Much as I detest the Bush administration and their 'faith-based' orientation, I have to point out that the people at peer.org have exaggerated their case. Michael Shermer of skeptic.com (who published peer.org's press release last week in his newsletter) has issued a clairification and retraction this week:
http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-01-17.html
I'm not sure which brightly lit spot you mean, but there's a good chance that it's a squid fishing fleet. They use intense lights to lure the squid, and the fishing fleets are easily visisble from space at night.
See http://www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp/english/$sigh t/guide/data/58.htm
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Actually, in the movie they never made it to Petah Tikva - they ended up in Beit Hatiqva instead.
Why does the /. article header show a picture of a Welsh doggy doo bin? Couldn't anyone find a picture of a genuine Israeli one?
Much as I detest the Bush administration and their 'faith-based' orientation, I have to point out that the people at peer.org have exaggerated their case. Michael Shermer of skeptic.com (who published peer.org's press release last week in his newsletter) has issued a clairification and retraction this week: http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-01-17.html
By the way, it's 'bint', not 'bink'. Bint is British slang for a woman, probably derived from the Arabic word for 'daughter'.
I'm not sure which brightly lit spot you mean, but there's a good chance that it's a squid fishing fleet. They use intense lights to lure the squid, and the fishing fleets are easily visisble from space at night. See http://www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp/english/$sigh t/guide/data/58.htm