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Re: Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - November 20, 2009

jsav...@ecn.ab.ca (Quadibloc) — Sat, 21 nov 2009 01:25:39 UT

Astoundingly, the charge laid against the driver of the other vehicle,
criminally negligent homicide, only carries a maximum penalty of two
years in jail, instead of life imprisonment in that state. It's time
to change the laws to send a stronger message to careless drivers;
whatever you do that costs a life that you should not have done is

Doom-saying kooks, time to start screaming again

rander3...@gmail.com (Get lost) — Sat, 21 nov 2009 01:09:23 UT

Restart for 'Big Bang' experiment
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment has been re-started after a
hiatus of 14 months.
Engineers have now made two stable proton beams circulate in opposite
directions around the machine.
If all continues to go well, the team might even try to increase the

A Tribute to Starlord

ilikestarsandyoudo...@universe.com (Martin R. Howell) — Sat, 21 nov 2009 00:40:21 UT

You'll find it here: [link]

Re: what's your bet?

c...@alumni.caltech.edu (Chris L Peterson) — Sat, 21 nov 2009 00:25:10 UT

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:19:18 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
wrote:
This all brings to mind the Argument Clinic,
[link]
Somebody's getting their money's worth, but I'm not sure who.
______________________________ ___________________
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory

Re: Total noob

b...@nospam.com (Bob Lablaw) — Sat, 21 nov 2009 00:17:26 UT

wowee..1 x's more magnification and smaller aperture.
7 x 50's...somethings never change.

Re: what's your bet?

pnals...@gmail.com (palsing) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 23:52:09 UT

Oriel36)
Since he is totally unteachable, it has been a very long time...

Re: what's your bet?

acridiniumes...@googlemail.com (Mike Collins) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 23:35:06 UT

While you are spinning your globe take note that it's axis is tilted.

Re: what's your bet?

william.hamb...@earthlink.net (William Hamblen) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 23:27:45 UT

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:41:54 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com>
wrote:
Fifteen degrees per hour is true only for the mean Sun. If you use
the apparent Sun, which is the one you actually see in the sky, 15
degrees per hour is only an approximation.
Bud

Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - November 20, 2009

ilikestarsandyoudo...@universe.com (Martin R. Howell) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 23:14:07 UT

News
============================== ==========
In Memoriam: John Gregory
------------------------------ ----------
November 19, 2009 | The world of amateur telescope making has lost a
charismatic optical engineer and innovator at age 82. One of the "big
guns" of yesteryear, John Gregory introduced the Gregory-Maksutov telescope

Re: what's your bet?

kelleher.ger...@gmail.com (oriel36) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 22:03:35 UT

The Earth's equatorial speed is 1669.8 km per hour and turns through
40,075 km in 24 hours but the fundamentalist ideology of empiricism
cannot accept what is pretty much this point of departure for
timekeeping and planetary dynamics.
[link]

Re: what's your bet?

dynam...@vianet.on.ca (Ken S. Tucker) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 21:02:51 UT

Sam, I've known you for 6-7 years now, I'm surprised you give
Jerald the time of day. For me, the subtle differences of measuring
time is complex, in fact we are still learning, but I think Jerald is
some sort of pissed off astro flunky. He could spend 1/2 the time
learning as he does complaining.
Ken

Re: Total noob

dynam...@vianet.on.ca (Ken S. Tucker) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 20:55:09 UT

Hey there post topper...
Nope, I've got 7x50, beauts, but nearing age 60 me pupils are not
open enough, it's a standard aging thing, besides, do the math and
you'll find the weight (and steadiness) of 50's may not be worth the
slight view increment.
Might be better to go to electronic image enhancement anyway.

Re: what's your bet?

sworml...@mchsi.com (Sam Wormley) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 20:19:18 UT

I take it you are refusing my offer share measuring the earth's
rotation time through 360° as opposed to some globe that you likely
can't even orient to the earth's rotational axis!
I'll bet you are in conflict with knowledgeable people in your own
church congregation, Jerald.
It is sad that you are so utterly confused, and it irritates some

Re: what's your bet?

kelleher.ger...@gmail.com (oriel36) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 19:57:04 UT

What you are looking at is a homogenised timekeeping average which
lumps the average 24 hour day together with the 365/366 day calendar
system so that when you perceive the constellations to revolve about
Polaris you are isolated as a group in fixing the daily cycle to that
apparent constellational rotation and in direct conflict with the

Re: what's your bet?

sworml...@mchsi.com (Sam Wormley) — Fri, 20 nov 2009 19:04:58 UT

In science (and astronomy) the final arbiter is observation. Observation
confirms that the earth rotates exactly 360° in 86,164.09+ seconds and
the rotation rate is verified by direct observation by a star returning
to a meridian.
You cannot deny this observable fact, Gerald.
How about I fly you over here to Ames, Iowa and together will time