Posts Made By: Glenn Gordon

Hi,

Beginner question here...

I am using Skyspot Telrad charts right now to learn to find objects in the sky. I am learning Messier objects, double stars, and I also have the Skypot book on "Bright Objects".

I find myself spending a lot of time just flipping through the indexies of the different books so the I can find out what is out there to be found in any given constellation.

It would be really helpful if I had one compact chart which would "at a glance" let me know which objects are in the area of sky I am looking at. From there I could always pull up the more specific charts.

Something like the laminated planisphere I have would be great, however the one I have shows the constellations but only about 6 of the brightest Messier objects.

Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Glenn

Here is a useful tool to put some "local" distances into perspective...

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/

-Glenn

Regardless of whether or not you agree with Michael Moore's opinions or not, you have to give the guy credit! He is very good at what he does.

He has perfected the art of presenting himself as a working class person which has helped to create his image which has netted him millions off his books and movies, which are all geared toward getting angry liberals to give him their money.

What a capitalist! Rush Limbaugh probably even admires him for that.

It probably doesn't occur to the people who buy his books and see his movies that he is simply using their ideology to make money for himself. They happily part with their money so they can listen to him spew his "objective viewpoint" and then feel outraged and joyful when he bashes Bush.

And what is really impressive is how he has managed to maintain this average guy image while enjoying luxuries such as limousines, private jets, an upper west Manhattan residence, attendance of an elite private school for his daughter, and gun carrying bodyguards to boot.

Credit given where credit is due.

-Glenn

When I click to reply to a forum post, if I am not yet logged in, I am prompted to log in and then taken back to a forum reply window.

Here's the glitch. Regardless of which forum I was in at the time, I am taken back to a reply window which is for the Equipment forum.

It would help to avoid postings in the wrong forum by correcting the programming so that the user is taken back to the forum that they were trying to post in.

-Glenn

Here is a link to construction of a HST model. It's a great project for the kids!

http://hubblesite.org/fun_.and._games/hand-held_hubble/

Quoted from The Declaration of Independence...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"


The founding fathers saw fit to attibute the source of these unlienable rights to God.

In recent times we have seen an upsurge in efforts to completely remove "God" from anything having to do with our government whether it be in the Pledge of Alliegance or from our currency.

I understand that a lot of people feel that this is truly what is best for this country and that it is truly what the verbage of the First Amendment means.

I have serious fears and concerns that the long term effects of such changes will ultimately lead to the demise of the very thing those same people are trying to protect, our rights.

If the source unalienable rights is taken away from God, then who is granting them? The government? It would seem to me that if it is up to the government to grant these rights, then it is also up to the government to take them away.

The fact that the source of these rights is attributed to God creates a hierarchy of authority which establishes the place of government below that of god. Remove the god element and now the government and god hold the same position of authority.

Is this really what is best for the country's citizens? Further erosion of the validity, strengths, and meanings of our rights?

-Glenn

Scary to even think about. To some degree, the Patriot act has already taken a large bite out of our rights. But this may change. A bipartisan bill introduced by conservative Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idado, and leftist Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is intended to “help bring clarity” to provisions of the Patriot Act denounced by critics as invasive and a threat to civil liberties.

but here's an article to think about...

Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack

by John O. Edwards, newsmax.com
Friday Nov. 21, 2003

General Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

Complete article at...
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/11/20/185048.shtml

-Glenn

I.D.ers maintain that they make no effort to define the nature of the intelligent designer. Even with this in mind, I do not feel that I.D. will be taken seriously because it still invokes non-naturalistic causes.

But evolutionists like Richard Dawkins still have spent a lot of time and effort to refute I.D. theory.

Do you think that evolutionary research conducted solely to counter I.D. theory has made positive contributions to the knowledge base of mainstrean science?

Regarless of whether you buy into I.D. or not, do you think that I.D. research has made any positive contributions to the knowledge base of mainstrean science?

-Glenn

Isn't Google wonderful!

Quotes from Scientists Regarding Design of the Universe
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/quotes.html

-Glenn

Has anyone heard of, or read "Biocosm"?

http://www.biocosm.org/

-Glenn

P.S. - It's turtles all the way down.