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Speaking of diamonds...
August 27, 2011 at 9:22 am
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
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"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 27, 2011 at 3:30 pm
(This post was last modified: August 27, 2011 at 3:32 pm by thesummerqueen.)
Oh wow, Oro!
Now I'm really jealous - just after I got my telescope as a kid, my aunt took me to the observatory in L.A. and we saw Jupiter there.
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 27, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Awesome.
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 27, 2011 at 3:46 pm
(August 27, 2011 at 3:30 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: Oh wow, Oro!
Now I'm really jealous - just after I got my telescope as a kid, my aunt took me to the observatory in L.A. and we saw Jupiter there.
Thanks. You should have seen it through that 25" telescope. It was jaw dropping.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 27, 2011 at 3:47 pm
can't wait to see the rest of the images
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 27, 2011 at 3:47 pm
(This post was last modified: August 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm by orogenicman.)
Thanks.
It might be a couple of days. we're going back out there tonight to take some more. It's member's night. Aftet that, I will probably be exhausted, so it might be until Monday before I get to them.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 27, 2011 at 7:34 pm
VERY cool!
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 28, 2011 at 8:01 am
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 28, 2011 at 9:36 am
Fun quote from that article:
"I don't imagine that a picture of a very shiny object is what we're looking at here."
Thank goodness: Otherwise, Palin would be suggesting changes to NASA's program.
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RE: Speaking of diamonds...
August 29, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Thanks, folks. I was looking around on the web for photos taken by others on the same night, and believe it or not, I liked mine the best (not being biased here or anything). 
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
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