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Re: GRED: Double slit with sharp eyed intruder
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:14 pm
by geckzilla
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I have no idea so I had to pick the booby option...
Re: GRED: Double slit with sharp eyed intruder
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:29 pm
by bystander
Re: GRED: Double slit with sharp eyed intruder
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:10 pm
by astronomynerd
personally, I find the experminent very interesting.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #35
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:26 pm
by RJN
Should we place an "inactivity time limit" on these mysteries before someone can automatically take it upon themselves to post a new one? If so, is one week sufficient, or should we allow for more time? Thoughts? - RJN
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #35
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:56 pm
by Amir
i think there should be such limit, and other limits.
for example the poster should give a clue, hint or another crop each 4 or 5 days. then after one month if no one asked for more time to work on the mystery, we go for next one; but if some one asked for -say- 1 week, we can wait another week and also there will be clues again.
we don't have any mystery now, right? who is responsible to send next one?
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #35
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:06 pm
by bystander
I'm with Amir, I think a week is too short. Maybe hints every 4 or 5 days up to a month after which it is considered unsolved and the poster gets a temporary specialized rank of SMO Stumper or something.
Who posts the next one? The poster of the unsolved SMO? I think it should be.
No one solved this one, wonderboy posted the answer. Should he post the next?
BTW: wonderboy has been inactive since 6/9, and no posts since 6/6.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #35
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:56 pm
by wonderboy
My apologies guys, i only get the internet at work if i'm honest and ive had a few days off for the birthday, a little treat to myself since my job sucks sitting in a call centre all day.
Paul
What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:17 pm
by wonderboy
Hey guys since I solved the post that I originally posted, I have posted another :-S
Paul
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:08 am
by Beyond
Well, from what little i know about stuff, I'd guess that it is most likely a moon of either Saturn or Jupiter, but perhaps Uranus is involved?
Re: GRED: Double slit with sharp eyed intruder
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:15 am
by Beyond
I have no idea of what you are speaking of, but you mention a double slit, but show 3 slits. Is that part of the puzzle?
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:29 am
by wonderboy
I beg your pardon?
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:49 am
by Beyond
Tooooo many guesses at one time?
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:00 pm
by wonderboy
beyond wrote:Well, from what little i know about stuff, I'd guess that it is most likely a moon of either Saturn or Jupiter,
but perhaps Uranus is involved?
I still beg your pardon haha
Paul
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 6:36 pm
by Beyond
Uranus does have a moon, doesn't it?? I was surprised to find out it had rings!! Maybe I'd better quit - I seem to be turning you into quite a begger
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:15 pm
by Henning Makholm
beyond wrote:Uranus does have a moon, doesn't it??
Wikipedia says 27 are known.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:51 am
by Beyond
27 ? What the heck is Uranus doing - planting moon seeds? How's a little bitty planet like Uranus handling 27 moons? You'd think that would have destroyed it's orbit a long time ago. Yep, Space sure is Strange!!
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:39 am
by geckzilla
Obviously Uranus is not as small as you think. It's still a gas giant, after all.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:45 pm
by Beyond
I suppose the laugh is on me, but i don't get it. Oh well, maybe next time
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:34 pm
by Henning Makholm
beyond wrote:I suppose the laugh is on me, but i don't get it.
Is it possible that you have never been acquainted with the Uranus joke? It is not particularly funny but very popular in certain circles. The sole point is that Uranus may be (mis?)pronounced as "your anus", and apparently any reference however oblique to orifices of excretion counts as inherently funny.
One would expect that to get old quickly in an astronomy forum, but no such luck, it seems.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:41 pm
by bystander
Henning Makholm wrote:It is not particularly funny
Most jokes lose their humor when you have to explain them. Even still, I would agree this is rather sophomoric.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:54 pm
by Beyond
Yes, the hole Uranus joke has worn kinda thin. Actually i thought there might have been another joke or two that i hadn't heard of yet floating around and thought I'd missed it. See what happens when you get involved with gaseous planets, you get Belching at both ends and get no-where, unless of course, some-one lights a match. Then you just may find that the joke is on you
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:32 pm
by geckzilla
AHaha, it was stupid, I didn't even mean to make it a joke, it just came out. I'm stupid sometimes so you have to forgive me.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:45 pm
by bystander
Oh, well, wonderboy started it.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:25 pm
by Beyond
Well, now that thats all out of our systems, I guess #36 is Europa, one of jupitors moons. I've seen seen something that looks very similar to the picture recently, and Jupiter came to mind when i first saw it and i think has some color just like the mystery picture.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #36
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:57 pm
by bystander
The object of the game is to identify the APOD from which the crop came.