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The Wow! Signal by ER March 26, 2012 4:51 pm

Google Sky isn't the most reliant of sources either, so I've been checking star charts myself. So far, nothing ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 17:21:44
- Those two narrow bands are the Right Ascension boundaries of the error box of the signal. Their heights represent ... by ER 2012-03-26 17:49:33
  - Wiki? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 21:34:15
    - I meant Wikipedia. by ER 2012-03-27 04:59:14
      - Thanks for the clarification, but I read it in an encyclopedia. What I was confused about was why it ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-27 13:41:08
        
        No, MY source was the Wikipedia entry on the WOW signal, and I put a link to it in my ... by ER 2012-03-27 14:32:01
        
        I still wonder if we're barking up the wrong trees. by TB 2012-03-27 14:56:14
        
        If you assume ET doesn't want to give its position away, (which is a perfectly reasonable assumption!) you must also ... by ER 2012-03-27 15:31:22
        
        Personally, I think that they'll be using quantum telephones and radios, like the ones in "Crimes and Glory" Basically, two or ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-27 18:18:38

News you can use! by TB March 27, 2012 9:08 am

And then there's this! (video) by TB 2012-03-27 13:51:04

As always... by FrankC March 27, 2012 11:53 am

That was a classic example of raw intellectual stubbornness. by TB 2012-03-27 13:20:23

Harry Potter e-books available by TB March 27, 2012 11:45 am

Some optimistic SETI material by ER March 27, 2012 11:22 am

No more new coal plants by TB March 27, 2012 9:29 am

Total Information Awareness, continued by TB March 23, 2012 4:36 pm

What were you expecting- Outrage? Dire predictions? (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-23 20:15:32
- What I'm always expecting for some silly reason. Consistency and integrity. by TB 2012-03-23 21:32:20
  - Tom, its your agenda that is unyielding, non-negotiable and consistent. Your partisan ideology demands that any questioning of that agenda ... by ER 2012-03-24 09:29:24
  - You are, I'm sure, just fine with this. It seems to be legal. I don't know why you ... by bowser 2012-03-23 23:01:18
    - What I am finding interesting is that it doesn't bother you any more. by TB 2012-03-24 10:58:55
      - I did not say this didn't bother me. You posted it on Flame, why should it bother you after ... by bowser 2012-03-26 14:34:52
        
        I repeat: by TB 2012-03-26 15:11:14
        
        I am truly sorry for you. If I were incapable of accountability, of even understanding accountability, of being responsible ... by bowser 2012-03-26 16:11:34
        
        Good. Now that you've done your official Random Babbling response, are we done with the thread? by TB 2012-03-26 16:41:17
      - You posted this on Flame. Why does this bother you when years of illegal Bush-Cheney activity didn't? by bowser 2012-03-25 19:28:41
      - You posted it, on Flame. Why does this bother you when years of Bush-Cheney illegal activity didn't? by bowser 2012-03-25 00:18:44
      - I did not say it didn't bother me. I asked why it bothered you. by bowser 2012-03-24 12:54:57
      - Jello, meet nail. by RobVG 2012-03-24 11:17:35
        
        Ya pound enough nails into that Jell-O, some of it will stick. There was a reply, finally, if no ... by bowser 2012-03-26 16:16:04

What's really needed to combat climate change by TB March 25, 2012 3:04 pm

From the Union of Concerned Scientists by ER 2012-03-26 06:35:53
- The paper tallies about $16 million from 1998 to 2005 (8 years) that Exxon spent on its message. by TB 2012-03-26 08:32:31
  - The old TB smoke and mirrors. According to the table on your link, the government spent 32.2 billion on ALL its ... by ER 2012-03-26 10:24:34
    - You want to know who's raking it in from burning gasoline? by TB 2012-03-26 11:00:02
      - Tobacco and cancer all over again. Who profits from denying climate change? We all know. The Conservative agenda. by bowser 2012-03-26 12:38:54
      - So then, even by your logic, the government would benefit by higher and more expensive gasoline sales, and they would ... by ER 2012-03-26 11:12:19
        
        You tell me. by TB 2012-03-26 11:37:04
        
        A rise in gasoline prices does not translate to a rise in gasoline tax revenues. In fact, due to ... by ER 2012-03-26 15:25:20
        
        Good point. by TB 2012-03-26 15:53:53
        
        Well, for sure somebody's lost. by TB 2012-03-26 14:04:02
        
        And one more thing. by ER 2012-03-26 15:10:34
    - One's propaganda, the other is payoffs. by TB 2012-03-26 10:30:33
  - And a response from the George C. Marshall Institute here. by TB 2012-03-26 09:59:19
    - Fun facts about the George C Marshall Institute. by ER 2012-03-26 10:50:45
The question I've been pondering for many years is, by podrock 2012-03-25 19:06:06
- It bothers me that we are told that the solution for almost every problem, planetary or otherwise, is to accrue ... by TB 2012-03-26 00:13:06
- If the question is can a species act in the best interests of all species, I'd agree the answer is ... by bowser 2012-03-25 19:21:27
  - It wasn't a metaphor for goverments. by podrock 2012-03-25 20:47:37
    - I left out a step. Sorry. What I should have added is that this species could act in ... by bowser 2012-03-25 21:28:45
  - Here you go Bowser... by RobVG 2012-03-25 20:23:24
    - Wow. Absolutely correct in it's basic premise, I wonder what the purpose is. Talk about a futile exercise! by bowser 2012-03-25 21:40:57
Moved from the Space Science Board by podrock 2012-03-25 18:28:31
- My mistake. I thought I was putting it somewhere else. by TB 2012-03-26 00:05:07
  - Weird, I thought I read it on flame first. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-26 10:00:53
    - In fact, you did. When I moved it last night, I clicked the wrong box. When I double checked I ... by podrock 2012-03-26 11:07:25
    - That's where I thought I put it, but since I don't remember, I'm taking Podrock's word for it. by TB 2012-03-26 10:06:40

Afghan soldier kills two British troops. by bowser March 26, 2012 11:05 am

Arlen Spector has creepy thoughts about Sarah Palin by BuckGalaxy March 26, 2012 10:49 am

Tweeted from James Cameron by TB March 25, 2012 3:49 pm

A little more news here. by TB 2012-03-26 09:07:04
That is truly impressive. by bowser 2012-03-25 22:23:18
I can't wait see what he's sharing. Far Out! No...wait...Far In?...Far Under? Anyway, I raise my glass to the man, the ... by podrock 2012-03-25 18:09:37
- He'll get to the bottom of it all by tomorrow. by ER 2012-03-25 18:13:17
  - He may find that Silt Happens. by podrock 2012-03-25 18:35:09
  - I'm sure we'll get an in-depth report. by ER 2012-03-25 18:15:47
    - Give him time...he's under a lot of pressure right now. by podrock 2012-03-25 18:36:45
      - Hey, if we had to sit under seven miles of water, we might leak something nasty too. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 01:21:47
He's in way over his head. by ER 2012-03-25 17:03:55

Odd links of the day by TB March 25, 2012 2:49 pm

Some very interesting sites there. Especially liked the "flyover" of Rome, 320 CE. by bowser 2012-03-26 08:36:18

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