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January 25, 2010

WTF? They're going to exhume DaVinci to do a facial reconstruction
— Purple Avenger

Some tools have the idea that the Mona Lisa is really a self portrait and they plan to prove this with Leonardo's skull.

Yea, go with that.

In other news, of a slightly less creepy/deranged nature:

Uranus might have oceans of liquid diamond. It would exist at 40 million earth atmospheres pressure though, so you can forget about mounting any sort of Uranus "diamond rush" expeditions any time soon. OTOTH, if we sent a small probe and dropped a US flag into the atmosphere, maybe we can use this diamond ocean as collateral to borrow a few more bucks from China.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 10:10 AM | Comments (142)
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1 FIRST!

Posted by: Not Really at January 25, 2010 10:12 AM (4Yp2d)

2 C'mon, who is going to make the first "digging diamonds out of uranus" joke.

Posted by: lorien1973 at January 25, 2010 10:12 AM (IhQuA)

3 But, I'm still using my skull. Oh, wait. Nevermind.

Posted by: Leonardo Di Caprio at January 25, 2010 10:12 AM (QKKT0)

4 THERE ARE DIAMANDS IN URANUS!!?? !!ELEVENTY!!

Posted by: OregonMuse at January 25, 2010 10:14 AM (hoowK)

5 Is Geraldo Rivera involved in this somehow, it sounds like his shtick.

Posted by: Penfold at January 25, 2010 10:14 AM (1PeEC)

6 A small probe. Up Uranus?

Oh. I see what you did there.

Posted by: CUS at January 25, 2010 10:15 AM (wOGfT)

7 " OTOTH, if we sent a small probe and dropped a US flag into [Uranus]....." I'm game!

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 25, 2010 10:15 AM (Q41Zh)

8 You can forget about mounting any sort of Uranus ...... heh

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 25, 2010 10:15 AM (a9UO0)

"maybe we can use this diamond ocean as collateral to borrow a few more bucks from China."

You know you just ruined the STOU surprise, don't you. I hope you're happy.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at January 25, 2010 10:16 AM (RkRxq)

10 No. They really want to prove DaVinci was black...and whitey stole the idea. They'll use the shape of the skull to prove it.

Posted by: LtE113(Mike in Chicago) at January 25, 2010 10:16 AM (3NFq/)

11 traces of Oliver Stone have been found in squirrel shit...

Posted by: Joy to the whirled at January 25, 2010 10:16 AM (WVBjj)

If you have that much pressure in Uranus, you will probably shart yourself.

Posted by: TC at January 25, 2010 10:17 AM (DYJjQ)

13 Umm, last I checked we have self portraits of DaVinci.
Facial reconstruction from bone is more than half guesswork and assumptions, see the wacky things they come up with for prehistoric skulls.
Why bother? This is pure stunt for cash. Calling cable history channels!

Posted by: Rocks at January 25, 2010 10:17 AM (Q1lie)

14
..... diamonds and small probes in here???

Hell.. if I could find my car keys, we'd drive outta here......

Posted by: Very Bad Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg Joke at January 25, 2010 10:17 AM (J5Hcw)

I am often amazed at what people will do.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2010 10:18 AM (QrA9E)

16 Next time, I'll tell her I'm mining for diamonds.

Posted by: TC at January 25, 2010 10:18 AM (DYJjQ)

17 There is liquid fudge in Myanus. Who wants to pan for it?

Posted by: Chocolate Thunder at January 25, 2010 10:18 AM (b8X6B)

18 I think you've just stolen half of Maentenloch's ONT topics.

Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2010 10:18 AM (VuLos)

Extreme high pressure and Uranus is a potentially lethal combination. We could be facing the prospect of flatulence on a truly cosmic scale.

Posted by: Algore, World-Renowned Expert on All Things Sciency at January 25, 2010 10:19 AM (QKKT0)

20 Uranus is a place I don't want to explore.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 25, 2010 10:19 AM (muUqs)

21 He who go to bed with itchy anus, wake up with diamond rings.

Posted by: Confucius at January 25, 2010 10:19 AM (b8X6B)

22 The DeBeers spaceship is halfway to Uranus right now to claim it all.

Posted by: FreakyBoy at January 25, 2010 10:20 AM (Q41Zh)

Barney Frank has proposed Federal funding of a trip to Uranus.

With his tongue/.

