Activity for Olin Lathropâ€
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| Comment | Post #284797 |
Yes, I totally agree with your previous comment. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #284797 |
I don't really mind ID questions, within the right context. If it's something you personally saw, like out of a plane window, it can be a good challenge. Of course you need to tell us what you know about the flight, where you think you were, the direction, etc. I'd also be happy to help with an ol... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #284299 |
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| Edit | Post #284791 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: At what angle do you hold out your arm at 10 and 15 degrees? The missing context in this quote is apparently that you then use a part of your hand after the arm is extended to guage 10° in the sky. Look where you got that quote from, and it probably mentions the palm, 4 fingers together, or the like. The point is, this gives you a rough guide how far t... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284790 |
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| Comment | Post #284784 |
You apparently already know this was taken in White Salmon WA, so what exactly are you asking? White Salmon can't be that big, and you know you're close to the river looking downstream (west). Go to White Salmon in Google Earth and look around. Or is the point of the question to get us to do this ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284790 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: Where's this aurora borealis in Macoun, Saskatchewan? This is aurora borealis, correct? No, that's the Milky Way. Its most of the rest of the galaxy we're in seen edge-on. It looks curved in the picture because a quite wide angle lens was used. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284609 |
Whoever downvoted this, please explain what you think is wrong. I looked it over, and as far as I can tell, this is correct. It is agrees with the other answer, which also seems correct. Silent downvotes do this site a disservice. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #284609 |
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| Edit | Post #284609 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: How commonly can you see Aurora Borealis with the naked eye on Vancouver Island? Vancouver island is fairly large, and extends from about 48°N to 51°N. I wouldn't say that auroras are common at these latitudes, but they will be visible occasionally. A photograph of an aurora from Vancouver island is certainly plausible without any additional information. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284299 |
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| Comment | Post #284328 |
As I said, it can be justified to intervene when the dog is in obvious danger. However, that still doesn't mean it was lost. Most likely, the dog knows how to get home. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #284328 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: Help! I found a lost dog - what do I do next? I found a lost dog Probably not. Nothing in your description suggests the dog was actually lost. If dogs are supposed to be on leash in your particular area, then the dog got out somehow. That doesn't mean it's lost, though. The vast majority of dogs that get out when they aren't supposed to, ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #284299 |
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| Edit | Post #284299 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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What is our position on picture identification with no research? Yesterday a user posted two picture identification questions with no apparent prior research. The same user did this a couple of months ago too. At that time, I spent a few minutes with Google Earth and was easily able to find where a couple of the pictures were taken, so I conclude that even the b... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #283148 |
"How difficult" is opinion based. What do you expect for answers, "not very", "sorta hard", or "42"? This question would be on topic if it instead asked what the procedure would be, what issues to watch out for, etc. (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #282776 |
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| Edit | Post #282776 | Initial revision | — | almost 3 years ago |
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A: Where was this image of Wilcox Pass, Alberta taken? Obviously the left image can't be Wilcox Pass, so it was probably taken from Wilcox pass. This was easy to find in Google Earth: "Obviously the left image can't be Wilcox Pass" Why not? Because it's not a pass. There is a slight dip in the ridge at the top center of the picture, but i... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #282775 | Initial revision | — | almost 3 years ago |
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A: Where was this image of Tchesinkut Lake taken? I had never heard of Tchesinkut Lake before, but it was pretty easy to find this view. I entered "Tchesinkut Lake" into Google Earth, which found the lake right away. After that, looking at the outline of the lake made it fairly obvious what angle the picture was taken from. Most of the time was s... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #282192 |
30x from a 6 inch long tube is going to be *very* wobbly. Basically forget about holding it to your eye while free-standing. This will only be useful if you can steady it somehow, like on a rock or against a tree. There is a reason binoculars usually top out at around 7x, maybe up to 10x for heavy... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281950 |
Note that shadows are on the left, so the sun is towards the right. The picture was therefore taken looking east. Since it is facing high peaks, that hints this is on the west side of the range. (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280638 |
@Monica: Yes, go ahead. That's actually an alias, but should get to me. Or, you can use my first name at the embedinc.com domain. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280638 |
@Monica: I don't know what you have in mind, but you can send me email. I expect you can get my address from the database. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280638 |
@Monica: You explained what bumped one of the posts, but not the rest. That also happened weeks after the question was first asked. Charlie is a mod here, and should be answering such simple questions. The confusion as to what was really going on came from the previous meta question you are referr... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280638 |
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280638 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Downvoting old questions just because they are old needs to stop Downvoting old questions just because they are old needs to stop Actually, those old questions need to be deleted altogether. That failing, more people should downvote them. I have downvoted, and will continue to downvote, old questions that pop to the top for no good reason. These questions ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279707 |
@Monica: Ah, that makes sense. There is no way for us peons to see that. Now why couldn't he just *say so*!? Mods should be more responsive than that. It also doesn't explain the other post that show edit activity, but the before and after appear to be the same. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279707 |
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| Edit | Post #279707 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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What is causing old posts to show up with recent changes? Continuing on with this previous meta post, what is actually going on? The previous post was initially about the policy of bumping old posts to the top of the active list. However, that brought up some questions about what exactly was actually happening. Unfortunately, those involved just ignore... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279681 |
Keep in mind that rivers change course over time. It is entirely plausible that the river was where you found the shells recently (in geologic time). (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279380 |
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279380 |
@Charlie: I thought they might be tag-only edits too, but note that the tags are identical in the example I show. You did the edit. Did you actually change something, or intend to? What exactly happened? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279380 |
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279385 |
So are you saying that you deliberately made a no-change edit? There isn't a bug in the system that somehow thinks there was an edit when there wasn't? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279387 |
I wasn't really talking about the one where some answer got deleted. I was specifically referring to recent bumps where there seems to be no content change. The before and after text look identical, yet the system still thinks an edit was made. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |