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Comet ISON to be visible late 2013
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ShaunSA
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If only it was bad weather. killa seems to be predicting some earth shattering weather
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If only it was bad weather. killa seems to be predicting some earth shattering weather
I read, volcano's, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. I really want some of that stuff some members are smoking, but it must be something you only get from the Cape. It maybe would help easing the crystal ball projected pain and suffering or maybe make me miss the disasters and the "end" of it all completely after a few extra puffs!
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XennoX
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We can see extrasolar planets light years away? When did this happen? I am a space nutter, the universe fascinates me but this is the first I've heard of this. As far as I know we can detect extrasolar planets due to their effects on their parent stars but we can't actually see them. They're far to small and no where near bright enough to be seen even with our most powerful telescopes.
Also, Killa having gone through each of your posts:
1. Pole reversals are a natural phenomenon that occur with mean value of approx. 450 000 years. These are done spontaneously due to the action of the rotation of the ear's core (a giant dynamo). A comet of 5 km diameter at a distance of 62 million kilometres away cannot affect our own magnetic field in any meaningful way as the falloff experienced is a cube of the distance between the object and the magnet. Even if that comet had a magnetic field strength of 1 000 000 000 Gauss (LOL!) - Earth has a magnetic field strength of anywhere between 0.2 Gauss to 0.7 Gauss - the falloff would be so great at 62 million kilometres that it's effect would be pretty much nothing (around the region of 1x10^-15).
2. Most of our weather, no scratch that, All of our weather is driven because of the Sun. The Sun's output would be the deciding factor as more energy given out by the Sun equates to more energy that can be used to drive our weather.
porchrat
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Damnit stop with all this science and logic and rational thinking and just tell me what NASA is hiding about Pluto!!!! 
DrJohnZoidberg
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Damnit stop with all this science and logic and rational thinking and just tell me what NASA is hiding about Pluto!!!!
Why do you think they demoted it from a planet? Makes you think, doesn't it?
Scooby_Doo
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They did manage to image a rather large extasolar planet. It is apparently blue with glass for rain....
porchrat
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Probably to make us all forget about it while it sits out there and arranges our downfall by making volcanoes erupt!!Why do you think they demoted it from a planet? Makes you think, doesn't it?
It is all so obvious now!! Well think again NASA and Pluto!! We are on to you now!!Keep in mind that the planet is called Pluto and the stuff they use in nuclear bombs is called Plutonium. Coincidence?... I THINK NOT!!! Pluto must be using nuclear bombs to cause volcanoes to erupt here on Earth!!
Hah, and to think, if I hadn't noticed the total lack of "nice" pictures of Pluto we would all be none the wiser. Prepare people! The end is nigh!!!
killadoob
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http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/23aug_marsison/
I apologize for my actions yesterday, i was raging already and then porch tuning me didn't help, if i offended anyone i am truly sorry. I have tried for a few months to avoid that kind of posting, so i am truly sorry if i offended anyone.
As porch said i am crazy, irrational and unscientific. So i will leave it at that, i knew i should not have posted my thoughts because porch would go ape shyte instead of having a decent chat. Anyways that does not excuse the way i reacted.
I will not post again until ison is close to mars, this is not because i can't back up anything up or i am trying to deflect what i have said. I just don't want to become that person i was yesterday and it will more than likely happen, defending or saying anything is pointless. I just don't think i should be tuned like that nor did i deserve it and i may have a bad day at work again and lose my shyte.
I apologize for my actions yesterday, i was raging already and then porch tuning me didn't help, if i offended anyone i am truly sorry. I have tried for a few months to avoid that kind of posting, so i am truly sorry if i offended anyone.
As porch said i am crazy, irrational and unscientific. So i will leave it at that, i knew i should not have posted my thoughts because porch would go ape shyte instead of having a decent chat. Anyways that does not excuse the way i reacted.
I will not post again until ison is close to mars, this is not because i can't back up anything up or i am trying to deflect what i have said. I just don't want to become that person i was yesterday and it will more than likely happen, defending or saying anything is pointless. I just don't think i should be tuned like that nor did i deserve it and i may have a bad day at work again and lose my shyte.
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DrJohnZoidberg
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Wish I could quickly go to Mars to watch the fly-by. I really do hope that it doesn't fizzle out, I love watching space rocks.
porchrat
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Killa I already said calling you crazy was harsh. I apologise. Shouldn't have done it.
You do however seem to be behaving irrationally and it does appear to be unscientific. Perhaps there is more that you haven't told us but the stuff asking about why NASA hasn't released the images of ISON as though it is some conspiracy are certainly not helping to alter that perception. NASA have released images and sure, they aren't exactly the sort of high resolution images we are used to seeing of things like Mars but again I point out that tiny things like Pluto, a celestial body we've known about for a long time the movements of which we can predict pretty accurately, also have grainy seemingly unimpressive images associated with them. That doesn't mean there is a conspiracy going on about Pluto.