Posted by: gus at January 25, 2010 10:20 AM (Vqruj)

19 There is liquid fudge in Myanus.

Kaopectate will help.

Posted by: TC at January 25, 2010 10:21 AM (DYJjQ)

25 DaVinci. Well I guess it goes to prove ya can't keep a good man down. Not even 6 feet down I guess?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2010 10:21 AM (0GFWk)

26

Anybody else remember the Wild Wild West episode where there was a potion made from liquid diamonds that made James West and Artemus Gordon move so fast that the rest of the world seemed frozen in time?

It was a pretty cool idea to a 3^rd grader.

Posted by: Tinian at January 25, 2010 10:21 AM (7+pP9)

27 Diamonds... that'll shut her up! (Ron White)

This just in: Andy Sullivan's new career choice is that of a miner in/on Uranus.

Posted by: Joy to the whirled at January 25, 2010 10:22 AM (WVBjj)

28 I don't see how exhuming Da Vinci is going to help my kids.

Posted by: Michelle O at January 25, 2010 10:22 AM (tE2Go)

Posted by: Bawney at January 25, 2010 10:22 AM (fx8sm)

30 It was a pretty cool idea to a 3rd grader. Posted by: Tinian at January 25, 2010 02:21 PM (7+pP9) So was peeing in snow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2010 10:22 AM (0GFWk)

31
Oh, hewwooooo!

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at January 25, 2010 10:23 AM (fx8sm)

32 Astronomers need to rename a planet Urvagina, we need the humor.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 25, 2010 10:23 AM (muUqs)

33 NO NO NO Mr Sullivan, this doesn't mean what you think it does. STOP!

Posted by: Mr Hat at January 25, 2010 10:24 AM (dUOK+)

34 Diamonds are forever in Uranus.

Posted by: DeBeers at January 25, 2010 10:24 AM (AZGON)

35 With "Uranus" in the headline, I knew the comments wouldn't disappoint.....

Posted by: Alamo at January 25, 2010 10:25 AM (Mqupr)

36 Uranus: Diamond Rush sounds like the name of an porn flick.

Posted by: myrenovations at January 25, 2010 10:25 AM (uiFgv)

37 Arthur C. Clarke already wrote about this in 2061: Odyssey Three. Man, that guy was sharp.

Posted by: pep at January 25, 2010 10:25 AM (5GcKk)

38 So the meme is that DaVinci was a tranny? Disguised self-portrait?!? His self-portrait from the 1510s looks nothing like the Mona Lisa.

I'm thinking someone partook of too much cannabis.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, spammer critic at January 25, 2010 10:25 AM (zmiSr)

39 Other than being 100% lethal, I wonder what it would be like to dip my balls in a liquid diamond ocean?

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 25, 2010 10:25 AM (+2Sr1)

Has anyone seen the ad that flatly states one in six people has some sort of mental illness?

Only one in six? It seems more like everybody, present morons excepted.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 25, 2010 10:25 AM (i3AsK)

41

31 It was a pretty cool idea to a 3rd grader.
Posted by: Tinian at January 25, 2010 02:21 PM (7+pP9)

So was peeing in snow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2010 02:22 PM (0GFWk)

I guess I never grew up.

Posted by: Tinian at January 25, 2010 10:26 AM (7+pP9)

42 Probiewinks, ahead lies the maze of the small intestine. One path leads to the stomach, the other to certain doom. Take with you this helmet and torch - let them be your guide.

Posted by: The Sparrow Prince at January 25, 2010 10:26 AM (ra0KP)

43 I can't get a phone call returned anymore. Goddamned attention whores, every one of those gas giants.

Posted by: Pluto at January 25, 2010 10:26 AM (AZGON)

44
This isn't about me.

Posted by: This is President Speech at January 25, 2010 10:27 AM (fFl1M)

45 Maybe we'll get lucky, and there will be Uranal leakage.

Posted by: Michael at January 25, 2010 10:27 AM (FC2+c)

46 I don't know about Uranus, but my anus has produced nothing but liquid diamonds for decades, so what's the big deal?

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 25, 2010 10:27 AM (V2pCF)

47 Has anyone seen the ad that flatly states one in six people has some sort of mental illness?

Obviously, they undersampled congress.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 25, 2010 10:27 AM (+2Sr1)

48 They're actually filming the pilot episode of a new reality series: "Celebrity Skull F-ck".

Posted by: FreakyBoy at January 25, 2010 10:28 AM (Q41Zh)

49 I came in late...

Leonardo put what up Mona Lisa's Uranus??

