[chris]

Give me a break you lot.

My new year resolution is to ensure that we have a high quality QOTW each week from henceforth.

We'll start from today and I'll post the question shortly.

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[DoctorBeaver]

*looks at watch* 5 and a half hours later... zzzzzzzzzzz

[neilep]

...hey !!..this a good idea...question Of the Week eh ?...it might actually catch on !

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[DoctorBeaver]

Make that 11 and a half

[ukmicky]

Give him a chance he's a doctor, and if he's anything like mine he's busy congratulating his patients on catching the flu and them telling them to go away and to let it run its course.

so you then go away and get a chest infection and when you go back the doctor say's arrhh you've now got a chest infection, now go away and let it run its course.

I can do that, maybe i should be a doctor

Sorry chris i know your a good doctor really[]

Michael                 HAPPY NEW YEAR                    

[ukmicky]

Question

Why do we never get to see the dark side of the moon



Michael                 HAPPY EASTER

[neilep]

Gosh !! i'm dumbfounded...I actually know the answer to this but seeing as Michael only asked it less than half an hour ago I'll leave it for some of the non vampires to respond to.

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[DoctorBeaver]

I think you've asked either a wrong question or a trick 1.
I suspect the answer you want is that as the moon's period of rotation is the same as the time it takes to orbit the Earth, the same side is always facing us.
However, even if the 2 periods were different so that we could actually see the moon rotating on its axis, we would still never see "the dark side" as we could only ever see whichever part of the moon was facing the Earth.
In any case, at new moon even the side that is facing us is dark & we can still see that with light amplifying equipment.

Pedants rule! [:p]

[ukmicky]

Damn your good.



Michael                 HAPPY NEW YEAR                    

[DoctorBeaver]

quote: Damn your good.

That's what she said last night []
But she was talking about my cooking []

[ukmicky]

I  think its weird how the one species of life on earth since its creation which is able to appreciate an eclipse of the sun happens to be around at the best time to view it. if we were around much earlier in the history of the earth the moon would be closer and cover too much up and much later and the moon will be further away from the earth and not cover up enough.
At present time the moon  400 x nearer than the Sun with a radius which is 400 x smaller than the sun. WEIRD
At present time the moon also rotates once  every time it orbits the earth , so we always get the same view THAT'S ALSO WEIRD


Michael                 HAPPY NEW YEAR                    

[chris]

I've seen Dark Side of the Moon. In fact I'm looking at it now, alongside "Momentary Lapse of Reason" and "The Final Cut".

Sorry about the lack of a question last night. My computer actually decided to die at 4.30. Nice.

Anyway, I think ukmicky's question about the dark side of the moon is actually excellent, so let's kick off with that, and I'll save my question for next week.

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[DoctorBeaver]

What a cop out! [)]

[chris]

Here's this week's QOTW (and this time there will be a weekly turnover of questions):

"WHY DO WE SEE OUR BREATH ON COLD DAYS ?"

Have a go, below...

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[DoctorBeaver]

That's easy. (but don't ask Blunkett) [)]

[chris]

Come on then, let's see the answer...

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[DoctorBeaver]

Temperature difference blah blah condensation blah [:p]

[DoctorBeaver]

Actually, to answer your question, we can see it because it's visible. The question should really have been "Why is it visible?"

[ukmicky]

quote:The question should really have been "Why is it visible?"

Because we have eyes

Michael                 HAPPY NEW YEAR                    

[DoctorBeaver]

No, Michael. We can see it because it's visible and we have eyes. Moles can't see it, but it must be visible as we can percieve it. Therefore, we can see it as it's visible to us.
But Chris, I believe, is after the process that makes it visible; which is a different question.

Jeez - I'm still good! [] Do I get my TNS pedant award now?