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My view of "Cosmos"
by Brent Watson 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

I finally got to watch the first episode of the program. I have to admit that I was underwhelmed. It didn't seem like there was much more content than you would get in a 5th grade science class; a bit more, but not much. But, there was a bunch of grandstanding to make up for the missing content. What content there was did not stand out. I thought the calendar exercise was interesting, but very poorly illustrated. The scale of the universe was not stressed in a fashion that brought people to a real understanding of what it really means. I believe additional graphical comparisons and relationships to things that everyday people relate to would be a significant improvement. The calendar exercise is such an idea, but was poorly executed. Why did Giordano Bruno and the folks living at that time look so dour? In some places it was effective, but the overall feeling of that time can't have been the way it was represented. And, why was Galileo mentioned only in passing? Perhaps I am being more critical than I should, but I had a hard time getting too terribly excited. I hope the next episodes exhibit an improvement.

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My View of "Cosmos"
by jcarman6＠q.com 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

The day before Cosmos aired, I posted on my FB page, a rare event in and of itself, a reminder that Cosmos begins and everyone young and old should watch it. The day after Cosmos aired I spoke to some 40- something relatives about whether they had seen it. He has a Ph.D. T hey are very good members of the LDS faith ( mentioned , but the outcome would have been the same if they were Catholic, Protestant or Southern Baptist - it is what it is). They said, with great pride, when Cosmos started, they turned it off, because they don't believed in the b ig b ang t heory. While they also do not believe in the 6,000 year old earth theory, they adamently denied the b ig b ang theory. Now that's a bummer! An immediate apology to many on the board because my rejoinder was not "who do you think pushed the button." - or pulled the trigger :) As public outreach as Cosm may be, it's not reaching a deaf audience. This post is not intended to start a discussion, or whatever, it's just "it is what it is."

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] time.gov website updated
by Joe Bauman 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

You could just go to work an hour earlier, I suppose. After all, you are one of the bosses. ------------------------------ On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:46 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >That would be sad. One of the things I love best about summer is the late >sunsets. Helps me get a lot more done. Without DST, I'll lose 6-7 hours >per week of outdoor activity time. Dang. > > >On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Bruce Hugo <bruce.hugo(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I heard this morning on the radio that Utah is considering going off >> daylight savings time. This might be the last year we "spring ahead"! >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] time.gov website updated
by Bruce Hugo 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Bummer. I was looking for a positive spin for ya Chuck! From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> I'm in bed long before sundown in summer on work nights. Standard time in summer would still get me no weeknight observing. On Mar 14, 2014 1:15 PM, "Bruce Hugo" <bruce.hugo(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Eariler sunsets mean I might be able to do a little observing during the week before I need to get to sleep for the next days work challenge. I would agree, it would feel a bid odd with earlier sunests in the summer. > >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] time.gov website updated
by Bruce Hugo 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

5am!?! Holy cow! Does that time of the morning actually exist or is its existence only a nasty rumor? <smile> Eariler sunsets mean I might be able to do a little observing during the week before I need to get to sleep for the next days work challenge. I would agree, it would feel a bid odd with earlier sunests in the summer. From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> I already start at 5 AM. The owners discourage starts much earlier than that. ;-) > > You could just go to work an hour earlier, I suppose. After all, you are > one of the bosses. > >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] time.gov website updated
by Bruce Hugo 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

I heard this morning on the radio that Utah is considering going off daylight savings time. This might be the last year we "spring ahead"!

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] time.gov website updated
by Joe Bauman 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

YES! ------------------------------ On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:34 AM MDT Bruce Hugo wrote: >I heard this morning on the radio that Utah is considering going off daylight savings time. This might be the last year we "spring ahead"! >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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time.gov website updated
by Wiggins Patrick 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Here is a post from another list for those needing accurate time. patrick Begin forwarded message: > From: Ted Blank > Subject: [IOTAoccultations] time.gov website updated > Date: 13 March 2014 at 06:23:30 MDT > To: iotaoccultations <IOTAoccultations(a)yahoogroups.com> > > Some information from Andrew Novick at NIST: > > www.time.gov has been updated. > Some new features are: 12/24 hour clock toggle and the time is actually corrected for the path delay through the Internet. > This is an HTML5 (cross-platform-compatible) site that requires no plugins. > There is no intro map to click - the site automatically determines your time zone, based on your computer clock settings. > > LCD monitors may add a few milliseconds of delay before actually displaying a screen, so if you video-record the time.gov time display on an LCD monitor next to the accurate 1-PPS pulse of an IOTA-VTI box, the time.gov time might still show slightly behind the 1-PPS pulses on your video recording. I understand that old-fashioned CRT monitors should have much less internal delay in displaying the website time than LCD monitors, so time.gov time displayed on a CRT monitor should line up more closely with the VTI pulses. I have not checked this because I got rid of my last CRT display quite a while ago. I'm sure I can find one around for free to check this. > > Ted Blank

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ATM session reminder
by Hutchings, Mat 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos
by Joe Bauman 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

I never met Sagan but I had a real sense of loss while watching him last night. He was a fine scientist and a great inspiration, yet look how he was treated by the scientific establishment. ------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 5:34 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >I met Carl Sagan in mid 70s. He was very interested in what this teenager >had to say, a perfect gentleman. The last segment got me a bit misty, as >well. I actually gave up an hour of sleep to catch it, rather than watch >the DVR recording tonight. > >I'll watch the entire series. > >I picked up the original COSMOS on DVD last year, to replace my aging VHS >tape set (I don't even have a VCR anymore). Am about halfway through it. > It holds-up well after all these years. > > >> >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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