Uhhhhhhh....That explains the "smile"!!!

Posted by: Dell at January 25, 2010 10:28 AM (EFDI0)

50 So was peeing in snow Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2010 02:22 PM (0GFWk) I guess I never grew up. Posted by: Tinian at January 25, 2010 02:26 PM (7+pP9) Hey who has? I still go for distance in the snow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2010 10:28 AM (0GFWk)

51 Up Saturn!
Up Pluto!
Up Uranus!

Posted by: The Astronomy Club Cheerleaders at January 25, 2010 10:28 AM (wOGfT)

52 Has anyone seen the ad that flatly states one in six people has some sort of mental illness?

I would have guessed 52 out of 100.

Posted by: come on, it was just laying there ... at January 25, 2010 10:29 AM (PD1tk)

53 We're stuck going in circles around Uranus. So quit your whining.

Posted by: Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon at January 25, 2010 10:29 AM (AZGON)

54 So was peeing in snow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2010 02:22 PM (0GFWk)

I guess I never grew up

I try to write my name.

Posted by: CUS at January 25, 2010 10:30 AM (wOGfT)

55 I try to write my name. Posted by: CUS at January 25, 2010 02:30 PM (wOGfT) Aren't you glad your name isn't "Rumpelstilskens"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2010 10:31 AM (0GFWk)

56 Facial and Uranus , all in one post . Well done , sir .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 25, 2010 10:31 AM (a9UO0)

57 When they came for Pluto, I did nothing...

Posted by: Uranian lament at January 25, 2010 10:31 AM (V2pCF)

C'mon, who is going to make the first "digging diamonds out of uranus" joke.

I want to hear a good 'dipping in liquid diamonds' joke...

Posted by: joejm65 at January 25, 2010 10:32 AM (O3dMD)

"Liquid diamond" seems like a non sequitur, since diamond is solid. How about "liquid carbon where the outer electron shell of each carbon atom shares two electrons each with four other carbon atoms and yet remains in a fluid state." Eh.

Haven't read the article yet. Hey, I got that electron shell thingy right, right?

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 25, 2010 10:32 AM (ySnOV)

heehhehehehehehe...hehehehehehehe...hehehehehhehehe...ehheheheheheheh

Probe Uranus!!!

heheheheheehehe...heheheheheee...hehehehehhehe...hehehehehehehe

Posted by: Beavis at January 25, 2010 10:32 AM (pr+up)

61
What's this I'm hearing?

I know Obama just took over the school-loans business, but now he's offering to forgive the loans of people who work for government.

This is BULLSHIT. Where are the Republicans on this unfair bullshit?

Posted by: This is President Speech at January 25, 2010 10:34 AM (fFl1M)

62 I know my anus is full of liquid diamonds.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 25, 2010 10:34 AM (ySnOV)

63 Uranus always has Klingons.

Posted by: Teller of Bad Jokes at January 25, 2010 10:34 AM (wPZU5)

64 60, rdbrewer Proving again how us wingnuts are all a passel of ignorant hayseeds. /sarc Well done, sir.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 25, 2010 10:35 AM (AZGON)

65 There's always Klingons orbiting Uranus

Posted by: Repeater of Bad Jokes at January 25, 2010 10:38 AM (wOGfT)

66 How about we take that flagpole and jam in up Barry's ass instead?

Posted by: GarandFan at January 25, 2010 10:39 AM (ZQBnQ)

67

Dem leaders on both sides are feverishly exploring a range of options, one of which includes drawing up a series of fixes to the Senate bill that would be passed through the Senate via reconciliation along with the Senate bill passing the House Â— the reconciliation Â“sidecar,Â” as it has been called.

I'm afraid to look up reconciliation sidecar in the Urban Dictionary.

Posted by: toby928 at January 25, 2010 10:39 AM (PD1tk)

68 OT, 'cause the intertubes is the wild west... at Zero Hedge, we note: So much for a pick up in Q4 revenues. With 20% of the S&P companies reporting, revenues ex-Fins (a vertical yield curve will do miracles for bank revenues - will this continue for ever? and what happens if and when the curve flattens...) are actually down 0.57% compared to the prior year. Mmm mmm mmm. Hope and change.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 25, 2010 10:39 AM (AZGON)

69 I've know people so tight that you could shove coal up their ass and get a diamond. Is this similar?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 25, 2010 10:40 AM (5aa4z)

70 Uranus might have oceans of liquid diamond.

I knew my ass was sparkly and expensive.

