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Name the New Super-Earth | Wired Science | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/wiredsc...
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"Astronomers have spotted the most Earth-like planet to date, a massive ocean world that probably has an atmosphere and — though it’s highly unlikely — may support life. And it needs a better name. For now, GJ 1214b is tagged according to standard exoplanetary nomenclature: the technical name of the star it orbits, plus a letter to signify the order of its discovery. (The letter “a” is reserved for the star itself.) It’s a name only a committee could love, and hardly appropriate to the discovery’s emotional resonance. “We’ve been finding exciting planets for 50 years, and we’re still calling them by these terrible catalog names,” said David Charbonneau, a Harvard University astronomer who helped discover GJ 1214b, but doesn’t even have a nickname for it. “I have three young daughters, and I think they might be inspired by a better name.” To help David out, we’re asking you to submit your own names for this watery super-Earth. Jump in!"
- AJ Batac
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Planet Morgan. nuff said
- Morgan Haley
Caprica comes to mind.
- April Buchheit
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Caprica actually is not a bad name. I like it.
- AJ Batac
If there's a vote, it will be Cobertia.
- Lo
It may support life? Uterra
- Jimminy Fuller
Heh...Waterworld. On second thoughts, um..no.
- Pete Gilbert
sometimes, when I'm feeling a bit down, I visit http://www.zombo.com/ and then I am rejuvenated
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You can do anything at zombo.com
- Pete Gilbert
Is zombo.com the answer to everything? :P
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Seriously bad. It gets so bad that it actually never gets better. Not even "so bad it gets good again". Truly funny.
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RT @CorporalKitty: RT @GratefulGhoul: Check out these two topless strippers http://twitpic.com/t6tlt
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ROFL!
- rowlikeagirl
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Woohooo! They got their lids off and evrthing!
- Pete Gilbert
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Anyone know what this picture is? Who's the artist?
Hogarth did some stuff like this, although it looks slightly later than him.
- Pete Gilbert
I'm trying to help out my cousin's kid, who was handed this painting and told "tell us all you can about it". Nothing else.
- Jesse Stay
let us know what turns up, looks like classic 'renaissance' stye work imitation for some family portrait?
- Amit 'zyaada' Mittal
is it the artwork for tale of two cities :|
- Amit 'zyaada' Mittal
19th Century Oil on canvas grouping, possibly a physician treating a small child whilst family looks on. Possibly English.
- Pete Gilbert
It does look a lot like Hogarth. From my art history classes in school I remember that era the way people were facing meant something, along with what the adults were doing, who was in the room, etc.
- Jesse Stay
Now if I can just find the exact painting, its name, and its history
- Jesse Stay
I wonder if the physician is giving smallpox vaccinations, and the next child is waiting to the left there
- Pete Gilbert
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- Pete Gilbert
Smallpox vaccinations.
- Pete Gilbert
Pete, awesome! You get the prize! Thanks - I have now officially been able to show the power of Social Media to my family :-)
- Jesse Stay
where in that article does it say what the painting name is or the artist? am I missing it?
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
bear, yeah, I would still love to learn the painting name and artist name, but I'm pretty sure Pete has the story right. I think I faintly remember one of my teachers even telling me about that.
- Jesse Stay
Give me an hour or so
- Pete Gilbert
Got it (I think): Louis Léopold Boilly - L'innoculation - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki...
- Jesse Stay
More info: http://www.hmc.org.qa/heartvi...
- Jesse Stay
Well done Jesse.
- Pete Gilbert
ahh - didn't think to search using the french spelling - I was hung up on it being a british artist (from the earlier hogarth thought)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
k, now I can go to sleep - for some reason finding that painting became my only task for the last hour :) - thanks all
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Got to see some gruesome images looking this up. Good job that they found the cure back then it was a nasty illness.
