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Old March 14th 18, 06:49 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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A brilliant life has finally come to an end at age 76. We are very lucky to have had him for so long.

\Paul A
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Old March 14th 18, 08:41 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 06:49:50 UTC+1, palsing wrote:
A brilliant life has finally come to an end at age 76. We are very lucky to have had him for so long.

\Paul A


Our deepest questions are only answered by our brightest stars.
One burned so bright, He fought through crippling misfortune.
To self-ignite others in the unflinching pursuit of knowledge.
No greater accomplishment can possibly be asked of any man.
His name will join the Greats of science, undiminished by time.
His broad shoulders will carry the following generations forwards.
Their paths constantly illuminated, by his unquenchable light.

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Old March 14th 18, 08:44 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 5:49:50 AM UTC, palsing wrote:
A brilliant life has finally come to an end at age 76. We are very lucky to have had him for so long.

\Paul A


“Asking what happens before the Big Bang is like asking for a point one mile north of the North Pole,”


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_S...-tilt-23.4.gif


The North polar latitude is the point where rotation reduces to zero but as there is another rotation in operation as a function of the orbital motion of the Earth, there is another coordinate system in operation that is currently obscured by celestial sphere enthusiasts. It means that North of the North pole and South of the South pole is a valid physical perspective as two dynamics and their traits are in operation.





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Old March 14th 18, 04:13 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Gerald, must you hijack virtually every thread with your insane drivel? Your time would be much better spent reading an astronomy textbook to finally learn about what you *think* you already know, but don't.

If you have nothing to contribute concerning the life of Dr. Hawking in this thread, don't say a darn thing...
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Old March 14th 18, 04:42 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 3:13:23 PM UTC, palsing wrote:
Gerald, must you hijack virtually every thread with your insane drivel? Your time would be much better spent reading an astronomy textbook to finally learn about what you *think* you already know, but don't.

If you have nothing to contribute concerning the life of Dr. Hawking in this thread, don't say a darn thing...


Maybe you can write a book entitled ' A brief history of timekeeping' which is the background to all empirical notions since Newton.

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Old March 14th 18, 06:20 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:49:47 -0700 (PDT), palsing wrote:

A brilliant life has finally come to an end at age 76. We are very lucky to have had him for so long.

\Paul A


Yes.
He had rare courage.
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Old March 14th 18, 06:22 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:13:23 UTC+1, palsing wrote:
Gerald, must you hijack virtually every thread with your insane drivel? Your time would be much better spent reading an astronomy textbook to finally learn about what you *think* you already know, but don't.

If you have nothing to contribute concerning the life of Dr. Hawking in this thread, don't say a darn thing...


Don't waste your time on the deluded gob****e.

Loser 1461, AKA: The Oscar Filcher, was not invited to dance maniacally on the coffin at the great man's wake.
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Old March 14th 18, 06:29 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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palsing wrote in
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Gerald, must you hijack virtually every thread with your insane
drivel?


I'm pretty sure the answer to that is "yes," actually. That he's
literally incapable of controlling his actions in any way.

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Old March 14th 18, 09:31 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 3:13:23 PM UTC, palsing wrote:
Gerald, must you hijack virtually every thread



I keep to my own topics by and large and it has been that way for quite some time.

Physics at an engineering level is fine but astrophysics, cosmology or whatever buzz word attached to it nowadays always was contrived.

Timekeeping is easy enough despite the multiple reference systems used through history but unfortunately Sir Isaac adopted the RA/Dec celestial sphere system which tries to undermine timekeeping and the Lat/Long system as it refers to the Earth's daily and orbital motions.

Sir Isaac was trying to bridge the gap by doing a hatchet job on the Equation of Time by trying to define that timekeeping facility as time itself -

"Absolute time, in astronomy, is distinguished from relative, by the
equation of time. For the natural days are truly unequal, though they are commonly considered as equal and used for a measure of time; astronomers correct this inequality for their more accurate deducing of the celestial motions...The necessity of which equation, for determining the times of a phænomenon, is evinced as well from the experiments of the pendulum clock, as by eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter." Principia

I give you more than a brief history of timekeeping, I presented this forum with a comprehensive perspective of 5 reference systems all the way back to the creation of the calendar framework and the astronomical event that determines it.

Unlike the originator of relativity as another outrigger of Newton's absolute/relative 'definitions' who became acclaimed, the astrophysical narrative is so burdened with voodoo and bluffing presently that Hawking is only recognized for the headache inducing pronouncements about God.


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Old March 14th 18, 10:54 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Gerald Kelleher wrote:
On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 3:13:23 PM UTC, palsing wrote:
Gerald, must you hijack virtually every thread



I keep to my own topics by and large and it has been that way for quite some time.

Physics at an engineering level is fine but astrophysics, cosmology or
whatever buzz word attached to it nowadays always was contrived.

Timekeeping is easy enough despite the multiple reference systems used
through history but unfortunately Sir Isaac adopted the RA/Dec celestial
sphere system which tries to undermine timekeeping and the Lat/Long
system as it refers to the Earth's daily and orbital motions.

Sir Isaac was trying to bridge the gap by doing a hatchet job on the
Equation of Time by trying to define that timekeeping facility as time itself -

"Absolute time, in astronomy, is distinguished from relative, by the
equation of time. For the natural days are truly unequal, though they are
commonly considered as equal and used for a measure of time; astronomers
correct this inequality for their more accurate deducing of the celestial
motions...The necessity of which equation, for determining the times of a
phænomenon, is evinced as well from the experiments of the pendulum
clock, as by eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter." Principia

I give you more than a brief history of timekeeping, I presented this
forum with a comprehensive perspective of 5 reference systems all the way
back to the creation of the calendar framework and the astronomical event
that determines it.

Unlike the originator of relativity as another outrigger of Newton's
absolute/relative 'definitions' who became acclaimed, the astrophysical
narrative is so burdened with voodoo and bluffing presently that Hawking
is only recognized for the headache inducing pronouncements about God.




Don’t forget his ground breaking collaboration with one of your heroes
Roger Penrose of Penrose tiling fame. Penrose seemed to have a much better
opinion of Stephen Hawking on TV today.


 




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