Posted by: enoxo at January 25, 2010 10:40 AM (vlzzF)

71 "liquid carbon" not liquid diamonds. That's like saying "liquid ice."

Diamond is the solid, crystalline lattice structure of pure carbon atoms.

The carbon ocean would be black, presumably, with clear diamond icebergs in it.

Posted by: s'moron at January 25, 2010 10:41 AM (p1s9n)

They're going to exhume DaVinci

These are the same type of dork, nerd, fuckwads who insists on raising the titanic or climbing Mt Sainai (I think) to un-cover Noah's Ark. Enough already let the dead rest in peace and let the people have their biblical faiths and beliefs.

Posted by: dananjcon at January 25, 2010 10:42 AM (pr+up)

73 refreshed and saw brewer's comment.

he beat me, but yeah, there's no such thing as liquid diamond. The article says "liquid carbon" too. Sloppy PA, especially for an engineer.

Posted by: s'moron at January 25, 2010 10:43 AM (p1s9n)

74 BREAKING NEWS: Astronomers at the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea have made new observations of the seventh planet, and concluded that Uranus actually has oceans of liquid cubic zirconia. Las Vegas pawn shops and QVC hardest hit.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 25, 2010 10:43 AM (AZGON)

75 What good would measuring Da Vinci's skull do? I'm assuming he painted the Mona Lisa free-handed, and didn't put his head into one of those things at Walmart that makes copies of your house keys.

Posted by: Mikey at January 25, 2010 10:44 AM (TJoID)

"Arthur C. Clarke already wrote about this in 2061: Odyssey Three. Man, that guy was sharp."

You have no idea what you're talking about.

I read that book. I read all the Clarke 20XX books (and 3001). None of them had anything about digging up da Vinci to do a facial reconstruction.

/lulz

Posted by: reason at January 25, 2010 10:46 AM (5npD/)

77 75--Noah's Ark is supposedly on Mt. Ararat, in Turkey, not Mt. Sinai. Like Forrest Gump said, It's like a whole 'nother country...

Posted by: Mikey at January 25, 2010 10:46 AM (TJoID)

78 Other than being 100% lethal, I wonder what it would be like to dip my balls in a liquid diamond ocean?

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 25, 2010 02:25 PM (+2Sr1)

It's a chemical pudding but in liquid, not viscous, form. Put simply, in deference to you, PA, it's like dipping into a stick of dynamite.

Posted by: Chris Knight at January 25, 2010 10:46 AM (Q1lie)

79 If you shoot a big-ass laser at the surface of Uranus from a low orbit, can you drill deep enough to start a diamond gusher? Would the carbon crystallize nicely if it spewed out from the surface? Why are these questions turning my stomach?

Posted by: stuiec at January 25, 2010 10:46 AM (7AOgy)

Heyyyy, wait a second....

Diamonds are nothing more than a form of....CARBON!

These Uranians owe me a metric ass-load of money.

Posted by: Al Gore at January 25, 2010 10:48 AM (5npD/)

81 If they're gonna dig somebody up, I vote for Swayze. What would be more bad-ass than a ZOMBIE cooler at the Double Deuce?

Posted by: Mikey at January 25, 2010 10:49 AM (TJoID)

80 75--Noah's Ark is supposedly on Mt. Ararat, in Turkey, not Mt. Sinai. Like Forrest Gump said, It's like a whole 'nother country...

Thank you...

And they are still douch nozzles.

Posted by: dananjcon at January 25, 2010 10:51 AM (pr+up)

If you shoot a big-ass laser at the surface of Uranus from a low orbit, can you drill deep enough to start a diamond gusher? Would the carbon crystallize nicely if it spewed out from the surface?

No but you could drop a singularity device into the hole and cause a black hole in Uranus and make it dissapear.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2010 10:54 AM (QrA9E)

84 And I proudly present myself as further proof, inasmuch as not only did I royally dork 87's formatting up the squeakhole, but I forgot to de-puppet myself. And Pixy gave me a couple of tries to get it all right, too.

Posted by: reason at January 25, 2010 10:56 AM (5npD/)

85
My "tongue test' detected no liquid carbon or diamonds around Uranus, Mr. President.

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at January 25, 2010 10:56 AM (UA4gE)

I read that book. I read all the Clarke 20XX books (and 3001). None of them had anything about digging up da Vinci to do a facial reconstruction.

