BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?

Subject: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 08 May 01 - 06:46 PM

judge for yourselves!!Would NASA try to deceive you?

(I don't usually start BS threads...but this awes me)

and while you are there, look at a composite picture of Earth at night

or, the **large** version caution 386k file

My reaction to the last picture is..."Looks like we have about saturated this place....where are OUR children going to live?"

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Mountain Dog
Date: 08 May 01 - 06:49 PM

Bill,

Thanks for the link to the Bottle-nosed Galaxy. Great stuff!

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: GUEST,Karen
Date: 08 May 01 - 06:51 PM

What was their departing line as they left Earth in "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe"? "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: GUEST,Karen
Date: 08 May 01 - 06:53 PM

Oops! "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"...I knew that didn't sound right the first time I typed it...

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Chicken Charlie
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:13 PM

This is a whale of a tale, all right.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Jeri
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:19 PM

Bill, what's wrong with the phrase "earth at night?"

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:27 PM

*grin*...well, it depends on how picky you be on nomenclature....since it depicts ALL of Earth with no direct sunlight on it...I thought...(or didn't think)

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: gnu
Date: 09 May 01 - 07:57 AM

"Composite" is the operative word. That's an awesome pic. I know I'm going to stare at it again many times today. Thanks for posting these.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 May 01 - 09:12 AM

Too cool. Wonder what the rolling blackouts look like...

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: MMario
Date: 09 May 01 - 09:15 AM

probably not noticiable. Cape Cod - where even today you can drive for a half hour at times without seeing a building is solid white in the picture.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Dharmabum
Date: 09 May 01 - 10:14 AM

Cool pics Bill.Thanks for passing them along.

DB.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Noreen
Date: 09 May 01 - 10:55 AM

Just beautiful as they are, Bill... and thought provoking.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From:
Date: 09 May 01 - 11:06 AM

Far out man
Actually I see a flower - a Dolphinium
And just think all those specks of light represent years of fosilized, locked-up CO2 being released per hour.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: GUEST,Phillip
Date: 09 May 01 - 12:02 PM

That's for Boy Scouts and dolphins! (For all in tents and porpoises!)

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Sorcha
Date: 09 May 01 - 06:36 PM

I love them! Notice Wyoming is not quite as bright as Cape Cod? That's why I live here...lol. I didn't find any captions tho. What exactly is the dolphin photo?

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Lanfranc
Date: 09 May 01 - 06:38 PM

I seem to recall a rather surprised whale featured in the Hitchhikers Guide. Perhaps this is it!

But where's the bowl of petunias?

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: GUEST,emily-o
Date: 09 May 01 - 06:43 PM

no porpoise...just dolphins. and mice, of course. and a sperm whale at one point, but that didn't last too long. neither did the flower pot.

KASMASH!

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 09 May 01 - 08:18 PM

I like the picture of "Earth at Night", nice and flat, which just goes to prove...;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 09 May 01 - 10:49 PM

Sorcha...the pic is titled NGC6745 it stands for New Galactic Catalogue and represents some distant galaxy. (oh...a search took me right to http://www.kepler.demon.co.uk/html/ngc6745.html it seems it is a triple galaxy cluster in Lyra

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 09 May 01 - 10:53 PM

the WWW is amazing read all about it

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 10 May 01 - 09:41 AM

shameless refresh, just because

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From:
Date: 10 May 01 - 10:00 AM

lanfranc
no petunias because they are dolphiniums
unless it is just universal Oriony
I find it all a bit nebulous

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: GUEST,beadie
Date: 10 May 01 - 10:15 AM

If the universe has a porpoise, its undoubtedly been around for a really long time.

Does this mean that its an immortal porpoise?

If so, does it violate the Mann Act?

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 10 May 01 - 10:17 AM

only if it is transported across a staid lion.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: harpmolly
Date: 10 May 01 - 12:39 PM

Y'all have been listening to PDQ Bach again...*tsk tsk*

m

P.S. Those pics are GREAT!

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Don Firth
Date: 10 May 01 - 01:54 PM

Who are all these others!??!?!?!??

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: GUEST,beadie
Date: 10 May 01 - 02:05 PM

I believe, to be excruciatingly correct, that the immortal porpoise would have to be transporting gulls across the staid lions.

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 10 May 01 - 02:28 PM

no...to be **excruciatingly** correct, 'someone' would have to be transporting gulls across the staid lions FOR immortal porpoises.

(This story has been totally re-written a number of times). here is one version ( I prefer the 'staid' version better) here is a version that gets the 'staid' but leaves out the 'immortal'....sigh*

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 May 01 - 05:06 PM

Has no one read any Terry Pratchett books?

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: mousethief
Date: 10 May 01 - 05:14 PM

The best version of the "tranporting young gulls" story is (of course) the one set to music by P.D.Q. Bach.

Who's Terry Pratchett?

Alex

Subject: RE: BS: Does the universe have a porpoise?
From: Bill D
Date: 10 May 01 - 07:37 PM

...thinking back to when I first heard the story..(ohhh..lots of years! Brain cells need refreshing!).....The punch line, I believe, originally went..."arrested him for transporting a Mynah across a staid lion for immortal porpoises"

and the Mynah and the 'staid' aspect of the lion were elaborately embroidered