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http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/#.UGMQXQyVuJI.facebook
That's going to be ****ing awesome!
Just bought the young fella a new telescope for his birthday. He's going to be excited by this, and I can hardly wait myself!!!0 -
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I can't quite recall correctly but I think he should count himself lucky that his eyes hurt. Lots of things you look at through a telescope can blind you via intense invisible light acting on the cells inside your eye, particularly the fovea.
Not trying to play the scaremonger, but make sure he's aware of proper safety when using it. (This applies more to lasers than anything else, but whatever, safety groucho got spoil your day.)
Ah now, I was kidding. We're not Christians at Knock, you know.
He's probably a wee bit young for it (he's seven) so I keep himself and his sister well supervised when they use it (rottweilers are great). I was a bit worried they wouldn't like it (Daddy this is boooring) but the first time they looked at the half-moon they were jumping up and down shouting 'look at the circles! It's covered in circles!' Then they were asking me what they were, how they got there, etc. It was fun. Alas, the light pollution here is awful, and we get a lot of cloud, especially at this time of the year.0 -
Ah now, I was kidding. We're not Christians at Knock, you know.
He's probably a wee bit young for it (he's seven) so I keep himself and his sister well supervised when they use it (rottweilers are great). I was a bit worried they wouldn't like it (Daddy this is boooring) but the first time they looked at the half-moon they were jumping up and down shouting 'look at the circles! It's covered in circles!' Then they were asking me what they were, how they got there, etc. It was fun. Alas, the light pollution here is awful, and we get a lot of cloud, especially at this time of the year.
Aww, that's adorable. If possible don't tell them straight off tell them the answers let them try to reason their own causes for the circles, no matter how bizarre those causes or reasons get. 0 -
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magicbastarder wrote: »jesus put them there.
Ha! Reminds me of the time I had my youngest (who has ASD) and his friend (also ASD) in the back of the car. My boy says "Look at all the smoke" - me "looks like smoke doesn't it? What else could that be?" - friend "It's clouds!" - my boy "How did clouds get made?" - friend "God made them" - my boy "Why?"
That's my boy
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I just finished watching an interview with Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) by Kevin Pollak (from The Usual Suspects).
Pollak has a weekly interview available on iTunes. I saw another good one of Seth MacFarlane.
There's about 150 in total.
Anyway, it was a brilliant interview and Savage is utterly amazing.
I think he's one of the best exponents of critical thought and rationality in the world.
I'd seriously recommend it.
Edit: Here's the youtube version
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I just finished watching an interview with Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) by Kevin Pollak (from The Usual Suspects).
Pollak has a weekly interview available on iTunes. I saw another good one of Seth MacFarlane.
There's about 150 in total.
Anyway, it was a brilliant interview and Savage is utterly amazing.
I think he's one of the best exponents of critical thought and rationality in the world.
I'd seriously recommend it.
Edit: Here's the youtube version
You couldn't post a link to the episode on iTunes, could you? I can't find it. The latest interview I see is Mark Valley, preceded by Tom Everett Scott, Bob Odenkirk and Phil Rosenthal. I don't know who any of those people are =/0 -
Hard to say whether this is legit or not -- doesn't seem so -- but the point is valid all the same:
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NASA catches an effing enormous CME. On camera. In HD.
Words, etc, fail.
Why is nobody rioting about this?0 -
Hard to say whether this is legit or not -- doesn't seem so -- but the point is valid all the same:
More info on this:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/09/26/how-to-read-the-minds-of-strangers-just-by-using-facebook-video/Life ain't always empty.
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NASA catches an effing enormous CME. On camera. In HD.
Words, etc, fail.
Why is nobody rioting about this?
Someones been messing with the summon materia?0 -
NASA catches an effing enormous CME. On camera. In HD.
Words, etc, fail.
Why is nobody rioting about this?
Anyone know how much matter is actually ejected?
It must be like the mass of Jupiter or something.0 -
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