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Old 15-October-2007, 02:46 PM
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Too close for comfort, but I insist on the name.
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Old 15-October-2007, 08:55 PM
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Y'all get him while I have him cornered!
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Old 17-October-2007, 02:29 PM
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So where is everybody? Delivering the final blow should go as smooth as ... velvet now.
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Old 19-October-2007, 04:12 AM
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Sachs-Wolf (resuming my bludgeoning in lieu of any serious Google effort).
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Old 19-October-2007, 08:13 PM
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Narrow miss (by the way, I did Sachs-Wolfe in this quiz once; and the last post WAS A HINT. )
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Old 23-October-2007, 11:38 AM
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Please don't do this to me. My hopes of having this round finished quickly are seriously dampened, but I don't give up yet....

George, please take off the silk glove and do some serious bludgeoning
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Old 23-October-2007, 02:36 PM
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Silk damping?
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Old 23-October-2007, 05:45 PM
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Phew!

Your turn, George!
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Old 23-October-2007, 06:52 PM
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Your hints are improving.

I am thinking about certain objects that, in some cases, will periodically turn more blue. What is the object and why?

[I haven't got an example case, admittedly, but I will look.]
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Old 24-October-2007, 02:03 PM
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How 'bout doing a 20 question game? I win if you can't get it in 20.

Hint: It is bigger than a bread box.
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Old 24-October-2007, 02:33 PM
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is it bigger than the earth?
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Old 24-October-2007, 09:47 PM
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1) > Earth? Yes.
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Old 25-October-2007, 12:20 AM
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is it comprised of fermions?
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Old 25-October-2007, 02:58 AM
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1) > Earth? Yes.
2) Fermions? Yes.
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Is it nebular?
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Old 25-October-2007, 12:46 PM
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1) > Earth? Yes.
2) Fermions? Yes.
3) Nebula? No.
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Old 25-October-2007, 02:33 PM
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hotter than the sun?
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Old 25-October-2007, 05:40 PM
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1) > Earth? Yes.
2) Fermions? Yes.
3) Nebula? No.
4) > 5777K object? No.
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Old 25-October-2007, 06:34 PM
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4) > 5777K object? No.
Hmmm. I think that leaves out Cepheids.
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Old 25-October-2007, 09:29 PM
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Are ya a thinkin' or a askin'?
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Old 25-October-2007, 11:19 PM
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Hmmm. I think that leaves out Cepheids.
Damn, that was gonna be my guess too.

Hmmm ... becomes bluer, becomes bluer ...


Is the change in blueness caused by a change in radial velocity?
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