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by Vincent Pinto
Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:41 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: DNA: The Molecule that Defines You (2012 Aug 21)
Replies: 68
Views: 8388

Re: APOD: DNA: The Molecule that Defines You (2012 Aug 21)

And to believe this wrapping and replication just evolved? Let alone get to the stage where some human beings make the movies to show wrapping and replications. How nutty and irrational to Physics I was to once think so.
by Vincent Pinto
Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:09 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Simulation: A Disk Galaxy Forms (2012 Jul 17)
Replies: 37
Views: 7886

Re: APOD: Simulation: A Disk Galaxy Forms (2012 Jul 17)

while time is shown in billions of years since None of us who read this or those who posted the original quote were there then to so professorially say it took that much time. More importantly, the assumptions used to make the statement in the quote are non-verifiable assumptions, and therefore to ...
by Vincent Pinto
Tue May 08, 2012 8:16 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Light of Stars (2012 May 08)
Replies: 30
Views: 7316

Re: APOD: The Light of Stars (2012 May 08)

Fabulous! The music perfectly fits the presentation. I'd nominate this to be in the finals of the Best of APOD 2012.

And this movie showeth Daniel's handiwork. Thanks, Daniel, and APOD for sharing. Superb!
by Vincent Pinto
Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:57 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Dad Quiets Omicron Ceti (2012 Apr 01)
Replies: 12
Views: 2610

Re: APOD: Dad Quiets Omicron Ceti (2012 Apr 01)

Way to go, Dad! Superb!
On a similar thread, I recall a movie in which Steve Martin responds to Daryl Hannah when she lets him know her name, "Roxanne! Now there's a name for a galaxy!"