Perhaps your arguments have merit, but the sources you have presented leave much to be desired. You cannot reasonably expect people not to dismiss something that violates our current understanding of physics with nothing more than a youtube video.
Hopefully now you can see this from my perspective.
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killadoob
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Ok cool, i can now explain myself in calm manner as soon as i got some work done. My replies were rage filled and i never explained my position properly due to the rage but i will do so sometime today. I know your perspective but i was not understanding the aggression which lead to me raging which lead to nothing constructive . If you are prepared to just chill and post like you just did things will go so much better for everyone actually.
Anyways glad to see the good response and let's just forget the past and start fresh. I won't be changing my views suddenly so that isn't why i said forget the past posts. It's just my posts were rage filled. Anyways i will post one thing at a time so there isn't walls of text.
. If you are prepared to just chill and post like you just did things will go so much better for everyone actually.Anyways glad to see the good response and let's just forget the past and start fresh. I won't be changing my views suddenly so that isn't why i said forget the past posts. It's just my posts were rage filled. Anyways i will post one thing at a time so there isn't walls of text
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porchrat
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Dude you are far too sensitive and have over reacted. I don't see much in any of my posts, save perhaps that first one labelling what you were saying and NOT you as crazy, which was rapidly retracted, that could be construed as some sort of attack on you. I'm blunt maybe but even that is debatable.Ok cool, i can now explain myself in calm manner as soon as i got some work done. My replies were rage filled and i never explained my position properly due to the rage but i will do so sometime today. I know your perspective but i was not understanding the aggression which lead to me raging which lead to nothing constructive
Anyways glad to see the good response and let's just forget the past and start fresh. I won't be changing my views suddenly so that isn't why i said forget the past posts. It's just my posts were rage filled. Anyways i will post one thing at a time so there isn't walls of text
Everything I said in the post you suddenly consider to be a nicer one is just repeats of stuff from previous posts. Your moods are fluctuating and your responses are emotive and all over the place. What I'm saying is that I can say the same thing in pretty much the same language in two separate posts but your reaction to each is entirely different. This also isn't the first time you've reacted like this.
Couple that with the paranoia demonstrated in your distrust of NASA because they didn't release images, or the images weren't good enough, or whatever conspiracy you were arguing for there. Then there is the acceptance of these doomsday scenarios so often (I'm fairly certain you were on the "2012" bandwagon too). Mate I genuinely suggest you talk to a therapist of some sort.
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killadoob
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I apologized to you and anyone else i may have offended, i realize i acted poorly and when i apologized it was a genuine apology. I never used to apologize and it used to be frequent arguments, this is the first time i have lost control in a long time(i am not excusing my behaviour). Call me crazy, tell me i need to see go see someone. It's chilled i am genuinely sorry for how i acted. Whether people accept my apology or not is up to them but as long as they know i am truly sorry and i am not just saying i am sorry without meaning it.
Anyways... i really hope we get some awesome images of ison and i can't wait for ison to cross the frost line.
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OrbitalDawn
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Killa, you need to ask yourself the same questions we asked you (that you still haven't answered, btw). Why do you think this comet will have the affects that you claimed earlier?
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I don't think anyone can accurately claim that another needs to seek the help of a therapist when your only medium of communication with them is through this forum. If it was i would probably be suggesting that to 50% of the forum members here, this can be construed as an attack on Killa which you said you're not looking to do at the start of your post. Yes killadoobs conspiracy comet is kooky but i can see why he might get sensitive when you call him crazy, retract it and then tell him he needs to see a therapist. Just my 2cents anyway.
OrbitalDawn
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killadoob
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Orbital i will just get tuned broken again
Dude i don't think i can take porch tuning me in every single post. I can't deal with someone who says sorry but doesn't mean it. That just ain't right yo
I can handle being tuned, i am used to it but not by one person in every post they make over and over and over.
Dude i don't think i can take porch tuning me in every single post. I can't deal with someone who says sorry but doesn't mean it. That just ain't right yo
I can handle being tuned, i am used to it but not by one person in every post they make over and over and over.
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OrbitalDawn
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You got 'tuned' in the first place because you're not answering the perfectly valid questions. Don't just point to a YouTube video and say that's what you believe. Are we supposed to think that you believe everything in the video? If not everything, which parts, and why?
It's a very outlandish and extraordinary claim you're making and we're interested in your reasoning. At the surface of it, it seems like it's very irrational, which is why we ask you why you think these things.