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I've said my piece, perhaps with too many messages.
I do look forward to APOD pictures, so I had to vote against this one.
Why pick this Matt guy three times and not a dancing poodle or something?
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- Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:40 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
- Replies: 139
- Views: 53487
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:03 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
- Replies: 139
- Views: 53487
Re: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
I don't like complaining but I also don't like crap being forced down my throat. I didn't really need to complain about the Valentine's Day observance, but if this really were an intelligent study of dancing across the world, you would have a variety of cultures. You would have actual Flamenco in Se...
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:24 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
- Replies: 139
- Views: 53487
Re: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
You people aren't shills sponsored by Tom Cruise's cult by any chance?
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:39 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
- Replies: 139
- Views: 53487
Re: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
I don't like complaining but I really don't see any connection with astronomy. At all. I would also suggest that most dances have more to do with social conformity and genuine feelings are irrelevant. What if you are at a dance and the magical feelings just aren't there? You just pretend or you are ...
- Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:42 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Volcano and Aurora in Iceland (2012 Jul 08)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6054
Re: APOD: Volcano and Aurora in Iceland (2012 Jul 08)
The name could be a bit more discrete perhaps. It has rather a large font size and maybe detracts from the æsthetic beauty.
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:57 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4890
Re: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
I still say blow it out of the sky with nukes
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4890
Re: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
If you use the continuous acceleration of a thruster, could you not attach a more heavy-duty rocket to the rock's surface ... ? What we've learned recently is that many, perhaps all, asteroids are just bunches of rocks and gravel and maybe ice. If you attach anything to pull them, they would come a...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:07 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4890
Re: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
The steady thrust would gradually and predictably alter the course of the tug and asteroid, coupled by their mutual gravitational attraction. What sort of time period would this be? If you use the continuous acceleration of a thruster, could you not attach a more heavy-duty rocket to the rock's sur...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:53 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4890
Re: APOD: Gravitational Tractor (2012 Jul 07)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Asteroids-arcadegame.jpg I always imagined that this would be the only reasonable purpose of nuclear warheads. Have them smack into the side of the asteroid at maximum velocity and if you catch it early enough, it wouldn't take much to push it away from...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:36 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 (2012 Jul 06)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5289
Re: APOD: The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 (2012 Jul 06)
I personally wouldn't criticise the volunteers themselves. I would say that although the APOD site does not have the same publicity value of the Moon landings etc., millions of people know about it and visit discretely. Compared with the half-a-billion bucks spent on each space shuttle launch etc., ...
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 (2012 Jul 06)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5289
Re: APOD: The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 (2012 Jul 06)
You do know there are only two people who select images, write the descriptions, find relevant (and sometimes humorous) links, and maintain the whole APOD production and archiving system, yes? And that they have full-time jobs (which is not APOD), families, homes to maintain, etc.? And that APOD co...
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:36 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 (2012 Jul 06)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5289
Re: APOD: The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 (2012 Jul 06)
I hope this isn't rude but that galaxy with the tail looks a lot like um a lady's sanitary protection..
- Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:29 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: In the Glare of Alpha Centauri (2012 Jun 28)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 95542
Re: APOD: In the Glare of Alpha Centauri (2012 Jun 28)
Is it certain that Proxima Centauri is part of the same star system or is it a wanderer?
In fact what is the latest estimation of the number of smaller bodies, brown dwarfs, that might also be wandering by?
In fact what is the latest estimation of the number of smaller bodies, brown dwarfs, that might also be wandering by?
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Sundial that Shows Solstice (2012 Jun 26)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5061
Re: APOD: A Sundial that Shows Solstice (2012 Jun 26)
I'm presuming it doesn't mark the precise moment that the plane defined by the tilt of the Earth's axis bisects the Sun?
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Sundial that Shows Solstice (2012 Jun 26)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5061
Re: APOD: A Sundial that Shows Solstice (2012 Jun 26)
Yes how well does it tell the time normally?
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:53 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Milky Way Over Piton de l'Eau (2012 Jun 25)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10882
Re: APOD: Milky Way Over Piton de l'Eau (2012 Jun 25)
Why does the central band of the Milky Way typically appear arching? I would think that from Earth it would appear as a flat line since we are looking at the disc straight on. I would suggest that it's because it takes so much of the sky that some sort of fish-eye lens is needed. Otherwise it is pr...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:17 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater (2012 Jun 24)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7813
Re: APOD: Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater (2012 Jun 24)
Of course under fascist regimes particularly, the propaganda of football results was taken very seriously and ... influenced. Particularly famous is the history between Real Madrid and Barcelona under Franco... Also in sport there can be match-fixing from betting syndicates. The cricket world has re...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:17 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater (2012 Jun 24)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7813
Re: APOD: Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater (2012 Jun 24)
Yeah nah I'm willing to believe that it's deceptive.
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:36 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater (2012 Jun 24)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7813
Re: APOD: Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater (2012 Jun 24)
If the Moon landings were a hoax, they were much better than I would expect from the American military. Even 2001 A Space Odyssey from the same year (1969) was less realistic. The only thing that doesn't look right to me is how small the Lunar lander was. With a little puff of flame, it was able to ...
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:03 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula (2012 Jun 22)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2699
Re: APOD: IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula (2012 Jun 22)
We're better than the hicks of IC 2574.
The Milkyway is a real galaxy, 100,000ly in diameter with real spiral arms and everything.
The Milkyway is a real galaxy, 100,000ly in diameter with real spiral arms and everything.
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:49 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula (2012 Jun 22)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2699
Re: APOD: IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula (2012 Jun 22)
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- Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:09 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Two New Hubble Quality Telescopes to... (2012 Jun 10)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12150
Re: APOD: Two New Hubble Quality Telescopes to... (2012 Jun
It's reassuring to know that so much more gets spent on spying on private people than on the pursuit of human understanding...
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:47 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: When Venus Rises with the Sun (2012 Jun 08)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4358
Re: APOD: When Venus Rises with the Sun (2012 Jun 08)
That will be sunspots
- Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:16 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Venus Transit 2012 (2012 Jun 07)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3808
Re: APOD: Venus Transit 2012 (2012 Jun 07)
Yes they have serpents in Australia. Not so in NZ. They also have bigger uglier spiders that bite you on the bottom when you're sitting on the dunny...
- Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:27 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Venus Transit 2012 (2012 Jun 07)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3808
Re: APOD: Venus Transit 2012 (2012 Jun 07)
There looks like some sort of giant parasitic worm writhing on the surface...