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03-28-2007, 06:28 PM | #16 |
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Didn't anyone see 2010? That's a big STOP sign...someone doesn't want us exploring any further out.
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03-28-2007, 06:54 PM | #17 |
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03-28-2007, 07:31 PM | #18 |
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No Steve, that skull IS a Jesus.
Muahahaha!!
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03-28-2007, 07:50 PM | #19 |
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Hold my beer.
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03-28-2007, 07:54 PM | #20 |
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I wonder what the Velikovsky-ites are making of it.
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03-28-2007, 08:52 PM | #21 |
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What, it's metric? Aw, I hate working on these foreign models.
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03-28-2007, 11:53 PM | #22 |
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My theory is that it is not a hexagon but instead a static sine wave of 6 wave lengths. We see it as a hexagon because it is mapped on a circle. I created this image using the polar coordinates filter in photoshop
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03-29-2007, 03:47 AM | #23 |
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Nice! I agree.
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03-29-2007, 08:03 AM | #24 |
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Slight that is an awesome explanation, thanks!
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03-29-2007, 08:36 AM | #25 |
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But what about the skulls?
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03-29-2007, 08:55 AM | #26 |
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Well, this was an interesting conversation, until Slight got all serious and fucked it up...
(Seriously...that's awesome...I never would have thought of that. Of course, I hated trig.) |
03-29-2007, 09:06 AM | #27 |
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Wait, Photoshop has a polar coordinates filter? What's next? Path integrals?
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03-29-2007, 01:32 PM | #28 |
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A skull filter.
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03-29-2007, 02:58 PM | #29 |
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So what causes a 60 mile high sine wave around the pole? Does it extend to, or close to, the surface? Is the cloud mass greater, closer to the pole, causing a sine wave where the boundary lies?
That's the trouble with space, or science in general, every time you come up with a good answer, it just creates more questions.
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03-29-2007, 03:08 PM | #30 |
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It's not a sine wave. It's the result of the viscous fluid (the atmosphere) lagging behind the spinning container (the planet)*. The shape is a ... mathematical coincidence. Rather, our perception of some meaningful pattern is the coincidence. The shape is just the math and physics.
* Or just lagging compared to the parts of the atmosphere that are spinning at different rates. Similar phenomena have been observed in the eyes of terrestrial hurricanes. I provided a good link above. edit: No, I haven't recently returned from a vacation on Saturn, Uranus (or anyone else's for that matter... ha ha)
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