I've looked at Omega Centauri before with my 5.1" Dobsonian, and believe it was one of the first Globular Clusters I accidentally came across just randomly moving my telescope around with the lock knobs disengaged, definite upvote here.

Also, on the topic of Dark Matter:

Dark Matter Discovered?

>> ^shadownc:
Am I the only one who thinks the narrator sounds like Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation fame?


I agree, he sounds very similar to Yahtzee.

yikes!!!! blankfist voluntarily gives money to lawyers??!! Agenda-oriented, do-nothing punks at that......what an ultra-maroon!!! Yeah rottonseed, that threw me fer loop as well-I know he's a cheese method from the old-school, but hey, Ben Hur kicked-ass......so did Omega Man-when you die, and if before you become famous, may those left behind speak well of your memory, as fleeting as incarnations are-

This wreaks of a wedge mechanism.
One thats used to make it seem like creationism's expulsion from science is unethical, trying to garner sympathy and support for the cause from people who have no understanding or a loose grasp on the concepts of science, and specifically biology and evolution visa vie natural selection.

When examined carefully, creationism has no feet to stand on. Wether it seems harsh or not, creationists attempts at trying to be all "sciency" is just one giant slap in the face of true scientists everywhere (and I say that unambiguously, scientists in the sense of those that follow emperical evidence and theories to their breaking points...and then past them).

Creationists stop at an allmighty, circular logic begetts circular logic.

Example:
Apples fall to the ground because Apples fall to the ground.

Analagous to:
God created the universe because the bible said so, and God is the alpha and the omega, the one true being that needs no creator, as he has always been, and always will be.

Capiche` ?

This video, as I said, wreaks of wedge mechanism, appealing to the lamens with a taste for rap / hiphop.

I liked the one in the movie a little better. However, the movie is really hard to compare to the book since they are so different. The book is way better. If you want a movie that's a lot closer to the book check out Omega Man with Charlton Heston. The movie was made in '71 but the book was made in '54. Good stories hang around forever.

There is also evidence to suggest that omega-3 fats improve brain function in a very short timeframe (about a day). Seth Robert's research -

Rapid effects of omega-3 fats on brain function

"I measured the effect of omega-3 fats on my brain by comparing flaxseed oil (high in omega-3) with other plant fats (low in omega-3) and with nothing. Flaxseed oil improved my balance, increased my speed in a memory-scanning task and in simple arithmetic problems, and increased my digit span.

The first three effects were very clear, t > 6. The effects of flaxseed oil wore off in a few days and appeared at full strength within a day of resumption. The best dose was at least 3 tablespoons/day, much more than most flaxseed-oil recommendations. Supporting results come from three other subjects.

Because the brain is more than half fat, it is plausible that type of dietary fat affects how well it works. The most interesting feature of these results is the speed and clarity of the improvement. The tools of experimental psychology may be used to determine the optimal mix of fats for the brain with unusual clarity."

Go figure-The Japanese are some of the healthiest humanoids on the planet, their food production still pretty much in the same hands it's been in for centuries.....they eat lotsa fish, seaweed, and fresh veggies.....

In the U.S., we don't grow our own food anymore....big agri-biz (evil white people) grows it, corporate manufacturing packages it, and Madison avenue sells it, and the pharmaceutical companies are there to sell us their wares, when the food the evil ones grow, gives us pain and disease....Aren't you glad you live in such a world??? Paradise and Purgatory, at the same time.....

I grieve daily that I am not in a place and time at present, that I do not have control of my own food sources and supplies-I would grow most of my food myself, raise my own chickens, goats, rabbits, etc.

The only thing I want to have to buy is grain and the omega oils I can't get from not living near the coast.

The United States is full of the most diseased people on the planet, but this could be corrected in a single generation-makes a person wanna make radical changes-("calm down choggie, you can't change it, simply work within it.")


ok. I'm better now....

Since when is fish unhealthy? Salmon at least contains omega fats, good for your brains.

bah, the singularity.
The OMEGA point is the problem!

All I know is that if a wind-turbine malfunctions, it doesn't have the potential to over-heat and irradiate a few million people.

Omega molecules anyone?

Elemental disarray...
Chaos beyond the Tellurian cloudscape!
The galaxy burns! I am the receptacle of the ultimate power...
The power of Sentinel Omega...
I am the vessel of his greatness! I am the One!

I feel it...
The omniverse exists within me!
Every molecule in my body is ablaze with cosmic fire!
I have forsaken my humanity forever...
I, who now walk with the gods amongst the endless stars!

Yeah it's like watching CSPAN... except I'm not falling asleep, or bored to tears, or having suisidal thoughts. But I am lost as to what the heck they are talking about, so that's at least one similarity.
(omega frequency my ass)

From http://digg.com/videos/comedy/Conan_and_Jim_Carrey_Talk_Quantum_Physics#c5404892 ...

"Actually, what they were saying is pretty accurate. They're basically discussing a trapped electron and the discrete energy levels it can occupy. Omega is the frequency of oscillation, either referring to the force driving the oscillation, or the actual resonance frequency of the electron. It was obvious they were intentionally choosing the most "scientific" sounding words they could to explain it to make the routine more over the top. What they said was correct, it's just that we usually can explain it with simpler sounding arguments."

One of my Favorite 70's Chuck Heston movies. "Omega Man"

buh bye omega man...maybe in another time another place :-)