29 May 2014
15 May 2014
14 May 2014
hallmarks of unenlightenment
signs of prejudice, unenlightenment, stupidity...
* incredulity
* intolerance of criticism (don't/won't like to hear it).
* unresponsiveness
* ..., tacitness/taciturnity/reticence, opacity,
* logical non-sequiturs / arriving at wrong conclusions, making wrong political choices, making wrong decisions.
* disinterest, disinclination (03.v.mmxiv),
* underestimation, (03.v.mmxiv)
* taciturnness, opacity, tacitness/reticence (03.v.mmxiv)
under which fall withholding information from others that pertains to them, lack of moral courage, not standing up for what is right, the inability or unwillingness to talk through issues to resolve them, etc.
* presumption, prejudice (03.v.mmxiv)
* inability to empathize (05.vi.xiv)
* self-righteousness (05/06.vi.xiv)
* dishonesty (10.ix.xv)
under which fall the inability or unwillingness to admit when one is wrong or one’s own faults.
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* incredulity
* intolerance of criticism (don't/won't like to hear it).
* unresponsiveness
* ..., tacitness/taciturnity/reticence, opacity,
* logical non-sequiturs / arriving at wrong conclusions, making wrong political choices, making wrong decisions.
* disinterest, disinclination (03.v.mmxiv),
* underestimation, (03.v.mmxiv)
* taciturnness, opacity, tacitness/reticence (03.v.mmxiv)
under which fall withholding information from others that pertains to them, lack of moral courage, not standing up for what is right, the inability or unwillingness to talk through issues to resolve them, etc.
* presumption, prejudice (03.v.mmxiv)
* inability to empathize (05.vi.xiv)
* self-righteousness (05/06.vi.xiv)
* dishonesty (10.ix.xv)
under which fall the inability or unwillingness to admit when one is wrong or one’s own faults.
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13 May 2014
Quick reference to Celestia commands
Just uploaded first draft of a quick reference/commands cheat-sheet for the Celestia 3D astronomy software (pdf, ~71.7 KB) to scribd here.
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Constellations point
This what constellations would normally look like when seen from Earth.
When seen from outside, howver, the constellations all point toward the Earth.
Seen way out from outside the galaxy, we have,
It seems the star α Cam (Alpha Camelopardalis, Alpha Cam, α Camelopardalis, HD 30614, HIP 22783, SAO 13298) is the farthest out in constellations stars.
As the Celestia wikibook pointed it out here, and as it was my reference on Celestia, one of the first things I used Celestia to demonstrate was the three dimensional nature of the constellations, wrt respect to their actual positions - contrary to what they seem to us, flat connect-the-dots.
I knew that from before, but had not quite grasped the fact that as a result of our vantage point, all constellations, in 3D, when looked at from far enough, actually point at the solar system, or rather the Earth.
Discounting the add-ons (that can be found at celestia motherlode) Most of the stars cataloged in the Celestia package reside in a particular region of the galaxy, in the sun’s neighborhood, as can be seen below,
and here,
Similar view, with more stars displayed (auto magnitude limit set to max),
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Seen way out from outside the galaxy, we have,
It seems the star α Cam (Alpha Camelopardalis, Alpha Cam, α Camelopardalis, HD 30614, HIP 22783, SAO 13298) is the farthest out in constellations stars.
As the Celestia wikibook pointed it out here, and as it was my reference on Celestia, one of the first things I used Celestia to demonstrate was the three dimensional nature of the constellations, wrt respect to their actual positions - contrary to what they seem to us, flat connect-the-dots.
I knew that from before, but had not quite grasped the fact that as a result of our vantage point, all constellations, in 3D, when looked at from far enough, actually point at the solar system, or rather the Earth.
Discounting the add-ons (that can be found at celestia motherlode) Most of the stars cataloged in the Celestia package reside in a particular region of the galaxy, in the sun’s neighborhood, as can be seen below,
and here,
Similar view, with more stars displayed (auto magnitude limit set to max),
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04 May 2014
bad verse & prose dept.: palmier sur le sable
ses yeux comme des coupes d’elixir, son regard une voie du ciel, son sourire éclaire le pays du diable, son orgueil comme un palmier sur sable.
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