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  I just asked my dog and he said yeah probably : Happy Doodle Muffin
  • Love it. : grover69
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  I think a primary theory is that Jupiter formed the same way that stars do, by gravitational accretion of... : _jon
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    I would make an assumption based on that theory that most planets in the universe are gas giants : mr.sleepy
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      NASA released a few days ago that they think gas giants are less than 2% of the planets in the universe. : Lunatic Angelic
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        Where is the rest of the gas then? in nebulae? : mr.sleepy
        • What do you mean, "rest of the gas"? You've got stars, gas giants, nebulae (which are huge but very disp... : Arcanum
      • That only measured close in planets http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24394251 : indosauros
      • That was the worst study I've ready in a while. Take with huge grain of salt. : boofy
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  It's not a star because it doesn't have enough mass. There's plenty of hydrogen there, just not quite eno... : thecray
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    If it were 6 times larger, it would have enough mass to fuse hydrogen, and be a star. : theamazingrand0
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      Wiki says 75 times more massive to fuse hdtrogen. "Although Jupiter would need to be about 75 times as... : bombay
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        Hrm, I know I read 6 somewhere, I'll have to see if I can dig it up. : theamazingrand0
        • Probably read 60, the number is somewhere between 50-75 times depending on the exact makeup of the planet... : bombay
• Jupiter is not nearly large enough to be or have been a star. You could consider it a "failed star" only... : indosauros
• Short answer, no. It's just a gas giant. The next step up would be brown dwarf status and then star. : Visceral Monkey
• No. Read a book about planets, Sleepy. : Odoyle
• I'm no expert but I think you are almost right but a little backwards. Jupiter would have been a star if ... : CrazyPants
• hehe no, My toaster almost grew up to be a convection oven as well : watcherxp
• Jesus farted on jupiter but his buddies weren't around so he didn't lite it up. : smackpiece
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  What these guys said. Mot enough mass (gravity) for nuclear fusion to occur. Although Arthur C. Clarke ... : smax
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    What are the chances of intelligent life on other planets being mammalian, reptillian, insectoid or plant... : mr.sleepy
    • Do you understand how natural selection works? Because that answers every one of those questions : indosauros
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      If evolution is universal, like it most certainly is, then life on other planet would probably look simil... : mnok
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        I wonder why intelligent life desires to move. Also I wonder why natural selection has chosen humans to b... : mr.sleepy
        • Things that can move can avoid danger. Immobile organisms are less likely to survive any disruption to th... : Wisp!
        • Truly inelligent life desires to just be. like whoa. : anhero
        • Intelligent life desires to move to get away from your lame posts. :| : deject
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      actually, pretty good. earth species: why is the mouth right next to the nose? so you can smell wha... : smax
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        earth species have evolved the same basic body plans many times individually, because they work well. : smax
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          I don't understand, are you saying that different branches of animalia evolved independently? : SpaecKow
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            Different branches independently evolved the same characteristics isolated in similar environments (see m... : indosauros
            • I'm a bit confused on this marsupial example, can you elaborate? : bombay
            • From wikipedia on parallel evolution: One of the most spectacular examples of parallel evolution is prov : indosauros
            • simpler example, fishes and dolphins : smax
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              Well sure, and procines developed flippered forelimbs even though they weren't fish. But that's not the p : SpaecKow
              • porcines? lol porpoises I think I meant to type. : SpaecKow
          • I've always found Cnidaria and their symbiots Zooxanthellae really interesting. : bombay
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            I'm sorry, this is an extremely vague post - different species of animals have of course evolved similar ... : SpaecKow
            • Bingo, legs, teeth and pouches already existed. Although it is interesting from the isolation view point. : bombay
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        pimping: http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/076790818X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=12887... : smax
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          We have it, a wonderful book, my kids love it. : bombay
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            What an awesome thing to give your kids to read, way to be a good dad :D

            Nov 02, 2010 9:44pm PDT
            What an awesome thing to give your kids to read, way to be a good dad :D : SpaecKow
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            your kids are very lucky <3 : smax
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              Thanks guys, there's a lot of questions when we read it, and it goes slow but they really like it. Sta... : bombay
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                Do you have the one that's made for kids? I can't recall the name of it. : Vincent Grayson
                • Both, the more kids one is: A Really Short History of Nearly Everything Then there's: A Short Hi... : bombay
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          mr.sleepy have you read this book? At least get it on audiobook (just as good) : indosauros
          • i will check it out! thanks! : mr.sleepy
    • What are the chances of intelligent life on other planets being mammalian, reptillian, insectoid or plant : SpaecKow
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      we wont know this for sure until we go out there. we really dont even know how many planets there are tha... : hirez
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        its not really guessing though, its backed by scientific evidence. Of course its all based on what we cur... : mnok
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          "Based on Kepler data, an estimate of around 100 million habitable planets in our galaxy may be realistic... : mnok
          • yes, but ultimately, until we have actual observational data of other life, its just guesswork. : hirez
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      as crazy as i fucking sound, i wonder if the aliens i saw (which happen to be the the grays of pop alien ... : reverend~heresy
      • I have heard the greys described as being reptillian and not mammalian. Talk about your experience if you... : mr.sleepy
    • How high are you? I know dognose is looking for work, so he didn't cause this. : anhero
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  jesus didnt want a star there. : mindshot
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    The Monolith did. : Fenring42
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      all these worlds are yours except europa. attempt no landings there. : skryte
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        Like that would stop humans, some asshole would land there just to be a dick, then they'd exterminate our... : thecray
        • Someone didn't read the later books. They try to do it anyways. : Fenring42
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        "now give us more plastic assholes" : gyokuro
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          why would they need more plastic assholes ? : master_disaster_17
          • Because the ones they're wearing already are worn out? duh : SpaecKow
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            come on.. who DOESN'T need more plastic assholes?? : beastrabban
            • uh... here ya go: http://www.fleshlight.com/fleshlight-toys/original/original-butt/ : skryte
• Is it possible that this mound of dirt was almost a mountain? : lechuck59
• nope but be thankful it's there to absorb massive asteroids/meteors impacts that come into the solar syst... : grabbie
• It's not massive enough, and if this had somehow happened it would be a brown dwarf with very different c... : bipolar
• Nope. It would need a lot more mass than it has to ignite. : thetangent
• Where did you go to school? : brickmatt
• this sounds like a political metaphor - I just can't decide what for : eldersveld
• no the mass needs to be about 0.05 to 0.10 the mass of the sun to have enough gravity to ignite and the m... : gyokuro
• Does this answer your question? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_d-gs0WoUw boom : snuff
• This post makes me want to take a big ass hit from a very large bong packed full of powerful weed. : theghostofsmdever