To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?"
2 posted on
02/04/2011 8:45:21 AM PST by
dfwgator
To: SunkenCiv
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
In other news, Michael Keaton will explode in 2013.
4 posted on
02/04/2011 8:47:10 AM PST by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"It's showtime..."
5 posted on
02/04/2011 8:48:20 AM PST by
JRios1968
(If the Left's ideas were so good, their ex-presidents wouldn't need to sell them.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Betelgeuse!
Betelgeuse!
Betelgeuse!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
7 posted on
02/04/2011 8:53:26 AM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"The supergiant star Betelgeuse has a vast plume of gas almost as large as our Solar System..." That is really remarkable, when you think about it.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Well, we can narrow it down...Probably in the next million years...for sure!
Mike
9 posted on
02/04/2011 8:57:10 AM PST by
MichaelP
("Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
For stellar processes that take millions of years, I doubt this will happen this year as well.
Precession on the other hand, if it starts this year, I can see that creating a lot of havoc.
10 posted on
02/04/2011 8:57:39 AM PST by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What can you expect from a star that has in it’s name a rock group’s name and a synonym for electricity?
11 posted on
02/04/2011 8:58:26 AM PST by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a U.S. Marine.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
While the second biggest star in the universe Really? The universe?
I might buy the in the galaxy. Or better 'As far as we know, in the milky way galaxy.'
12 posted on
02/04/2011 9:00:03 AM PST by
null and void
(We are now in day 745 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I am sure he is right in this case, but, I fully agree that Phil Plait is indeed a bad astronomer.
Ever since he started to buy in to the whole Algore version of Global Warming, I just totally lost respect for him.
14 posted on
02/04/2011 9:01:02 AM PST by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
If Betelgeuse went super-nova 100 years ago we wouldn’t know about it for another 500 years.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
IIRC, “Betelgeuse” (sp varies) is about 495 light years away.
So a GOOD science reporter would point out that likely the star is already a supernova, having exploded generations ago; but we will not see the light from that event for a number of years, perhaps in 2012.
Betelgeuse is Orion’s right shoulder, presuming he is facing us. A clear night sky in the northern hemisphere makes Betelgeuse readily visible up an to the left of Orion’s belt. Start looking about 9 - 11 PM. You can see it well with the naked eye.
16 posted on
02/04/2011 9:01:30 AM PST by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Perhaps someone can take the FoxNews writer aside and explain to him/her that, if Betelgeuse were to “explode” in 2012, we wouldn’t know about it until somtime in 2650...
19 posted on
02/04/2011 9:04:58 AM PST by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The super-giant red star Betelgeuse in Orion’s nebula... Stopped reading right there.
21 posted on
02/04/2011 9:06:28 AM PST by
Roccus
(Joe Biden.....America's only living brain donor.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
While the second biggest star in the universe... Oy. The writer knows this how? Unless for him/her/it, the biggest star in the universe is Obama...
27 posted on
02/04/2011 9:16:03 AM PST by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“While the second biggest star in the universe”
Now just how the heck would they know that? Rolls eyes.
29 posted on
02/04/2011 9:20:12 AM PST by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
For us to see it in 2012 Betelgeuse would have had to gone off in about 1372 AD.
32 posted on
02/04/2011 11:35:24 AM PST by
Mike Darancette
(The heresy of heresies was common sense - Orwell)
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