More ON topic STARS and LOOPING (was: Re: Very OT: Zeitgeist, TheMovie...)

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Title: More ON topic STARS and LOOPING (was: Re: Very OT: Zeitgei

The constellations are the ultimate looping devices....

> GAH!
> Please.
> Make.
> It.
> Stop.
> ~~ Dennis
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Stephen
> Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net>
> wrote:
> > I use Skyglobe.  Shareware, small and
> > quick-loading.
> > http://www.sidewalkastronomy.com/skyglobe.html
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Smart" <marksmartus@gmail.com>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 16:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: Very OT: Zeitgeist, The Movie... WAS... Semi-OT: Int'l
> > Travellers' Laptops Confiscated...
> > > > How do you think they're stretching it? I think they're
> > > > just explaining how
> > > > the archeoastronomers saw it. I suppose without peripheral lighting,
> > > > the
> > > > night sky must've been an awesome sight to behold on a nightly
> > > > basis.
> > > I also just realized that in the wintertime, the constellation of
> > > Orion rises in the east after sunset, so there is no way its stars
> > > can
> > > be visibly pointing at the rising sun at sunrise.
> > >
> > > There are a couple of cool online planetarium sites, try it. Orion
> > > is
> > > not in the sky at all at sunrise even in Bethlehem on December 25th
> > > in
> > > the year 0000. Where did he get this stuff?
> > >
> > > The Zeitgeist filmmaker's credibility is now at zero. Time do do
> > > other
> > > stuff, I have wasted too much time on this crap!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Smart
> > > http://cdbaby.com/cd/marksmart
> > > http://www.marksmart.net

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