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VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON?
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921
9/21/2007 12:56 AM
Report abusive post | VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON?
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The thing is only equalled by aircraft lights in the sky.
It has never been this bright. I'm looking at it right now. |
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2XSecretAgent
User ID: 270257
9/21/2007 12:57 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
You are outside and online at the same time?
Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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Contact: GLP2XSA@hotmail.com |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 12:58 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
We have windows here. |
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2XSecretAgent
User ID: 270257
9/21/2007 12:59 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Are you sure you aren't looking at Uranus??
Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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Contact: GLP2XSA@hotmail.com |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:02 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
How should I take that?
Why do you respond in this way?
Why don't you tell people whats going on?
I'm pretty certain that you know. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 301127
9/21/2007 1:03 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
You are outside and online at the same time? Quoting: 2XSecretAgent
Laptop-
BBQ Pit-
Comfy chairs-
Cooler of beer / soda-
Hell yea. :> I'm not though. |
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Elusis
User ID: 301197
9/21/2007 1:04 AM
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Are you sure you aren't looking at Uranus?? Quoting: 2XSecretAgent
ROFL
Swimming in a sea of fractals |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:04 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
You are outside and online at the same time?
Laptop-
BBQ Pit-
Comfy chairs-
Cooler of beer / soda-
Hell yea. :> I'm not though. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 301127
Don't they have windows where you're at? |
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2XSecretAgent
User ID: 270257
9/21/2007 1:05 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
How should I take that?
Why do you respond in this way?
Why don't you tell people whats going on?
I'm pretty certain that you know. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300921
Yes, I know what's going on with Venus.
But it's classified.
I was trying to distract you with senseless banter but you didn't fall for it.
I'm such a bad psy-ops.
Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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Contact: GLP2XSA@hotmail.com |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:06 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Are you sure you aren't looking at Uranus??
ROFL Quoting: Elusis
How can you find this overused cliche funny? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:07 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
How should I take that?
Why do you respond in this way?
Why don't you tell people whats going on?
I'm pretty certain that you know.
Yes, I know what's going on with Venus.
But it's classified.
I was trying to distract you with senseless banter but you didn't fall for it.
I'm such a bad psy-ops. Quoting: 2XSecretAgent
I suspect your problem is less complicated. |
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2XSecretAgent
User ID: 270257
9/21/2007 1:08 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Are you sure you aren't looking at Uranus??
ROFL
How can you find this overused cliche funny? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300921
Perhaps you have a stick in your anus and that's why you don't find anything humorous.
Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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Contact: GLP2XSA@hotmail.com |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:09 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Now as I type this, Venus reappears from behind a cloud.
It is enornormous. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:10 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
That should read enormous. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:13 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Are you sure you aren't looking at Uranus??
ROFL
How can you find this overused cliche funny?
Perhaps you have a stick in your anus and that's why you don't find anything humorous. Quoting: 2XSecretAgent
Oh I find stuff humorous alright.
Peculiar reactions lead to hilarious conclusions.
I often wonder how a simple observation about an object in the sky can make public fools of so-called moderators. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 277866
9/21/2007 1:14 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
We have windows here. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300921
That is funny.
I'm sitting on my lanai w/ laptop....
I think Venus is heading toward Earth!! |
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2XSecretAgent
User ID: 270257
9/21/2007 1:15 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
I often wonder how a simple observation about an object in the sky can make public fools of so-called moderators. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300921
You need to stop wondering about such important matters.
Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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Contact: GLP2XSA@hotmail.com |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:20 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
I often wonder how a simple observation about an object in the sky can make public fools of so-called moderators.
You need to stop wondering about such important matters. Quoting: 2XSecretAgent
Feel free to cease communicating in this thread. |
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2XSecretAgent
User ID: 270257
9/21/2007 1:21 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
I often wonder how a simple observation about an object in the sky can make public fools of so-called moderators.
You need to stop wondering about such important matters.
Feel free to cease communicating in this thread. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300921
:ssorry:
:tblove:
Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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Contact: GLP2XSA@hotmail.com |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 301180
9/21/2007 1:26 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
I often wonder how a simple observation about an object in the sky can make public fools of so-called moderators.
You need to stop wondering about such important matters.
Feel free to cease communicating in this thread. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300921
I see you've met TripleXL, she's having a bad week, broke 2 scales... |
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2XSecretAgent
User ID: 270257
9/21/2007 1:28 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
I often wonder how a simple observation about an object in the sky can make public fools of so-called moderators.
You need to stop wondering about such important matters.
Feel free to cease communicating in this thread.
I see you've met TripleXL, she's having a bad week, broke 2 scales... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 301180
Oh look! My personal troll is back!
Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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Contact: GLP2XSA@hotmail.com |
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V
User ID: 301206
9/21/2007 1:29 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Nothing is going on with Venus.
