tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post1665159044853482271..comments2024-02-24T02:36:37.956-06:00Comments on Dizzy's Wanderings & Wonderings: Wondering about speed.Dizzy-Dickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-34972928677015200882011-12-11T07:16:36.805-06:002011-12-11T07:16:36.805-06:00Spud, backwards is good direction to go. A lot mo...Spud, backwards is good direction to go. A lot more of us ought to do just that.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-46551429026417835062011-12-11T04:53:35.348-06:002011-12-11T04:53:35.348-06:00Hell I'm still using a brick phone, and refuse...Hell I'm still using a brick phone, and refuse to get one of them fancy pansy flip phones ! When my brick dies it will be the end of cell phones for me. I'm going backwards at warp speed...with the economy doing what it is, figure I might as well get there first.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-64604022889735392482011-12-10T21:12:53.818-06:002011-12-10T21:12:53.818-06:00Hermit, You are moving fast if you are on board th...Hermit, You are moving fast if you are on board the earth, (grin).<br /><br />Trouble, I, too, am getting a lot slower.<br /><br />TFT, You know, you got me thinking and I believe on my last July’s trip through 13 states I only passed an old farmer on a tractor.<br /><br />Jill, DSL made me happy, too. I have a flip cell phone and so does my wife. Does that make us “old fashioned”? At least my cell phone doesn’t have a rotory dial. . .Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-89075774596061432842011-12-10T20:40:40.056-06:002011-12-10T20:40:40.056-06:00I was happy when DSL came to my neighborhood, dial...I was happy when DSL came to my neighborhood, dial-up R.I.P. Other than that I'm rather slow with tech stuff..have my husbands old flip phone that I forget to turn on or hang up on the person calling when I answer. Driving--slow<br />walking--slow. I'm a dawdler but I think thats due to the fact I'm a gawker...probably why I drive slow too!Mail Art Dramashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641811876296214400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-77430774678645074902011-12-10T16:34:35.494-06:002011-12-10T16:34:35.494-06:00Speed. I may have told you this before DD but I do...Speed. I may have told you this before DD but I don't drive or do anything very fast so for the last 11 years on the road, I haven't passed another vehicle. A few tractors and parked cars perhaps...The Flying Tortoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212913610390768373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-57817735656328265942011-12-10T11:18:59.061-06:002011-12-10T11:18:59.061-06:00lol HJ, too much for me too. Always slow in the m...lol HJ, too much for me too. Always slow in the mornings...lolololTROUBLEnTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101519457688182222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-6214707541050625642011-12-10T10:53:52.232-06:002011-12-10T10:53:52.232-06:00Hard to contemplate all this so early in the day!
...Hard to contemplate all this so early in the day!<br /><br />I don't feel like I'm moving very fast, let me tell ya!HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-70476268867738918732011-12-10T09:05:01.405-06:002011-12-10T09:05:01.405-06:00They use Type 1a Super Novi as a standard candle, ...They use Type 1a Super Novi as a standard candle, since they are all about the same brighness. Then they can approximate the distance by how much the light has dimmed.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-50324000335561688762011-12-10T08:45:15.984-06:002011-12-10T08:45:15.984-06:00Too fast for me for sure.
Now I want to ask. Ho...Too fast for me for sure. <br />Now I want to ask. How to they (who ever They are) measure the speeds at which the items are moving? Can't bounce a laser off them like my level/measuring device. What if their calculations are off , out of kilter? <br />Seriously how do they measure the distances ?Ben in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068952818736489066noreply@blogger.com