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you out of touch, or what?

Daniel — 12/3/2005 2:44:49 AM (archived)

Look at this, apply common sense for up to 5 seconds (shouldn't need more), and then decide whether you still need to ask if the sun has a surface made of iron (or whatever)

Look up wikipedia if you want more detail.

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• The surface of the sun - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2005 5:04:01 PM
  • Geez... - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2005 7:55:39 PM
  • Some solar links of interest - Laurie Street - 12/5/2005 9:56:24 PM
    • Believe the EVIDENCE, which says that the Sun - David F Mayer - 12/7/2005 4:56:33 PM
      • in other words - hydrostatic equilibrium - Daniel - 12/7/2005 6:39:32 PM
    • To be fair to M&M... - et - 12/6/2005 4:13:14 AM
  • Your BSometer is working just fine. - David F Mayer - 12/4/2005 5:51:24 AM
    • Just what we needed. - et - 12/4/2005 4:22:22 PM
      • What state IS iron in at 5,900 kelvins? (At the pressure of the Sun's Photosphere) (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/6/2005 11:49:48 PM
        • It sure as heck ain't solid. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 5:01:18 AM
        • Now that you've specified the pressure, YOU figure it out. (n/t) - et - 12/7/2005 3:52:34 AM
          • At the photosphere, the ambient pressure is very low, - DFM - 12/7/2005 4:47:51 PM
  • you out of touch, or what? - Daniel - 12/3/2005 2:44:49 AM
    • Out of touch with what? - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2005 3:16:44 AM
      • in any case - D. - 12/3/2005 5:21:51 AM
      • re: Out of touch with what? - Daniel - 12/3/2005 4:07:21 AM
        • Common sense - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2005 6:02:55 AM
          • re: Common sense by Tom Paine Brosz - et - 12/3/2005 7:30:15 PM
  • It's complete BS - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/2/2005 10:09:14 PM
    • re: It's complete BS - Michael Mozina - 12/3/2005 10:26:58 PM
      • Re: Iron Crusts, Solar Induction & Galactic Induction - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2005 4:11:23 AM
        • re: Re: Iron Crusts, Solar Induction & Galactic Induction - Michael Mozina - 12/4/2005 10:27:04 PM
          • We need to launch a space mission to recover a sample of this solar iron - LJK - 12/5/2005 3:52:38 PM
          • All I see is 5-10 sec of black screen. Anyone...? (n/t) - et - 12/5/2005 1:12:42 AM
        • LOL Like attracts Like - R.L. - 12/4/2005 4:29:00 AM
          • Now, now, RL - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2005 4:34:05 AM
            • re: Now, now, RL - R.L. - 12/4/2005 4:37:38 AM
              • I agree. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2005 4:43:54 AM
                • Which one of us gets paid to know these things? - R.L. - 12/4/2005 5:39:00 PM
                • Which one of us gets paid to know these things? - R.L. - 12/4/2005 5:38:57 PM
                • Sizzle doesn't equal flame. Play on. - Mary Anne - 12/4/2005 4:51:29 PM
      • 8^) I was SO hoping you would show up! - R.L. - 12/4/2005 12:29:51 AM
        • re: 8^) I was SO hoping you would show up! - Michael Mozina - 12/4/2005 9:26:45 PM
          • Complete nonsense - R.L. - 12/5/2005 10:05:36 PM
            • Complete ignorance.... - Michael Mozina - 12/6/2005 1:13:15 AM
              • re: Complete ignorance.... - LJK - 12/6/2005 2:19:54 PM
                • This is the scientific equivalent of yelling "You're a Nazi" in a political debate. - Tony - 12/6/2005 4:17:07 PM
          • the Stanford paper discusses subsurface layering only - Daniel - 12/5/2005 4:37:57 AM
            • re: the Stanford paper discusses subsurface layering only - Michael Mozina - 12/6/2005 1:20:39 AM
              • Jupiter's Great Red Spot is actually solid rock, you know - Daniel - 12/6/2005 10:00:00 AM
                • Gee, how could we ever tell clouds from the surface of the earth? - Michael Mozina - 12/6/2005 5:47:12 PM
                  • atmospheric strata? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/6/2005 6:07:22 PM
                • there's silicon in the spectrograph, so I expect it is proven (n/t) - alcaray - 12/6/2005 4:47:36 PM
                  • PS: - alcaray - 12/6/2005 4:48:41 PM
                    • yeap - Daniel - 12/6/2005 5:40:46 PM
