Why would they bother renaming constellations?! Do they lack lives. I get tired of organization changing things like this. I guarantee you they don't fully know the reason behind why they were chosen originally. Even if they are in the field appropriate for it. People in certain areas are way too arrogant.
It really wasn't a 'renaming' of the constellations. It was a matter of choosing which constellations to use for astronomical purposes. Almost every culture and civilization looked into the night sky and matched the patterns in the sky with things from their own culture, mythology and folklore. Thousands of competing constellation names where the constellations overlap each other can be very messy. Reducing the number of constellations to just 88 distinct constellations that don't overlap each other was a necessity to standardizing astronomical observation for scientists.
Rest assured that all the stars are still where they were and you can still point your finger toward the Big Dipper even if those nasty astronomers insist that it is actually Ursa Major
Why would they bother renaming constellations?! Do they lack lives. I get tired of organization changing things like this. I guarantee you they don't fully know the reason behind why they were chosen originally. Even if they are in the field appropriate for it. People in certain areas are way too arrogant.
It was the fashion in the swinging 20s. Short hair, short dresses and short constellation lists. Becase of the great depression in 29, they could not afford to bring the long list back.
It really wasn't a 'renaming' of the constellations. It was a matter of choosing which constellations to use for astronomical purposes. Almost every culture and civilization looked into the night sky and matched the patterns in the sky with things from their own culture, mythology and folklore. Thousands of competing constellation names where the constellations overlap each other can be very messy. Reducing the number of constellations to just 88 distinct constellations that don't overlap each other was a necessity to standardizing astronomical observation for scientists.
Rest assured that all the stars are still where they were and you can still point your finger toward the Big Dipper even if those nasty astronomers insist that it is actually Ursa Major
I was referring more to the point of removing active ones unnecessarily. Scientist also aren't important enough for that(Although they have certainly put themselves in that position.). They don't need to actively use it as much as others they should not be making the decisions. Maybe get poeple from all areas like ship captains and other things that use stuff more intensely. You can easily loose something someone might not realize the importance of. And standardization is not as good as it is cracked up to be. It can actually cause alot of problems. Especially for long term issues and things related to maintaining knowledge over the long run. One reason a , "scientist," should not be editing list of things used in practical fields.
It was the fashion in the swinging 20s. Short hair, short dresses and short constellation lists. Becase of the great depression in 29, they could not afford to bring the long list back.
They were probably broke from spending too much money on those short hair styles and short dresses.. If you put a million shiny beads on the dress no amount of short can make it cheaper. Those 20's dresses do not look cheap. At least not from a modern standpoint. Maybe those things were less expensive then.
They were probably broke from spending too much money on those short hair styles and short dresses.. If you put a million shiny beads on the dress no amount of short can make it cheaper. Those 20's dresses do not look cheap. At least not from a modern standpoint. Maybe those things were less expensive then.
They should prohibit prohibition... Besides, in a 'free' society, prohibition should be illegal. And yet we live in a 'free' society! We're all freeeeeeee!
On a brighter note, I saw some poster post back a few hours/pages ago that they think they might be on to something. Any news?
Love this thread and it's meandering, gentle stream of philosophy and astronomy, tinfoilery and high-grade (prohibited, illegal) biscuitry.
I was referring more to the point of removing active ones unnecessarily. Scientist also aren't important enough for that(Although they have certainly put themselves in that position.). They don't need to actively use it as much as others they should not be making the decisions. Maybe get poeple from all areas like ship captains and other things that use stuff more intensely. You can easily loose something someone might not realize the importance of. And standardization is not as good as it is cracked up to be. It can actually cause alot of problems. Especially for long term issues and things related to maintaining knowledge over the long run. One reason a , "scientist," should not be editing list of things used in practical fields.
I still don't think you quite get it. All the old constellations are still there. We Rifters should know from our travels to Camelopardalis ... a constellation that didn't make the cut for the 88. Just because astronomers reduced the number they use doesn't mean that other disciplines are required to follow suit. Cassiopeia is still the giraffes to many people in Africa.
