Alberto Nicelli wrote: > >>There's an old saying where I come from: "When you're in a hole, stop > >>digging". Given that, I will just slip into the background. > > I'm quite sure that Fernando cannot be the author of that crazy message : > anyway let me take the occasion to say that up to now I've learned a lot of > things thanks to you, Jim . I'd like to continue .
Thank you Alberto. -fernando > > > Best regards > > Alberto Nicelli > Italy (45* 28' N ; 7* 52' E) > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Jim Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A: sundial <[email protected]> > Data: domenica 18 aprile 1999 18.25 > Oggetto: Re: bad people on the list > > >I'm not sure how to respond. I've never been called a fraud before. > >Perhaps it is about time. > > > >At any rate, the primary source for my calculation of the equation of time > >is W.M. Smart, "Textbook on Spherical Astronomy, Sixth Edition", Dover > >(1979), sections 85-91, with additional material from The Explanatory > >Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. It makes sense to me. > > > >As for being a 'true' dialist, I have been designing and making sundials > for > >22 years. I also worked as an orbital mechanic on the Apollo program. > > > >There's an old saying where I come from: "When you're in a hole, stop > >digging". Given that, I will just slip into the background. > > > >Best regards, > > > >Jim > > > >James E. Morrison > >Astrolabe web pages at: http://myhouse.com/mc/planet/astrodir/astrolab.htm > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Fernando Cabral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, April 17, 1999 11:24 PM > >Subject: bad people on the list > > > > > >> Hello to All. > >> > >> I hate to start something, but I think that Jim Morrison is a fraud. > >> I have check his equations for EOT, and I believe that he just made > >> them up. Here in Brasilia, we have a saying to translate which means, > >> "even a stupid man may be considered wise if he keeps his mouth shut". > >> If you don't know something Jim, than be graceful enough to ask for > >> help for someone who does. But please don't make up non-factuous > >> nonsense. I know that Jim is not a true dialist, that his interests > >> are elsewhere, and maybe he is just jealous of the rest of us. I hope > >> I have not to offend anyone, I'm just helping to keep everyone aware > >> of the facts. > >> > >> Fernando > >> > >> _______________________________________________________________ > >> Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > >> > >> > > > > -- Fernando Cabral Padrao iX Sistemas Abertos mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pix.com.br mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fone: +55 61 321-2433 Fax: +55 61 225-3082 15º 45' 04.9" S 47º 49' 58.6" W 19º 37' 57.0" S 45º 17' 13.6" W
