Earlier quoted context omitted.
By whom?
current US Pres Admin. there was a memo. did you not get it?
No, I don't get US Presidential memos. Also, last I checked, the US President was not in charge of how words are allowed to be used on HN.
'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker
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#202But why does the ship appear in that location, and not the water it's sitting on? What's special about the ship?
I think the explanation in the article is incorrect. This looks more like a false horizon caused by reflection of the fog on the water, rather than a mirage. There is fog out past the ship. The water close to the viewer is reflecting the sky, and is blue, while water further out is reflecting the fog. The fog above the horizon blends in with the water reflecting the fog making it hard to see the true horizon line (bu…
I think you're right. I've seen Fata Morgana and it looks nothing like this. With atmospheric ducting you get (even more) surreal images, with all kinds of distortion and mirroring. If you've ever driven through salt flats and seen floating, horizontally symmetric mountains, you'll know what I mean. Look more closely at these pictures and you'll see that the fog and the true horizon are indeed visible.
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#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
current US Pres Admin. there was a memo. did you not get it?
No, I don't get US Presidential memos. Also, last I checked, the US President was not in charge of how words are allowed to be used on HN.
Like there's really a memo. It's been in so many different news outlets. The current admin is trying to distance from previous use of the word. And if you think I was being serious, then you must not have gotten the memo on sarcasm. You should really declutter your inbox. You seem to be missing a lot of memos.
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#205This picture will help explain the "superior mirage":
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Su...
Note in the OP's original link the bottom half is cut off entirely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage?oldformat=true#Superior...
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#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a false horizon. Your eyes are seeing the reflection of the sky on the distant water or fog, making it appear the horizon is closer than it really is. So it is an optical illusion, as your brain is what is perceiving a horizon where it is not.
It’s not just one person’s brain, right? Everyone who was there would see the same thing. Surely, that means our brains are pretty much wired the same. But I wonder if some people would see the “correct” thing. What’s also mind blowing is that the camera captures the same thing your brain is interpreting!
I don't have the reference handy but I recall reading years ago that certain classic optical illusions simply don't work on people who weren't raised in societies with rectangular housing.
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#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same in Denmark, but the collective opinion is that the structure makes the license a TV tax (a yearly fee you must pay by government mandate as a result of owning a type of device irrespective of use) that goes to the media company, thus making it state funded by that tax, regardless of what the company and government claim. If it was independent it would have to sell its services on its own, with citizens purchasin…
> Same in Denmark, but the collective opinion is that the structure makes the license a TV tax (a yearly fee you must pay by government mandate as a result of owning a type of device irrespective of use) that goes to the media company, thus making it state funded by that tax, regardless of what the company and government claim. >If it was independent it would have to sell its services on its own, with citizens purcha…
> the unique nature of how the BBC is funded.
of course, other funding sources are available...
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#209The title should be 'Hovering ship', as it is in the BBC article. There is nothing special about a floating ship.
Sigur Ros - Valtari (2012)
Imho it s a great album. It also has a 'hovering ship' on its cover: http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_cov...
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The license is mandated (in certain circumstances), however the funds are collected by the BBC directly. The US mandates obamacare I believe, does that mean it's government funded?
> The license is mandated (in certain circumstances), however the funds are collected by the BBC directly. Interesting. I would still consider that government funded, personally, since it's a mandatory fee imposed by the government and applied to all TV watchers, not just consumers of the BBc. It's certainly a bit more blurry though with the direct collection. > The US mandates obamacare I believe, does that mean it'…
So, is car insurance a tax, then?