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Re: Will this end the hoaxters??

jsav...@ecn.ab.ca (Quadibloc) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:41:14 UT

I don't believe that the day is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds
long.
So if you're trying to determine longitude by using the position of
the Sun, you had better do it in terms of a 24 hour day. But with
corrections for the Equation of Time.
Use a star, and you don't need to bother with that. So that must

Re: Finally! Davoud and Chris Peterson Meet...

slammers...@bam.net (The Slammer) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:30:48 UT

news:46ea7ea3-38ed-4f71-a39a-
"Hmm Integration/Differentiion is discussed in the first part of
Calculus-I which is taught to most high school seniors except where
"creation science" is taught...."
True for the first part of your statement, however the subject is NOT taught
to MOST high school seniors, only a very few. Also, I don't know where you

Re: Will this end the hoaxters??

möb...@trapezium.net (Dave Typinski) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:59:37 UT

Immoral? Immortal, maybe...
If what you say is true, then why are you doing this to yourself?
You're not monolithic, right? I mean, you have many internal desires,
some of which no doubt conflict with each other for control of your
actions, yes? That's normal.
Multiply all those diverse internal goals by six billion.

Re: SCI FI Channel Becomes Syfy On 7/7, Presents "House of Imagination"

nob...@nymu.eu (Capricorn One) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:29:18 UT

It was on a Friday 3 July 2009, when Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> scribbled:
Has it been that long since the science fiction "Apollo Moon Landings"
mini-series made its television debut?

Re: Say no to refractors (10th anniversary posting)

s...@sky.net (Davoud) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:27:36 UT

Not that specific post, but I remember what a pathetic character he
was. I also pitied him for having to go through life advertising the
fact that his parents didn't know how to spell Sean.
Davoud

Re: Say no to refractors (10th anniversary posting)

caly...@**no**spam**verizon.net (Curtis Croulet) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:11:30 UT

I've only owned one quality refractor in my entire life (TV-85, which I
still have). My other scopes have been (and still are) Newts, SCT,
Mak-Cass. But I often wonder about comments like the one quoted. I've read
similar comments within the past year in this forum. Who do these guys
think they are -- my mom, trying to control her kids' expenditures? Why

Re: Climate change

sworml...@mchsi.com (Sam Wormley) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:06:02 UT

No different that the real earth spinning between successive stellar
occultations. If you can't see that, Gerald, that is so sad.

Re: Say no to refractors (10th anniversary posting)

sworml...@mchsi.com (Sam Wormley) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:03:36 UT

Oh the irony--Shawn is a photographer and used refractor lenses
to do photography.
:-)

Say no to refractors (10th anniversary posting)

bar...@mailinator.com (barney) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:45:38 UT

Remember this? 10 years ago today...
Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur
Sent: Sunday 04 July 1999
There is absolutely no reason what so ever to choose a refractor over
any other type of telescope. No matter what your observing interest is
the refractor is the worst possible choice. Why is this? First and

Re: Climate change

kelleher.ger...@gmail.com (oriel36) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:28:07 UT

Try a world globe,spin it through 360 degrees -
[link]
Any individual who makes the smallest possible contribution in the
effort to restore astronomy,and yes,even the promotion of the
'sidereal time value as a wonderful observational convenience based on

Re: Will this end the hoaxters??

kelleher.ger...@gmail.com (oriel36) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:05:04 UT

On Jul 3, 10:13 pm, "Curtis Croulet" <calypte@**NO**SPAM**verizon.n et>
wrote:
There is nobody that will object to you and everyone else here but
a value for rotation other than the rotation of the Earth through 24
901.5 miles in 24 hours or 69.17 miles per degree of rotation is the
astronomical equivalent of denying that men landed on the lunar

Re: Climate change

sworml...@mchsi.com (Sam Wormley) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:52:32 UT

Between shelling corn and bailing hay, I studied mathematics, physics
and astronomy. But what really clinched it for me was the successive
occulations of Vega by the power line to the east of the farm house
at intervals of 86,164.09 seconds.

Re: North American Observers - ISS for the next several days

s...@sky.net (Davoud) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:03:09 UT

Residents of the Mid-Atlantic region need not apply. With the Sun (Mv
-27) only weakly visible at intervals, chances of seeing the ISS (Mv ~
-4.7) are not good.
Davoud

Re: North American Observers - ISS for the next several days

wsnel...@hotmail.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:45:18 UT

The US Air Force Thunderbirds perform aerobatics with F-16s. The
"Tyndall Navy" doesn't have any submarines. :-)

Re: Will this end the hoaxters??

chri...@mail.dk (Chris.Bee) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:04 UT

s.a.a is the absolute proof (if any were needed) that we all inhabit
the Matrix. There is no other reasonable explanation for the way
intelligent and educated people repeatedly respond to immoral fools. I
have little or no confidence that the world situation has not become a
preprogrammed virtual reality game for my personal entertainment and