That, morons, is teh funny.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 25, 2010 11:00 AM (B+qrE)

87 uhh uhhh uuh
he said uranus.

Posted by: nine coconuts at January 25, 2010 11:04 AM (DHNp4)

88 81 - This requires sterner stuff --summon Dick Cheney

Posted by: AE at January 25, 2010 11:07 AM (+xtu8)

89
93 81 - This requires sterner stuff --summon Dick Cheney

He'll be here as soon as he finishes drilling stealth oil wells in Alaska, with his dick.

Posted by: Dang at January 25, 2010 11:10 AM (UA4gE)

90
Just draw a beard on the Mona Lisa and see if it looks like DaVinci.

Idiots.

Posted by: Dang at January 25, 2010 11:16 AM (UA4gE)

91 I imagine a long tether dragged thru that sea then pulled off into space would look like a rock candy "popsicle" -- basis for a another sci-fi story about space mining. Beats a 'cloud city' gas mine.

Posted by: Jean at January 25, 2010 11:21 AM (tTdaQ)

92 I'm guessing all the good Uranus jokes are gone by now.

Posted by: Jones at January 25, 2010 11:23 AM (JL3qV)

93 Why don't they just compare one of Da Vinci's self-portraits? I guess that's not as fun. And, besides, there might be some cool rings, gadgets, and other jewelry in there.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 25, 2010 11:28 AM (ySnOV)

94 Sock off.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 25, 2010 11:30 AM (ySnOV)

95
C'mon, who is going to make the first "digging diamonds out of uranus" joke.

Ah, but it takes a Texas-sized shitload of pressure to make them!

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at January 25, 2010 11:33 AM (1hM1d)

96 I had burritos last night. Myanus has been a gas mine all day.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 25, 2010 11:33 AM (+2Sr1)

97 Hmmmm.

Dude! DUDE!

You want to drop a probe into Uranus!?

DDDddddduuuuuudddddeeeee.

Posted by: memomachine at January 25, 2010 11:37 AM (/+tPT)

98 If Uranus turns out to have giant crabs, then we have a story.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 25, 2010 11:38 AM (muUqs)

Thanks for reading, circa!

Posted by: reason at January 25, 2010 11:41 AM (kZVsz)

100

56 I try to write my name.
Posted by: CUS at January 25, 2010 02:30 PM (wOGfT)

Even after having ten Squishys I can't make it.

Posted by: Apu Nahasapeema........ at January 25, 2010 11:42 AM (lQRmV)

101 Dr. Spank - I heard it's populated with a race of bald gerbils...

Posted by: reason at January 25, 2010 11:42 AM (kZVsz)

102

DaVinci is NOT his last name!!

It's merely an indication of where Leonard is from.

Posted by: Bender at January 25, 2010 11:42 AM (pLTLS)

103

sorry about the typo --

It's merely an indication of where Leonardo is from.

Posted by: Bender at January 25, 2010 11:43 AM (pLTLS)

104 Desecration of bodies does not seem to even be an issue in some cultures. Witness sky burials in Tibet, where they chop you up and leave you for the vultures and eagles to feast on.

WARNING! Graphic Gruesomness!

http:\\tinyurl.com/mtjltn

Posted by: JMS at January 25, 2010 11:51 AM (W0h4C)

105 If we send a probe to Uranus, we need to call it 'Lucy'.

Posted by: Vashta.Nerada at January 25, 2010 11:56 AM (NYsdu)

106

It's merely an indication of where Leonardo is from. Posted by: Bender

That's bull! If DaVinci isn't his last name, why did Tom Hanks say "DaVinci" in such a ham laden way in the DaVinci codes movie? Because he was talkin' about the dude, not the place. And he's like a DaVinci expert and shit.

Posted by: Dang at January 25, 2010 12:04 PM (UA4gE)

107 Diamonds aren't rare on earth. They are kept artificially uncommon by De Beers in Antwerp who have acres of warehouses full. The idea that they should be valuable is just a meme. The Canadian Arctic is full of diamonds but you don't see a diamond rush to get them.

