death tribble Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I looked under Balkh and there was no mention of anything like that. Apologies. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 S'OK. I confess I didn't know that name until I did the Wikipedia thing myself ... I knew something like it had gone on early in Timur's career, and went looking for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Actually, you want to be slightly north of the equator, but yes, you can see both of those at the same time, given a clear horizon in both directions. While Polaris is within a degree of the north celestial pole, the Southern Cross isn't that close to the south celestial pole. At the latitude of Manila (14 degrees north), in mid-April, around midnight local time, both Polaris and Crux are about 15 degrees above the horizon. It'll take clear conditions and better-than-average peripheral vision, and advantageous use of topography to lie down on the ground in the right position, but it ought to be possible to see both at the same moment. How about at sea in the Pacific in a canoe? I just finished Fire and Ice and early on the male lead is navigating by the stars and it describes him sighting both of those celestial landmarks (skymarks?) I was smugly sure the author had made an error, but it seems I needed a latitude adjustment. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary tells me that sometimes the difference between what I know and what I think I know is astronomical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 She wishes. But the fact that Metal is popular told us we were right all along. My daughters, when I offered to by them band t-shirts, wanted Def Leppard and AC/DC. Timeless classics. Enforcer84 and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 My daughters, when I offered to by them band t-shirts, wanted Def Leppard and AC/DC. Timeless classics. Your daughters is good people. Now introduce them to the Angels (Australian band - were called Angel City here) Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 My daughters, when I offered to by them band t-shirts, wanted Def Leppard and AC/DC. Timeless classics. Nothing current? No Mastodon, 5FDP, Halestorm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Nothing current? No Mastodon, 5FDP, Halestorm? Nope. They listen to modern country, but their rock tastes are decidedly late seventies to early nineties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Nope. They listen to modern country, but their rock tastes are decidedly late seventies to early nineties.There is hope for this universe yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Nothing current? No Mastodon, 5FDP, Halestorm? I likes me some Halestorm. though some more than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Von D-Man is now a gorilla ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 There's a thread about it. He's been dubbed "thinky silverback". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Von D-Man is now a gorilla ? A solar-powered, cerebral, ornery silverback, to be precise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 With frickin' lasers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Last night I dreamed that I started a twitter account. And I worked in the comic book store again. Two nights ago I dreamed I was trying to get the world to adopt the base-8 number system. And tonight, I foresee ... selling an 85,000-word philosophy textbook manuscript to a publisher for $1.67 and when it actually appears in physical book form your name will be unrecognizably misspelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 With frickin' lasers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Sigh. They really, really, really needed "Organ Grinder Monkey" in that set as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 And tonight, I foresee ... selling an 85,000-word philosophy textbook manuscript to a publisher for $1.67 and when it actually appears in physical book form your name will be unrecognizably misspelled. . Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I really focus on drums lately when listening to music. I was reminded of one of my favorite drum performances on the radio last night, "Hold the Line" by Toto. Billy Corgan used a drum machine in the early days of Smashing Pumpkins. Drums didn't really matter to him.In a world where many bands see the drums as a necessary evil, a simple beat keeping mechanism, some actually use it as a musical instrument to enhance the music. Listen to the song and see what I mean. Also, listen to a good jazz trained drummer like Stewart Copeland or (early) Peter Criss and see how they make things really happen in rock music. I think this means you want to hit people and have them make noise when you do so. Such aggression should be released somehow. Have you considered going postal? Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I think this means you want to hit people and have them make noise when you do so. Such aggression should be released somehow. Have you considered going postal? Not yet, but I'll take that into consideration. Note to self: They're on to me! Need to move plans up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Well, it's only apparent to people who haven't slept in 26 hours, so you are probably safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Musician joke: the bass player locked the keyes in the band's bus. He had to break a window to get the drummer out. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Is there any reason this thread couldn't also be used for responses to the Non-Sequitor thread? Lucius Alexander Any thread is suitable for a palindromedary tagline, but not every palindromedary tagline is suitable for every thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Is there any reason this thread couldn't also be used for responses to the Non-Sequitor thread? Lucius Alexander Any thread is suitable for a palindromedary tagline, but not every palindromedary tagline is suitable for every thread. I wouldn't have a problem with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 I wouldn't either. Besides, "a reactionary drivel thread" would convey the wrong idea about what it was about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Is there any reason this thread couldn't also be used for responses to the Non-Sequitor thread? Lucius Alexander Any thread is suitable for a palindromedary tagline, but not every palindromedary tagline is suitable for every thread. It's been used that way many times. So ... yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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