The Moon

[rpgdemon]

So, some jerk with a mask is causing the moon to crash into our moon celebration in Clock Town.

IE: The moon's the closest it'll be for like 1000ish years, or something like that. It's really bright, and a bit bigger than normal. It be cool looking, check it out. :)

[Kyanbu The Legend]

When, where and how long cause that sounds so awesome I would freak the fuck out if I missed it!!

[Nikose Tyris]

All night tonight, so, go outside. I already did some moongazing.

[Tev]

It's too cloudy here. I am very sad that I am missing it.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I'm mad i didn't notice that earlier. XD

Gotta take a picture ASAP!!

[Magus]

It looks the same to me. 14% bigger my ass. This is almost as disappointing as those extenZe pills.

EDIT: You know what I think it looks smaller than usual because I was expecting it to just look freaking huge. Again, just like those extenZe pills.

[rpgdemon]

It looks the same to me. 14% bigger my ass. This is almost as disappointing as those extenZe pills.

EDIT: You know what I think it looks smaller than usual because I was expecting it to just look freaking huge. Again, just like those extenZe pills.

Yeah, I didn't think it was 14% bigger, nor did I know the number. It was REALLY brighter though.

And it is larger than usual. It was going on last night as well, but I didn't notice anything then/hadn't found out about it/the moon was behind some clouds mostly.

[Archbio]

Does anybody know if Walmart stocks any silver bullets? I'm running low.

[Magus]

Scientific Question: Does this cause higher tides and if so should we be afraid of krakens emerging from the deep to devour us all?

[synkr0nized]

It's a pretty negligible size difference to the human eye, considering the distance and all. Still, it certainly seems brighter and slightly bigger, and side-by-side pictures (with consistent conditions) make it more obvious.


What we need is for the moon to get closer and closer over the years until it looks huge like it does in sci-fi and fantasy images and renders and then go back to its furthest point. The Majora's Mask jokes would be much better, then, too.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Does anybody know if Walmart stocks any silver bullets? I'm running low.

I use Silver Swords. Just does the job better for me.

[bluestarultor]

I use Silver Swords. Just does the job better for me.

Real men use silverware. And then break it up into little bits to insert manually.

[Amake]

The Moon is reportedly going to leave Earth's orbit within several hundred years. I want to see suggestions on how to sap its orbital speed by a precise amount so that it becomes perfectly balanced with the gravitational pull, and also lets the Moon closer to make it nice and big. Bonus points if the excess kinetic energy is harnessed to a constructive purpose.

I propose some manner of magnetic tether to let the Moon's motion around the Earth wind a dynamo.

[bluestarultor]

The Moon is reportedly going to leave Earth's orbit within several hundred years. I want to see suggestions on how to sap its orbital speed by a precise amount so that it becomes perfectly balanced with the gravitational pull, and also lets the Moon closer to make it nice and big. Bonus points if the excess kinetic energy is harnessed to a constructive purpose.

I propose some manner of magnetic tether to let the Moon's motion around the Earth wind a dynamo.

Obviously, we make a big ring around the Earth with a cable coming out of a free-turning inner portion. Then we attach it to the moon. The Earth's rotation gives us kinetic energy, the moon can't run away, and it gives us an excuse to build a bullet train around the world. Everyone's happy!


Edit: Heck, if we're planning for the future, we'll do the ring thing on the moon, too, and make part of the cable an electrical wire. Then when the moon starts turning relative to the Earth again we'll already have the structure in place!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Ah so that's what it was all about then. I wondered why it was so bright last night.

The Moon is reportedly going to leave Earth's orbit within several hundred years.

The moon has been there for nearly 4 billion years. It ain't going anywhere.

[Osterbaum]

The Moon is reportedly going to leave Earth's orbit within several hundred years.
Um, no?

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Guys I have a completely LEGITIMATE and SERIOUS fear that the moon will fly away if we stop looking at it. We need some kind of shift system so someone is watching it at all times.

Edit:.... Timestamp is totally super crazy- I posted this right at the bottom.

[rpgdemon]

should we be afraid of krakens emerging from the deep to devour us all?

YES

[Pip Boy]

Was this a legit thing coming from NASA, or was this from one of those chain letters thats been recirculating with a new date listed on it every week for the last ten years?

[rpgdemon]

This one was legit.

[Bobbey]

Oh, so THAT'S why it was so bright last night. The boyfriend and I used a telescope I gave him for Christmas to gaze upon it because we thought it was unusually bright. It didn't seem any bigger than it ususally is though. It was fun to check it out from a closer point of view. :) Fun fact: I used to be afraid of the moon when I was a small child, which made playing Majora's Mask a somewhat terrifying experience for me.

[Zilla]

The Moon.

