation' in the hands of the true believers."
- Christopher A Carr
from Bookmarklet
George R. R. Martin: Dublin Days http://bit.ly/3JYtSz - http://twitter.com/torforg...
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Poor Piglet
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HAHAHAHA
- niniane
eff'n AWESOME! resharing :P
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Awww :[ Poor Piglet!
- Alex
I didn't like him anyway. :D
- Faraz Mullick
LOL. Resharing!
- Mona Nomura
Day 11: Filming rolls on (UPDATED) - http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/2009...
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Me: Twitter thinks you don't actually talk to me. Dog: [:silence:] iTunes: [:silence:] Cat: [:murderous silence:] Me: Fine. Screw you guys.
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I only watch TV shows doomed to be canceled so I have angry Facebook Groups to join and thus have a social life. #fb
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No spare time? Here's the Google story in 2+ minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Scientific method: Propose a theory, test it. This is what I believe in. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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From the wiki article: "Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
1. Use your experience: Consider the problem and try to make sense of it. Look for previous explanations. If this is a new problem to you, then move to step 2.
- Stephen Mack
2. Form a conjecture: When nothing else is yet known, try to state an explanation, to someone else, or to your notebook.
- Stephen Mack
3. Deduce a prediction from that explanation: If you assume 2 is true, what consequences follow?
- Stephen Mack
4. Test: Look for the opposite of each consequence in order to disprove 2.
- Stephen Mack
If this doesn't get as many comments and likes as Cristo's posts about ghosts, I'm going to be grumpy all week.
- Stephen Mack
As for the horse picture: A great example of the scientific method at work. From the wiki article: "Belief can alter observations; those with a particular belief will often see things as reinforcing their belief, even if to another observer they would appear not to do so. Even researchers admit that the first observation may have been a little imprecise, whereas the second and third...
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- Stephen Mack
Um yeah, this is obvious. Why would there need to be any discussion on this Stephen?
- Ken Gidley
I haven't read Cristo's posts about ghosts (I have a tendency to overlook such things), but I guessing you're not into the supernatural Stephen?
- Dario Gomez
Ken, agreed there's not too much controversial about the scientific method itself. But I wanted to post it to counterbalance some of the other discussions about space aliens/ghosts/etc. This is what I believe in -- not as a religion, per se, but as a life philosophy: Test your theories.
- Stephen Mack
Dario, I love the supernatural. For fiction.
- Stephen Mack
I want science to get some more love today.
- Stephen Mack
Goodonya!
- Alex Scoble
So what is the count of likes and posts vs Cristo's?
- Dario Gomez
Way behind. Way way way way behind.
- Stephen Mack
I agree completely, but where it breaks down as a life philosophy is testing the theories. Many theories can't be adequately tested. What then? I'm just curious how you address it, as in my experiences that's where the supernatural vs. science arguments tend to break down and get ugly.
- Lo
It's not a theory if it can't be tested.
- Alex Scoble
Alex, so you're saying we have the technological ability to do every experiment I can conceive in my head? No matter how unethical? AWESOME! I have hundreds... but seriously, sarcasm aside there are plenty of theories that we aren't able to test for various reasons.
- Lo
viva el hypothesis. ;)
- chaz2b
Lo, you're right, there are bunches of theories that are difficult to test (expensive, unethical). And then there are some that it's either impossible or difficult to come up with any valid method of testing. I think what Alex is getting at is that if it can't be tested at all (if it isn't falsifiable), it probably doesn't have any real-world implications -- no predictive power, for example.
- Stephen Mack
Yeah, I get it. That's not what I meant, anyway. You previously mentioned the scientific method as life philosophy, which I interpreted (perhaps incorrectly) to mean you are one of us who uses it to make decisions in all areas of your life. I love living this way, but I find that on many occasions I'm required to make some decision without any obvious way to test the possibilities (lack...
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- Lo
Again, if you can't test it, it's not a theory, it's a hypothesis or idea. People need to stop throwing around the term "theory" like it's swag handed out at a convention. A theory is an idea or hypothesis that has undergone rigorous testing and peer review. It's not just some idea that you came up with at the top of your head.
