Lights out in Iceland for view of night sky

What a brilliant idea.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/...iceland_lights

TopBanana wrote in
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/...iceland_lights

Bit of a waste of time this thursday with the lunar phase as it is?

Klazmon

Llanzlan Klazmon the 15th wrote:
TopBanana wrote in
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/...iceland_lights

Bit of a waste of time this thursday with the lunar phase as it is?

That might have eased the decision.

I think that was last Thursday :-)
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Llanzlan Klazmon the 15th wrote:
TopBanana wrote in
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/...iceland_lights

Bit of a waste of time this thursday with the lunar phase as it is?

That might have eased the decision.

"TopBanana" wrote in message
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What a brilliant idea.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/...iceland_lights

Except in this Counry (England) it would just be used by the scum to roam
the streets stabbing and shooting.

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 18:46:43 +0100, in uk.sci.astronomy , "Billy No
Mates" wrote:


"TopBanana" wrote in message
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What a brilliant idea.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/...iceland_lights

Except in this Counry (England) it would just be used by the scum to roam
the streets stabbing and shooting.

For what its worth, thats ********. Some studies have shown an
/increase/ in crime in brightly lit areas, and almost nobody with any
knowledge claims that extra lighting by itself reduces crime. For a
start, the vast majority of burglaries occur during daytime when
houses are empty, and muggings are more likely to take place in city
centres than in farm lanes.
--
Mark McIntyre

"Paul Clark" wrote in
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I think that was last Thursday :-)

Could be but the story was dated Friday and seemed to be referring to an
event in the coming week.

Klazmon.

SNIP

I think that was last Thursday :-)

And no sooner had viewers' eyes become reasonably dark-adapted than the
lights were switched back on. It would be an interesting regular event
(apparently Iceland's dark night was marred by cloud) and extended to an
hour. At least. :-)

--
Hil

Llanzlan Klazmon the 15th wrote in
7.6:

"Paul Clark" wrote in
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I think that was last Thursday :-)

Could be but the story was dated Friday and seemed to be referring to an
event in the coming week.

Whoops - forget that ;-).

Klazmon



Klazmon.

SNIP

"Billy No Mates" wrote in message
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"TopBanana" wrote in message
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What a brilliant idea.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/...iceland_lights

Except in this Counry (England) it would just be used by the scum to roam
the streets stabbing and shooting.



Neh. Muggers like to be able to see their victims. You can't easily shoot
someone if it's really dark. When it's really dark the scum stay indoors.
Crime is committed late at night more because other members of the public
will not be around to interfere or identify than because it can be done
under cover of darkness.

The only exception is that they like to lurk where the glare of streetlights
and security floodlights masks their hiding place.

--
Mike Dworetsky

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