Posted by: Speller at January 25, 2010 12:05 PM (o0R2E)

108 I am the New Rennaisance Man.

Posted by: Barry DeHonolulu at January 25, 2010 12:10 PM (GwPRU)

109 When the sun finally dies it will leave a white dwarf star as its remains. A white dwarf is essentially a white glowing diamond the size of earth.

Just move to another solar system, wait 5 billion more years and another 2 billion or so for the white dwarf to cool and become a black dwarf.

Posted by: JMS at January 25, 2010 12:11 PM (W0h4C)

110

JMS, there has to be good percentage that have cooled off too, I would think. Hmm. Wonder if any have had time yet.

I read an article about 10 years ago, seems like, about diamonds precipitating out of the atmosphere of Uranus. The headline was about it raining diamonds.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 25, 2010 12:19 PM (ySnOV)

111 If diamonds started flying out of Uranus, then they'd all be worth about as much as the US dollar is under the Obama administration.

Posted by: D_Fitz at January 25, 2010 12:20 PM (nyFP6)

112 Trying to wrest the liquid diamonds from Uranus is morally wrong -- it would upset the delicate balance of life in Uranus, plus piss off the warrior cat people that are native to Uranus -- Richard Gere tells me so.

Posted by: unknown jane at January 25, 2010 12:32 PM (5/yRG)

113 rdbrewer, the astronomical consensus is that there are actually no black dwarfs yet.

Giant stars live only a few hundred million years because they go through their fuel like the Space Shuttle at liftoff. However, they go Supernova and don't leave white dwarfs. White dwarfs are formed by small to midsized stars and those live for 10 to 15 billion years because they use their fuel relatively slowly (compared to the big guys).

Since the universe is "only" 13.7 billion years old, there hasn't been any time for white dwarfs to form and then cool down to black dwarfs.

Posted by: JMS at January 25, 2010 12:36 PM (W0h4C)

114

Prediction: The facial reconstruction will bear a striking resemblance to the Mona Lisa.

Posted by: Molon Labe at January 25, 2010 12:44 PM (kYpqT)

115 I once stumbled upon a website that sold anal jewlery....go figure.

Posted by: Say What? at January 25, 2010 12:50 PM (vwh8M)

116 NEW FLAMING SKULL NEW FLAMING SKULL!!!!

Posted by: gus at January 25, 2010 12:58 PM (Vqruj)

117 20

Extreme high pressure and Uranus is a potentially lethal combination. We could be facing the prospect of flatulence on a truly cosmic scale.

Or another Obama speech.

Posted by: wrg at January 25, 2010 01:10 PM (7t+Ws)

118 Of course, we'd have to kill all the giant smurfs to get at those diamonds which would piss off the left.

Posted by: Christopher Johnson at January 25, 2010 01:12 PM (FN39A)

119 Prediction: The facial reconstruction will bear a striking resemblance to the Mona Lisa.

Bingo. A bunch of scientists want to do a facial reconstruction to prove it is him in drag. Outcome assured.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 25, 2010 01:21 PM (DIYmd)

120 The outcome of the reconstruction will bear a striking resemblance to president Obama. Proving his deity.

Posted by: wrg at January 25, 2010 01:24 PM (7t+Ws)

121 The Canadian Arctic is full of diamonds but you don't see a diamond rush to get them.

Posted by: Speller at January 25, 2010 04:05 PM (o0R2E)

I think most of the diamonds in the arctic are industrial grade. Not suitable for jewelry.

Posted by: Shannow at January 25, 2010 01:32 PM (LJcef)

122

In regards to DaVinci,

If I understand this right, we have a group of "scientist" in a field that is not well known nor probably very accurate that have a pre-determined "desired outcome". They will do some sciency stuff and I am wagering, get that desired outcome. Where have I seen this scenario before? It seems so familiar...

Posted by: brian448 at January 25, 2010 01:32 PM (JLnCH)

123

Diamonds. Pfftt. Shiney rocks. If not for their industrial value they'd be worthless as far as I'm concerned. Cubit zirchonia is indistinguishable from daimond for most chicks.

Posted by: Reactionary at January 25, 2010 01:38 PM (4nbyM)

124 Cubit zirconium is indistinguishable from diamond for most chicks.

You haven't meant my wife.

Posted by: wrg at January 25, 2010 01:40 PM (7t+Ws)

125 You haven't meant my wife.

Posted by: wrg at January 25, 2010 05:40 PM

You poor bastard. Well, that's what you get for marrying a woman with expensive tastes (and who distrusts you so much that she has to take a jeweler's loupe to your jewelry offerings).

