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Posted by timothy on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:11AM from the no-sixes-here-just-a-couple-of-nines dept.

Bryan Gividen writes "Time.com is running a story on the previously unidentified blob floating off of the coast of Alaska. The article states that the blob is an algae bloom — far less sinister (or exciting) than any The Thing or The Blob comparison that was jokingly made. From the article: '"It's sort of like a swimming pool that hasn't been cleaned in a while." The blob, Konar said, is a microalgae made up of 'billions and billions of individuals.'"

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Billions and billions... (Score:5, Funny)

by thisnamestoolong ( 1584383 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:18AM (#28755913)

The blob, Konar said, is a microalgae made up of 'billions and billions of individuals.'"
Am I the only one who could not help but hear that quote in Carl Sagan's voice?

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so... (Score:5, Funny)

by gEvil (beta) ( 945888 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:19AM (#28755925)

So, it is alive!

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Ok, guys... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:20AM (#28755935)

Whose turn was it to chlorine the ocean?

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Alaksan Bob (Score:5, Funny)

by Hanners1979 ( 959741 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:22AM (#28755947) Homepage

For some reason I initially read the headline as "Alaksan Bob", and assumed it was going to be about Sarah Palin's replacement.

Mind you, she probably can see this blob from her house...

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All right... (Score:2, Funny)

by FlyingSquidStudios ( 1031284 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:22AM (#28755955)

I, for one, welcome our new photosynthetic overlords.

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Re:Ok, guys... (Score:4, Funny)

by vintagepc ( 1388833 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:23AM (#28755963) Journal

Remember the previous post? "... from the-real-reason-palin-resigned" dept?
'nuff said.

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Re:my question is... (Score:5, Funny)

by FlyingSquidStudios ( 1031284 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:28AM (#28756037)

Love.

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Microalgae? (Score:5, Funny)

by Hatta ( 162192 ) * writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:32AM (#28756097) Journal

If that's microalgae, I'd hate to see macroalgae.

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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:33AM (#28756105)

It would make us better because we would be driving SUVs and the blob won't even have a car!
I feel not only 'better', but much better each time I drive mine.

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Miso Soup? (Score:3, Funny)

by yogibaer ( 757010 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:36AM (#28756125)

... just add Tofu.

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Whale Semen (Score:5, Funny)

by Stu1706 ( 1392693 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:37AM (#28756143)

It would have been way funnier if it turned out to be whale semen.

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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... (Score:5, Funny)

by Philip K Dickhead ( 906971 ) writes: <folderol@fancypants.org> on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:47AM (#28756265) Journal

Summer's here! The Algae's in bloom and love is in the air! Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

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siiiigh (Score:1, Funny)

by PumpkinDog ( 1253988 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:57AM (#28756355)

just when i thought my monday couldn't get any more boring :(

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Re:Whale Semen (Score:4, Funny)

by gestalt_n_pepper ( 991155 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @11:02AM (#28756427)

Thar she blows!

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Re:so... (Score:5, Funny)

by Caledfwlch ( 1434813 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @11:03AM (#28756435)

Sponge Blob!

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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... (Score:5, Funny)

by A. B3ttik ( 1344591 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @11:03AM (#28756447)

... how we can turn this thing into something useful. Gasoline, maybe?
Nope. Can't do that. Leave it alone.

This Study was performed by an independent panel of researchers from Miskatonic University, peer-reviewed by a group of scientists from Innsmouth, Massachussettes.

Nothing to see here, folks, move along.

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Re:Alaksan Bob (Score:5, Funny)

by JCSoRocks ( 1142053 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @11:10AM (#28756529)

Actually she's planning on flying overhead in a chopper and shooting it. We she gets bored of that she'll probably upgrade to a flamethrower or a rocket launcher.

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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... (Score:3, Funny)

by Divide By Zero ( 70303 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @11:36AM (#28756761)

Harvest it for pearls, but beware the mindworms. They'll turn you crazier than Sister Miriam Godwinson.

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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... (Score:3, Funny)

by Hatta ( 162192 ) * writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @11:51AM (#28756933) Journal

Don't worry. Gohan will just lock Garlic in there again.

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Re:Alaskan Bob (Score:3, Funny)

by Requiem18th ( 742389 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @11:56AM (#28757001)

Glad to see a smarter politician in charge for once :)

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Re:Alaksan Bob (Score:4, Funny)

by je ne sais quoi ( 987177 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @12:29PM (#28757465)

We she gets bored of that she'll probably upgrade to a flamethrower or a rocket launcher.
Yeah, and then when that doesn't work, she'll resign from blob shooting, claiming that it is a "superficial political blood sport" and "I know when it's time to pass the ball for victory." [politico.com]

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Re:Billions and billions... (Score:3, Funny)

by An ominous Cow art ( 320322 ) writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:13PM (#28759285) Journal

a paleontologist, a geologist, an astrophysicist, an archaeologist
walk into a bar...

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send EATR after it... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @03:22PM (#28760387)

they said it was a vegetarian, well heres their chance to prove it.

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Re:Far less sinister? (Score:4, Funny)

by bill_mcgonigle ( 4333 ) * writes: on Monday July 20, 2009 @04:55PM (#28761819) Homepage Journal

How do we know? Maybe The Blob was just a really angry algae bloom?
Algae is dumb, just like a simple neuron. It's not until you get billions and billions of neurons together... oh, wait.

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