Originally Posted by novaderrik

why is it that whenever there is something big discovered out there somewhere, they can't just come out the next day after it's confirmed and say "hey, look what we found. cool, huh?"
they always seem to stretch it out, and there always seems to be vague leaks that leads to speculation about just what the big deal is.
it's almost like they are trying to build the suspense and get some mainstream coverage of it....