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How long will it be a planet for?
Poor old Pluto got the push; Sedna constantly gets taunted with "you can be a planet now - ha! Only kidding ..."; Eris barely gets a look in - the minute that I get to name this one Trevor, the powers that be will declare that Trevor is not really a planet after all, I'll get very upset and there'll be tears before bed-time.
I'm not playing until someone guarantees rights for trans-Neptunian objects.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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The ultra-wide definition of plant faction is supposedly going to push for a redefinition of approximately "big enough to collapse into a sphere under its own weight and melt enough to have a different mix of materials in the core and outer layers" at the next iteration of the conference responsible for the current one. That would put ~200 planets in our solar including most major moons. That'd make Pluto a planet again, and also make the definition broad enough to be almost meaningless in popular opinion.
Unfortunately for team I Less Than Three Pluto  there's no plausible definition based on scientific criteria that would elevate Pluto while keeping the list short enough to make membership reasonable. And no amount of internet rage is likely to create a narrow definition that ends "... and Pluto because Elephanting because." 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I think that the first definition might get a fair few of us listed as planets - I certainly fit the criteria!
Slogans aren't solutions.
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I always tell people I'm in shape, Cylindrical is a shape. 
At 6'2" I suspect I'd be dead before gaining enough weight to reach sphericality. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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At 5'10", the race is much closer!
Slogans aren't solutions.
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The worlds largest was a 9'11" waist on an 5'10", which corresponds to a diameter of only slightly over 3 feet, so I stand by death before spericality.
OTOH Fritz Zwicky's Spherical Bastardity is easier to achieve.
Zwicky used to call other astronomers at the Mount Wilson observatory "Spherical bastards". Why spherical? "Because they were bastards, when looked at from any side". Even so Zwicky was well known for his rough language, things could become embarrassing: at the University of Texas in Austin one tells the story, that the Zwicky's were once inviting some graduate students for dinner. As the group was ringing the door bell, Zwicki's wife Dorothea opened and called into the house without intending to joke: "Fritz, the bastards are here!". The expression has become a normality in Zwicky's house.
I'm sure we all know some people who fit that definition.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Lovely phrase! I can't help but picture Zwicky as Sowicki from The Phil Silvers Show.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Never watched that show. From what I've read about him (eg his role in the history of dark matter), he was a prime case of how if you're enough of an obnoxious sunshine it doesn't matter how right you are, no one will pay any attention to what you say.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I'd suggest Planet Poo, but they're saving that just in case they want to rename Planet Three one day.
I'm gonna build a wall around my cubical and make Mexico pay for it!
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Only one name can be used: Nibiru. Duh!
Appropriate meme
Sudden Sun Death Syndrome (SSDS) is a very real concern which we should be raising awareness of. 156 billion suns die every year before they're just 1 billion years old.
While the military are doing their part, it simply isn't enough to make the amount of nukes needed to save those poor stars. - TWI2T3D (Reddit)
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recursive json parser in vbscript please hepl me
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Wrong forum, badly formed question. Delete and move to the correct place before you get badly flamed. Oh, and this better not be homework...
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Welcome to the Lounge. Unfortunately, it looks as though you are so excited at the thought of posting a question here that you accidentally posted your request in the wrong forum. I can perfectly understand that - it's a heady thing, the thought that you are getting access to all those fine minds. Let me give you some advice that might help you.
- The Lounge is not for programming questions.
- When you do ask a programming question, please remember that we don't know what you already have, so you need to give us a lot more than a single line.
- If you are here hoping that someone will write code for you, you have come to the wrong site. You really need to try something like rentacoder.com
This space for rent
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Quiet day Pete?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Looks like a rubber stamp. I'll have to get one of those.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If I'm in on a thread like this early, I like to try not to scare the poster off, but to highlight things that they can do to improve their chances of not getting roasted alive. Sometimes I'm too slow.
This space for rent
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Pete I tempted to post a question here just to get a post like this. When I did it they all talked dirty to me and made fun of me, I had to take my ball and go home.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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IMHO a question in the Lounge, while in the wrong place, is still a valid question. But the OP? What is that? It is not even a question!
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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And the worst part is he didn't add CODEZ PLZ
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Yeah, we should hepl him!
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Member 13086247 wrote: hepl
You will receive all the hepl you may wish, in facts I already hepled you a lot.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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I'm afraid you're beyond help, Sweetie.
Just sit yourself down and have a nice cup of tea.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Member 13086247 wrote: please hepl me
Of course!
Let no-one say we don't hepl people with problems: HEPL[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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