Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Aruntraveller on July 03, 2020, 10:13:36 AM
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Prompted by an unusually bright light in the southern sky yesterday, I went on a search to try to find out what this light was. Clearly a planet (I thought) but wasn't sure which. This led me to discovering this website:
https://stellarium-web.org/
I found it fascinating and if I was understanding it correctly it was Jupiter that shone so brightly, I am open to correction :)
Are there any websites you have discovered by random incidents, thoughts etc, that you have found interesting/fascinating/informative ?
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Metapedia - interesting in a horrifying way. A pretentious, pseudo-intellectual rip-off of 'Wikipedia' for neo-nazis.
Engliscan Ƿikipǣdie - Wikipedia in Old English/Anglo-Saxon.
https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%93afodtramet
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The TV comedy, Community had a parody of Doctor Who in ot called Inspector Spacetime which then generated its own rather lovely Wiki
https://madmanwithabooth.fandom.com/wiki/Inspector_SpaceTime_Wiki
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Metapedia - interesting in a horrifying way. A pretentious, pseudo-intellectual rip-off of 'Wikipedia' for neo-nazis.
In a similar vein, conservapedia www.conservapedia.com (http://www.conservapedia.com) is so ridiculous as be the best example of Poe's law I've ever seen.
O.
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Prompted by an unusually bright light in the southern sky yesterday, I went on a search to try to find out what this light was. Clearly a planet (I thought) but wasn't sure which. This led me to discovering this website:
https://stellarium-web.org/
I found it fascinating and if I was understanding it correctly it was Jupiter that shone so brightly, I am open to correction :)
Are there any websites you have discovered by random incidents, thoughts etc, that you have found interesting/fascinating/informative ?
yeah, is quite good, I find the free mobile app easier to use though. We also spent time late last night looking at Jupiter, it was quite bright. Saturn was also visible (just a bit further to the left from Jupiter). Pluto was in conjunction with Jupiter on the 30th June, so practically in the same direction.
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Prompted by an unusually bright light in the southern sky yesterday, I went on a search to try to find out what this light was. Clearly a planet (I thought) but wasn't sure which. This led me to discovering this website:
https://stellarium-web.org/
I found it fascinating and if I was understanding it correctly it was Jupiter that shone so brightly, I am open to correction :)
Are there any websites you have discovered by random incidents, thoughts etc, that you have found interesting/fascinating/informative ?
Yes, I've used stellarium for years. It's being constantly updated and improved. Another interesting one is Celestia, which allows a sort of 3D approach.
https://celestia.space/
If your into a serious simulation of exploring space, try 'Orbiter'.
http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/index.html
A superb program but I warn you though, it's hard, and takes serious notice of the physics involved.
All completely free.(except the mobile phone version of Stellarium)
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In a similar vein, conservapedia www.conservapedia.com (http://www.conservapedia.com) is so ridiculous as be the best example of Poe's law I've ever seen.
O.
Had to look up Poe's Law, but you're right: some stuff you can find on the internet is beyond parody. Just looked at the conservapedia article on evolution: woddaloadabollox!
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Metapedia, (https://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) in case anyone's interested. Note the "Did you know..." panel on the right of the home page, if you have the patience to get past the Captcha.