- Pete Gilbert
Pete, couldn't have done it without you :-)
- Jesse Stay
Bear, me too - I had to find out once the question was placed before me
- Jesse Stay
Pete, yeah - looking up smallpox on Google image search is not for the faint of heart!
- Jesse Stay
The Web Portal Platform - Enabling the Smart Campus of the Future - http://www.slideshare.net/eduserv...
The Web Portal Platform - Enabling the Smart Campus of the Future. Presentation given to the Eduserv/Northumbria Use of SharePoint in UK HEI's Event
- Pete Gilbert
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That's my fave track on my mp3 player at the moment
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Very odd burnt cheese smell permeating our upstairs. Anyone else in south Bristol noticed any strange/toxic odours or is it just us?
Ahh, the South Bristol smell is back again! I have smelled it before
- Pete Gilbert
Any chances that you can add Friendfeed to Tweetdeck?
Linda, Andy Roberts, Don Faulkner and 3 other people liked this
I would like that too, but it appears that nobody is monitoring this room.
- Pete Gilbert
Having to go back to Twhirl because of the lack of FF support...
- zeroinfluencer
I support this also!
- Nathan Snyder
"Blow me" means quite different things in British English and American English...
April Buchheit, Lora Lufark, Sebastian and Mitch liked this
What does it mean in British?
- Paul Buchheit
It's short for "blow me down". A way of expressing surprise. Although, I suspect the American version is understood in the UK.
- Simon
Haha! Well, we have to be careful over there about saying that we're wearing a fanny pack...
- Spidra Webster
Heh, yeah. When I first heard that phrase I did a double take...
- Simon
Although it was never said to me while I was visiting the UK, I was pre-warned about phrases like "I'll come 'round and knock you up in the morning"
- Spidra Webster
"Pissed" is another term that has different meanings. In the US it means "very annoyed", whereas in the UK it means "intoxicated". Took me a little getting used to at first.
- Simon
Yup. Took me even longer to get "taking the piss".
- Spidra Webster
I think if you went around saying "blow me" everywhere you would get a punch in the face. We don't all live in some kind of Mary Poppins film you know.
- Pete Gilbert
Heh, there are many such British phrases that would probably elicit similar responses in certain types of British company. I still smile when my older relatives use it, but mostly because it's rather anachronistic -- I can't think of anyone I know under 50 in the UK that says it these days.
- Simon
True. Like it was common US slang in the early 20th century and earlier to call a mistake a "boner". Umm...that doesn't have the same meaning now...
- Spidra Webster
"Fag" is another word with quite different meanings on each side of the pond. Having a fag in England means smoking a cigarette.
- Gabe
Alright, FriendFeeders, which one should I go with?
Myrna, Mitchell Tsai, James Stratford and 30 other people liked this
The one on the left. :-)
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
The first one
- Dan Hsiao
Right.
- τorƍue
first one ;) may b u can change colors but as theme? definitely first one =]
- emre dede ve haremi
The one on the right caught my eye first than the one on the left because of the pictures. The text on the left catches my eye more than the one on the right.
- imabonehead
I love the photos on the second one best!! I like both designs, but like the first design a little better.
- Rachel Lea Fox
first one
- VAL D. Zone
The one on the left with the top pic of the right swapped for the first pic. Not that I enjoy being difficult or anything. Is this Tinyprints?
- Heather Solos
loving #1 left
- barbarars
The second one; on the right
- Itachi
Why don't you test the pages with google website optimizer?
- Serbay Arda Ayzit
Can't go wrong with either of those. First one is better.
- ashish
First one.
- David Schmidt
The one on the right. The lighting is much warmer. The lighting on the left is too cold. The first photo on the left looks foreboding.
- Tracy
Left. Right feels too much like some sort of promotional piece.
- Kevin Fox
Left, definitely.
- Jason Huebel
I like the one on the left better, but the first picture could be replaced with the photo from the bottom left on the right version and it should say 2009 somewhere.
