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From: dorayme on 18 Jun 2010 20:06 In article <michelle-2E2273.16193618062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <dorayme-E539D3.09072619062010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > > would gladly bet my photographic collection on the sun coming up > > > > tomorrow (with or without clouds).*That* is sincere belief. But who > > > > would bet against it, a rich madman? > > > > > > If you were to lose, the collection would be of little use to you OR > > > to the rich madman. > > > > How do you work that out? > > Because if the Sun didn't come up tomorrow, the world will be ending. > How do you work that out? -- dorayme
From: dorayme on 18 Jun 2010 22:09 In article <michelle-C09644.18540718062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <dorayme-BFFC74.10062319062010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > Because if the Sun didn't come up tomorrow, the world will be ending. > > > > How do you work that out? > > Please provide a scenario where the sun doesn't come up, but the world > isn't ending. My home ET civilization sends a team with a great sense of humour over this way, they stick up a screen to blot out the sun for an hour or two one otherwise fine morning - long enough to lose me the bet and make a mad rich man with a taste for photography happy... -- dorayme
From: JF Mezei on 18 Jun 2010 22:23 Michelle Steiner wrote: > Please provide a scenario where the sun doesn't come up, but the world > isn't ending. The sun never comes up. It has long been proven that the sun doesn't rotate around the earth. It is the earth which rotates around the sun, and it is the earth's own rotation which gives the illusion of the sun moving in the sky. The sun doesn't rise above the horizon in the morning, it is the horizon which drops below the sun :-)
From: masoncXXX on 18 Jun 2010 22:36 On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:23:02 -0400, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: >Michelle Steiner wrote: > >> Please provide a scenario where the sun doesn't come up, but the world >> isn't ending. > >The sun never comes up. It has long been proven that the sun doesn't >rotate around the earth. It is the earth which rotates around the sun, >and it is the earth's own rotation which gives the illusion of the sun >moving in the sky. > >The sun doesn't rise above the horizon in the morning, it is the horizon >which drops below the sun :-) Damn. So that's why I'm not getting any eggs. The rooster is oversleeping. MasonC
From: Thomas R. Kettler on 18 Jun 2010 22:38
In article <dorayme-987334.12090619062010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > In article > <michelle-C09644.18540718062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > In article <dorayme-BFFC74.10062319062010(a)news.albasani.net>, > > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > Because if the Sun didn't come up tomorrow, the world will be ending. > > > > > > How do you work that out? > > > > Please provide a scenario where the sun doesn't come up, but the world > > isn't ending. > > My home ET civilization sends a team with a great sense of humour > over this way, they stick up a screen to blot out the sun for an > hour or two one otherwise fine morning - long enough to lose me > the bet and make a mad rich man with a taste for photography > happy... Here's a way where the sun doesn't "come up" with the world not ending. It happens already with Mercury. It also happens with the moon relative to us. Since they are much smaller than the sun and the earth, respectively, they are synchronized such that they revolve and rotate at the same rate so they only show the same side. Thus, a "day" and a "year" are the same length of time. -- Remove blown from email address to reply. |