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Post by PeterB on Jan 10, 2011 11:34:49 GMT -4
I note, in watching the YouTube video, that the footage of Jelena with the ladle stops very suddenly, always at the same point. It's easy to believe what happens next in the footage we don't see.
And how can magnetism be involved when she's holding up a plastic cigarette lighter? The metal part of the lighter isn't what's sticking to her.
Preliminary verdict: oil or sweat is holding these objects in place, and the research needs to be overseen by a magician.
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Post by PeterB on Jan 10, 2011 11:21:28 GMT -4
...most of us were really too tired to enjoy it much. Kids change the whole dynamic. Heh, I hear you. We started with presents at our place. Bundle is three, so has something of an idea of what presents and gift-giving means. So while he was happy to get presents, he was also excited to be able to hand over presents to Squeaker, who's only six months old. Bundle was then happy to unwrap his little brother's presents, then hand them over to him. Then, while my wife looked after the boys as they played with their presents, I did the last of the Christmas cooking (lasagne), and we all went over to my brother's place for a family gathering and slow lunch. With everyone providing some of the food, we ended up with a massive feast and a lot of leftover food. Once everyone had had their fill, we had a second round of present opening. Bundle was very excited, because pretty much all his presents were toy cars. By this time, it was time for Bundle and Squeaker to have their afternoon rests, so we went back to our place. On Boxing Day, we then had most of the previous day's gathering over to our place for brunch, which was basically a late breakfast fry-up... I have to say I agonised over the presents for the nieces and nephews. I rarely see them, so I don't really know their interests, but I'd like to give them something more than a gift voucher. In the end one got a novel, one got a Michael Shermer book, one got a diary, and one got a large drawing pad as he's an excellent artist. For my siblings, I made donations to charities in their names, so they got receipts they can claim on their tax, plus a bag of expensive drinking chocolate. Fortunately, I know exactly what to get for them next year...
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Post by PeterB on Jan 10, 2011 11:02:40 GMT -4
Yes, we Aussies played like the English had played for the last 20-odd years, and all I can do is offer a hearty "Well done, chaps." It says something about the poor quality of Australian batting that one of Australia's bowlers had a better batting average and scored more runs than the Australian captain who, in previous years, has been rated one of the world's best batsmen. It's not as though the talent was mssing, but the application sure was. All of a sudden, the American Football is looking interesting. Huzzah! This calls for Mr BHa! Brilliant! Never heard of him before.
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Post by PeterB on Jan 10, 2011 10:50:15 GMT -4
I'm just appalled that it's possible for a person with apparently quite clear mental problems to obtain a firearm.
I know the US Constitution has its amendment providing people with the right to bear arms, but I understood this was supposed to be in the context of a well regulated militia protecting the state. How does this man's possession of a firearm in any way represent a well regulated militia protecting the state?
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Post by PeterB on Jan 10, 2011 10:42:08 GMT -4
It is for the greatest regret that our sister Arab country, Sudan, is on the edge of splitting as South and North. Only the north part of Sudan is Arabic. Most people in South Sudan are African and Christian. Personally, I think the split is an amazing opportunity, and if both sides accept the split peacefully, it could bring tremendous benefits to both countries. The difference is that Sudan is large (if I remember correctly, the current country is the eighth largest in the world by area), and the population split was very clear - Arabs in the north, Africans in the south. Why should other Arab countries fear such a split? The problem for many African countries is that their borders were drawn up by European colonial powers with no regard for the cultural and tribal differences. Sudan is one such case. Which nearby Arabic countries would be frightened? Those with large Kurdish minorities? Perhaps the creation of a state of Kurdistan out of parts of Iraq, Syria, Iran and Turkey would be a good thing. (Okay, two of those countries aren't Arabic...) Is it possible for you to believe that the two civil wars in Sudan were driven at least in part by local factors? Why do you blame the "big countries"?
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Post by PeterB on Jan 5, 2011 10:23:35 GMT -4
I was idly reading the Apollo 9 entry on the Apollo Flight Journal today, and discovered that the crew filmed a burn of the S-IVB with their Data Acquisition Camera.
The burn took place after the LM had been extracted, and the third stage was somewhere around a mile away from the CSM/LM. The S-IVB's engine bell faced the crew, and they were able to capture the burn on camera.
I was wondering if anyone knows whether this footage is available, and, if so, where?
Cheers
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Post by PeterB on Dec 27, 2010 8:12:00 GMT -4
My absolute favourite sort of thing like this, and one which I apologise in advance to non-Aussies for its incomprehensibility, is one of my mates who sold doublegee prickles to Yank sailors as thorny devil eggs. Uh-huh...you're going to have to apologise to an Eastern Aussie too. I have no idea what you're talking about (though I can guess).