- Clare Dibble
The left, but I agree with Clare's idea of switching those pictures.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
I like the big picture on the right the best; the kids look great and they're facing the reader. And the pop of green brightens the card.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
If it's a personal card, go with the one on the left. If it's for professional/business acquaintances, go with the one on the right.
- Curtiss Grymala
I would say the left one.
- Mitch
Another vote for the left.
- Yolanda
Left.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
LEFT :)
- Susan Beebe
Right but swap the Peace, Love, Joy with the one from the Left. Makes it more playful and less...corporate?
- EricaJoy
The first one.
- Alex Hellstrom
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Right.
- cecily
The one on the right.
- Paolo Ferrandi
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the one on the right ^^
- al3lilo
right
- viki saigal
right
- JA Castillo
I like the one on the left better. (Glad we could help you decide.)
- Bruce Lewis
I'm on Team Right
- Jesse Stay
Left.
- Alix Whitmire
+1 for Left
- Atul Arora
Left.
- H0llywoodWh0re
Easy -- on the Right. Bigger pictures over bigger fonts on a holiday card every time. They're not for reading, they're for looking at!
- Eric Borisch
I would like to put in a write-in candidate for a card with a picture of the whole family - Paul, April, Camilla, and Thomas. I like seeing the adults too!
- Robert Felty
The one on the right.
- Alex Scoble
The one on the right
- Pete Gilbert
left
- Sinem Co
+1 Right
- Mitch
wrong left
- imran
right
- Helen Sventitsky
Left. and switch the pics like everyone else said.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
The one on the right but switch the green for the brown from the one on the left.
- Adewale Oshineye
I'll pick the second one!
- Milton Ramirez
I like the one on the right more.
- Josh Haley
I like the photos on the right, but I like the design on the left.
- Karen Padham Taylor
Thanks for your help, everyone!! :) I think I'm going to go with the design on the left, but replacing the picture on the left panel with the picture in the middle panel and putting the picture from the bottom left panel of the design on the right in the middle panel of the design on the left. (Am I confusing you yet?) I'm also going to make some changes on the font, as well.
- April Buchheit
They both look good, but with the change you decided on it'll work very nicely.
- James Stratford
Rob: Getting a picture of the whole family has proven to be a difficult task for the Buchheit family. Obtaining collective cooperation from all members (both children and adults) is a daunting endeavor.
- April Buchheit
Heather: Yes, this is from Tinyprints. :)
- April Buchheit
April - tell Paul I'm expecting the full family for 2010.
- Robert Felty
Rob: Aye, aye, sir! :)
- April Buchheit
April, I work @TinyPrints so won't be much help deciding:) But, you know we're local in Mountain View right? Happy to set you (or anyone else) up with our best discount if you're interested. Feel free to reach out. I'll need to DM the code.
- Rick Bucich
April, it sounds like it'll turn out cute :) We have four kids and can't get them all to look at the camera either. I went with a single shot of each to save my sanity.
- Heather Solos
Spacetime Continuum – A Low Frequency Inversion Field - http://www.last.fm/music...
Great choice
- Pete Gilbert
Yay! Bacon!
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- VAL D. Zone
DANGER: Bacon is slippery!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THE FLOOR IS LAVA
- Mitch
Jumping on bacon will make you happy
- Curtiss Grymala
YES! We have lots of bacon - let's dance!
- Amy
These pancakes could be flatter..
- Mitch
I've never understood the Wii Fit.
- Micah Wittman
You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to eat bacon, not jump on it!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Bacon trampolines ahead
- Pete Gilbert
That's not bacon...it's pancakes!
- April Russo (app103)
It's the french fry dance.
- Josh Haley
Looks Keith Haring-ish.
- Derrick
It does, D. :)
- Laura B.
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What's the collective noun for a group of professors? There's shed loads here.
A dithering
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1. Do we beed yet another programming language? 2. "Gordon the gopher" is copyrighted by the BBC
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