I still don't think you quite get it. All the old constellations are still there. We Rifters should know from our travels to Camelopardalis ... a constellation that didn't make the cut for the 88. Just because astronomers reduced the number they use doesn't mean that other disciplines are required to follow suit. Cassiopeia is still the giraffes to many people in Africa.
So, it's been a long time since I've reported back on this search for Raxxla. I have found a similar 'thing' to it...
"Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, Present, and future is all-in-one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod through earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread."
-H.P. Lovecraft, 'The Dunwich Horror'
Copied from the Wiki.
The encounter makes it very clear that it is the point of view which defines the nature of the interaction; there is nothing inherently evil or frightening about him. He opens the gates of the Multiverse to anyone who is willing to glimpse it
It was an All-in-One and One-in-All of limitless being and self—not merely a thing of one Space-Time continuum, but allied to the ultimate animating essence of existence's whole unbounded sweep—the last, utter sweep which has no confines and which outreaches fancy and mathematics alike. It was perhaps that which certain secret cults of earth have whispered of as YOG-SOTHOTH, and which has been a deity under other names; that which the crustaceans of
Considering what we know about Elite, cosmic horrors are not beyond what we should expect. Food for thought, anyway.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yog-Sothoth (visit this)
The idea of creatures that live solely in space feeding off gasses and energy is not a new trope. Cosmozoans as Star Trek puts them aren't too much of a far fetched idea given what we've seen of these 'Thargoids'.
Also, this planet from the same mythos is of interest.
Yuggoth... is a strange dark orb at the very rim of our solar system... There are mighty cities on Yuggoth—great tiers of terraced towers built of black stone... The sun shines there no brighter than a star, but the beings need no light. They have other subtler senses, and put no windows in their great houses and temples... The black rivers of pitch that flow under those mysterious cyclopean bridges—things built by some elder race extinct and forgotten before the beings came to Yuggoth from the ultimate voids—ought to be enough to make any man a
With the dawning of the Far God cult and the possible extra-dimensional nature of Thargoids being tossed around GalNet being a thing; I decided to broaden my line of thinking regarding Raxxla.
So, it's been a long time since I've reported back on this search for Raxxla. I have found a similar 'thing' to it...
"Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, Present, and future is all-in-one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod through earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread."
-H.P. Lovecraft, 'The Dunwich Horror'
Copied from the Wiki.
The encounter makes it very clear that it is the point of view which defines the nature of the interaction; there is nothing inherently evil or frightening about him. He opens the gates of the Multiverse to anyone who is willing to glimpse it
It was an All-in-One and One-in-All of limitless being and self—not merely a thing of one Space-Time continuum, but allied to the ultimate animating essence of existence's whole unbounded sweep—the last, utter sweep which has no confines and which outreaches fancy and mathematics alike. It was perhaps that which certain secret cults of earth have whispered of as YOG-SOTHOTH, and which has been a deity under other names; that which the crustaceans of
Considering what we know about Elite, cosmic horrors are not beyond what we should expect. Food for thought, anyway.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yog-Sothoth (visit this)
The idea of creatures that live solely in space feeding off gasses and energy is not a new trope. Cosmozoans as Star Trek puts them aren't too much of a far fetched idea given what we've seen of these 'Thargoids'.
Also, this planet from the same mythos is of interest.
Yuggoth... is a strange dark orb at the very rim of our solar system... There are mighty cities on Yuggoth—great tiers of terraced towers built of black stone... The sun shines there no brighter than a star, but the beings need no light. They have other subtler senses, and put no windows in their great houses and temples... The black rivers of pitch that flow under those mysterious cyclopean bridges—things built by some elder race extinct and forgotten before the beings came to Yuggoth from the ultimate voids—ought to be enough to make any man a
With the dawning of the Far God cult and the possible extra-dimensional nature of Thargoids being tossed around GalNet being a thing; I decided to broaden my line of thinking regarding Raxxla.
