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Politics / Re: Sani Abacha was honest & one of Nigeria's best ever leaders. by 0K2NV: 3:17am On Jun 13, 2012 |
Abacha was a criminal in Government house just like his predecessor, IBB, Buhari. No matter how you want to paint it, you can never ever f00l me. Take your sh1tty thread and stuff it where you always wanted your d1ctators to reign. Goat! |
Politics / Re: Sani Abacha was honest & one of Nigeria's best ever leaders. by 0K2NV: 3:12am On Jun 13, 2012 |
and where did Abacha family members get all that money they get to spray around? don't tell me , it's all from his hard earned saved salaries and military pensions.]\ goat! |
Politics / Re: Sani Abacha was honest & one of Nigeria's best ever leaders. by 0K2NV: 3:11am On Jun 13, 2012 |
GenBuhari: [size=18pt]Daily Trust (Abuja)OPINION12 November 2008rubbish |
Politics / Re: Sani Abacha was honest & one of Nigeria's best ever leaders. by 0K2NV: 3:10am On Jun 13, 2012 |
[size=30pt]WHEN WILL YOU STOP THIS SH1T? FIRST YOU GO BY THE NAME OF AN EX MILITARY HEAD OF STATE. NOW YOU OPEN THIS FULL FLEDGED EFFRONTERY OF PURE BIASED LUST FOR ABACHA. DO YOU THINK WE ARE ALL F00LS? THIS IS HOW YOUR ABOKIS GO ABOUT DISTORTING FACTS TO MEET YOUR DAMNED FRUSTRATED POLITICAL AMBITIONS. GET THE DEAD DICTATORS D1CK OUTTA UR MOUTH FOR GOD'S SAKE. [/size] |
Romance / Re: Engaged And Getting Married To My Muslim Boyfriend: I'm Smiling at Last! by 0K2NV: 1:25am On Jun 13, 2012 |
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Romance / Re: Engaged And Getting Married To My Muslim Boyfriend: I'm Smiling at Last! by 0K2NV: 1:23am On Jun 13, 2012 |
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Romance / Re: Engaged And Getting Married To My Muslim Boyfriend: I'm Smiling at Last! by 0K2NV: 1:22am On Jun 13, 2012 |
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Science/Technology / Planet X Is Real. by 0K2NV: 11:38pm On Jun 12, 2012 |
Richard A. Lovett in Timberline Lodge, Oregon for National Geographic News Published May 11, 2012 An as yet undiscovered planet might be orbiting at the dark fringes of the solar system, according to new research. Too far out to be easily spotted by telescopes, the potential unseen planet appears to be making its presence felt by disturbing the orbits of so-called Kuiper belt objects, said Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at the National Observatory of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. Kuiper belt objects are small icy bodies—including some dwarf planets—that lie beyond the orbit of Neptune. Once considered the ninth planet in our system, the dwarf planet Pluto, for example, is one of the largest Kuiper belt objects, at about 1,400 miles (2,300 kilometers) wide. Dozens of the other objects are hundreds of miles across, and more are being discovered every year. (See "Three New 'Plutos'? Possible Dwarf Planets Found." What's intriguing, Gomes said, is that, according to his new calculations, about a half dozen Kuiper belt objects—including the remote body known as Sedna—are in strange orbits compared to where they should be, based on existing solar system models. (Related: "Pluto Neighbor Gets Downsized." The objects' unexpected orbits have a few possible explanations, said Gomes, who presented his findings Tuesday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Timberline Lodge, Oregon. "But I think the easiest one is a planetary-mass solar companion"—a planet that orbits very far out from the sun but that's massive enough to be having gravitational effects on Kuiper belt objects. Mystery Planet a Captured Rogue? For the new work, Gomes analyzed the orbits of 92 Kuiper belt objects, then compared his results to computer models of how the bodies should be distributed, with and without an additional planet. If there's no distant world, Gomes concludes, the models don't produce the highly elongated orbits we see for six of the objects. How big exactly the planetary body might be isn't clear, but there are a lot of possibilities, Gomes added. Based on his calculations, Gomes thinks a Neptune-size world, about four times bigger than Earth, orbiting 140 billion miles (225 billion kilometers) away from the sun—about 1,500 times farther than Earth—would do the trick. But so would a Mars-size object—roughly half Earth's size—in a highly elongated orbit that would occasionally bring the body sweeping to within 5 billion miles (8 billion kilometers) of the sun. Gomes speculates that the mystery object could be a rogue planet that was kicked out of its own star system and later captured by the sun's gravity. (See "'Nomad' Planets More Common Than Thought, May Orbit Black Holes." Or the putative planet could have formed closer to our sun, only to be cast outward by gravitational encounters with other planets. However, actually finding such a world would be a challenge. To begin with, the planet might be pretty dim. Also, Gomes's simulations don't give astronomers any clue as to where to point their telescopes—"it can be anywhere," he said. No Smoking Gun Other astronomers are intrigued but say they'll want a lot more proof before they're willing to agree that the solar system—again—has nine planets. (Also see "Record Nine-Planet Star System Discovered?" "Obviously, finding another planet in the solar system is a big deal," said Rory Barnes, an astronomer at the University of Washington. But, he added, "I don't think he really has any evidence that suggests it is out there." Instead, he added, Gomes "has laid out a way to determine how such a planet could sculpt parts of our solar system. So while, yes, the evidence doesn't exist yet, I thought the bigger point was that he showed us that there are ways to find that evidence." Douglas Hamilton, an astronomer from the University of Maryland, agrees that the new findings are far from definitive. "What he showed in his probability arguments is that it's slightly more likely. He doesn't have a smoking gun yet." And Hal Levison, an astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, says he isn't sure what to make of Gomes's finding. "It seems surprising to me that a [solar] companion as small as Neptune could have the effect he sees," Levison said. But "I know Rodney, and I'm sure he did the calculations right." http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120511-new-planet-solar-system-kuiper-belt-space-science/ 1 Like
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Politics / Re: June 12: Nigerian Boys Who Changed The Rule Of The Game By Hijacking A Plane by 0K2NV: 11:07pm On Jun 12, 2012 |
[size=20pt]Today's Nigerians are getting more fooolish by the day. When these guys under the name M.A.D. (movement for advancement for democracy) purportedly hijacked an aircraft almost everyone back then knew they were working for Abacha in order to mud sling the main opposition party to his rule. Why are we even discussing this 20yr old troll fail? [/size] 1 Like
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Politics / Re: Leave Unilag alone And Let Raise Money To Build Abiola University by 0K2NV: 10:56pm On Jun 12, 2012 |
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Romance / Re: Your Dream Woman by 0K2NV: 9:48pm On Jun 12, 2012 |
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Politics / Re: June 12: Nigerian Boys Who Changed The Rule Of The Game By Hijacking A Plane by 0K2NV: 8:47pm On Jun 12, 2012 |
[size=40pt]RUBISH! These dudes were paid by Abacha regime to taint the democratic struggle so that the west will distant themselves from the opposition.[/size]
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