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Anybody remember Kohoutek? Exactly. If I were a comet, my strategy would be to underpromise and overdeliver. That's the best way to rally a comet's soothsayer b
by T_S_ 14y ago
Anybody remember Kohoutek? Exactly. If I were a comet, my strategy would be to underpromise and overdeliver. That's the best way to rally a comet's soothsayer base.
- fhars 14y agoYes, I do. I do also remember Halley's comet. Or, rather, I do remember standing on a winter beach around the time of the predicted maximum with a clear view of the southern sky without light pollution and seeing exactly nothing but stars. (Being at 54 degrees north probably didn't help, either).
- groby_b 14y agoIf you talk about this approach, the first commet that comes to mind is Hamner-Brown. (Yeah, it's fictional. Still, it's the archetype of that strategy :)
- molmalo 14y agoThanks!, Your comment made me google Hammer-Brown, and now I want to read that book :)
- spatten 14y agoIt's available DRM free from Baen for $4.00: http://www.baenebooks.com/p-921-lucifers-hammer.aspx http://www.baenebooks.com/p-921-lucifers-hammer.aspx. (I have no affiliation, other than being a happy customer).
- robterrell 14y agoHa! I remember that book. I memorized several end-of-the-world survival strategies from it. Like "you can drive a jeep on railroad tracks" and "when packing for the apocalypse, don't forget liquor."
- groby_b 14y agoYeah. I keep telling myself I'm simply disaster-ready when I look at my liquor cabinet, too :)
- bwanab 14y agoI remember it well. I drove up to Bluff Mountain tower (TN) with a couple of friends on a clear summer night. From up there it was a spectacular sight. It was much more beautiful than Hale-Bopp which I saw from Bear Mountain (NY). The only problem - and it was a big one - was that you couldn't really see Kohoutek unless you were up high where Hale-Bopp could be seen from light polluted suburbs.