              • re: the Stanford paper discusses subsurface layering only - et - 12/6/2005 4:04:28 AM
          • You are a liar, inadvertent or not.... - et - 12/5/2005 1:16:37 AM
            • Currently active thread on this topic. - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 2:50:46 AM
              • :) - R.L. - 12/5/2005 5:45:17 AM
              • What a sun beam of wisdom this discussion must be.... - et not R.L. - 12/5/2005 5:40:13 AM
                • re: What a sun beam of wisdom this discussion must be.... - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 11:23:43 PM
              • Better yet... - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 5:31:28 AM
                • The value of debate in public internet forums - Laurie Street - 12/5/2005 3:30:54 PM
                  • Logical fallacies. - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 8:34:57 PM
                    • Well... - alcaray - 12/5/2005 9:19:36 PM
                    • Speaking of Logical fallacies.... - et - 12/5/2005 8:47:27 PM
                      • re: Speaking of Logical fallacies.... - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 11:37:22 PM
                        • What he said.... - R.L. - 12/6/2005 12:42:48 AM
                          • What he didn't say..... - Michael Mozina - 12/6/2005 12:55:48 AM
                            • The Sun: Surface Artifacts Formation and Stability - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/6/2005 6:05:13 AM
                              • re: The Sun: Surface Artifacts Formation and Stability - Michael Mozina - 12/6/2005 5:44:18 PM
                                • re: The Sun: Surface Artifacts Formation and Stability - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/6/2005 8:10:40 PM
                                • re: The Sun: Surface Artifacts Formation and Stability - Laurie Street - 12/6/2005 6:25:10 PM
                                  • How do you get cola out of a keyboard? - Tony - 12/6/2005 6:58:46 PM
                                    • 50/50 chance of reviving it with a top shelf diswasher cycle. - et - 12/8/2005 2:56:25 AM
                                    • What a coincidence! - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/6/2005 8:37:20 PM
                                      • What movie was that? "The Scarlet Letter?" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 6:34:08 AM
            • You are jerk, inadvertant or not.... - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 2:45:37 AM
              • Advertant in this case. - et - 12/5/2005 5:36:10 AM
                • This place is BOOOORing! - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 8:36:23 PM
                  • Oh, you noticed that? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 9:05:48 PM
                  • Yes. It's much more exciting to pretend that you know somthing and make stuff up.... (n/t) - et - 12/5/2005 8:38:38 PM
                    • Oh, it is... - R.L. - 12/6/2005 12:58:29 AM
                      • Reason. - Michael Mozina - 12/6/2005 1:24:44 AM
                    • re: Yes. It's much more exciting to pretend that you know somthing and make stuff up.... - Michael Mozina - 12/5/2005 11:39:05 PM
                      • Well, I'm just spitballing here... - et - 12/6/2005 3:49:40 AM
          • A bit of info regarding arxiv.org - Laurie Street - 12/5/2005 12:34:25 AM
        • No response? - R.L. - 12/4/2005 5:43:36 PM
  • I didn't know bad smells could come over the Internet! - Laurie Street - 12/2/2005 9:10:45 PM
    • If I were to give an honest opinion of this "theory"... - R.L. - 12/4/2005 12:32:41 AM
      • Awww - Laurie Street - 12/4/2005 7:20:37 PM
        • ;) just wait.... - R.L. - 12/5/2005 5:41:46 AM
        • ;) just wait.... - R.L. - 12/5/2005 5:41:42 AM
    • Discussed at Bad Astronomy - Laurie Street - 12/2/2005 9:17:08 PM
  • re: Filters - Raoul - 12/2/2005 7:55:48 PM
    • re: Filters - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2005 8:27:17 PM
      • re: Of course... - Raoul - 12/2/2005 10:03:02 PM
        • What do you hope to "profit" from this theory? - LJK - 12/5/2005 3:56:48 PM
          • it'll make a really really big wrecking ball, for the demolition industry (n/t) - Daniel - 12/5/2005 4:16:17 PM
            • To Mr. Mozina - LJK - 12/6/2005 2:15:13 PM
              • Knowedge is it's own reward. - Michael Mozina - 12/6/2005 6:14:08 PM