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Tapatalk, puh-leese! I know, ensuring that people that come in that way sign the membership agreement....
 
Well since the new randi.org website has no link nor even a passing reference to this forum , despite their assurance at one time they would keep a link for several months, I suggest we delete the JREF topics as soon as possible and move this thread to a more appropriate section.
 
JREF made some request for changes when they wanted the site moved. We're still to process them, but some things will be moved around.
 
Rrose Selavy said:
Well since the new randi.org website has no link nor even a passing reference to this forum , despite their assurance at one time they would keep a link for several months, I suggest we delete the JREF topics as soon as possible and move this thread to a more appropriate section.
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I found a passing refernce

http://web.randi.org/the-million-dollar-challenge.html
Section 2.3

Past claims have included: psychic or mediumistic powers, ESP, dowsing, magnetic humans, astrology, faith healing, etc. Read through the JREF forum for a list of previous applicants if you’d like to see whether or not your claim has been tested before. A partial list can be found at: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=43
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Reno said:
didn't JREF forums used to be blue?
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Not to my recollection, but I could be wrong.

It might have been better to keep the same color scheme just to ease the transition. I chose "The Red One" in my options and it makes the forum look the same as it did before. IMO that should have been made the default.
 
So far I've had no hitches except that it's not as easy to type search terms anymore. My way of accessing was to Google the old acronym. By using the terms skeptic and skeptics I've found other forums where, IMO, the standards for logic are much lower and posters provided fewer links, etc.

I know a bookmark or shortcut would solve this but absent that it if you are using just search terms you could land somewhere else.

This is the best forum I've found for civility, logic and links to real data. If there are others I'd like to know about them.
 
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AdMan said:
I think what was being thought about being animated was the Newton's Cradle (bouncing earths) on the left. Please don't animate that! This isn't the 90s.
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Just for fun, I made an animated version of my own...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/prjj02xyqmh90ph/isflogoright2.gif?dl=0

(Note: Dropbox just shows a preview, you have to download it to see it move. I'd have uploaded it straight to the forum, but apparently 161.2kb is exceeds the size limit.)
 
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Doghouse Reilly said:
Not to my recollection, but I could be wrong.
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You are wrong. It very definitely used to be blue. It probably was the same blue as the new blue because I recall it was the vBulletin default color. It changed to red around 2006 or 2007, I think. I believe the red was to match the colors on the JREF website.
 
Brian-M said:
Just for fun, I made an animated version of my own.....
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Nice.

To be really picky with the original, and thus yours, if we were viewing it exactly from the side we would only see one vertical string holding each earth as the other would be obscured behind it (A, below). If we aren't viewing it exactly from the side, as implied by both strings being visible, then we would only see one complete earth, and each of the others would be partially hidden from view by the one slightly in front of it (B, below). If B, then you would need some perspective, as in C.

rleydDa.jpg
 
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MikeG said:
Nice.

To be really picky with the original, and thus yours, if we were viewing it exactly from the side we would only see one vertical string holding each earth as the other would be obscured behind it (A, below). If we aren't viewing it exactly from the side, as implied by both strings being visible, then we would only see one complete earth, and each of the others would be partially hidden from view by the one slightly in front of it (B, below). If B, then you would need some perspective, as in C.

[qimg]http://i.imgur.com/rleydDa.jpg[/qimg]
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You know, you are good. Really good. You certainly have The Eye.
 
MikeG said:
Nice.

To be really picky with the original, and thus yours, if we were viewing it exactly from the side we would only see one vertical string holding each earth as the other would be obscured behind it (A, below). If we aren't viewing it exactly from the side, as implied by both strings being visible, then we would only see one complete earth, and each of the others would be partially hidden from view by the one slightly in front of it (B, below). If B, then you would need some perspective, as in C.

[qimg]http://i.imgur.com/rleydDa.jpg[/qimg]
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You are perspectively* correct. In this case, I used 'two' strings to get the idea of it being a Newton's Cradle across more effectively. Had I used only one, while more correct from a perspective perspective, it would mostly just appear as globes on strings to the average viewer.

*Not a real word
 
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