The Illuminati Project Pushes For Dark Skies In 2009 315
An anonymous reader writes "2009 is the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations of Venus, Saturn and Jupiter published in Sidereus Nuncius ('Starry Messenger'). To improve scientific literacy, the NOAO and NASA are promoting dark-sky initiatives in 2009 to draw attention to the problem of light pollution which obscures nearly all night sky colors and objects except for the moon and a few bright stars and planets. Project Illuminati is a Flickr project by James Cann to showcase the beauty of light pollution to raise awareness and educate fellow Earthmates to lower energy consumption and become more curious about our place in the universe."
Please turn off the lights! (Score:1, Funny)
They'll attract Vulcans and other alien riff-raff!
A mugger speaks... (Score:5, Funny)
... as a knife wielding teenage gang member I welcome any dark sky initiative - and I can assure you that all my victims will be seeing stars when I've finished with them (shortly before they die in a pool of their own blood ...)
At last, the needs of amateur astrologers, penny pinching local councils, and muggers finally coincide! Happy days!
I don't see any fnords (Score:3, Funny)
Or is this a different Illuminati Project ?
Re:Absolutely, lets end civilization (Score:1, Funny)
You sick fuck. There will no huddling in my cave. Think of the children!
+1 Clever! :) (Score:4, Funny)
Whenever I explain your point to other people, they look at me like I'm from another planet.
You'll get used to it, eventually... sometimes the easiest way is to just tell them that you ARE ;)
Re:Absolutely, lets end civilization (Score:5, Funny)
Think how much easier it would be to see the stars if we just stopped making electricity. The night skies would be black like they were a thousand years ago. We could all go back to living in caves and wearing fur, no wait, we can't kill animals, and wearing fur is evil and sit by the fire, no burning wood produces CO2, so we'll sit in our dark caves, huddled together to stay warm and slowly starve to death. But then there wouldn't be anyone to look up at the stars. And that is the true goal of "environmentalism".
Are you on a mission to pack the maximum amount of gibberish and straw men into a single post?
...or maybe (Score:2, Funny)
Thats a great idea... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Red lights (Score:5, Funny)
Try for yourself. Get a torch and a red filter and a blue filter. Go out at night and let your eyes get used to the darkness. Shine the torch through the red filter such that you cannot see any white lite. You will be able to see quite well after you switch the torch off.
I tried, this - but not realizing you weren't American, I ended up setting both the red and blue filters on fire, and then badly burning myself trying to switch the torch off.
But is it my fault? I think not - you are the one named fireman sam, so I would have thought you'd have been a bit more responsible!
Re:Thats a great idea... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I am confused... (Score:5, Funny)
Agreed,
money can buy allot of shotgun shells.
Re:Apocalypse (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps the rest of you could finally kill each other off so I can enjoy the night sky. Its a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
Must be (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I am confused... (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, the UK, where 30 miles is a long way away and 300 years is a little while ago.