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So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

"Make my day" BuckGalaxy June 5, 2025 1:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

NSIDC Data drop ER June 4, 2025 9:34 pm (Space/Science)

Boulder will be in your news soon. podrock June 1, 2025 3:14 pm (CurrentEvents)

It's over folks RL June 1, 2025 12:38 pm (Space/Science)

Administration solves things the old fashion way BuckGalaxy June 1, 2025 11:01 am (Flame)

Issacman out as NASA Admin BuckGalaxy May 31, 2025 9:40 pm (Space/Science)

Lie, cheat and disable mechanisms... BuckGalaxy May 31, 2025 8:04 pm (Space/Science)

Big beautiful wall RobVG May 31, 2025 11:50 am (Flame)

2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit May 28 and 29 BuckGalaxy May 28, 2025 2:52 pm (Space/Science)

C'mon a little closer gonna do it to you BuckGalaxy May 27, 2025 9:46 pm (Off-Topic)

If we take away the $4 Billion... by Eri May 10, 2011 9:35 am

Why don't you look at the real cause for the increase in oil prices instead of the smoke politicians are ... by Lee 2011-05-10 10:34:12
- This does not help me make a decision. by Eri 2011-05-10 17:12:23
  - By the way, who's sponsoring the petition? by TB 2011-05-10 17:46:02
    - Sen. Claire McCaskill. And while she is a Democrat, she's moderate. She has to be in Missouri to ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:45:27
      - Thanks. I see that the legislation was being proposed today to come up for a vote next week. ... by TB 2011-05-10 21:53:06
        
        On that oil tax legislation, I think it's S.940, but Thomas doesn't have the text up yet. Again, this ... by TB 2011-05-11 14:26:47
  - The point is you're chasing a red herring. Or in modern cat language, you're running after a little red ... by TB 2011-05-10 17:25:11
    - We have to deal with what's before us. The issue of Government owned oil companies is more complex than ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:48:35
      - Careful. You're getting perilously close to a fundamental epiphany. :) by TB 2011-05-11 15:17:06
Oil prices oscillate up and down, and the party in power usually gets blamed by the opposition when they go ... by ER 2011-05-10 10:20:56
- "If you really need a villain, find out who was opposing energy conservation and alternative energy in the 70s. Even ... by TB 2011-05-10 11:55:21
  - Oh really... What killed any chances of a turn-around in our energy habits was Detroit, remember, that was the era of ... by ER 2011-05-10 13:37:24
    - When gas prices go up, people buy smaller cars. When they go down, not so much. This doesn't ... by TB 2011-05-10 14:07:15
      - The anti-nuke movement is now left and right, anyone who looks at Japan and says, "Damn! I don't want ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:51:14
        
        You noticed Japan's reactors have dropped out of the news? I'm still following the recovery of the nuclear systems. ... by TB 2011-05-11 14:46:16
      - TB, anyone who isn't in total agreement with you is a leftist. I have never heard you describe anyone or ... by ER 2011-05-10 18:24:40
Of course, the "subsidy" premise was a lie to begin with. The oil industry simply exploits tax laws and ... by TB 2011-05-10 09:59:46
- I demonize Big Oil along with Big Pharma and any other corporation that gets so big it no longer gives ... by Eri 2011-05-10 17:22:07
  - I use ATT for my land line, and that's about it. Mostly habit at this point. AT&T is ... by TB 2011-05-10 17:44:48
    - I had Cingular as my cell service and loved them. Guess who gulped them up? AT&T. ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:54:03

Reality catches up with SF by Eri May 9, 2011 11:03 pm

There are a number of approaches being worked on to create batteries that can charge very rapidly. The bitch here is ... by TB 2011-05-10 10:20:01
- 1.21 gigawatts??! Sorry, had a McFly flashback there... by mcfly 2011-05-11 04:39:49
  - If that DeLorean really was swinging 1.21 GW around - the power generated by a major nuclear power plant - ... by TB 2011-05-19 20:58:21
    - My guess is the flux capacitor had something to do with it, but then I'm not an engineer. Not while ... by mcfly 2011-05-23 01:45:40

Now our world has two 'natural' moons. by Jeff-Wash May 9, 2011 4:41 pm

"That's no moon....that's a spaceship..." Apologies to Obi Wan,...I couldn't help myself. OTOH, 2010 S016 would make for a pretty good Sci-Fi ... by Ainz 2011-05-09 19:57:17
Actually, there are several of these objects. Google "2010 s016" and you get all sorts of hits. It appears ... by ER 2011-05-09 19:01:07

Test by Eri May 9, 2011 2:33 pm

yet another test by podrock 2011-05-11 12:33:27
- ping by ping 2011-05-16 18:23:05
Pod, help! by Eri 2011-05-09 14:39:58
- testing by Rita Book 2011-05-10 14:42:13
  - Damnit. I was able to edit my comments before. Sigh... by Rita Book 2011-05-10 14:52:48
- Looks like your image link actually goes to a web page html file. by podrock 2011-05-09 15:05:21
  - Interesting. If I right click and choose "view image," I can see the graph I was trying to post ... by Eri 2011-05-09 23:15:57
    - Yes, it needs to be a jpg, png, gif, etc. by podrock 2011-05-10 05:50:03
      - Actually, there's a bit more to it than that. Initially I couldn't get it to post using img and ... by Eri 2011-05-10 06:34:49
        
