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    The Last Thing They'll Ever See

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    "Signs of the Times #100 (via email to Nancy)
    To all who may doubt, put on 4 to 5 pairs of sunglasses and look through binocculars at the Sun for a few seconds. You will clearly see a large planet below the Sun."

    tragically stupid, although it does remind me of the Peter Graves character in Airplane!

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    Yeah, I thought that one was a great idea... for all the nancy drones.

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    Hmmm... what's that smell?

    Smells oddly like a burning optic nerve - strange.....

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    More to the point

    I have this vision of someone desperately squinting sideways through five pairs of sunglasses and the maze of internal reflections and retinal afterimages this would create... Hey I SAW something MAN!

    Meanwhile... it is not that freaking hard to find a solar filter for a camera. So why is it again that these images are only showing up on cheap webcameras? Oh yes, because NASA is a hotbed of conspiracy.

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    cheap solar solution

    At these prices there is no excuse for this kind of idiotic advice...

    http://www.dracoproductions.net/baad...r_material.htm

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    Re: The Last Thing They'll Ever See

    Quote Originally Posted by Wirraway
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    "Signs of the Times #100 (via email to Nancy)
    To all who may doubt, put on 4 to 5 pairs of sunglasses and look through binocculars at the Sun for a few seconds. You will clearly see a large planet below the Sun."

    tragically stupid, although it does remind me of the Peter Graves character in Airplane!
    Ahem. I think you mean the Robert Stack character.

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    Re: The Last Thing They'll Ever See

    Quote Originally Posted by John Jones
    Quote Originally Posted by Wirraway
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    "Signs of the Times #100 (via email to Nancy)
    To all who may doubt, put on 4 to 5 pairs of sunglasses and look through binocculars at the Sun for a few seconds. You will clearly see a large planet below the Sun."

    tragically stupid, although it does remind me of the Peter Graves character in Airplane!
    Ahem. I think you mean the Robert Stack character.
    Hmmm.. picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue....

    [flying high anyone?]

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    Re: cheap solar solution

    Quote Originally Posted by nanojath
    At these prices there is no excuse for this kind of idiotic advice...

    http://www.dracoproductions.net/baad...r_material.htm
    Yes, but than again, the people that belives these Zetas would probably just say the filters are made to block certain light frequencies that is assosiated with Planet X... Or something equaly strange...

    If they look at the sun without the correct protecion, they probably would see strange things... Most people on this board knows that if you see spots while looking at the sun, it is not Planet-X, but the zetapeople wouldn't trust us I guess...

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    Incredible!

    Wow! I'm surprised that Nancy didn't try to become an affiliate for this solar filter provider and suggest to all Zetadrones that they purchase one of the personal viewers to help them keep track of PX.

    Oh, nuts, I forgot! If they got one of those filters and looked for themselves, they'd not have seen anything other than our Sun! I guess that's why Nancy didn't do it . . .

    Regards, LariAnn :P

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    Re: Incredible!

    Quote Originally Posted by LariAnn
    Wow! I'm surprised that Nancy didn't try to become an affiliate for this solar filter provider and suggest to all Zetadrones that they purchase one of the personal viewers to help them keep track of PX.

    Oh, nuts, I forgot! If they got one of those filters and looked for themselves, they'd not have seen anything other than our Sun! I guess that's why Nancy didn't do it . . .


    Regards, LariAnn :P
    Sure, why screw up a good thing?

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    Fortunately, she's modified the "sign" to warn people that this is a bad idea.
    Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToSeek
    Fortunately, she's modified the "sign" to warn people that this is a bad idea.
    Wow! How very humane of her!

    Quote Originally Posted by ZetaBabble
    [Note this caution from tt-watch please!] Anyone stupid enough to do this will most definitely damage their eyesight. The only safe way to look at the sun with binoculars is to use a solar filter - sunglasses will not protect your eyes! http://www.mreclipse.com/Totality/To...#Solar_Filters 'Baader Planetarium also produces a relatively inexpensive solar filter material for use with telescopes and binoculars - premade filters are available from Celestron and those with a little mechanical ability can manufacture their own from sheet solar filter material.'

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    Besides the point of potential eye-damage to the very naive (to be nice), this makes you wonder why she's spouting the use of binoculars when webcams are supposedly sufficient to spot her rogue Earth-killer.

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    This is a good one!

    Signs of the Times #101 (via email to Nancy)
    Today, July 10th, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg intiated a campaign aimed at all New Yorkers to encourage them to acquire a personal emergency Go-Bag. These bags, the contents of which were described by the Mayor, would have first-aid kits, bottled water, foods that do not need to be cooked and small scale emergency equipment. A city-wide advertising campaign is about to begin, with the enlistment of TV and movie stars to pursuade the populace to be prepared for the worst with these bags.

    Hmm...now, why on Earth would people in NYC want to pack a survival kit? Hmm...I'm not coming up with anything, you? I'm really drawing a blank.

    OH WAIT! HOLY MOLY IT MUST BE BECAUSE OF PLANET X!!!!!

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    OMG, this is great stuff.

    Download the "Ready New York" emergency preparedness guide, your choice of seven different languages. And you can look at it online, or print out a PDF file (that's to take with you down into your trench...)
    http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/rea..._download.html

    Here's the online guide in English.
    http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/rea...ady_guide.html

    Hmmm...
    Hazard Specific Information

    The following contains information about specific emergencies that may affect New York City.

    Building Collapses or Explosions
    Carbon Monoxide
    Coastal Storms and Hurricanes
    Disease Outbreaks & Biological Events
    Earthquakes
    Extreme Heat
    Fire
    Hazardous Materials or Chemical Spills
    Radiation Exposure
    Thoughts on Terrorism
    Thunderstorms, Flash Floods and Lightning
    Utilities Disruptions
    Winter Weather
    Nothing in there about a rogue brown dwarf. Oh No! It's the NASA conspiracy, reaching its tentacles even unto Gracie Mansion!

    I guess to get ready for PX it would have to be a combination of earthquakes, thunderstorms, heat, and hurricanes...

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    Nothing in there about a rogue brown dwarf. Oh No! It's the NASA conspiracy, reaching its tentacles even unto Gracie Mansion!

    I guess to get ready for PX it would have to be a combination of earthquakes, thunderstorms, heat, and hurricanes...
    Nor is there anything about bobble-ing. I guess that's only a worry in Queens....

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