Chatroom
 

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum > The Proving Grounds > Against the Mainstream
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

   

Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 26-April-2004, 05:50 AM
Sepmann Sepmann is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 41
Send a message via AIM to Sepmann Send a message via MSN to Sepmann Send a message via Yahoo to Sepmann
Default Some help with terms that i dont understand

UNICORN
PX(er)
Planet X (Can someone guide me to a post that explains this)
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 26-April-2004, 06:00 AM
Excelsior Excelsior is offline
Established Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Federation space
Posts: 218
Default

Planet X is a hypothetical planet that exists beyond the orbit of pluto. There is no conclusive evidence for its existence howeveer.

In recent years some pseudoscientist cults have been making some bizarre claims about planet X. The most prominent of them is Nancy Lieder. See www.zetatalk.com for a lis of her weird claims.

PX(er) refers to weird people who believe in Nancy's claims
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 26-April-2004, 05:07 PM
Sepmann Sepmann is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 41
Send a message via AIM to Sepmann Send a message via MSN to Sepmann Send a message via Yahoo to Sepmann
Default

Ok thank you what about unicorn

Another question is
Why are all planets round?
I came up with the idea that when the planets spin they turn into speahers because a square would cause alot of resistance or maybe too much resistance, another proposition is that who said we have to have started out as squares maybe (we=all planets), maybe we started out as chunks of rock that over time have found thier poisitions and started orbitin other planets, due to thier shape they cant circle (rotate) to thier maximum potential so they just lose the pieces the create friction and they get shot off into space, this could answer how the universe started, if we go backwards trying to figure out where every piece came from.... opinions????
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 26-April-2004, 05:19 PM
ToSeek's Avatar
ToSeek ToSeek is online now
Vulcan Administrator
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Posts: 26,010
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sepmann
Ok thank you what about unicorn
A unicorn is a mythical animal that resembles a horse with the addition of a long, sharp, pointed horn sticking out of the middle of its forehead.

Quote:
Another question is
Why are all planets round?
I came up with the idea that when the planets spin they turn into speahers because a square would cause alot of resistance or maybe too much resistance, another proposition is that who said we have to have started out as squares maybe (we=all planets), maybe we started out as chunks of rock that over time have found thier poisitions and started orbitin other planets, due to thier shape they cant circle (rotate) to thier maximum potential so they just lose the pieces the create friction and they get shot off into space, this could answer how the universe started, if we go backwards trying to figure out where every piece came from.... opinions????
Planets are spheres because gravity pulls them toward their center. Having a square planet would be the equivalent of having a 500-mile-high mountain (or eight of them, actually): that's too tall to be supported, and the mountain would collapse to make the planet more nearly spherical. Only comparatively small objects in space can be non-spherical.
__________________
Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 26-April-2004, 05:53 PM
jawajedi jawajedi is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 58
Default

Be more specific about UNICORN

UNICORN was the name of a series of Ejector seat trials by lockhead, UNICORN was the name of several different OPS in Desert Storm and Vietnam, UNICORN was a product line of shortwave radio parts...

Provide an example or reference of its use please
__________________
-- the only conspiracy I believe in is this damn monopoly on breathing air.
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 27-April-2004, 07:08 AM
Excelsior Excelsior is offline
Established Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Federation space
Posts: 218
Default

Unicorn was also a robot in the Transformers series.
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 27-April-2004, 04:19 PM
Taibak Taibak is offline
Established Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 504
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Excelsior
Unicorn was also a robot in the Transformers series.
No, no, no... that was Unicron.
Closed Thread


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT. The time now is 01:59 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.0.0
©  2006 Bad Astronomy and Universe Today