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Today at 17:45 CET, walking my dog, I saw two bright stars that were somehow unfamiliar: both as bright as Sirius, and less than two Moon diameters apart. Standing steady, I saw that they are slowly moving in parallel towards the Southeast, and indeed shortly after, one after the other entered Earth's shadow.

What's this, I missed a Space Shuttle visit to the International Space Station in the news? Checked the ISS page - nah. Then checked bright satellites using CalSky.com, but nothing there -- though, curiously, closest in time was a parallel flight of Iridium satellites (but 12 minutes early and in the wrong part of the sky). There was no recent launch, either.

So, what's this? Space derbis, spy satellite?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 12:54:33 PM EST
Aliens? :-D
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 12:57:17 PM EST
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:-)

But seriously: would I be an alien bent on observing Earth but not wanting to be noticed, I wouldn't just make my ship radar-invisible but paint it dark.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:01:04 PM EST
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calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes) always said that the true sign of intelligent life in the universe is that none of it has ever tried to contact us.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:26:20 PM EST
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Whenever I see such things, I assume it's aliens coming to take my cat back to her original planet.  You are aware that all cats are here from outerspace to spy on us, aren't you?  ;)

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:01:03 PM EST
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Cats? Not mice? 42?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:01:52 PM EST
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Thank you, Slarti Bartfast

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:27:33 PM EST
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I've come to the realization that there are cat people, and then there are dog people.

Cat people take the idea that their cat may have come from another planet seriously, because it's possible they did as well.


And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:10:19 PM EST
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Considering some of the things that y'all do on this planet, I am going to take that as a compliment...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:13:37 PM EST
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Then there are dog people.

Dog people let their dogs lick their face after they've just finished licking their nether regions.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:29:16 PM EST
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Just passing the happiness on. As Bill Hicks once said, if guys could lick their own balls like dogs could, women would own the public spaces.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:45:44 PM EST
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You've gotten me in trouble, Helen.

I'm in the computer lab at school, and that made me laugh.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:51:44 PM EST
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You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:20:23 PM EST
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That's why I refuse to keep a baseball bat in the house. ;)

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 01:30:47 PM EST
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That video enthralls me and puts this stupid grin on my face...

I may need a video camera to prove that Sunday jumps on my bladder every morning, before I wake up.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 02:08:05 PM EST
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Close to 2.5 million views of that animation, to date, presumably humans but no doubt some cats, too ; )
by Loefing on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 02:17:20 PM EST
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They can upload, but not download.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 02:30:19 PM EST
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Here's to hoping you don't have a baseball bat.
by Loefing on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 02:53:25 PM EST
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I should have written 'we can upload, but we can't download'

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 29th, 2007 at 02:58:24 PM EST
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