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On Thu, 05 May 2011 20:12:36 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

David Kennedy wrote:
Max Demian wrote:


Pretty poor arrangement in my opinion, surely the sun would be of more
use at night when it's dark. They should swap around.


There has to be a snag to that.

Anyway, on planets that are in a solar system where there are two suns,
leading to days and nights of irregular length, I wonder what time
system they use. And when would you plant your flowers?

Life evolved so differently that there the flowers plant *you*

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In article , Bill Wright
wrote:
David Kennedy wrote:
Max Demian wrote:


Pretty poor arrangement in my opinion, surely the sun would be of more
use at night when it's dark. They should swap around.


There has to be a snag to that.

Anyway, on planets that are in a solar system where there are two suns,
leading to days and nights of irregular length, I wonder what time
system they use. And when would you plant your flowers?

If they are Ringworld Sunflowers, then you would be wise to only plant and
tend them at night. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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On 07/05/2011 16:14, Jim Lesurf wrote:

If they are Ringworld Sunflowers, then you would be wise to only plant and
tend them at night. :-)


Slaver sunflowers were of course an import, not native, to the Ringworld.

Anyway, it rained last night :)

Andy

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Albert Ross wrote:

Anyway, on planets that are in a solar system where there are two suns,
leading to days and nights of irregular length, I wonder what time
system they use. And when would you plant your flowers?

Life evolved so differently that there the flowers plant *you*
So what, I've been vegetating for years.

Bill

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Jim Lesurf wrote:

Anyway, on planets that are in a solar system where there are two suns,
leading to days and nights of irregular length, I wonder what time
system they use. And when would you plant your flowers?

If they are Ringworld Sunflowers, then you would be wise to only plant and
tend them at night. :-)

But how would you know when the night was coming?

Bill

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In article , Andy
Champ
wrote:
On 07/05/2011 16:14, Jim Lesurf wrote:

If they are Ringworld Sunflowers, then you would be wise to only plant
and tend them at night. :-)


Slaver sunflowers were of course an import, not native, to the Ringworld.

I suppose you can argue that the entire Ringworld is an 'import'. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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In article , Bill Wright
wrote:
Jim Lesurf wrote:

Anyway, on planets that are in a solar system where there are two
suns, leading to days and nights of irregular length, I wonder what
time system they use. And when would you plant your flowers?

If they are Ringworld Sunflowers, then you would be wise to only plant
and tend them at night. :-)

But how would you know when the night was coming?

Haven't you set your watch to the local time? You would have found that
easier at night I guess. Then if it were clear you could try and see if the
other shadows were visible on the arch.

Slainte,

Jim

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On 09/05/2011 09:17, Jim Lesurf wrote:

Slaver sunflowers were of course an import, not native, to the Ringworld.

I suppose you can argue that the entire Ringworld is an 'import'. :-)


mmm.. true.. but the sunflowers are I think originally from Thrintun.
(OK, I admit it, I had to look that up... world of Ptavvs...)

Andy

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"Java Jive" wrote in message
...


Although you were most probably joking, the surprising answer is
"Quite a lot!" ...
big snip


Yeah, yeah, so apart from stabilising our axis, protecting us from
meteorites, creating tidal energy, allowing life to evolve on land, and
providing endless inspiration to poets and songwriters, what has the moon
ever done for us?

SteveT

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wrote:
"Java Jive" wrote in message
...


Although you were most probably joking, the surprising answer is "Quite
a lot!" ... big snip

Yeah, yeah, so apart from stabilising our axis, protecting us from
meteorites, creating tidal energy, allowing life to evolve on land, and
providing endless inspiration to poets and songwriters, what has the
moon ever done for us?


Not sure if this has already been mentioned. But IIRC it has also been
claimed that the Moon helped remove some of the atmosphere and thus avoided
the Earth having an atmosphere so dense as to become like Venus.

Slainte,

Jim

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