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Old 25-June-2009, 03:06 AM
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Sorry if this isn't worthy of posting, but..

"Milky Way solar system"?!

http://www.thepeacefulplanet.com/library/glitters.php
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Old 25-June-2009, 09:28 AM
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Nice teaser subject line, dwnielsen. That page made my head hurt!
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Sorry if this isn't worthy of posting, but..
SCNR but is there good AstroLogy?
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Don't you mean "bad astronomy"?

Milky Way solar system... Good grief.
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Good grief indeed. It starts off with a mis-quotation from Shakespeare, and I stopped reading at
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Gold ... can only be dissolved by cyanide.
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It'd be one thing if the author were just putting this out there as feelings or notions or hearsay, but to say them with such ludicrous authority... I did enjoy reading it, to be honest, half for some bits of at-least-partially-valid information as well as for the tragic comedy.
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Its criminal, really.
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Good grief indeed. It starts off with a mis-quotation from Shakespeare, and I stopped reading at
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Gold is one of the more stable elements in the universe, and native earth gold is among the most stable of all. Even so, when its properties are misunderstood disaster can result, and such was the case in the tragic explosion of the recent space shuttle. Unstable and less understood elements were combined with gold, but the results were disastrous and unfortunate.
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Don't you mean "bad astronomy"?
No.. read the page.. it's not right.. it's not even bad astronomy
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The first error occurs even before the Milky Way Solar System - gold is not AU, it is Au.
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I just ran across this; it's not really "media". I know I've asked some dumb questions in my life, but, oh God...

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The first error occurs even before the Milky Way Solar System - gold is not AU, it is Au.
The chemistry teacher in me wants to give you bonus points for catching that one!
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The chemistry teacher in me wants to give you bonus points for catching that one!
And the chemistry student in me wants those bonus points. I can show off to the rest of the class, and get beaten up at breaktime. Just like the old days!
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