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How can you NOT think the orientation of the teapot's spot will affect the top of the teapot's steam cloud? Did I say that the orientation of the teapot's spout wouldn't affect the steam cloud? No, I said that you couldn't use the structure at the top of the steam cloud to understand the orientatio...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet) http://www.internetslang.com/TROLL.asp Exactly! "In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or collaborative co...

Nothing like physical facts http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/current.365.south.jpg Antarctic Sea ice extent appears to be peaking at a level that is 3 million sq k less than last year. I tend to believe it's a little early in the summer to be making this kind of guess. My guess is the...

Hello All, I have to say that the last 15 posts have got to be the worst example of what this Forum has or is becoming. And it is truly a shame. So sad to see such smart and intelligent components whom I've admired and respected for a year and a half get reduced to such a level. Happy ari? It's har...

I definitely saw this guy in the photo. http://technology.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/ ... &date=True

It's fun monkeying around.

Loco wrote:

apodman wrote:Ban Loco now. Delete all his posts. Ban his replacement. Delete all his posts. Repeat as necessary.

And WHO do you think could fill my shoes as Replacement, Apeman?

Have you people all gone LOCO while I was away?

bystander wrote:Popular Giant Star Shrinks Mysteriously
Space.com - 2009 June 09

Betelguese has shrunk 15% since 1993, but has not visibly dimmed.

Has it brightened?

I'm genuinely stumped on this one.

Semper Paratus I'm most glad that wasn't Distempered Papyrus, as that stuff makes reading dangerous. BTW, thank you for your responses, ari! Astrothankful, thou art most welcome, and genuine thank you for your kind support. I seem to have become lost, though, as to what we are theoretically talking...

Having a blatantly incorrect view is often characterized as having one's head in a specific location that provides zero visibility. Such a position can only be achieved through difficult unnatural contortion. The medical term for the debilitating condition that produces the required contortion is c...

Anyone here know anything about the African tribe who claim they came from the stars, naming one star in particular, but I can't remember anything other than that? It seems if they are descendants of a stellar civilization it could account for the sudden rise of earth's technical cultures. The two f...

this first test image http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Herschel/SEM76A0P0WF_1.html Even with my wonderful imagination I'm greatly surprised at how much like a living creature that image is. Do galaxies reproduce?" Perhaps 'fast' stars spun out are offspring sent out to go forth and procreate? Has t...

Did we all tire of laughing at me at the same time, or is it just me? It's difficult to laugh when your landlord is attempting a rip off of a month's rent. I hope you are all sympathetic.

neufer wrote: Buzz makes a perfect space ranger and is an example to many.>>

I hope Buzz is deeply devoted to his Ranger duty of conservation and protection of wilderness.

Hello apodman, I think Mark has the right idea. I get the impression that distance is not a factor here, only acceleration. But something tells me you already know that. Just a reminder that distance could easily be a non-factor in non-locality, and acceleration is definitely a non-factor, both eve...

Whatsa matta Big Boy, you skeered o' th' Consensus Monster? I can't think of anything you have revealed that I find reasonable. Your logic (???) escapes me. It was purely a joke, Bystander. Remember, however, that some authorities declare 'reason and remaliah' as the enemies of truth'. http://en.wi...

Rocky Planet wrote: The fact that he suffers from CRI wins him no sympathy.

Hard heartedness is no virtue, Rock. What, pray tell, is CRI?

apodman wrote: Beam him into deep space with maximum dispersion so his molecules can never reassemble.

Ah, a subtle approach to promoting Spirit, Apodman. Well done.

"... in none of the events was I ever an anonymous coward." Please don't be so hard on yourself, Astro. "... like aristarchusinexile, I don't honestly care what others in this or any other Forum think of me." I do care what others think of me, Astro, I really do. I just can't he...

BMAONE23 wrote:

bystander wrote:

harry wrote:Here down under we call it whitch hunt.

And what, pray tell, is a whitch, is that something like a snipe?

Which Witch is whitch?

Found within the 'snipe' url. http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Art

From Wikipedia: (Please note that telescopes are not listed as being in the pole category, as poles are solid cylindrical objects instead of huge discs with antennas.) * A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g: o Barber's pole, advertising a barber shop o Danish pole, a ...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Pegasusurania.jpg Pegasus with the foal Equuleus next to it, as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825. The horses appear upside-down in relation to the constellations around them. "I fail to zee ZBra,&...

bystander wrote:
What secrets have you revealed to me???
Certainly nothing I wish to repeat.

Whatsa matta Big Boy, you skeered o' th' Consensus Monster?

Just shows to go you, ice on Mercury might mean life on Mercury .. and "they said it couldn't be done."

mark swain wrote: we was not drinking or doing other things ... Mark

Schorry to heerrr abut thit terriblu mysfartune, Mark me ladd.