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Post by PeterB on Dec 27, 2010 8:08:57 GMT -4
I'm surprised no one (particularly those with a nautical background) has mentioned being asked to search for the Golden Rivet.
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Post by PeterB on Dec 23, 2010 9:54:54 GMT -4
I don't know the exact figures to hand (and I wonder if anyone had the radiation exposure figures in the 1960's). I expect you already know and want me to go and look them up. Uh uh! But if you want radiation to be an issue for Apollo, wouldn't it also have been an issue for the flying saucers you claim were used to travel to the Moon previously? Or is alien technology immune to radiation effects?
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Post by PeterB on Dec 8, 2010 4:47:55 GMT -4
All correspondence will be read and as many as possible given answers. That's fine. As long as that's what you do. We've been waiting for six months. Either you've got answers which will convince us we've been wrong, or you don't. In the first case, I'm sure the wait will be worth it. In the second case, we won't be any worse off.
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Post by PeterB on Dec 7, 2010 7:06:17 GMT -4
Generally, people exhibiting his pattern of behaviour would rather snipe at us from a distance than reasonably answer responses. That's totally unfair! I've just been busy. Have you seen how many people I have to reply to on this thread!? Not counting the others! You've made five posts since your return. We can indulge you with one post for having a whinge, meaning that's four posts you could've used to demolish our arguments, but didn't. Suck it up, marine!
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Post by PeterB on Nov 18, 2010 9:58:19 GMT -4
I can't post comments to the BA Blog. Does anyone have any ideas why that might be?
Cheers
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Post by PeterB on Nov 5, 2010 22:56:11 GMT -4
Inquisitivemind I'd like to invite you visit the Apollo Flight Journal, which is a growing record of all the Apollo missions while in space. Its partner, the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, covers the crew of the LMs in the landing missions from descent to ascent. But in this case I'd like to draw your attention to this page: history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/02earth_orbit_tli.htmIt's the page covering the Apollo 8 mission while it was in Earth orbit, prior to heading to the Moon. In particular, please scroll down to the entry at 30 minutes 28 seconds Mission Elapsed Time. Immediately below the words of the astronaut you'll find an explanation of two ways a spacecraft can be aligned in an orbit - Orb Rate and Stellar Inertial. As you can see, NASA certainly expected it was possible for a spacecraft to be aligned with a distant star while in orbit. You might also like to scroll down a bit further to 34 hours 9 minutes Mission Elapsed Time, where there's a discussion of, among other thing, an angle called Theta. In this case, it's used to define the angle between the spacecraft's X-axis (it's long axis) and the local horizontal. Now if spacecraft were always pointing in the direction they were travelling, they'd always have a Theta of 0. The fact that Theta needs to be measured indicates there are times when Theta won't be 0. This in turn suggests that spacecraft routinely point in directions other than the direction they're travelling.
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Post by PeterB on Nov 4, 2010 9:39:32 GMT -4
Inquisitivemind I'd like to invite you visit the Apollo Flight Journal, which is a growing record of all the Apollo missions while in space. Its partner, the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, covers the crew of the LMs in the landing missions from descent to ascent. But in this case I'd like to draw your attention to this page: history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/02earth_orbit_tli.htmIt's the page covering the Apollo 8 mission while it was in Earth orbit, prior to heading to the Moon. In particular, please scroll down to the entry at 30 minutes 28 seconds Mission Elapsed Time. Immediately below the words of the astronaut you'll find an explanation of two ways a spacecraft can be aligned in an orbit - Orb Rate and Stellar Inertial. As you can see, NASA certainly expected it was possible for a spacecraft to be aligned with a distant star while in orbit. You might also like to go to history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/12day3_lunar_encounter.htmThis is the page covering the part of the mission in which the spacecraft entered lunar orbit. In this case, scroll down to 69 hours 16 minutes 31 seconds Mission Elapsed Time, in which an astronaut says he's setting the spacecraft up for Orb Rate rotation. Read the attached notes, as it will help explain why the Apollo spacecraft was often in the attitude you're so attached to - it wasn't an automatic physical outcome, but an attitude the crew chose to put the spacecraft in.
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Post by PeterB on Oct 23, 2010 6:00:17 GMT -4
Thanks for the correction Bob B. Of course, I was thinking the same way ka9q was taught, but what you say makes sense.
So the good doctor was right that gravity down the mine was higher than it is for us here on the surface. However, I remain skeptical about the effect the increased gravity would've had on the miners.
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