ASCI Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Fine. Have it your way. Every account in this stupid-ass thread that disagrees with you is actually me. 604662[/snapback] You’re like my little dog; I can get you to bark anytime I want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 You’re like my little dog; I can get you to bark anytime I want! 604664[/snapback] And most people wouldn't derive NEARLY as much satisfaction from that as you seem to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCI Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 And most people wouldn't derive NEARLY as much satisfaction from that as you seem to. 604669[/snapback] Sick isn’t it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Sick isn’t it. 604672[/snapback] But hardly suprising, considering the source. You know what Antarctic-based Chinese antisatellite lasers that can shoot through the earth and Santa Claus have in common? They both exist at high latitudes, and they're both figments of your !@#$ing imagination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 But hardly suprising, considering the source. You know what Antarctic-based Chinese antisatellite lasers that can shoot through the earth and Santa Claus have in common? They both exist at high latitudes, and they're both figments of your !@#$ing imagination! 604706[/snapback] The first person to lead an expedition to the South Pole was Roald Amundsen from Norway. The second (by about a month) was Robert Falcon Scott (from GB) but he and the rest of his team never made it back. Just thought I'd pass that along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 The first person to lead an expedition to the South Pole was Roald Amundsen from Norway. The second (by about a month) was Robert Falcon Scott (from GB) but he and the rest of his team never made it back. Just thought I'd pass that along. 604736[/snapback] Did you know you can see them from the equator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 The second (by about a month) was Robert Falcon Scott (from GB) but he and the rest of his team never made it back. Just thought I'd pass that along. 604736[/snapback] A clown shot them with a laser? hit them with a plank? These remain mysteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 A clown shot them with a laser? hit them with a plank? These remain mysteries. 604742[/snapback] No, Scott just didn't bring enough food. So they all ended up too weak to go on and froze to death in their tent (after giving up). This is exactly why I carry plenty of snacks with me whereever I go - Rice Krispy Treats mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Did you know you can see them from the equator? 604741[/snapback] No, please explain. And what does this have to do with Cheney?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 No, please explain. And what does this have to do with Cheney?? 604753[/snapback] Simple. If you can see the equator from the pole, you can see the pole from the equator. Unless there's some new physical principle at work that says such ray paths are no longer gauge-invariant...which is a distinct possibility, given we're well into the minutae of the Newbieverse here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCI Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Tom, How long have you been in a wheelchair. You can see a common point in space perpendicular and above the equator from the South Pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 No, Scott just didn't bring enough food. So they all ended up too weak to go on and froze to death in their tent (after giving up). This is exactly why I carry plenty of snacks with me whereever I go - Rice Krispy Treats mostly. 604752[/snapback] Why didn't they just eat the clowns? Did the Chinese get them first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Tom, How long have you been in a wheelchair 604755[/snapback] Chicken Cordon Bleu. That answer makes about as much sense as your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCI Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Chicken Cordon Bleu. That answer makes about as much sense as your question. 604760[/snapback] Must be running your mouth so much to make up for that fact that you can’t run your legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCI Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Tom, as a friend I’m going to give you some advice, you should get outside once in a while to blow the stink off you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius99 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Tom, I didn’t say anything about Geosynchronous in my example because they have to be about 23,000 miles out for a 23 hr 56 min rotation. For the example I gave myself the widest berth to be right. The furthest earth or geo obiter that I read about was 50,000 to 60,000 miles out. Turns out at the very least the pole or platform would have to be over 250 miles high to observe a obiter around the equator from the South pole. 604640[/snapback] My name is not Tom, and you said "Geo" orbit. What exactly does that mean to you? To anyone in the space business, it means "geosynchronous". In the context of this <ridiculous> thread, nothing outside of Geo means anything. Beyond that altitude, the missions are non-Earth scientific and/or interplanetary in nature. A polar orbit as highly eliptical as your moronic example would be unstable. There is a reason currently orbiting polar birds are circular. So brainiac, what is this mission of which you speak that is HEO, polar, and has an apogee of 60000 miles and a perigee of 4000 miles. I'm dying to know. Is your last name Kepler per chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCI Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 My name is not Tom, and you said "Geo" orbit. What exactly does that mean to you? To anyone in the space business, it means "geosynchronous". In the context of this <ridiculous> thread, nothing outside of Geo means anything. Beyond that altitude, the missions are non-Earth scientific and/or interplanetary in nature. A polar orbit as highly eliptical as your moronic example would be unstable. There is a reason currently orbiting polar birds are circular. So brainiac, what is this mission of which you speak that is HEO, polar, and has an apogee of 60000 miles and a perigee of 4000 miles. I'm dying to know. Is your last name Kepler per chance? 604791[/snapback] ok tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 ok tom 604799[/snapback] It's not Tom. The IP addresses are different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraps Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 It's not Tom. The IP addresses are different. 604803[/snapback] But is he wearing a clown suit, balancing on a plank on the South Pole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius99 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 But is he wearing a clown suit, balancing on a plank on the South Pole? 604818[/snapback] Why yes I am, how'd you guess? And on the way down South, I stopped by Office Max to pick up a dozen or so laser pointers. I'm a-huntin' them thar satalight thingys today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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