Posts by jfunk

Got a similar bill from the electric company one time

They had changed my meter out (the new one starting at "0"), but forgot to reset the counter on my account to 0, so it had calculated that I used enough juice to flip the counter and I had a bill for $25,000 or something crazy like that.

"I believe there is a problem with my account..."

"What is your account number, sir?"

-provided-

".....oh....I see....It looks like you're our best customer, so what's the problem?"

(yes, she was joking)

Err...yeah

"However, it must be pointed out that when we see these galaxies what we actually "see" is something at a somewhat lesser distance. What we "see" is light from the far away object rather than the object itself."

Uhh...ya think? And how exactly do we see closer objects?? Do they physically jump inside of your eyeball and push on your brain? That's great of them to point out that when we see far away objects, we are in fact seeing light...thanks for the much needed clarification.