Thursday, May 29, 2008

it’s turtles turtles turtles, all the way down!

At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said:

“What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.”

The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, “What is the tortoise standing on?”

“You’re very clever, young man, very clever,” said the old lady. “But it’s turtles turtles turtles, all the way down!”

turtles, turtles turtles, all the way down


What on earth are you babbling about when you say, “my infinite nature?!” « Anewpairofeyes

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

the weatherman @ 't scheldt



donders en bliksems in't hofke van 23
the weatherman @ paal 217

YouTube - the weatherman @ 't scheldt


Monday, May 19, 2008

Rainbowclouds

30 Minuten voordat de aardbeving in Sichuan plaatsvond schoot een oplettende Chinees enkele aparte beelden van regenboogwolken.

Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Profetische wolken ]



Bizarre colorful (luminous/glowing) cloud phenomenon in the sky was observed about 30 mins before the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake took place. This was recorded in Tianshui, Gansu province ~450km northeast of epicenter, by someone using a cell phone.
source: http://news.qq.com/a/20080513/004283.htm

See similar cloud formation captured 20 minutes later in a different city, ~200km east of this location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVamNQzfYA

A map of the locations with sightings of very similar phenomenon.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2453/ecjm1.jpg

More photos:
http://shenyun.epochtimes.com/b5/8/5/14/n2116538.htm



here come the crazy ants

Vreemde insecten saboteren NASA

Kleine mieren vreten in de Amerikaanse staat Texas elektrische kabels en elektronica weg. Het is geen scenario voor een tweede klasse horrorfilm, maar angstige realiteit. Het diertje veroorzaakt kortsluitingen en pannes met hoog oplopende schaderekeningen als gevolg. Deze onbekende mierensoort is al gesignaleerd op een plaatselijke luchthaven én op het ruimtevaartcentrum van NASA, met de nodige (buitenlandse) onrust tot gevolg.

Ant Attack

De mierensoort, van het wetenschappelijk geslacht Paratrechina, is circa 3 millimeter groot en gedraagt zich zelden agressief ten opzichte van mensen. Eigenlijk helpt deze mier om te fungeren als natuurlijke vijand voor de vuurmier, een in de jaren 60 van vorige eeuw ingeburgerde (exotische) soort die met behulp van haar venijnige angel het zomerse buitenleven van de Texanen verpest.

De nieuwkomer is vermoedelijk afkomstig uit Latijns-Amerika of de Caraïben en zou 5 jaar geleden per boot in de haven van Houston beland zijn. Deze mierensoort is resistent aan de gangbare bestrijdingsmiddelen en leeft in kolonies met meerdere vruchtbare wijfjes. Door die hoeveelheid aan koninginnen weet de soort zich razendsnel voort te planten.

De insecten blijken met duizenden en duizenden werkelijk overal te verschijnen. In tegenstelling tot de mieren die wij kennen, die op zoek naar voedsel in gedisciplineerde rijtjes lopen, vormt een horde Paratrechina's chaotisch door elkaar lopende troepen die geen genoegen nemen met een paar vierkante meter. De reden waarom deze beestjes bij de Texanen bekend staan als 'crazy ants'.

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My crazy ants
15 May 2008
What a coincidence that the Associated Press posted a story yesterday about "crazy ants" taking over Houston, including computers. I'm in Chicago. Are they taking over America this quickly? From the story: ...
jillstanek.com - http://www.jillstanek.com/ - References

Barry Wigmore in Daily Mail on Crazy Ants in Texas. They stuff hi ...
12 hours ago by mydigest
Barry Wigmore reports in Daily Mail today about the Crazy Ants in Texas, cousin to a species in Columbia and no more than 3mm in length, who like to nest in computers and other electronic equipment because of the warmth. ...
My Digest, Cy Quick, Poole Bay City - http://mydigest.wordpress.com

Invasion of the Crazy Ants...
3 hours ago
Nobody knows where they came from ... or even exactly what they are... But, like.
The Round Table - http://forums.ebay.co.uk/forum.jspa?forumID=10
Crazy Ants
15 May 2008
Crazy Ants are invading Houston. They appear to enjoy crawling on electronics and shorting out computer equipment. For all you people who said my windup key was noisy and that I should change to an electrical power system: ...
What Is This Crap? - http://firstlife.isfullofcrap.com/ - References

