What do you look like RFN!?? - Page 51

HungLikeJesus · 08-03-2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

You'll need to explain this now, you realize?

I bought the remote control, of course.

Edit: Just kidding. The picture is reflected off a space mirror.

I do like Elspode's timewarp idea.

glatt · 08-03-2007, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HLJ

Edit: Just kidding. The picture is reflected off a space mirror.

But the camera isn't pointing at itself. What's a space mirror? I can picture a setup with two or three mirrors to take this picture, but not with just one.

HungLikeJesus · 08-03-2007, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

But the camera isn't pointing at itself. What's a space mirror? I can picture a setup with two or three mirrors to take this picture, but not with just one.

Whenever light passes from one medium to another, it bends - which is why a straw appears to bend in a glass of water. Some of the light striking the interface is transmitted and some is reflected. (These effects are due to the differences in the speed of light between the two materials. A similiar thing happens in network cables that aren't properly terminated.)

At very high elevation, the light reflects off the interface between the atmosphere and space, hence the term space mirror. Because the atmosphere is curved, the light reflects at an angle, not straight back. This is why it appears that the camera is not pointing at itself.

Without looking through the viewfinder, it's very difficult to get the shot to come out right. That's what the headlight is for.

jester · 08-03-2007, 03:10 PM

Are you funnin'?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2007, 05:41 PM

Yes.

Uisge Beatha · 08-03-2007, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jester

Are you funnin'?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes.

In other words, He Lied, Jester.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2007, 08:16 PM

Hey, hey... bad guys lie, good guys embellish.

HungLikeJesus · 08-04-2007, 12:11 AM

I thought the physics/optics sounded plausible. Didn't they? It must have been the altitude. It was very strong that day. Plus, the light from Venus reflected off some swamp gas...

Whiskey Beat - I don't think xoB got your line. (Notice your transformation; I think this sounds more syncopated.)

DucksNuts · 08-04-2007, 06:39 AM

You do look a bit grumpy, but its still cool to see you

HungLikeJesus · 08-04-2007, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

You do look a bit grumpy, but its still cool to see you

??? That's a happy look. I had to go through a lot of pictures before I found that. Now you know why I didn't post the ones that I thought looked grumpy.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2007, 12:20 PM

What'd I miss?

Uisge Beatha · 08-04-2007, 12:33 PM

Bruce, I think HLJ was referring to my attempt (in post #756) to jokingly play off the whole initial/name thing.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2007, 07:05 PM

Oh, ok.

Griff · 08-04-2007, 07:34 PM

Here I am in my first fencing tourney. Yes I was placed in the bald guy pool... you gotta problem wit dat?

Sundae · 08-04-2007, 07:48 PM

If you're in the bald guy pool Griff, you're cheating!
Very dashing btw

08-03-2007, 05:41 PM	#755
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08-03-2007, 08:16 PM	#757
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hey, hey... bad guys lie, good guys embellish. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-04-2007, 12:11 AM	#758
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I thought the physics/optics sounded plausible. Didn't they? It must have been the altitude. It was very strong that day. Plus, the light from Venus reflected off some swamp gas... Whiskey Beat - I don't think xoB got your line. (Notice your transformation; I think this sounds more syncopated.) __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker. Last edited by HungLikeJesus; 08-04-2007 at 12:20 AM.

08-04-2007, 12:20 PM	#761
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What'd I miss? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-04-2007, 07:05 PM	#763
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, ok. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-03-2007, 03:10 PM	#754
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	Are you funnin'?

08-04-2007, 06:39 AM	#759
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	You do look a bit grumpy, but its still cool to see you

08-04-2007, 12:33 PM	#762
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Bruce, I think HLJ was referring to my attempt (in post #756) to jokingly play off the whole initial/name thing.

08-04-2007, 07:34 PM	#764
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08-04-2007, 07:48 PM	#765
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	If you're in the bald guy pool Griff, you're cheating! Very dashing btw __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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