L. Marcus Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Truth in advertising, even! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well' date=' there'll be alcohol needed, too, I expect.[/quote'] I have a bottle of 12 year old single malt Jameson's I'd happily share, but you're a bit far away. Though next time you're in the SF Bay Area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Students are the customer at a university' date=' and I think that some professors forget that.[/quote'] Actually, IMO the obligation of instructor to student are stronger than a mere business-customer relationship, but I am told I have quaint, if not downright obsolete, opinions about how academics should behave. I'm not sure I've encountered a colleague who "forgets" their obligations to students. There's been lots ... even me at times ... who finds course grades after the term to be a nuisance, but that's reason to rush through it, not to blow it off entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Blow it like a raspberry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I have a bottle of 12 year old single malt Jameson's I'd happily share' date=' but you're a bit far away. Though next time you're in the SF Bay Area...[/quote'] Many thanks, but I'm well stocked for this weekend. With the temperature predicted to get only to about 70 F, I won't even need as much ice as I anticipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Many thanks' date=' but I'm well stocked for this weekend. With the temperature predicted to get only to about 70 F, I won't even need as much ice as I anticipated.[/quote'] I envy you your weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Actually' date=' IMO the obligation of instructor to student are stronger than a mere business-customer relationship, but I am told I have quaint, if not downright obsolete, opinions about how academics should behave.[/quote'] No, I would probably agree with you. Teachers have some of the greatest responsibilities in society, right after parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I envy you your weather. Ours earlier today: Sunny, and ~50F. Glorious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER That was exactly my feelings and response as well. I just wanted to hear it from an actual professor. To me it was the same thing as me telling a customer' date=' "I'm sorry, I won't be able to help you because I have other tasks I need to do." Students are the customer at a university, and I think that some professors forget that.[/quote'] And I think there is an implicit contract involved. The professor would be in breach of contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER No' date=' I would probably agree with you. Teachers have some of the greatest responsibilities in society, right after parents.[/quote'] Ditto for auditors too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER 25.2ºc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER 25.2ºc 30° 27′ 06″ x 84° 16′ 6.72″ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I love my wife for finding the thumb drive I thought I'd lost. Having the HIPPARCOS catalog sorted by parallax in flat-text format is just too handy for things like this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER What other data does the table hold? Inhabitable planets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER A catalog of the Fortean phenomena since 1880. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Like bigfoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Like bigfoot? No, littlefoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My flat-text file has a couple of catalog numbers, parallax with its standard error, apparent magnitude, absolute magnitude, celestial coordinates in funny units, and spectral type. The full HIPPARCOS catalog has more data than that, but I cut it down to the bits most useful for gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Can it be searched? Without fancy programming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER if it is a tect file, yes. just search for text, der. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Tect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Aaaahaaaa!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Two flat-text files, 679k and 635k respectively. Though I'm almost certain you can find the same data on the Web already. I seem to remember Nyrath having it somewhere on his complex. And if you know what you want, you can get the data from the Vizier site. What isn't in them is the fancy names. Getting those is annoying, but there's only a few hundred of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER HIP # V RA Dec pi sigma(pi) HD # Spec Type 70890 11.01 217.4489475 -62.68135207 772.33 2.42 M5Ve 15.44901452 71683 -0.01 219.9204103 -60.83514707 742.12 1.4 128620 G2V 4.34237068 71681 1.35 219.9141283 -60.83947139 742.12 1.4 128621 K1V 5.70237068 87937 9.54 269.4540231 4.66828815 549.01 1.58 sdM4 13.23790128 54035 7.49 165.8358841 35.98146424 392.4 0.91 95735 M2V 10.45864499 32349 -1.44 101.2885411 -16.71314306 379.21 1.58 48915 A0m... 1.454398907 --------- Tab-separated (so the forum software suppresses the tabs and you lose the spacing). First column is HIP (Hipparcos number). Second column is apparent V magnitude. Third column is right ascension in degrees, fourth column is declination in degrees; both are for the epoch of the Hipparcos catalog, which is 1992 or so. Then comes the parallax in milli-arc-seconds, and then its standard deviation in the same units. The next column, if there's data in it, is the HD number of the star (HD being a long-standing nearly comprehensive catalog of spectral types of stars down to about 9th magnitude or a little fainter). Then comes the spectral type of the star, taken from a variety of sources (those are sort of "use at own risk" data. The last column is the absolute visual magnitude computed from the V magnitude and the parallax. Yes, I sorted things in decreasing order of parallax, which is equivalent to increasing distance. The distance in parsecs is 1000/(parallax in arc seconds). Multiply by 3.26 to get light-years. Those first six stars are, respectively, Proxima Centauri, alpha Centauri A, alpha Centauri B, then two nameless M dwarfs, then Sirius A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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