Stars at the end of a thread title....

[Tuerto]

How? Why? And who allocates them?

[Cyclops]

Usually allocated by the egotistical poster who starts a thread

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

Usually allocated by the egotistical poster who starts a thread

I seem to be rating threads without physically doing it. As soon as I reply to a thread it seems to get 5 stars, although I know my contributions are well appreciated here so it could make sense.

[Mrs Steve R]

I seem to be rating threads without physically doing it. As soon as I reply to a thread it seems to get 5 stars, although I know my contributions are well appreciated here so it could make sense.

[Tuerto]

Usually allocated by the egotistical poster who starts a thread

Are you jealous of my stars?

[Cyclops]

Are you jealous of my stars?

Not in the slightest. My claim to fame is that my posts inevitably conclude more threads than any other posters - because no-one can follow them.

[Cyclops]

Not in the slightest. My claim to fame is that my posts inevitably conclude more threads than any other posters - because no-one can follow them.

In the sense that no-one can follow them.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I seem to be rating threads without physically doing it. As soon as I reply to a thread it seems to get 5 stars, although I know my contributions are well appreciated here so it could make sense.

Is the last one Ur@nus?

[Cyclops]

Is the last one Ur@nus?

You seem to be confusing a planet with a star to make a rather convoluted joke. Planets in our Solar System appear to move in complicated paths across the sky, but stars don't. That is, if you observe the sky night after night, the stars will all appear in fixed positions with respect to each other. They will rise and set a few minutes earlier each night (an effect that is due to the Earth's motion around the Sun), but otherwise nothing will change. This is why the background stars are sometimes referred to as the "celestial sphere" -- from our point of view, it looks like the stars are "painted" onto a gigantic sphere that surrounds Earth and therefore are unable to move with respect to each other.Planets, on the other hand, are observed to move in very complicated paths with respect to the background stars, sometimes even appearing to go "against the grain" and reverse their directions. Therefore, they are easily distinguishable from stars if you look at the sky night after night. Although ancient astronomers did not have a correct explanation for this phenomenon, we now know that the complicated motion is just a projection effect -- it is due to the fact that Earth and the other planets are physically moving in orbits around the Sun, so the planets' relative positions as seen from Earth (with respect to the fixed background stars) change as time goes on. There are other observational differences between planets and stars too, by the way -- such as the fact that planets almost never twinkle.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

You seem to be confusing a planet with a star to make a rather convoluted joke. Planets in our Solar System appear to move in complicated paths across the sky, but stars don't. That is, if you observe the sky night after night, the stars will all appear in fixed positions with respect to each other. They will rise and set a few minutes earlier each night (an effect that is due to the Earth's motion around the Sun), but otherwise nothing will change. This is why the background stars are sometimes referred to as the "celestial sphere" -- from our point of view, it looks like the stars are "painted" onto a gigantic sphere that surrounds Earth and therefore are unable to move with respect to each other.Planets, on the other hand, are observed to move in very complicated paths with respect to the background stars, sometimes even appearing to go "against the grain" and reverse their directions. Therefore, they are easily distinguishable from stars if you look at the sky night after night. Although ancient astronomers did not have a correct explanation for this phenomenon, we now know that the complicated motion is just a projection effect -- it is due to the fact that Earth and the other planets are physically moving in orbits around the Sun, so the planets' relative positions as seen from Earth (with respect to the fixed background stars) change as time goes on. There are other observational differences between planets and stars too, by the way -- such as the fact that planets almost never twinkle.

Indeed. I shall self-flagellate.

[Cyclops]

Indeed. I shall self-flagellate.

I'd give that ten stars minimum

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

Indeed. I shall self-flagellate.

You'll go blind.

[Cyclops]

You'll go blind.

If only we could assign stars to individual POSTS!

[Wales-Bales]

Shit thread and I have voted accordingly

[Freitag 4.17]

If only we could assign stars to individual POSTS!

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[Tuerto]

Shit thread and I have voted accordingly

I only asked a question and the thread has gone all Patrick Moore.

[Mrs Steve R]

If only we could assign stars to individual POSTS!

[jeepster]

I only asked a question and the thread has gone all Patrick Moore.

[Cyclops]

I only asked a question and the thread has gone all Patrick Moore.

How did you know Wails-Bails looks like a well-known TV personality?

[Tuerto]

How did you know Wails-Bails looks like a well-known TV personality?

I've got a very powerful telescope.