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by ScrappyLaptop
Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:58 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: An Anomalous SETI Signal (2011 Feb 06)
Replies: 44
Views: 5193

Re: APOD: An Anomalous SETI Signal (2011 Feb 06)

Like Owlice said, we can never prove a negative That's not exactly...accurate. In formal logic, you can prove the exclusive opposite of something to be false. In other words, if you can prove the exclusive opposite to a negative to be false, the negative must be true. Works best with easy binariesf...
by ScrappyLaptop
Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:30 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Moon and Venus over Switzerland (2011 Feb 02)
Replies: 36
Views: 6097

Re: APOD: Moon and Venus over Switzerland (2011 Feb 02)

I promise to never, ever again complain about APOD posting pictures that are mostly landscape with perhaps one or two stellar or solar objects. This is a well crafted and artistically beautiful image; it's beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. The image conveys more than just a visual record, it sed...
by ScrappyLaptop
Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Mono Lake: Home to the Strange GFAJ... (2010 Dec 06)
Replies: 39
Views: 5550

Re: APOD: Mono Lake: Home to the Strange GFAJ... (2010 Dec 0

Yes, but... (adjusts tin foil hat to the correct angle to better answer the Kenneth question) ...the big media stir was a *wonderful* distraction. Pretty much no one except the LA Times reported on the *other* thing that NASA had a (tiny) press release for that day. You know the one concerning borin...
by ScrappyLaptop
Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:06 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Star Trails and the Captain s Ghost (2010 Oct 29)
Replies: 21
Views: 3258

Re: APOD: Star Trails and the Captain s Ghost (2010 Oct 29)

Perfectly creepy for Halloween! That's a lot of exposure & stacking, though...I'm assuming the camera tops out at 90 sec?

BTW, nice possible meteor trail caught at about 550w x 100h pels (0,0=top left)