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Unfortunate Typographical Error in Science News Story
The following news item
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0625145232.htm concerns the KaiC protein, which encodes the 24 hour length of the day, thus facilitating the circadian rhythm. Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a participant in this newsgroup. John Savard |
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On Friday, 26 June 2015 16:55:02 UTC+2, Quadibloc wrote:
The following news item http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0625145232.htm concerns the KaiC protein, which encodes the 24 hour length of the day, thus facilitating the circadian rhythm. Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a participant in this newsgroup. John Savard Research where participants are denied visual stimulus for daylight hours often show very wayward timekeeping over extended periods. Dare one suggest that the educationally-challenged miscreant, to whom you may be referring, may actually be a cough caveman? |
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 08:57:45 -0700 (PDT), "Chris.B"
wrote: Research where participants are denied visual stimulus for daylight hours often show very wayward timekeeping over extended periods. Dare one suggest that the educationally-challenged miscreant, to whom you may be referring, may actually be a cough caveman? Well, since KaiC is locked into solar time, and has a deterministic behavior, I was thinking that the referred to miscreant was simply a protein. |
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Quadibloc:
Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a participant in this newsgroup. I don't think that referring to the length of the day as 24 hours is a grave or important error. It is, after all, the statutory length of the day in civil time, which is the standard I use to set my wris****ch and the standard that my favorite airline uses. The average resident of planet Earth has a very good knowledge of the length of the day that serves for all practical purposes. What is mystifying to me is your obsession with whoever it is in this group you disagree with. You have spent years taking that person's bait and trying to set that person straight, all to no avail. How do you know that that person believes what he says, and is not just playing you for a slavering dog? -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 2:13:27 PM UTC-6, Davoud wrote:
Quadibloc: Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a participant in this newsgroup. I don't think that referring to the length of the day as 24 hours is a grave or important error. I quite agree. The length of the day _is_ 24 hours... because, as you say: It is, after all, the statutory length of the day in civil time, which is the standard I use to set my wris****ch and the standard that my favorite airline uses. The average resident of planet Earth has a very good knowledge of the length of the day that serves for all practical purposes. But it was referred to as the "Earth's daily rotation period", and the Earth does not have a rotational motion with that period. That's why I felt it was giving aid and comfort to this fellow. What is mystifying to me is your obsession with whoever it is in this group you disagree with. You have spent years taking that person's bait and trying to set that person straight, all to no avail. How do you know that that person believes what he says, and is not just playing you for a slavering dog? Oh, I suppose he may be a troll, although he certainly seems to be a genuine eccentric. I think that _some_ of the time, though, past debates with him have clarified important but little-known facts about astronomy. Of late, I have been replying to him rather less often, though. John Savard |
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Davoud:
I don't think that referring to the length of the day as 24 hours is a grave or important error. Quadibloc: I quite agree. The length of the day _is_ 24 hours... because, as you say: It is, after all, the statutory length of the day in civil time, which is the standard I use to set my wris****ch and the standard that my favorite airline uses. The average resident of planet Earth has a very good knowledge of the length of the day that serves for all practical purposes. But it was referred to as the "Earth's daily rotation period", and the Earth does not have a rotational motion with that period. That's why I felt it was giving aid and comfort to this fellow. Again, I don't see that the various astronomical definitions of the Earth's daily rotation period (which is chaotic due to climate, tides, lunar gravity, and what-not) are in any way meaningful in every-day life. Astronomers seem to have an adequate grip on this, my mount and its control software "understand" it well enough, and I just don't think it is at all important to the overwhelming majority of the human population. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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On Friday, 26 June 2015 11:57:46 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:
