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Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by wodenokoto »

s1artibartfast wrote: post #339
wodenokoto wrote: post #324

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The point was at all color photos record electromagnetic radiation in visible colors. The “it doesn’t take photos it record electromagnetic radiation” is a silly thing to say.

This could be a comparative description of digital vs Chemical photography

Both are still capturing light.

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by blauditore »

This makes me wonder if military operations also take into account satellite positions when timing operations. Theoretically, having access to a satellite live feed and good processing software, one could potentially detect stealth bombers visually, probably even at night thanks to widespread light pollution (the plane would appear as a dark spot). Or am I missing something?

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by rob74 »

ryan_j_naughton wrote: post #328
oppositelock wrote: post #308

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You can get height if you can find the shadow, and find the time that the photo was taken, because at any given time and date, you can compute sun position, and you know the precise lat/lng of the shadow. The shadow would need to be in the same photo, though. (actually, it's a bit to the northwest, just found it). If you can find a vertical structure, like an antenna mast, you can measure shadow length and direction…

For those interested, here is the shadow: https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B001'28.8%22N+93%C2%... Took me a while to find it, so thought I'd save someone else the scrolling/search cost.

Thanks! It's conveniently hidden by a grassy area and some trees which throw shadows of their own. Actually, I should be doing something more useful at the moment...

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by dzhiurgis »

hk__2 wrote: post #278
dzhiurgis wrote: post #217

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Can Siri work with whats in your copy/paste cache?

What do you mean by “copy/paste cache”? If you mean the clipboard history, there’s no such thing on macOS. If you mean the clipboard (= the last thing you copied), Siri can work with the Shortcuts app, which itself can read the clipboard.

I mean like "create a reminder to check link from my clipboard tomorrow"

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by mcv »

widforss wrote: post #349
jimmyed wrote: post #318

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Why does _france_ need to hide their millitary bases? I mean, France?

Are we talking about the same France? France, one of Europes largest military powers which actually use their military in various conflicts around the globe?

Maybe their argument is that France has nothing to fear from anyone, so why the secrecy? Of course it's nonsense no matter how you spin it. All militaries love secrecy (except maybe the ones that are just for show, but I expect even the Swiss Guard in the Vatican has its secrets).

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by magicroot75 »

oivey wrote: post #341
magicroot75 wrote: post #329

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Is this at all analogous to how we used red/blue shift to determine the speed at which astronomical objects are moving towards/away from us?

No, that’s the Doppler effect. This is a time delay between when different colors were captured.

Ah gotcha. Makes sense. Thanks!

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by Sporktacular »

Terry_Roll wrote: post #290
dylan604 wrote: post #285

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I've been on a list for so so long now that this one is just another. No big deal.

Hey welcome to the list, I've been on it since Primary School believe it or not, but only found out a few years ago!

How did you find out?

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by amcoastal »

geoduck14 wrote: post #322
amcoastal wrote: post #257

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Its coastal physics work, you can infer near shore conditions by watching wave propagation.

So... like where submarines are based on water disturbances?

That's not what I'm doing but it seems possible you could watch refraction patterns and tell that there are submerged objects, but you'd need to know the water depth without that object there, as there'd be no great way to tell if the object is a submarine or a pile of sand. Also, most of these satellites pass over fairly rarely so wouldn't be super useful for tracking things that move. I'm mostly interested in finding the piles of sand :)

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by cyberlurker »

quietbritishjim wrote: post #355
cyberlurker wrote: post #303

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I don’t think this is true. I think responsibilities pile up and/or the need to learn more is less. The physical ability to learn is probably hardly impacted.

That's a nice idea but definitely not reality. Just try learning a language at different stages of life. I guess you could argue it's still the responsibilities holding you back but the difference is so stark that it's clear it's not just that.

Learning a new language after decades of reinforcing the knowledge of a native language is hard. I’ve attempted multiple times. Personally, I don’t think it has much to do with physical ability as much as baggage from the previous language.

I am right handed. Learning to write neatly with my left hand would be difficult too. I don’t think my brain is less capable of doing it though.

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