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Yesterday, 02:42 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread My seamless transition theory in Against the Mainstream

First you say that your hypothetical action which you call energy is pushing objects in the same rate and direction everywhere, and then you say it...

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2019-Dec-07, 06:09 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

As Elmer Fudd would have described the upper photo, "Wabbit twacks!":)

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2019-Dec-04, 02:42 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Largest cosmological structure in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

What do you mean by "looking like a center of the universd"? Could you give some technical details?

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2019-Dec-03, 02:16 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

As one of my neighbors said, "Dogs have masters; cats have servants."

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2019-Dec-02, 04:25 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Read that again? in Off-Topic Babbling

There is a noteworthy difference in caliber terminology between small arms and naval guns. A .45 caliber pistol simply has a bore diameter of .45...

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2019-Dec-02, 03:02 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Addendum: I just now played a good recording of the New World Symphony on my big sound console. The difference for the better was huge. In the...

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2019-Dec-02, 01:59 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Excessive dynamic compression while playing classical music on the FM radio. This may be trivial to most of us but not to me, an expert musician. ...

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2019-Dec-01, 01:52 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread charge radius of the proton in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

The charged particles would repel each other and migrate to the shell. What happens afterward depends on the microscopic properties of the shell and...

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2019-Dec-01, 02:55 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread How to elide over/replace (language) in quoted text? in Forum Introductions and Feedback

You can test a post by clicking Go Advanced. There you will have the option of previewing your text before posting it. If the net nanny is going to...

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2019-Nov-28, 03:56 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Frequent forum outages in Forum Introductions and Feedback

I got the OP error message again for a few minutes this morning. I am not complaining, just keeping the management informed. I understand how these...

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2019-Nov-28, 12:05 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread charge radius of the proton in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Let me remind everyone that the Shell Theorem is exact only in a thought exercise in which the charge is continuous in distribution. If we have a...

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2019-Nov-27, 07:26 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Planets on planetary nebulae in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

No, if I am not mistaken the Sun is expected to form a planetary nebula, ejecting its outer envelope as the core contracts into a white dwarf.

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2019-Nov-26, 05:32 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Frequent forum outages in Forum Introductions and Feedback

It recurred today after a couple of trouble-free weeks.

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2019-Nov-24, 05:24 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Powering Io in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Let's not forget that tidal interaction with Jupiter will tend to push the orbits out while the planet gradually slows down. I would not be quick to...

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2019-Nov-24, 05:21 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Fireball in Conspiracy Theories

Here we have a geographically misleading headline and some sloppy writing in the first sentence. It definitely did not come down in Salem, which is...

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2019-Nov-22, 08:22 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Is it just me or has Generation X ceased to exist? in Off-Topic Babbling

Do you have a source for that 90%? I see plenty of fellow older boomers using smart phones and laptops effectively.

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2019-Nov-22, 08:20 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Here in greater Washington we are seeing retro-styled "McMansions" with tall gable roofs that are purely ornamental. I could see the truss work in...

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2019-Nov-22, 08:13 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Is it just me or has Generation X ceased to exist? in Off-Topic Babbling

I am an early boomer, but I am embracing today's information technology. Sometimes I wish I had a child around to help me learn how to use it better...

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2019-Nov-21, 07:35 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Sidereal, anomalistic and draconic periods of Sun in Milky Way in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

I guess I misremembered or misinterpreted something in the past. Good catch, Grant.

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2019-Nov-21, 06:37 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Sidereal, anomalistic and draconic periods of Sun in Milky Way in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

If I am not mistaken the spiral pattern is nearly stationary, with stars bunching up a bit as they pass through it.

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2019-Nov-20, 03:02 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Our church secretary had a similar issue with poles and wires in an otherwise beautiful view of the church with a rainbow arching over it. She...

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2019-Nov-20, 02:55 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Why do scientists use words they don't need to use? in Science and Technology

I witnessed a conversation at our astronomy club recently in which two very knowledgeable members were talking by each other on whether the apparent...

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2019-Nov-15, 06:21 PM

Hornblower replied to a thread Frequent forum outages in Forum Introductions and Feedback

No problems here the last few days.

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2019-Nov-15, 04:08 AM

Hornblower replied to a thread Sources of Milky Way luminosity by spectral class? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Did I inadvertently link something published in 1941? When I clicked on my own link it took me right to the image published in 2008 by author R....

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