Webley...Rubber EE-3 Blaster

[gorman]

Any updates? Did they get shipped? Why is the sky blue?

 

[E2K13]

I just got off the phone with john. He let me know that 4 of the blasters were shipped yesterday and he is going to ship out 4 more today. He will try and contact those that have them coming to give you the tracking numbers and ETA's

 

[gorman]

You still didn't answer my last question!

 

[Laan]

I just got off the phone with john. He let me know that 4 of the blasters were shipped yesterday and he is going to ship out 4 more today. He will try and contact those that have them coming to give you the tracking numbers and ETA's

Dont suppose he told you who they shipped to? I know, whishful thinking.

 

[E2K13]

You still didn't answer my last question!

Ok Gorman, Just for you:

Why is the sky blue?



Our patrons are a curious bunch. Or maybe they just want to test us out. Here's the reason the sky is blue. This explanation was written for us by Carl Aude, who works at NASA. The answer is based in part on the explanation in
Hecht, Eugene. Optics. 2nd Edition. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1988. pp. 293-294.

Light from the sun, like light from many sources, contains all frequencies (colors) of visible light. All the frequencies together look white, and are called white light. The first thing you might learn about light is it goes in a straight line. Next you learn there are four exceptions to this rule: reflection, refraction, diffraction, and scattering. Scattering is when light bounces off things like molecules. If you were in space the sun would look very bright and the sky would look absolutely black, since light normally goes in a straight line. But here on Earth, light is scattered by molecules of air as it passes through the atmosphere. Lord Rayleigh was the first to research the dependence of scattering on the frequency of light. He found that scattering increases in proportion to the fourth power of the frequency of the light. This means that light of higher frequencies (blue) is scattered much much more than light of lower frequencies (red). While most light passes straight on through to the Earth's surface, there is so much sunlight to start with that significant amounts of light are scattered and due to its higher frequency, the bulk of the scattered light is blue. It is scattered in all directions, but much of it makes its way to the Earth again, coming in from all directions, and this makes the sky blue. This is also the reason for the color of sunsets. As the sun approaches the horizon it comes to us through a greater angle and passes through the atmosphere for a much greater distance. First, this causes the longer wavelengths of red, orange, and yellow to be scattered more so that they color the nearby sky. Second, it causes the blue light to be scattered away even more and not reach us as much.

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[E2K13]

Dont suppose he told you who they shipped to? I know, whishful thinking.

He did not have the list in front of him because he was in the shop. He did however say he would post which ones shipped out.

 

[Laan]

Thanks Eddie. Now I can tell my kids I know why the sky is blue.

 

[gorman]

Dude.. that's cheating. You should have typed that yourself!

 

[Laan]

hey john? Hey John?
HEY JOHN!!!

 

[Fosterkeri]

I know this might seem like a stupid question...but are we going to have thses all by CIII? These were supposed to have gone out on 3/17...and now only a few are being shipped at a time? It's understandable that John has a VERY BUSY schedule...but can something be done? John?

 

[postmortem01]

You will all have them by C3. Sorry for being so busy guys. Everyone will have them next week the latest. I will be shipping the balance via next day. Please don't stress out. I will get them to you if I have to bring them to C3 myself.

 

[SEEKER]

Thanks for the updates John.

 

[Got Maul]

thank you !!!

 

[Nerf Herder]

A BIG thankyou from all the nerfs in the herd, as well!

 

[gorman]

Thanks John!

 

[BobaFettSlave1]

John... man, you alright. thanks a bunch

 

[shortimer52]

Going to make a ROTJ EE-3 any time soon? Or just stick with the ESB EE-3.

 

[falaidius]

Any further word on these being sent out? 1 week and counting till C3...

-Aaron

 

[postmortem01]

UGH. Sorry guys. The balance will be overnighted. AAAAaaaaah. I can't take the pressure and sleep deprivation.

 

[Laan]

I dont know, getting no sleep makes everything more fun.