Welcome, Greenfeather, the worst thing about deadend jobs is the dead end people you work with. Being interested in science, finding some you can have an intellagent conversation with is almost impossible.

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I'm not a scientist, but I play one on the internet.
http://www.rrac.org

I took a pretty good short course on astronomy with Ray Villard at the Smithsonian a couple of months ago. He was offering his book (of course), but for some reason I didn't take the opportunity. Perhaps that was a mistake.

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Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

'Lo.

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"Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends! Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!" - Ned Flanders

Hi,

I'm Michael from Hillsboro, Or. USA. I've been a member for some time but I've been away for almost as long. I may even have posted on this thread as it was started about the time my ex got custody of the Mac.

Now I have an antiquated PC with inadequate everything. Oh well.

At 56 years of age I am quite pleased to be called a junior member. I may never post again to be sure I don't lose that status.

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Welcome. We've been wanting for a proper mealomaniac bent on world domination (that is your plan, correct?) ever since a certain posting turtle seems to have taken leave.

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Don of Borg - Cool, Calm, Collective.

"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I guess I'm a little overdue here. I've lurked much more than posting so far because there is so much to learn from everybody else here first.
I go by Blue Fire because, when I was young and stupid (I'm no longer young), I had a Blue AMC Javelin and drove it like wild Fire.
I spend 4 years at a 2 year college because I couldn't decide what I want to be when I grew up. I still haven't grown up.
Anyway: I got married, went back to a 4 year college for 5 years, got divorced, did some computer work, did some teaching, did some writing for a local magazine, did some more computer/internet work, did some more teaching, did some more writing, had a quad bypass heart operation, sunk into depression, got counseling, took meds, striving to get back on my feet, wound up here,. . . and LOVING IT!

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How many times have you been about to grasp the truth when somebody else suddenly yanked it out of your reach?

Glad you're with us, BlueFire. Hope we can contribute our own special brand of therapy.

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Bring back Firefly!

"It is quite clear that Occam's razor does not sharpen in your pyramid." (Nicolas)

"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." (Paul Simon)

Ahoy mates!

No Room for Lurkers - Time Enough fo love... Phaedrus is from "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". I yern for calm.


Hmmn - Hi all. I found this sight whilst looking for a sig for another site... The quote from Blade Runner - Reutger Hauers last speach. I firmly believe the word he used was "shoals" a nautical term - as in space "ship".

Didn't readly see a search feature. Can anyone point me towards a site search?

Also is there any thread regarding Dark Sky Initiative?

Thanks,
Bill

Could the shoulder be what you heard as shoals?

Simplest site search is to google with site:www.bautforum.com as one of the search terms.

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"The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible."Trying to make sense of computers, The Error Log.

HenricOlsen is right, I distinctly remember saying 'shoulder'

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Are you a Bright?

Hey all,

My name is Chris, I'm a software engineer from RI and big sci-fi fan. I've always been interested in the sciences, especially astronomy, physics and space travel. I'm currently on the final "Rama" novel and enjoy video games, music (I'm a drummer), sports and working out.

I also enjoy long walks on the beach and the gentle touch of the breeze....oh wait...wrong website for that! whoops!

Hi icepick3383. I spent five years of my life (back in the 80s) in The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Welcome to BAUT.

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hello!

well, liked the whole asteroid hitting the Earth video.

Plus, I deal with a lot of people that believe in UFOs. Most are honestly rather reasonable, with a reasonable explaination.

Other than that my life is rather stressful right now, so nothing like some good science and reason to bring calm to a life filled with emotion and confusion.

Hi RK, I think you will learn a lot here. Get ready to throw it back in their faces.

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I'm not a scientist, but I play one on the internet.
http://www.rrac.org

Welcome welcome. :-)

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Universe Today - Free space news delivered by email every weekday.

Hello folks,

My name is Dennis, I live just outside Stockholm, Sweden with my family (we have a son, five y o). Working as IT tech support, interested in space flight, astronomy, sci-fi, well just anything space related. I have read the BA and UT pages for some time now and even this forum so I thought it was about time to register. Our exploration of space has fascinated me as long as I can remember and with new discoveries like the exoplanets it's just becoming more and more interesting. I have two telescopes, Meade ETX-90 and a 12" dobsonian (collecting dust in the garage).

:-D

Uh...looks like Ura one-post over the line

sweet jesus, one post over the line . . . Hi Dennis! I have room in my garage to store that Dobsonian. I will even pay shipping!

Greetings and salutations!

I'm from Western Victoria, Australia, and while I couldn't call myself an astronomer, I have great respect for the work astronomers do. I have a fascination for hearing about new discoveries, and for the beauty and wonder of the universe.

I post in a few skeptic forums (mainly JREF) and I have found the Bad Astronomy website to be a valuable resource over the years. I also found a wealth of useful information in these forums in my endeavours debunking 9/11 denialists over the past year or so.

I went through a short but intense woo phase when I first started using the internet about 8 years ago, and I still read/post in a couple of woo forums to try and instil some reason. I come across some strange things from time to time, and it was one of things that gave me the idea today to sign up here and discuss it.

I've come across a man who has a 'method' of predicting important dates in world history based on our old favourite, 'hyperdimensional physics'. Would the appropriate forum for a topic about this be "Against the Mainstream"?

I'm looking forward to participating in some of all the interesting conversations here.

Hi Orphia, welcome to the wacky world of BAUT.

Wollery! What a nice surprise to see you here!