When one gazes on this gleaming object in the night sky, what does one think?

How beautiful it is!

What else?

Why is it covered in holes?

But many also forget that a nearby celestial object is also covered in holes. The Earth is filled with cracks, fissures, and crevices. But what about those places where there is no hole, but we would like a hole? This is where the story of Alfred Nobel, inventor of peace and dynamite, begins.

~ Invention Pioneers of Note.

I've noticed the moon has been brighter almost all year, compared to what it used to be. I don't think it's been a really sudden jump, it's definitely been progressing toward this point for a while.

There's a ton of crazy astrological stuff happening lately (relatively lately, anyway). Mars was as close as it could be not too long ago, Hailey's comet went by a decade or so ago, Pluto decided to stop being a planet...

[Doc ock rokc]

There's a ton of crazy astrological stuff happening lately (relatively lately, anyway). Mars was as close as it could be not too long ago, Hailey's comet went by a decade or so ago, Pluto decided to stop being a planet...

To be fair Pluto was tired of being picked on and decided to form Its own group with all the other "little people" planets called the plutoides (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutoid)

[ChaoticBrain]

Pluto decided to stop being a planet...

I heard it was laid off due to budget constraints.

[russianreversal]

The Moon is reportedly going to leave Earth's orbit within several hundred years. Try 15 billion or so, and that's for its orbit to stabilize with the Earth, not to ultimately leave. In case you're wondering, it's moving at about 38 mm a year. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Tidal_effects)

[Archbio]

To be fair you do need several hundred years to make 15 billion.

[ChaoticBrain]

You do realize that the definition of the word "several" doesn't extend to 150 million, right? That's "many" territory.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/several

[PyrosNine]

Pyros commented on bright moon while waiting in line to see Campus Cinema's weekend movie night of Tangled.

And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see that-not-as-big-as-the-guys-on-facebook-said-it'd-be-moon!

But yeah, totally sucks that this doesn't mean end of the world calamities or something, or even that there's some childish jerk with a demon mask we need to beat the crap out of or call his 5 story tall parents or something.

Maybe the Mayans were just stupid about this whole end of the world thing, and their calendar was off by a year, because they thought the moon would just keep coming and kill us all.

[bluestarultor]

Pyros commented on bright moon while waiting in line to see Campus Cinema's weekend movie night of Tangled.

And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see that-not-as-big-as-the-guys-on-facebook-said-it'd-be-moon!

But yeah, totally sucks that this doesn't mean end of the world calamities or something, or even that there's some childish jerk with a demon mask we need to beat the crap out of or call his 5 story tall parents or something.

Maybe the Mayans were just stupid about this whole end of the world thing, and their calendar was off by a year, because they thought the moon would just keep coming and kill us all.

More like the Mayan calendar less stops and more just resets.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I dont know Blues. I get into a panic every year around January when I discover my calendar mysteriously ends in Februrary. What can it mean!

[Osterbaum]

My calendar ends in March! Then I've got this other calendar than ended last december but then I discovered there was an extra page there that has all the days from january till december 2011! WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN

[Amake]

Try 15 billion or so, and that's for its orbit to stabilize with the Earth, not to ultimately leave. In case you're wondering, it's moving at about 38 mm a year. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Tidal_effects) Well that's good to know. And for taking the effort to write something more than "You're wrong, shut up", I thank you.

[BitVyper]

If you still trust the moon, you haven't played enough IWBTG.

[russianreversal]

Well that's good to know. And for taking the effort to write something more than "You're wrong, shut up", I thank you. Well if I just laughed at all the silly things people said I'd be an ass. I mean, even more so.

Also you wouldn't learn anything that way. It's win-win for everyone! :dance:

I just realized the way I phrased the above probably came off pretty condescending in its own right. Let me then simply say you're welcome.

EDIT:
If you still trust the moon, you haven't played enough IWBTG. :mad:

[Osterbaum]

Well that's good to know. And for taking the effort to write something more than "You're wrong, shut up", I thank you.
If you're referring to my response then let me explain here that I certainly did not mean any offense. I had never heard anything of the moon getting farther away that fast, but neither had I heard anything on the contrary. It was a sort of "Wait what? That can't be happening can it?" type "Um, no?" and not anything else.

Reading it now tough I can definitely see how it would've come out differently from what I mean to say, so I apologize.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Hey guys, yesterday the moon got so close it looked kinda peculiar. I took a picture.
Here:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9412/deathstar1l.jpg

[Amake]

I believe you, and accept your apology.

Wanna hug? :)

Edit: That's no moon. . .

[Osterbaum]

HUGS ALL AROUND

[Aerozord]

If you still trust the moon, you haven't played enough IWBTG.

it just doesn't give up