Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:18:16 -0700 Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <06hpfch7gpc5g9bs2oqdcru1fhoopt4l63@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net qX5pIrgV7YYSkl8kdNKCKgqURmVuY08AI3DVMH0wYeZ+ifsuXC Cancel-Lock: sha1:mAyDRD5Q2xmR1JrnzKxFNbQtk8E= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Smokers are smarter, I say. Thread-Index: AdLCCAvCFVadSj4rR06DJwYpGGtqqA== Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:412246 sci.physics:631476 comp.sys.mac.system:105989 alt.comp.os.windows-10:41481 On 4/30/17, 4:03 PM, in article oe5qg0$ju5$1@dont-email.me, "Sprang" wrote: > On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:00:33 -0700, Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this: >> On 4/30/17, 3:34 PM, in article oe5oph$g01$1@dont-email.me, "Sprang" >> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:31:52 -0700, Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this: >>>> On 4/30/17, 3:20 PM, in article oe5o02$cra$1@dont-email.me, "Sprang" >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>> It's roundish. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Fair enough. OK, off the topic a bit but fun: about 1 in 4 Americans >>>>>>>> think >>>>>>>> the sun goes around the Earth: . Most of the >>>>>>>> rest >>>>>>>> think the Earth goes around the sun. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What do you think? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That 1 in 4 people believe in anthropogenic global warming. ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> What about the topic? Earth. Sun. Does one revolve around the other and >>>>>> if >>>>>> so which? >>>>> >>>>> The Earth makes a yearly revolution/orbit around the Sun. >>>> >>>> Incorrect. >>> >>> bullshit :) >> >> Well, your answer is close enough for elementary science books, so it is not >> as if your answer is completely outlandish, I guess. But for understanding >> how we know of so many exoplanets it is important to know why your answer is >> wrong. > > Well? > We know of exoplanets because of their gravitational disturbance of the star > they orbit, and the effect they have on light from that star as the exoplanet > traverses between it and us. In other words, at least in part from the fact neither the planet not the star go around each other but each goes around the barycenter of their system. :) -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.