Q1. In "The City on the Edge of Forever", Captain Kirk mentions the '...far left star of Orion's belt...". What is the name of this star? Q2. So, I don't have to ask these types of questions in the future, can I be directed to a good astronomical site that answers these questions? Thank you.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Q3. Have you heard of search engines?
Posted by Wes1701E (Member # 212) on :
dont worry about that, it's Lee's time of the month again. The ends of Orions belt are easy to remember. Zeta Ori, which is named Alnitak and is the 'east' end, and Delta Ori is named Mintaka (sounds close to 'Chintaka') and is the 'west' end. "Left" would be one of those.
Here is a great refrence for star names, and may even include more stuff about orion:
Very good, Wes. Only three or four grammatical/punctuation errors. Did your mother write it for you? 8)
Posted by Wes1701E (Member # 212) on :
Damnit. I was gonna put "Now my bitch Lee will correct any errors I have made..." at the end of my post but figured you gave up on that.. damn
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Zeta Orionis is on the "left".
Posted by targetemployee (Member # 217) on :
Vogon Poet, I have heard of search engines. Do you know how useful they are? Not very useful. I type in "Orion" and press search. I get everything other than the constellation of that name. Did you know that there are companies that have "Orion" in their name? I didn't until I did this search.
To everyone else, thank you. I am going to research Zeta Orionis.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I went to google.com and searched for "Orion's belt", and this was among the first page of results...
Posted by targetemployee (Member # 217) on :
TSN, Thanks for the tip. I will go to Google in the future.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
If you're going to search by just typing in the word "Orion", what do you expect? That's like seaarching for information about DS9 by typing in "Deep".
Boolien functions are your friend.
Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
Boolien? Is this another English thing?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Nope. Boolien (although I thought it was "boolian") is a logic function that is frequently used in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy. It involved equations for conditional statements that include the words "AND," "OR," "NOT," and "XOR" among others in an effort to generate a true or false or numeric response that can be used to select a proper course of action. The whole shebang was named for a mathematician named Julian Boole.
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
Boolean! Logic! Switch! Inverter! Moore! Transistor! Mealy! Digital! Nand! Nor! Augh!
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
Triangle! Inverter!
0101=1010!
5=18!
[ July 28, 2001: Message edited by: Aethelwer ]
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Yeah, what he said before he snapped and silly stringed the mall.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Crescent beam shower!!!
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Ooh... I see a nonsense contest coming up. Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
Nimrod, I think you need to lay off smokin' the catnip, dude.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
It's not wrong in catnip! I've had more catnip than you've had in a lifetime!
And that was Sailor Venus talking. Frank had been taken over by the boolean entity and was about to steal a shuttle, I had to vanquish it somehow! *shrug*
Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
Lay off the crack-cocaine, then.
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
Everything I said makes perfect sense if you happen to have a background in digital electronics.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
[Cartman] My uncle says smoking crack is kinda cool! [/Cartman]
Scary thing is, I did understand most of what Frank wrote. Does this makes me a closet computer geek? Or does this mean I just have way too much time on my hands?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I see your Crescent Beam Shower Nimrod, and raise you a Sparkling Wide Pressure!
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
If you understood it, explain as much of it as you can. Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Boolean: named for mathematician George Boole, it is a type of expression that generates two results: true or false. Used in logic and computer programming, this is generally set up in IF-THEN-ELSE statements, CASE statements, and loops. Involves comparing two or more variables or constants through use of the operators AND, OR, XOR, NOT, and a few others to generate a result.
Logic - is a branch of philosophy that deals with the study of inference, reason, and judgement/decisions based on deductive reasoning. As applied to computers, it is the processes that are involved in the function of programs. Some of the simplest are sorting, comparing, searching, etc. and many of these processes tend to mirror human deductive processes.
Switch - is a device that is a component of electrical circuits that shunts the current from one path to another or is used to open/close a circuit.
Inverter - is the exponent (-1) which flips the value of its base to its inversion. Thus, 3^(-1) is equal to one third (1/3). (-1) is said to be the inverter.
Moore - specifically, this refers to Roger Moore who played secret agent James Bond for the longest stint in 007 history. This was chiefly during the 1960's and 1970's. He replaced George Lazenby and was replaced by Timothy Dalton.
Transistor - is an electric circuit component that is used for amplification. It's the fundamental part of integrated circuits and logic gates. The first transistor was built in 1949 at Bell Labs.
Mealy - an adjective used to describe something as having a texture similar to meal. Usually, a mealy thing will be granular and rough. What this has to do with the others is anyone's guess. I guess you could say that Roger Moore's skin is now looking kinda mealy.
Digital - refers to a device or computer component that is capable of taking information in reading that information in and storing it as a numerical representation.
NAND - is a Boolean operator that involves an AND followed by a NOT. If both of the expressions are true, the result generated by the NAND is false. It's a contraction of NOT-AND.
NOR - similar to a NAND, it too is a Boolean operator. In this case, it involves an OR followed by a NOT. If both of the expressions are false, then the result generated by the NOR is true. It's a contraction of NOT-OR.
Augh - this is an expression of frustration and anger. It is typically uttered by college students who are taken by surprise on pop quizzes and super-difficult exams. It is also used by myself when I realize that I am out of Dr Pepper.
Hey, 8 out of 11 ain't bad. Especially since all parts of my brain devoted to educational storage are on temporary lockdown. Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"Moore - specifically, this refers to Roger Moore who played secret agent James Bond for the longest stint in 007 history. This was chiefly during the 1960's and 1970's. He replaced George Lazenby and was replaced by Timothy Dalton."
Incorrect. Moore replaced Connery, who was Bond in Diamonds are Forever. Lazenby was Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", which was the film before Diamonds are Forever. And, of course, Connery was Bond in the films before that (I think the one before OHMSS is "Thunderball", but don't quote me).
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
And between which movies did "Never Say Never Again" happen? I never quite figured that out.
Hmm, SWP? I fold. Incredible, even "Sailor Moon" (which normally seems childish to me) seems cool when you watch a piece of the undubbed japanese version. We have swedish-dubbed S.M here, during the summer mornings, and the voiceover is sooo bad. The swedish actors are so totally uninspired, they almost murmur the battlecries... The original japanese girls scream like there is no tomorrow!
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
None of them, Nimzy. NSNA isn't "canon Bond." Indeed, it's merely a poorly updated remake of "Thunderball." The names have not been changed to protect the innocent.
Basically, "View To A Kill" was coming out...& someone wanted to beat the box office with the "real Bond," Connery. Nice idea, but it tanked miserably.