- Alex Scoble
The scientific method isn't my entire world view. It doesn't provide values or goals, for example, so it's not enough to subsume decision making, just help guide it. But for me it has a critical role for belief: Do ghosts exist? Should I get swine flu vaccines for my kids? Should I try homeopathic medicine? If I see a flashing light in the sky, is it space aliens?
- Stephen Mack
Interesting theory, Alex! :)
- Stephen Mack
Oy vey...may the droppings of a thousand meese find their way in to your bed tonight, Stephen.
- Alex Scoble
And for the record, if geese is the plural of goose, than meese is the plural of...
- Alex Scoble
Heh heh!
- Stephen Mack
Well we should talk about science here to bump this to the top. Dark matter, do you believe in it?
- Dario Gomez
Good question, Dario. I don't know much about the theory, but it seems pretty underdeveloped, like, "Well, we have no idea where all the mass is, we can't see it, so it must be invisible and out there somewhere."
- Stephen Mack
You know, I don't really mind people believing in ghosts, time travel, space aliens, singularities, or the Loch Ness Monster despite lack of any evidence. Live your life, believe what you want to believe -- as long as it's inconsequential, like those things. Start in with denying your kids care because you don't believe in medicine (only homeopathy), or put my kids in danger because you have an irrational fear of vaccinations for your kids -- that's where I have the biggest problem.
- Stephen Mack
+1 on that, Stephen.
- Kurt Starnes
When you reference other people's work, you should provide the appropriate citation: http://friendfeed.com/cristob... :) None of my proposed conjecture was supernatural, as some here have suggested. Read it for yourself to judge. Also, I never said my musings were scientific, at least I don't remember saying that.
- Cristo
Good point on the cite (it was "posts" about ghosts, but I should have linked to all of them). I don't have a problem with your separate conjecture about a possible explanation for ghosts as energy; but as presented it's not falsifiable and doesn't have predictive power, so it's pretty much inconsequential. If your musings aren't scientific, how can we evaluate them? Are they poetry or something instead?
- Stephen Mack
Stephen, I posted the wrong link. Thanks for catching it, and I'll update it. As for my conjecture, I missed the part in the FriendFeed TOS about having to only post scientifically provable theories. ;)
- Cristo
It's right there, just before the part that requires you to be serious and full of meaning in every post and comment.
- Slappy Line
Alex, your problem is just with my use of the word "theory" in a manner other than that strict definition used in the natural sciences? Wow. You are right, of course. Now, I think I have a theory, no sorry, hypothesis as to why this post is less popular :P (edit: that sounded bitchy... what I meant is that people who are obsessed with factual truth can be rather arduous to converse with...
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- Lo
Lo, science is tiring sometimes, it's true.
- Stephen Mack
I don't think science is tiring, I love it! Understanding the world around me never gets old. Listening to people argue about science can get tiring... science is one of those things where everyone thinks they know what it is, but outside the scientific community there are a lot of misconceptions. (ETA: hell, there's plenty of fail within the community these days)
- Lo
Introducing the FriendFeed Team - http://bub.blicio.us/1111126...
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hey, where are louis gray and Scoble? :) kidding:)
- Christian Anderson
I helped push them into the corner, does that count, Christian? :)
- Louis Gray
hahaha :)
- Christian Anderson
I LOLed when I saw you in the next picture on Brian's post.
- Christian Anderson
Just what we figured: A bunch of geeks and a hot chick. (runs screaming 'Bear, Bear, Bear'...............)
- Molly
Why is the guy on the right playing with a toy guitar?
- Gilbert Harding
So which one of them is Kol again? ;)
- CAJ, somewhere else
Tudor has my green hands. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I never ceased to be amazed by how so much is done by so few. Everyone in that picture rocks. I'll even give Camilla a wee fistbump.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Seriously, I agree, Alan.
- Molly
Bump for the good times.
- Mark Krynsky
ahh memories
- (jeff)isageek
"Brothels are a much sounder investiment than ships, I've found.Whores seldom sink,and when boarded by pirates, they pay good coin." #ASOIaF - http://twitter.com/rocha_0...
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@Azirus Tweetie 2 > TweetDeck. TripView for public transport. And Flight Control (game) is mandatory :) - http://twitter.com/ReDrUmN...
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How's the new edition coming?
- Ruchira S. Datta
Oops -- I forgot those pictures would show up on friendfeed. They weren't really suppossed to. We wanted a picture of the cover of the book for the cover of the book, and I was sharing these with my editor. Our firm deadline is Nov 6, so I'll be working hard until then.
- Peter Norvig
from email
Can't wait to get the new edition! I remember my first week at Google when I was all "Norvig... Norvig... I know that name, but why do I think 'Russel' instead of 'Peter'? OH!!"
- Kevin Fox
I studied this as part of my CS major :D
- Mo Kargas
I studied this last semester ^^
- Vedrana Janković
Will there be an E-book edition?
- Ryan Moulton
Good luck with the deadline!
- Laura Norvig
Developers: If you find yourself contemplating the implementation of custom scroll bars for any reason whatsoever, please take a cold shower instead. Thank you.
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1. SAP. No keyboard control, unintuitive response rate. 2. Google Wave. Ditto, plus buggy behavior as well. 3. Some random Flash site where the scroll bar tab didn't even move when you scrolled down.
- Stephen Mack
I can't think of any site or app where novel scroll bar design was anything other than a misfeature. The native UI has ~seven scroll bar behaviors, and custom designs always forget at least one of them. Trust me, users will NOT appreciate the creativity of your design.
- Stephen Mack
Reminds me of those OMG EXTREEEEEEEEEME overclocking and system monitoring tools that came with some motherboards that had all kinds of Doom/Quake-like crap flying out of the entirely customized window. It looked goofy and dumb.
- Akiva Moskovitz
OMG Wave's scrollbars are teh sux0r. I detest Google's scrollbars in general, but these make me think they hate people.
- Admiral Anika
The Google Wave one especially makes NO SENSE.
- joey
Akiva, I bet those apps were outsourced and the developers charged by the line. Anika, Joey: Agreed -- Google Wave's scroll bars seem to exist solely to make you appreciate the native scrollbars so much more. Who spent the time implementing that real-time shadow? Was there nothing more productive for that developer to do instead?
- Stephen Mack
amen to that! don't break standard browser controls!!!!
- .LAG liked that
Pretty much applies to all default controls of the operating systems...
- Jemm
Full disclosure: I work at Google, but not on Wave. I'm usually completely on board with the idea that we should leave native scrollbars alone, but before you assume that they were reimplemented just for fun, consider the problem they're trying to solve: Native scrollbars do not handle arbitrarily long scrollable areas well. Take a gigantic document and drag a native scrollbar one...
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- Joel Webber
I have yet to see a good reason for a custom scrollbar. I especially hate Adobe's custom scrollbars in web apps, for the reasons cited above.
- Brian Johns
Stephen, apparently that was more important than allowing users to remove themselves from a wave or delete a wave ;)
- joey
Luckily you can remove yourself from Google Wave by simply not using it. Google Wave is basically a research project, just like demos at SIGCHI. Don't confuse it with a real product. (Yes, it is possible to use it for communication, but you could also use the two paper cups with string attached my cousins made last week)
- Cristo
I fully admit that Wave has a lot of details that remain to be ironed out, but it's completely unreasonable to call it "not a real product". I use it in my day to day work very heavily, and couldn't survive without it. Our team is highly distributed, and Wave has really helped us keep long complex discussions from turning into email clusterfscks. Which they usually did in the past.
- Joel Webber
Cristo, your cousins sure are innovative ;)
- joey
Joel, I'm quite certain that you could survive without it. Highly distributed teams have been rumored to exist for years before Google Wave was even conceived.
- Cristo
Thanks, Cristo. I really needed an extra dose of pedantry today. I'm absolutely certain you're right to suggest that the problems of distributed teams are perfectly solved, so no new tool could possibly improve the situation. I and my team must be hallucinating to think it's helping us at all.
- Joel Webber
Joel, I think Cristo was pointing out that your use of the phrase "couldn't survive without it" may be a touch hyperbolic. :) You may not be as productive, but he is arguing that you would still exist as a team of living beings.
