A Confluence of Interest - Astronomy, Jack Horkheimer, and TAM I

Charlie in Dayton · 1st July 2003, 01:16 PM

Think of the historical implications!

This is an excellent example of the subject of the self-styled Star Geezer's talk last February! Great stuff!

...cheese 'n' crackers...

...stay away for a little while and look what happens...

Hal, you're as bad as a woman when she decides to rearrange the furniture...once they get started, they don't know where to stop...

...somebody get me a map of this place...

UnrepentantSinner · 1st July 2003, 04:36 PM

Great article.

BTW Jack Horkheimer, while getting along in years, is the Star Gazer not the Star Geezer.

BillyJoe · 2nd July 2003, 04:38 AM

US are you infected with that thing in your avatar?

UnrepentantSinner · 2nd July 2003, 06:30 AM

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Originally posted by BillyJoe
US are you infected with that thing in your avatar?

I wish... at least it would be curable.

Don't worry, earmouse, horemheb or DI will return soon. Or perhaps Hitler!

Wile E. Coyote · 2nd July 2003, 08:02 AM

I didn't catch where exactly this meteor was found. If it was in a well populated area, wouldn't it have been noticed and recorded in some way?

Also, is this the same meteor that supposedly kicked off the Dark Ages, or was that from a volcano?

I do wonder, however, where civilization and technology would be today if the Roman Catholic Church had never been established. Its effect has been so great that the differences would be immeasurable.

CapelDodger · 2nd July 2003, 10:08 AM

Sadly, this is an explanation for something that never happened. Eusebius is a notorious liar and forger, and nobody present at the time mentioned anything about this vision. There was nothing magical about the victory, since Constantine was a very good general with excellent troops who'd been with him and his father for many years.

From Wil E Coyote:

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Also, is this the same meteor that supposedly kicked off the Dark Ages, or was that from a volcano?

That was a volcano in 535 or 536. That may actually have contributed to the emergence of Islam (see Catastrophe by David Keys).

Charlie in Dayton · 7th July 2003, 03:56 PM

Remember, US, I said 'self-styled'...That's how he signed my hat at TAM last Febalary...

1st July 2003, 01:16 PM	#1
Charlie in Dayton Rabid radioactive stargazer and JREF kid Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,087	A Confluence of Interest - Astronomy, Jack Horkheimer, and TAM I Think of the historical implications! This is an excellent example of the subject of the self-styled Star Geezer's talk last February! Great stuff! ...cheese 'n' crackers......stay away for a little while and look what happens... Hal, you're as bad as a woman when she decides to rearrange the furniture...once they get started, they don't know where to stop... ...somebody get me a map of this place...
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1st July 2003, 04:36 PM	#2
UnrepentantSinner A post by Alan Smithee Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USAian is not a word Posts: 26,353	Great article. BTW Jack Horkheimer, while getting along in years, is the Star Gazer not the Star Geezer.
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2nd July 2003, 06:30 AM	#4
UnrepentantSinner A post by Alan Smithee Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USAian is not a word Posts: 26,353	Quote: Originally posted by BillyJoe US are you infected with that thing in your avatar? I wish... at least it would be curable. Don't worry, earmouse, horemheb or DI will return soon. Or perhaps Hitler!
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2nd July 2003, 10:08 AM	#6
CapelDodger Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cardiff, South Wales Posts: 16,741	Sadly, this is an explanation for something that never happened. Eusebius is a notorious liar and forger, and nobody present at the time mentioned anything about this vision. There was nothing magical about the victory, since Constantine was a very good general with excellent troops who'd been with him and his father for many years. From Wil E Coyote: Quote: Also, is this the same meteor that supposedly kicked off the Dark Ages, or was that from a volcano? That was a volcano in 535 or 536. That may actually have contributed to the emergence of Islam (see Catastrophe by David Keys).
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2nd July 2003, 08:02 AM	#5
Wile E. Coyote Critical Thinker Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 342	I didn't catch where exactly this meteor was found. If it was in a well populated area, wouldn't it have been noticed and recorded in some way? Also, is this the same meteor that supposedly kicked off the Dark Ages, or was that from a volcano? I do wonder, however, where civilization and technology would be today if the Roman Catholic Church had never been established. Its effect has been so great that the differences would be immeasurable.

7th July 2003, 03:56 PM	#7
Charlie in Dayton Rabid radioactive stargazer and JREF kid Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,087	Remember, US, I said 'self-styled'...That's how he signed my hat at TAM last Febalary...
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