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A mysterious circle on a grainy scan, this is what scientists are claiming is finally evidence that Earth has been visited by aliens. Researchers have claimed the fuzzy outline is a flying saucer that ended up 300ft down on the ocean floor between Sweden and Finland. They were stunned when sonar scans taken while searching for a century-old wreck showed up the shape against the dirt.

I am amazed at how often I see a reply to an otherwise interesting article that veritably screams, “Duplicate Post, you idiot!” pointedly implying—or sometimes even saying outright--that the poster has violated the most sacred trust not to duplicate posts. The tone of these reminders suggests that there may be no greater sin against common decency and the de facto protocols of the forum with the possible exception of failing to post a picture of Ann Coulter when she is mentioned on a thread. (I’m sure someone will be happy to oblige, even in this case.) When I log on...

Hi everyone.As you can tell, we are still experiencing some operating difficulties. As John works to fix the problem, certain features may not work or may behave strangely.One thing that has been happening is that due to a (hopefully temporary) change in the way the system caches some information, posts may not show up right away. Do not remake posts, as this will just lead to duplicate replies.Also, do not hit abuse and ask us to remove your duplicate replies. There simply are too many of these requests coming in for us to manage. You will have to live with...

I think we can make posting much easier and enjoyable if people would better back up their posts with keywords. For example, if you post an article on President Bush, add a keyword called "President Bush". This would make a simple search for posts much easier when considering if a certain topic has already been posted, and give the moderators a little more free time :)