On Friday, 26 June 2015 16:55:02 UTC+2, Quadibloc wrote: The following news item http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0625145232.htm concerns the KaiC protein, which encodes the 24 hour length of the day, thus facilitating the circadian rhythm. Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a participant in this newsgroup. John Savard Research where participants are denied visual stimulus for daylight hours often show very wayward timekeeping over extended periods. Dare one suggest that the educationally-challenged miscreant, to whom you may be referring, may actually be a cough caveman? Tests done in the 40's showed that humans can't adapt to a non-24hour day once they reach a certain age. Younger people are able to adapt to a different day length. |
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RichA wrote:
On Friday, 26 June 2015 11:57:46 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote: On Friday, 26 June 2015 16:55:02 UTC+2, Quadibloc wrote: The following news item http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0625145232.htm concerns the KaiC protein, which encodes the 24 hour length of the day, thus facilitating the circadian rhythm. Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a participant in this newsgroup. John Savard Research where participants are denied visual stimulus for daylight hours often show very wayward timekeeping over extended periods. Dare one suggest that the educationally-challenged miscreant, to whom you may be referring, may actually be a cough caveman? Tests done in the 40's showed that humans can't adapt to a non-24hour day once they reach a certain age. Younger people are able to adapt to a different day length. The 1940's - that was long before the effects of bright light on melatonin was known. Free running humans not exposed to a day-night cycle tend to synchronise at a longer day length than 24 hours. Synchronisation to a 24 hour day depends on daily exposure to bright light and can be changed just by selectively altering the exposure to light. This is true even for blind people. As for older people I worked on call and shifts until I was over 50 and had less trouble with changing day lengths than some younger people who had less experience of this. If you read Frederic Pohl's autobiography you will find that he experimented with 48 hour days and was quite comfortable with this. |
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On 27/06/2015 18:51, Mike Collins wrote:
RichA wrote: On Friday, 26 June 2015 11:57:46 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote: On Friday, 26 June 2015 16:55:02 UTC+2, Quadibloc wrote: The following news item http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0625145232.htm concerns the KaiC protein, which encodes the 24 hour length of the day, thus facilitating the circadian rhythm. Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a participant in this newsgroup. It is the Earth's nominal daily rotation period with respect to the sun which is the major source of sunlight. Individual stars aren't going to provoke any kind of response for Kaic or melatonin. John Savard Research where participants are denied visual stimulus for daylight hours often show very wayward timekeeping over extended periods. Dare one suggest that the educationally-challenged miscreant, to whom you may be referring, may actually be a cough caveman? Tests done in the 40's showed that humans can't adapt to a non-24hour day once they reach a certain age. Younger people are able to adapt to a different day length. The 1940's - that was long before the effects of bright light on melatonin was known. Free running humans not exposed to a day-night cycle tend to synchronise at a longer day length than 24 hours. Synchronisation to a 24 hour day depends on daily exposure to bright light and can be changed just by selectively altering the exposure to light. This is true even for blind people. Indeed the trick to avoiding jetlag is to manage your exposure to daylight in the new timezone, eat well and go to bed slightly early. Only really a problem on westward intercontinental flights. Falling asleep in the afternoon makes it extremely difficult to sync. As for older people I worked on call and shifts until I was over 50 and had less trouble with changing day lengths than some younger people who had less experience of this. Probably because the youngsters were more sleep deprived. If you read Frederic Pohl's autobiography you will find that he experimented with 48 hour days and was quite comfortable with this. Anything longer without sleep and you can spontaneously microsleep without being aware of it - dangerous if driving. A friend working on railway signalling fell foul of this on her way home. Another at the AAT was woken up by shaking and found herself driving parallel to the dirt road. Luckily neither were seriously injured. In a given timezone around 4am and 4pm are the danger times. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 4:50:35 AM UTC-6, Martin Brown wrote:
It is the Earth's nominal daily rotation period with respect to the sun which is the major source of sunlight. Individual stars aren't going to provoke any kind of response for Kaic or melatonin. Absolutely - the length of the day, not the "sidereal day", is what is important to life. But "rotation" is a _motion_. Something that slows down and speeds up, without any force being applied to the Earth to cause it, is a compound motion, the resultant of the Earth's rotation and the Earth's orbit. The day is 24 hours long, and the Earth rotates in 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds. These two facts don't contradict each other at all, which is what Oriel fails to realize. John Savard |
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