Crazy Ants Munch Through Houston
15 May 2008
Houston, you have an ant problem. Billions of ravenous ants have invaded the city and are chomping their way through the city's electrical equipment, AP reports. The previously unknown species—dubbed "crazy raspberry ants"—apparently ...
Home from Newser - http://www.newser.com/ - References

The crazy ants are here- run!
15 May 2008 by James Kendrick
One news report showed a typical small ant hill and the researcher said it was home to probably 50 BILLION of the crazy ants. Homeowners in the area are finding them in their homes where they love to eat electronic components and cables ...
jkontherun - http://www.jkontherun.com/ - References

"Houston, We Have a (Crazy Ant) Problem"
16 May 2008 by Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff
When we say "crazy ants", that's not just journalistic-jazzing up of the facts, that's actually what they're called because of their highly erratic and unpredictable movement (compared to the army-like order of sane ants). ...
The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth... - http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/ - References

Crazy Ants Crazy For Electronics
14 May 2008
In the Houston, Texas area a new horror movie has come to life: 'Crazy raspberry ants' are invading homes and are shorting ...
shortnews RSS feed: All - http://www.shortnews.com - References

Crazy’ Ants Swarm Houston Area
15 May 2008 by Papa Mike
Scientists are not sure exactly where the ants came from, but their cousins, commonly called crazy ants, are found in the Southeast and the Caribbean. “At this point, it would be nearly impossible to eradicate the ant because it is so ...
Papa Mike's Blog - http://www.papamiket.com - References

Crazy ants overrun Houston.17 May 2008 by xia
Now, I am scared of moving to Texas because of those crazy ants. Maybe there have more dangerous bugs. Crazy ants overrun Houston. Some crazy ants are making the trek to North Texas--they're tiny and are found in the Houston area. ...
My Life In US - http://xli919.blogspot.com/


Monday, May 12, 2008

Oberon - Hollow Hills & Barrow-downs - Astronomy Domine

Oberon, also Auberon, King of Shadows and Fairies, is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, written in the mid-1590s. He is Consort to Titania, Queen of the Fairies.


Oberon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hollow Hills
by Bauhaus

Ancient earthwork fort and barrow
Discreetly hide their secret abodes
The most fearful hide deep inside
And venture not there upon Yuletide

For invasion of their hollow hills
That music hold and Oberon fill
Is surely recommended not
For fear of death in fear of rot

Hollow hills
Hollow hills
Hollow hills
Hollow hills

Baleful sounds and wild voices ignored
Ill luck disaster the one reward
Violated sanctity of supermen's hills
So sad love lies there still
So sad
So sad
Hollow hills
Hollow hills
Witches too and goblins too and speckled sills
Lament repent oh mortal you
So sad
So sad



The song references burial mounds similar to the Barrow-downs in The Lord of the Rings.

Role in the Lord of the Rings

Traveling from the Old Forest to Bree, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin were ensnared with travelling through the downs by a barrow-wight, probably in the same cairn which held the grave of the last prince of Cardolan[1]. They were rescued by Tom Bombadil, and from the burial treasure received enchanted daggers — designed to slay the evil servants of Angmar.

Merry used his weapon to help destroy the Lord of the Nazgûl (aka. Witch-king of Angmar) in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Sam left his beside Frodo in Cirith Ungol but it was later returned to him by Gandalf, while Pippin made use of his dagger in the Battle of the Black Gate to slay a Troll-chief.

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Astronomy Domine

Pink Floyd
(Barrett) 4:12

Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda
And Titania, Neptune, Titan.
Stars can frighten.

Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
Stairway scare Dan Dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green
The sounds surrounds the icy waters underground
Lime and limpid green
The sounds surrounds the icy waters underground.


www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/




Astronomy Domine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Hail BoB ! ☻☼☻

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On July 23, 1995, an unusually bright comet outside of Jupiter's orbit (7.15 AU!) was discovered independently by Alan Hale, New Mexico and Thomas Bopp, Arizona

Friday, May 2, 2008

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