No matter how many times people post that SOMETHING IS OGING ON WITH VENUS on GLP, anyone with an interest in Astronomy will tell you without b.s. that Venus goes through 'phases' much like the Moon from full to crescent (from our perspective) and at certain times it is BRILLIANTLY bright in the night sky, so much so that it can even be seen in the daytime under full sunlight.
So, it's just part of the normal Astronomical cycles, and not a 'sign' of anything unusual or Abbey Normal. :)
V |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:33 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Nothing is going on with Venus.
No matter how many times people post that SOMETHING IS OGING ON WITH VENUS on GLP, anyone with an interest in Astronomy will tell you without b.s. that Venus goes through 'phases' much like the Moon from full to crescent (from our perspective) and at certain times it is BRILLIANTLY bright in the night sky, so much so that it can even be seen in the daytime under full sunlight.
So, it's just part of the normal Astronomical cycles, and not a 'sign' of anything unusual or Abbey Normal. :)
V Quoting: V 301206
Why do you bother responding?
I can see clearly.
It's not the first time I have seen Venus in the sky.
It's not the first time I've ooked out of this wndow.
I've been watching the stars from her for more than two decades.
Venus is unusually bright. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 298413
9/21/2007 1:34 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
How should I take that?
Why do you respond in this way?
Why don't you tell people whats going on?
I'm pretty certain that you know.
Yes, I know what's going on with Venus.
But it's classified.
I was trying to distract you with senseless banter but you didn't fall for it.
I'm such a bad psy-ops. Quoting: 2XSecretAgent
How about gravitational lense effect of Planet X, 2XSecretAgent, making Venus appear larger than it actually is.
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 300921 (OP)
9/21/2007 1:39 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
How should I take that?
Why do you respond in this way?
Why don't you tell people whats going on?
I'm pretty certain that you know.
Yes, I know what's going on with Venus.
But it's classified.
I was trying to distract you with senseless banter but you didn't fall for it.
I'm such a bad psy-ops.
How about gravitational lense effect of Planet X, 2XSecretAgent, making Venus appear larger than it actually is.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 298413
Background stars would appear brigter too. They don't. |
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4F SECRET AGENT.
User ID: 301211
9/21/2007 1:45 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Are you sure you aren't looking at Uranus?? Quoting: 2XSecretAgent
OH MY GOD THAT`S SUCH A WITTY REMARK .
Actually he was looking at Uranus !!!
And no doubt completely horrified at the sight .
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V
User ID: 301206
9/21/2007 1:53 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
OK. It's 'unusually bright'
I can see it too, and I been watching the sky for at least that long too - but it's not SO unusually bright as to make it magical or mystical or whatever - it's just cyclical.
And I post, because I am an Amateur Astronomer and can explain that it's not unusual.
Venus right now is at about magnitude -4.4 That's QUITE BRIGHT. By way of contrast Jupiter which is also very bright in the early evening sky right now, is a mere -2.1 and the different in 4.4 and 2.1 isn't just a factor of 2x's....so....that's all I'm saying.
V |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 298413
9/21/2007 2:08 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Background stars would appear brigter too. They don't. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300921
I'm no expert but we've seen stars pulled (appeared to be pulled) from their position when the anomaly was by the sun, but they didn't get bigger. [link to www.godlikeproductions.com]
If Planet X pulled Venus, or appeared to pull, Venus from its position on August 16 when it should have entered the SOHO C3 field but didn't, it could well be between Venus and the Earth now and affecting the light of Venus to make it look bigger (10X bigger than stars according to one poster). It's the same lensing effect as when the moon appears to be bigger when it is first rising over the horizon; the light of Venus must be passing through some matter or magnetic field of this anomaly to appear this big. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 255583
9/21/2007 2:13 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Yeah, soon people will start posting that the sun is too far south:
"Just a few months ago the sun was farther north. OMG!! The sun is out of place"
"I've been watching the sun for a couple of months and the sun is not where it should be"
"I've never seen the sun so far south"
These threads are as cyclical as the bright and dim, morning and evening phases of Venus.
There is nothing unusual about Venus being so bright. Study the cycles of Venus. It is fascinating. The Mayas had the cycle down to perfection. The tables in the Dresden Codex still predict these cycles accurately, right down to the day. Nothing new under the sun. Venus is only doing what it always does at this point in the cycle, and it will do the same 584 days from now. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 298413
9/21/2007 2:21 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
Was it this bright at the beginning of 2006, and again around May/June 2004, which is your 584 days (about every 1 1/2 years)? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 255583
9/21/2007 2:25 AM | | Re: VENUS? WHAT'S GOING ON? | Quote |
I bet if you bring up threads from that time, you will see similar posts about the unusual brightness of Venus. I wasn't here then, but I remember similar comments on other forums. |
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