On 4/15/10 3:13 AM, oriel36 wrote:
I have earned the right to express dismay at what the large
institutions are doing or not doing but ultimately it is the people
who frequent this forum who should be ashamed of themselves for not
recognizing the simple and effective proof for rotation once in 24
hours thereby moving things forward to productive topics.

Gerald, please don't try to shame others for your misunderstandings.

We (you and I) can go out and measure all 360° of the earth's
rotation on any clear pair of nights in exactly one sidereal day.
You could do it on your own, but I doubt you ever will. Your denial
is like the church looking through Galileo's telescope darkly back
in 1610.