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The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

Last post by Juno16 « Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:03 am
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by Juno16 » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:22 pm
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I wanted to try to start this old thread here.
This thread was a cool place to see photos (other than AP) by the forum members.

Iphone pano from a...

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The noctilucent year 2019

Hello all,

checking the pics in the camera, I have found this one, taken on the 21st June shortly before midnight,...
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Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:03 am
Things your pet has done that amazed you?

Last post by bladekeeper « Sun Dec 08, 2019 5:52 am
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by UlteriorModem » Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:28 pm

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My Cat Flounder amazes me at times. He can be so smart in some ways and not so sharp in others.

But the other day I saw something that really took...

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I do not know if I would consider Mars amazing ;)
A bit of a practical joker like me, the best one was a nice warm summer day with half a dozen women...

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Sun Dec 08, 2019 5:52 am
What ES DOB is this?

Last post by bladekeeper « Sun Dec 08, 2019 5:10 am
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by smeyer8015 » Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:21 pm

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Sun Dec 08, 2019 5:10 am
A music thread

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Sun Dec 08, 2019 4:40 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:45 am
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I didn't find one here so here's to start one off.....

The Gypsy Devils

The cymbalom player is pretty impressive....

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The world today is as if this almost never happened and doesn't matter.
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Sun Dec 08, 2019 4:40 am
artificial synthesis of DNA

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by notFritzArgelander » Sun Dec 08, 2019 1:02 am

A thread, now closed, contained the false statement that DNA can only come from DNA . This has been known to be false since 1972.

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Sun Dec 08, 2019 1:02 am
Dr H video on the "anthropic principle"

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:44 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:44 pm

I think she is too kind on the strong anthropic principle .

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Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:44 pm
Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

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Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:15 pm
Greatest Hollywood Car Chase of All Time

Last post by Refractordude « Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:54 pm
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by Refractordude » Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:10 am

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Bullitt 1968

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Hi Refractordude. Some great Hollywood/TV history from here from you, as I am a big fan. Ah, the great Ford Mustang - Dodge Charger chase. Although...

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:54 pm
Single cell organism appears to make decisions

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:19 pm
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by Kanadalainen » Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:26 pm

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It’s fascinating . . . that a single cell that is not a neuron has everything you need to make a decision.
—Sindy Tang, Stanford University

The new...

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There's hope for our politicians yet.....

Optimist! :) Unless we start electing Stentor!

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:19 pm
How the eye/ brain works at times

Last post by Makuser « Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:27 pm
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by Lady Fraktor » Fri Dec 06, 2019 6:00 am

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This video is about being invisible on a motorcycle but provides some interesting information on how your brain interprets information from the eye.

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Hi Gabrielle. I am aware of how the brain develops after we are born, and creates an image from both eyes. This is why binoculars and the larger bino...

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:27 pm
Classical physics IS NOT deterministic.....

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by notFritzArgelander » Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:59 pm

as any pachinko player knows. :)

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:59 pm
The Problem of Light Pollution - and Five Easy Ways to Fix it!

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:48 am
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by helicon » Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:49 pm

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TED talk...

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The correlation to cancer rates is based on the lack of melatonin being produced when the body is subjected to blue spectrum lighting. This is...

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:48 am
Godspeed D.C. Fontana

Last post by helicon « Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:48 am
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by SKEtrip » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:40 am

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Another bit of my childhood passing into memory -

D.C. Fontana passed away yesterday. It is pretty safe to say that she helped to shape Star Trek...

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My childhood with syndicated trek episodes is passing before my eyes... RIP DC Fontana...

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:48 am
Quanta: elegant mathematics required by Nature?

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:48 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:48 pm

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Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:48 pm
evidence that Homo sapiens first domesticated animal was

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:40 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:40 pm

Homo sapiens! ;)

Well... I have questions about how domesticated H. sapiens is but all that aside...

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Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:40 pm
Nice resource: comets and asteroids

Last post by Kanadalainen « Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:57 pm
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by Kanadalainen » Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:14 am

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Browsing and found this:

There is a great short movie of a recent 2014 landing of European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, on a comet. Check out...

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Thanks Arsene, great find!
Ian

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Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:57 pm
What Convinced/Incouraged Sollozzo To Go After Don Vito Corleone?

Last post by Refractordude « Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:34 pm
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by Refractordude » Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:28 am

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From The Godfather 1972

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It was Sonny's reaction/excitement of the Corleone's investment being guaranteed by another crime family. At that moment Sollozzo knew that if he...

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Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:34 pm
A Family Unboxing Thier 12" Dobsonian Telescope

Last post by helicon « Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:57 pm
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by Refractordude » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:48 am

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A family of three men an a child unboxing a 12 dob. I just enjoyed watching it.

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Thanks for sharing the vid. Pretty cool.

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Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:57 pm
John Wheeler's FBI file

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:23 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:15 pm

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Wheeler is famous for loosing Richard Feynman on the world and for the magisterial GR textbook Gravitation among any other things.

The story of...

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Fascinating!

This parallel article has more context.

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Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:23 am
Green obsidian vs: Moldavite.

Last post by goldstar « Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:44 am
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by Makuser » Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:24 pm

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This thread was inspired to me by JG. Obsidian is a volcanic glass formed by magmatic flows into the surrounding sands of silicon dioxide. It is...

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This really makes me wish I had paid more attention to the minerals I found as a kid.
I lived in an area on the south coast of England where nodules...

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Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:44 am
Ancient Aliens Debunked

Last post by goldstar « Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:01 am
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by Refractordude » Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:03 am

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Still watching the video, but very interesting.

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Thanks Refractordude ! An instructive and educational view.
It left me wondering who's the wardrobe and coiffure groomer for that guy.
I have seen...

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Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:01 am
Larry Page and Sergei Brin Step Down from Alphabet

Last post by helicon « Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:44 pm

by helicon » Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:44 pm

Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet, the parent company of Google stepped down along with the president and co-founder, Sergei Brin. While they will remain...

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Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:44 pm
Bring it...

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:29 pm
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by pakarinen » Sun Dec 01, 2019 9:58 pm

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Just brought home a gallon of sangria and a panettone.

I am now prepared for floods, hurricanes, blackouts, global warming, tornadoes, mutated...

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When da Bears beat the Pats in the Super Bowl I retired from my interest in football. Quit while you're ahead.

I hung on for a couple more years...

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:29 pm
Totally Off-Topic: Old Smokey

Last post by j.gardavsky « Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:29 pm
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by j.gardavsky » Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:35 pm

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Hello all,

as I am waiting on some items on the eBay, I came across this Old Smokey from Wilesco,

It would be nice to have it, but my wife would...

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Thanks to all for the kind lines.
I think, I will leave that good idea of getting the Old Smoky, as another big Cullmann tripod, and a small Baader...

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Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:29 pm
'Laziness has won': apostrophe society admits its defeat

Last post by UlteriorModem « Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:02 pm
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by smp » Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:07 pm

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From The Guardian:
A society dedicated to preserving the “much-abused” apostrophe is to be shut down as its chairman said “ignorance and laziness”...

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I guess you might say these guys were possessive obsessive ! :D

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Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:02 pm

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