Finally! Someone else with some basic knowledge of the solar system! I thought I was the only one who had a clue about objects orbiting in tidal lock.
EARTHRISE IS IMPOSSIBLE ON THE MOON!
THESE PICTURES ARE FAKE!
The moon orbits the Earth in what's called TIDAL LOCK. That is, the moon always presents the same side of itself to the earth. Proof? The backside of the moon is NEVER SEEN from the Earth.
This means that the Earth will NEVER MOVE in the moon's sky. EARTHRISE IS IMPOSSIBLE ON THE MOON!
THESE PICTURES ARE FAKE! And the "scientists" who made them must be idiots.
High end mobile phones are status symbols- maybe this phone should be called the "loser phone" with a big red "L" printed on the back for others to see. The perfect phone for those with no money and no credit. And as usual, the poorest will pay the highest prices, prepaid minutes are always a rip-off, plus no free nights or weekends...
I read _Deepness_in_the_Sky_ by Vinge, and it was one of those books that was so DREADFULLY DULL that when I finished it I was mad at Vinge for wasting my time and mad at myself for making he effort to finish it rather than to just set the book down halfway through and write it off as a loss. And I do mean effort, I really had to TRY to keep reading, a page-turner it is not. What a stinker!
And don't think I'm just some anti-sci-fi troll, I have a first printing paperback of Dune, and a first printing paperback of Ringworld! My closet is STUFFED with sci-fi! My hair stood on end while reading the endings of the 2nd and 4th books in the Hyperion set!
How did _Deephole_in_my_Head_ ever get a Hugo best novel? Someone must have been either bribed or asleep at the wheel. I haven't read _Fire_in_the_Dullness_, but based on how bad _Dumbness_in_the_Sky_ was, there's no way I would consider giving Vinge another chance to waste my reading time again. I put Vinge's work in the same category as David Brin's and Michael Crichton's, which is the Wordwaster-Cannot-Write-An-Ending category. Even Shatner hasn't been put in THAT sorry lowest group.
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>> Talk about a steak in the heart.
His cardiologist isn't going to be happy about that...
I'm gonna need a HUGE grain of salt to go with that steak.
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Finally! Someone else with some basic knowledge of the solar system! I thought I was the only one who had a clue about objects orbiting in tidal lock. EARTHRISE IS IMPOSSIBLE ON THE MOON! THESE PICTURES ARE FAKE!
These pictures HAVE TO BE FAKE.
The moon orbits the Earth in what's called TIDAL LOCK. That is, the moon always presents the same side of itself to the earth. Proof? The backside of the moon is NEVER SEEN from the Earth.
This means that the Earth will NEVER MOVE in the moon's sky. EARTHRISE IS IMPOSSIBLE ON THE MOON!
THESE PICTURES ARE FAKE! And the "scientists" who made them must be idiots.
High end mobile phones are status symbols- maybe this phone should be called the "loser phone" with a big red "L" printed on the back for others to see. The perfect phone for those with no money and no credit. And as usual, the poorest will pay the highest prices, prepaid minutes are always a rip-off, plus no free nights or weekends...
I read _Deepness_in_the_Sky_ by Vinge, and it was one of those books that was so DREADFULLY DULL that when I finished it I was mad at Vinge for wasting my time and mad at myself for making he effort to finish it rather than to just set the book down halfway through and write it off as a loss. And I do mean effort, I really had to TRY to keep reading, a page-turner it is not. What a stinker!
And don't think I'm just some anti-sci-fi troll, I have a first printing paperback of Dune, and a first printing paperback of Ringworld! My closet is STUFFED with sci-fi! My hair stood on end while reading the endings of the 2nd and 4th books in the Hyperion set!
How did _Deephole_in_my_Head_ ever get a Hugo best novel? Someone must have been either bribed or asleep at the wheel. I haven't read _Fire_in_the_Dullness_, but based on how bad _Dumbness_in_the_Sky_ was, there's no way I would consider giving Vinge another chance to waste my reading time again. I put Vinge's work in the same category as David Brin's and Michael Crichton's, which is the Wordwaster-Cannot-Write-An-Ending category. Even Shatner hasn't been put in THAT sorry lowest group.
If only T.J. Bass had written more books... sigh.