Posted by: Reactionary at January 25, 2010 01:43 PM (4nbyM)

126 That's a coincidence, my anus is a gas giant too.

Posted by: al gore at January 25, 2010 01:44 PM (2qU2d)

127 130

Even worst my sister is a goldsmith.

Posted by: wrg at January 25, 2010 01:45 PM (7t+Ws)

128

Dr Jon Eggert, of the Laser Shock Equation of State (EOS) group in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, said: "The idea of significant quantities of pure carbon existing in giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune has gained both experimental and theoretical support.

Has gained both experimental and theoretical support? Doesn't he mean a "scientific consensus has been reached"?

Posted by: andycanuck at January 25, 2010 01:46 PM (2qU2d)

129 There goes the neighborhood.

Posted by: Neptune at January 25, 2010 01:51 PM (tPZUr)

130 Even worst my sister is a goldsmith.

Posted by: wrg at January 25, 2010 05:45 PM

Yikes. You didn't stand a chance. Female soliarity, and all that. On the up side - I'll bet your sister can hook you up with a source for physical gold if you decide to flee dollars. It's all about who you know...

Posted by: Reactionary at January 25, 2010 01:58 PM (4nbyM)

131 I remember seeing the question of the Mona Lisa being a self-portrait of DaVinci explored in a TV documentary of the man some years back. They compared his eyes in his self-portrait to Mona's eyes and they matched perfectly. They compared the mouths and Mona's was an upside down match of his, with the drooping right corner of his mouth becoming her enigmatic smile. 'Lisa' is supposedly the feminine form of 'Leo'. The conclusion was that the Mona Lisa was a practical joke by DaVivci.

Or maybe he was a homosexual, like DeVeres(Shakespeare).

Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2010 02:13 PM (kheDT)

132 #120 Sure you 'stumbled' on it.Perv.

Posted by: smudge at January 25, 2010 02:18 PM (Rx5UA)

133

It is depressing that that idiot Dan Brown should infect so many people.

And that's Mr. from D.C. to you.

(and how many folks think that "Christ" is Jesus' last name? too many)

Posted by: Bender from D.C. at January 25, 2010 03:23 PM (802+s)

134

Are you sure this isn't about Obama and his ...

Posted by: hadsil at January 25, 2010 05:13 PM (rksBt)

135

#137- I swear!!

I was looking for rare,, but I typed rear....go figure. Honest. Boy, was my husband surprised..lol

Posted by: Say What? at January 25, 2010 05:38 PM (fE7TI)

136

DaVinci is NOT his last name!!

Where was Michael Angelo from? Angelo? No, that was his last name.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 25, 2010 06:50 PM (g0Pk5)

137 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Posted by: drunken poshter at January 25, 2010 07:52 PM (2qU2d)

138 I respect DaVinci and all but I hardly think a DaVinci facial will even come close to a Perez Hilton facial...

Posted by: Andrew *BOING* Sullivan at January 25, 2010 08:08 PM (jQnbr)

139 Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2010 06:13 PM (kheDT)

I saw that documentary. They SAID these things looked exactly alike, but then they put them on screen, and they weren't. The eyes were different proportions, the mouths different curves, and the bones structure was different.

They just said over and over they were the same, and the picture on the screen put the lie to it.

It struck me as the idea of someone used to speaking without being questioned, 'cause my first response was "no it's not."

Now they're going to dig him up so some bint can get more publicity and grant money or whatever. Publish or perish, I guess.

Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at January 25, 2010 08:40 PM (bxiXv)

140

I wouldn't be too surprised if DaVinci turns out looking a lot like the Mona Lisa. Take a look at the four portraits of Napoleon alongside the four artists' self-portraits here: www.artscholar.org

Posted by: Phil at January 25, 2010 11:29 PM (cBaCB)

141 test

Posted by: andycanuck at January 27, 2010 03:59 PM (2qU2d)

142
Anybody else remember the Wild Wild West episode where there was a potion made from liquid diamonds that made James West and Artemus Gordon move so fast that the rest of the world seemed frozen in time?
It was a pretty cool idea to a 3^rd grader.
Posted by: Tinian at January 25, 2010 02:21 PM (7+pP9)

Yep, The Night of the Burning Diamond. First season, black and white. Pretty cool.

Posted by: Apple at February 02, 2010 09:15 AM (SJYsg)

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