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 Thursday, April 8, 2004
started 4/8/2004; 5:38:15 AM - last post 4/8/2004; 10:28:36 PM
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Doc Searls - Thursday, April 8, 2004 
4/8/2004; 9:38:15 AM (reads: 3957, responses: 1)
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A good reason to head South for May 
| | Unfortunately for us North Hemispherians, the show will be most visible from the South half of the planet. |
| | Bonus link: A Java comet tracking program, following NEAT at the NASA site. Zoom in, center on Earth and watch how close this mother comes. Almost a bull's eye. |
Prize fighters
| | The death of 100 people is no occasion for celebration, and some here have said it's for the best that the usual champagne corks won't be popping here. I'd trade any prize -- even a winning Powerball ticket -- if doing so could have prevented that fire. |
| | Context: Being a finalist is something like coming in second, even though in some years no Pulitzer Prizes go to any of the finalists. |
| | If you want to learn more about how the whole Pulitzer system works, Roy Harris's The Pulitzers That Got Away is Sheila's excellent bonus link. |
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Frank Horowitz - Re: Bullseye
4/9/2004; 2:28:36 AM (reads: 461, responses: 0)
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Thanks for the pointers Doc!
Actually, if I'm reading the Java applet correctly, the "bullseye" is ~0.32 A.U. away. (In other words, not even close enough for horseshoes! :-)
The apparent closeness of the visualisation is a projection artifact. Slide the slider on the RHS of the applet to "tilt" in that plane and the true geometry becomes apparent.
Anyway, with luck (and clear skies) this will be a pretty comet from Perth! Sorry about Santa Barbara being hemispherically challenged...
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