- Stephen Mack
Joel, thanks for providing the rationale behind why Wave is reimplementing scrollbars. My main concerns are: 1. I'm used to being able to use the arrow keys to scroll. But when in a wave but not editing, the arrow keys do nothing. Same for Home and End. (Fortunately Page Up and Page Down do work, but that's not enough.) 2. The scroll widget is always the same size, so you can't tell how...
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- Stephen Mack
I don't think anyone would complain if the scroll bars were replaced with something better. From what I've seen, this is not better.
- pitlord
If it's any consolation, negative reaction to the scroll bars in Google Wave have distracted everyone from how much they dislike Flash custom scroll bars. (I just typo'd that as "scroll barfs." How fitting.)
- Stephen Mack
@Stephen: 1. The arrow keys here is that they (along with home/end) are used to move among blips, which one could argue is the closest corollary to the "line by line" one would normally associate with up/down arrow keys. 2. When you're dragging, the shadow is the proportional part, rather than the widget itself. This avoids the problem in traditional scroll bars, where the...
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- Joel Webber
BTW, please don't assume I mean to be the great defender of all that is perfect about Wave's scrollbars. I only intend to help explain what I perceive as a legitimate problem they're trying to solve. I'm certain they're a lot that still needs be tweaked about them.
- Joel Webber
Joel, thanks for the explanations. For 1, you're right, arrow keys are working for me now. (I had trouble previously.) So that's great. For 2, I don't see that at all -- the height of the shadow grows/shrinks seemingly based on velocity and then achieves a maximum height, but as far as I can tell unrelated to what's visible on the screen. 3. I would never have guessed that, but sorry,...
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- Stephen Mack
If God Had Wanted Me To Be Accepting Of Gays, He Would Have Given Me The Warmth And Compassion To Do So | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - http://www.theonion.com/content...
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"I don't question God. The Lord is my Shepherd and I shall put none above Him. Which is why I know that if it were part of God's plan for me to stop viciously condemning others based solely on their sexual preference, He would have seen fit—in His infinite wisdom and all—to have given me the tiniest bit of human empathy necessary to do so. It's a simple matter of logic, really. God made me who I am, and who I am is a cold, anti-gay zealot. Thus, I abhor gay people because God made me that way. Why is that so hard to understand?"
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Sadly, that's not far off from how many people feel. LOL
- Summer
I love this, but it's a little on the nose. Eek!
- John M. Cox
If Google Satellite View had been around in the 17th century, it might've looked like this: http://publiclens.blogspot.com/2009...
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@amyariel try Tripview for train/bus/ferry timetables. Slick as, and seems to have the new timetables. - http://twitter.com/dweeble...
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Master & Commander on Google Maps: The Patrick O'Brian Mapping ProjectThe Aubrey–Maturin series is a sequence o.. http://bit.ly/4tfMFy - http://twitter.com/gmaps...
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The Patrick O'Brian Mapping ProjectThe Aubrey–Maturin series is a sequence of historical novels by Patrick O'Br.. http://bit.ly/4tfMFy - http://twitter.com/gmapsma...
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Baby Hedgehogs - http://fatpita.net/?i=307
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Palm just announce "no review" app distribution for Palm Pre. This team LOVES goosing Steve Jobs!
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I give 'em a few months before they go back to reviewing apps.
- Bryce Roney
Search on google for : Worthless app that does nothing .. got to be perfect for iphone owners as they do the same
- m00n The Myth
how long before someone starts writing viruses for the palm, very fast death.
- brian Beck
more lolz, why is there a twitter failwhale graffiti in Left 4 Dead? http://www.blogcdn.com/www...
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Building Communities on Google Maps - http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009...
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Official Facebook App Hits Android Market | AndroidGuys - http://www.androidguys.com/2009...
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"All you Facebook users will be pleased to learn that the official Facebook application for Android has arrived. Head to the Android Market now to grab the free client. We’ve haven’t had a chance to play with it just yet, but one of our tipsters tells us users can shake to refresh. Also included are the widget, and a “Facebook Phonebook” live folder which allows you to bring up phone numbers of all your Facebook friends and call them."
- Christopher A Carr
from Bookmarklet
OMG really? Downloading now!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
How big is it? I'm getting down to the nubbins for app space.
