> In message <3.0.3.32.19980530021234.007dc760@CS347838-A.gvcl1.bc.wave.ho
> me.com>, Dan Plante <danp@CS347838-A.gvcl1.bc.wave.home.com> writes
> >
> >At 11:05 PM 5/28/98 +0100, red_mist wrote:
> >>
> >>I have actually done some research into this. In may 5th 2000 all the
> >>planets in the solor system will be in a line. The gravitational pull
> >>of all the planets could be big enough to make the earth tip on it's
> >>side causing the poles to move to the equator.
> >
> > Please tell me you're kidding.
> >
> >
> > I don't suppose you could quote me a source, could you?
> >
> http://www.teleport.com/~tcollins/conjunct.shtml
> --
> Only the weak are blind when the mist descends
> red_mist
Okay, let's think. This guy, at teleport.com, which is hardly a
recognized scientific institution, sat down at his computer, spent about 8
hours learning HTML and another weekend or two coding this 'recognized
source' and then paid the teleport people to host his page. They took his
money and put it out there without reviewing it or even insisting that he
put out his full first name. Just because something's on the net doesn't
mean it's true - look at the religious pages, including Heaven's Gate, or
the pages about Star Trek technical information, or people who say they've
slept with Elvis. It's all out there, so I'm not too suprised that this
conjuction stuff is too. Just subscribe to alt.conspiracies and see how
long it takes you to figure out that it's all made up - they once said that
TWA 800 was shot down because the military's 'focused newtron (sic) beam'
mistook it for a UFO. If you want to believe everything you see on the net,
why not just go out looking for Elvis, JFK and Jimmy Hoffa? Or exercise
some healthy specticism. In May 2000, we'll all go out in our backyards
with binoclaurs and see the planets make a nice pattern; that's it.
-Nathan Russell