        Hmm. by podrock 2011-05-10 06:55:06
        
        I did check your post (using edit--one nice thing here is that we can check the actual codes used to ... by Eri 2011-05-10 09:44:17
        
        Actually, by podrock 2011-05-10 14:07:42
      - graphs by Eri 2011-05-10 06:24:35
        
        Testing again.graphs by Eri 2011-05-10 09:50:54
        
        What happens if you only put the URL in the first box, is that you get only the first part ... by Eri 2011-05-10 09:53:19
        
        Or I'll try this by Eri 2011-05-10 06:29:29
        
        another test by Eri 2011-05-11 08:42:51

Life explained in graphs by Eri May 9, 2011 2:16 pm

I have no words... by Eri May 9, 2011 10:37 am

Don't let these idiots get to you. If Osama had been handed over to us by Pakistan, or anyone ... by ER 2011-05-09 11:06:54

Precious Metal Insanity by RobVG May 9, 2011 9:54 am

Shiney, for a base metal. Actually, I might like to have one just to have a whopping piece of ... by podrock 2011-05-09 14:31:12

Gee whillikers by Eri May 8, 2011 4:33 am

It is said when El Cid died he was dressed in full armor and strapped onto his horse to lead ... by ER 2011-05-08 05:21:43
- All quite logical. by Eri 2011-05-08 07:09:10
Or perhaps as a substitute for the bull at a bull fight. by Eri 2011-05-08 04:37:39

NRA's at it again by Eri May 7, 2011 12:19 pm

The government should have nothing to say about what kind of questions a pediatrician can ask their patient. Nothing. Now, ... by TB 2011-05-07 19:55:15
- Gore's running again as a Conservative this time? by Eri 2011-05-08 04:28:35
So the Rocky Raccoon/Bungalow Bill brigade is at it again? Yeah, I'm from Florida. I'm surrounded by these mental ... by ER 2011-05-07 14:00:49
- I pretty well agree with all you said. I don't own a gun and probably never will. I ... by Eri 2011-05-07 19:09:04

I want to toss you this idea, and see where it goes. by Jeff-Wash May 6, 2011 4:25 pm

They sound a lot like Goths. by ER 2011-05-08 05:30:12
Steampunk fusion. : by Lee 2011-05-07 23:09:47
- . by Lee 2011-05-07 23:13:31
Steam punk has been around for a while, it is an established sub-genre of science fiction. Think of steam-powered ... by ER 2011-05-06 18:10:50
- You would LOVE "Loki by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-07 16:01:28
  - ^^^^Link I failed at making: http://books.google.com/books?id=HYbvbbBOqWUC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=the+witch+wagon+larry+niven&source=bl&ots=ptROh0gtQ0&sig=flgpzH9WNdwh4lZCMK5JEV5vY3A&hl=en&ei=4c7FTd6fCoT4swPTvN2hAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Anyone know how to link on this site? And as for the possibilities of technology like ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-07 16:04:02
    - OK, here you go, VRB. How you do it is: first post any word in a comment, then click on edit ... by Eri 2011-05-08 04:48:19
      - Gee, now why didn't I think of that? by ER 2011-05-08 05:27:58
        
        mmm, did you already say all that? I must have missed it. Not unlikely since I'm usually half ... by Eri 2011-05-08 07:11:39
        
        No, I didn't say any of it. I was just sarcastically commenting that if I had to go through ... by ER 2011-05-08 10:39:04
        
        LOL. ER, you're a hoot. by Eri 2011-05-08 13:32:26
    - "Loki" is just what I had in mind. You may recall a sketch I wrote during the Age of ... by ER 2011-05-07 16:45:35
    - Some things we've learned about commenting... by podrock 2011-05-07 16:17:46
      - OK, I guess YOU had already said it. by Eri 2011-05-08 17:33:04
        
        Couple of times, yeah The biggest problem of the new place is this limited comment editor. by podrock 2011-05-08 18:25:14
      - Sorry, but I see not edit option when I click "Compose a reply" on the forums. I DO see ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-08 13:21:55
        
        Forgive me if I wasn't clear. First post your comment. There is no edit button in the compose a reply ... by podrock 2011-05-08 14:11:40
        
        Damnit, this is turning out just like DamnTikiWiki. I don't see an edit button, except on threads that I'VE created. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-09 14:09:23
        
        At your permission level, you should only be able to edit your own posts and comments. But it should ... by podrock 2011-05-09 14:26:33
- Or what about a world where sentient creatures do not have, and do not need technology at all? by Jeff-Wash 2011-05-07 12:09:23
  - Those worlds are of little interest to me, because I can never communicate with them. The only way to ... by ER 2011-05-07 14:11:10
  - Hmmmmm. Care to elaborate? I have my idea but it is based on the power of the psyche. Of ... by Eri 2011-05-07 12:25:20
    - Power of the psyche? Even if we assume that to be possible, how can we expect their psyches to ... by ER 2011-05-07 14:30:03
      - All very good points. Of course, in science fiction/fantasy writing, all things are possible, including psychic contact/interaction. by Eri 2011-05-07 19:17:40
        
        Of course. The concept of telepathic communication with extraterrestrials is beautifully exploited in A.E. van Vogt's "Dear Pen Pal". ... by ER 2011-05-07 19:30:53
      - What a wonderful premise for a story! Rife with possibilities. You should write it. by Eri 2011-05-07 19:14:40

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