Comments on: The Longest Day http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:07:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: steve garrett http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/comment-page-1/#comment-16351 steve garrett Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:58:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/#comment-16351 deja vu. if i spelled it right. what do you think. when i was five i had a dream of a house . it had two stories, a bird bath , and crayons in one room upstairs. i even asked my mom about it arround the time because i thought dreams where real. 14 years later in mount pleasent tx ,with my best friend jeremy, i saw the house in the dream . every detail was correct. i had never been in that town before and seen that house . well beside the dream i had at the age of 5. i believe the future exsists already and i my have an experiment that may trigger deja vu. i know it will but to what degree i dont know. even if it works we can not change what i would see or it would no longer be an accurate future. what do you think? how can you see the future if it doesnt already exsist? deja vu. if i spelled it right. what do you think. when i was five i had a dream of a house . it had two stories, a bird bath , and crayons in one room upstairs. i even asked my mom about it arround the time because i thought dreams where real. 14 years later in mount pleasent tx ,with my best friend jeremy, i saw the house in the dream . every detail was correct. i had never been in that town before and seen that house . well beside the dream i had at the age of 5. i believe the future exsists already and i my have an experiment that may trigger deja vu. i know it will but to what degree i dont know. even if it works we can not change what i would see or it would no longer be an accurate future. what do you think? how can you see the future if it doesnt already exsist?

]]> By: Kaptain K http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/comment-page-1/#comment-16350 Kaptain K Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:44:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/#comment-16350 It must be nice to have regular, definable seasons! ;) Here in central Texas, we have: 1) Early summer, mid summer, late summer and next summer. 2) Mild drought, severe drought, extreme drought and flood. 3) Nine months of summer and three months of rough swimming! 0) Take your pick. It must be nice to have regular, definable seasons! ;)
Here in central Texas, we have:
1) Early summer, mid summer, late summer and next summer.
2) Mild drought, severe drought, extreme drought and flood.
3) Nine months of summer and three months of rough swimming! 0)

Take your pick.

]]> By: Mark Schindler http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/comment-page-1/#comment-16349 Mark Schindler Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:38:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/#comment-16349 <blockquote cite="It [the summer solstice] means that at local noon (literally, halfway between sunrise and sunset), the Sun will be higher in the sky than it will be for the rest of the year..."> Actually, that is <b>not</b> true for those of us here in the Hawaiian Islands, or elsewhere in the tropics. Twice a year, the Sun is directly overhead at local noon. This year, the dates are May 27 and July 16. Locally, this is called “Lahaina Noon”. In Hawaiian, <i>Lahaina </i>means “Cruel Sun”.</blockquote>

Actually, that is not true for those of us here in the Hawaiian Islands, or elsewhere in the tropics. Twice a year, the Sun is directly overhead at local noon. This year, the dates are May 27 and July 16. Locally, this is called “Lahaina Noon”. In Hawaiian, Lahaina means “Cruel Sun”.

]]> By: Maurice Dixon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/comment-page-1/#comment-16348 Maurice Dixon Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:03:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/#comment-16348 The firsr FULL day of Summer is June 22, and it is also my birthday. I have been telling people this for years. Any arguments? The firsr FULL day of Summer is June 22, and it is also my birthday. I have been telling people this for years.
Any arguments?

]]> By: icemith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/comment-page-1/#comment-16347 icemith Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:22:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/#comment-16347 No one mentioned 'ZULU'. That is also another name for GMT. Ivan. No one mentioned ‘ZULU’. That is also another name for GMT.

Ivan.

]]> By: Jeff Corey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/comment-page-1/#comment-16346 Jeff Corey Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:00:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/#comment-16346 The evil bastard is John Edward, not Edwards, even though Edwards is a lawyer, politicial and Democrat. The evil bastard is John Edward, not Edwards, even though Edwards is a lawyer, politicial and Democrat.

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/comment-page-1/#comment-16345 Nigel Depledge Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:19:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/20/the-longest-day/#comment-16345 Oh, Phil, what a clanger! "High thee to the United States Naval Observatory astronomical almanac" Do what? Perhaps you meant "hie", as in "I must hie me thither!" :) Oh, Phil, what a clanger!

“High thee to the United States Naval Observatory astronomical almanac”

Do what? Perhaps you meant “hie”, as in “I must hie me thither!”
:)

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