- Matthew DeVries
Hrmm.. I think I like Babbler better. I was expecting something closer to the FB 3.0 app for iPhone, instead I get the old iPhone version. Weak.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Andriod is now legit, to be a legitimate mobile OS you must have a Facebook APP, period. S60 we're still waiting...
- Tate DA FF MVP
I agree this is rather lackluster, especially compared to Babbler, but at least it doesn't have the ad banner at the bottom like Babbler. Suppose I should just pony up...
- Adrian
Does Babbler have a pay version without banners?
- Matthew DeVries
Yes
- Adrian
$.99?
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew: Root your phone. Use cyanogen's latest stable ROM. Install apps to SD. ...so, it sucks? Haven't downloaded yet.
- Christopher A Carr
Chirstopher, I was about to, then Haggis scared me with his story in another thread. I have a $40 16GB card I don't want to cook, with a voided warranty to boot.....
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew: I would not be able to tolerate the stock ROM. Cyanogen's blows it away. Much faster. I think it's worth the minimal risk.
- Christopher A Carr
Having trouble with uploading a photo with the new Facebook app. Just sitting there at 0% uploaded for the past twenty minutes or so...
- Chuck Falzone
I just got to dl the Facebook app, and i keep getting an error during login. Host is unresolved" api.facebook.com:443. Any hints?
- Dan Monzelowsky
Never mind, it finally decided to work...
- Dan Monzelowsky
@Haggis After a couple hours of playing with FB for Android (tm), I'm not really diggin it, and I have to agree with you. Babbler is waaaaaaaaay better. I'll use FB for Android (tm) through tomorrow, just to be fair, but so far....
- Dan Monzelowsky
hrm. so far, Babbler wins, if only because it lets me pick what news feed to show. I never use the "all friends" feed.
- Trent Olson
A little underwhelming, eh?
- Mike Cassidy
Yeah, just a little....
- Dan Monzelowsky
And why doesn't the Facebook app let you open links? Big FAIL for me. I'm giving Babbler a try.
- Joe Bonner
seems surprising an official app would charge a fee
- Mike Chelen
@Mike What official app is charging a fee?
- Dan Monzelowsky
Mike: There is no fee for the FB app being discussed.
- Christopher A Carr
Right now, this app isn't the best FB app out there. But keep in mind, this is the first version. The awesome iPhone app is version 3. I think that after some updates, this app will be pretty good!
- Patrik Johansson
Agree w @Joe Bonner- not being able to open links is a little odd. Hopefully this will be updated regularly.
- Mike Cassidy
Mike: I gave the Facebook app another try and found out that you need to do a long press to open a link. I realized this after I was having the same issue with Babbler Lite, and realized that it couldn't be a coincidence that neither app would open a link!
- Joe Bonner
Long Press! Got it.
- Mike Cassidy
ah ok, babbler is the one that requires purchase
- Mike Chelen
Mike, it should be an optional purchase. There is a lite version with ads, and you can't use the widget. But Babbler is totally worth the money.
- Dan Monzelowsky
Water on the Moon - three spacecraft have turned up evidence of trace amounts of water in the lunar soil. - http://www.newscientist.com/article...
"A large portion of the moon's surface may be covered with water. That is the surprising finding of a trio of spacecraft that have turned up evidence of trace amounts of the substance in the lunar soil. Many scientists suspect water ice might lurk in permanently shadowed craters at the moon's poles, which play host to some of the coldest known regions in the solar system. But new findings suggest that a small amount of water clings to lunar soil across the moon's surface. The first detection was made by India's Chandrayaan-1 probe..."
- james reilly
from Bookmarklet
"Harvesting water from a baseball-field-sized swathe of soil might field 'a nice glass of water', Pieters told New Scientist. Nonetheless, it might provide a resource for future lunar explorers." I think I saw it described in another article as something like 12 ounces per ton of surface material -- would seem a useful amount to me. Unfortunately, it's stated in this article that "...measurements suggest that the water sits in the upper few millimetres of the lunar surface."
- Christopher A Carr
"It's water, Jim, but not as we know it." :)
- james reilly
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