OK, final post on this frayed thread. I understand the poetry of the phrase. Dark as in 'not visible', not 'lacking illumination'. But that metaphorical twist affected some of those suckled on Pink Floyd more deeply than others. It's not as easy as it should be to disabuse a misbeliever with mere logic.
Radoslaw's astronomical explanation is impeccable. Trouble is, spot on elucidation does not always carry the day. . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 02/03/2007 10:48 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Cascaded FICON and HCD Skip Robinson wrote: [...] > P.S. Although my cousin refuses to believe that she was hoodwinked by > Pink > Floyd, the moon has no dark side. I might as well try to convince her > that people are descended from monkeys. Science schmience. [...] Not true. Moon *do have dark side*. Obviously this is not due to the colour of moon dust, but the due to the fact we *NEVER* see the other side. We always see the same side of the moon. Period of rotation around the Earth and period of revolution around moon's own axle are the same. Approximately 28 days, AFAIR. (Forgive me my poor astrophysics English. Just for clarification: the periods above for the Earth are 365 days and 24h respectively. ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
