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Wind Map of the United States by podrock April 12, 2012 9:13 pm
  • Duly bookmarked. That is fun. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:51:00
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    Low-tech Panspermia by TB April 11, 2012 5:29 pm
    • Panspermia of this type is certainly feasable, and I suspect that if there is any life in our solar system ... by ER 2012-04-11 18:30:18
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      • As biology goes, sixty million years ago wasn't that long ago and organisms had pretty established patterns. by TB 2012-04-11 18:48:47
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        • That's exactly my point. Life on Titan or Europa might very well be of earth or Martian origin (or ... by ER 2012-04-11 19:15:57
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          • Makes you wonder how much pours in.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:02:08
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            • Life has been on earth for 3 or 4 billion years, I doubt a newcomer who hadn't evolved here could ... by ER 2012-04-11 21:18:38
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              • True... Which makes you wonder of the possibilities. Maybe life is not that different elsewhere in the universe. Maybe ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:23:40
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      Why We're Still Learning the Lessons of the "Titanic." by TB April 11, 2012 12:04 pm
      • Maybe the fault lies not in ourselves, but in the stars? by TB 2012-04-11 21:20:11
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        • I loved the Titanic, but it was an empty shell. As the article stated, the lifeboats were few, the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 19:37:56
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          • I'm no metallurgist, but I don't think anyone back then could be blamed for not knowing the properties of steel ... by ER 2012-04-11 21:10:42
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          flying cars; is there a HZ connection? by Jeff-Wash April 9, 2012 3:38 pm
          • My friend ljk wrote me today, and I swapped emails with him. He is not the LarryJ of the ... by ER 2012-04-11 19:17:51
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            • LarryJ's posts were always fascinating. I believe his USAF expertise was in satellite technology. (? it's been a long time) I'm ... by Ainz 2012-04-11 15:10:24
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              • Jeff you've been around awhile if you remember Larry J by RobVG 2012-04-09 18:53:53
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                • Larry didn't make the jump from the Zone That Was to the DamnTikiWiki, so I don't have an e-mail addy ... by podrock 2012-04-09 17:25:59
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                  • There used to be a flying car marketed back when I was in high school. It was similar in ... by ER 2012-04-09 16:14:09
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                    • I remember seeing cars here like that........ by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-09 17:36:00
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                    100 years ago, they had the technology to... by Jeff-Wash April 10, 2012 2:45 pm
                    • It wasn't all that long ago that two jumbo jets collided on an airport runway and burst into flame. ... by ER 2012-04-11 06:30:49
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                      • The more complex things get the more chance of an incident. Safety systems simply count toward complexity. The accident to ... by bowser 2012-04-11 09:29:51
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                        • The natural engineering response to a problem is to build in a fix. But the more fixes you add, ... by ER 2012-04-11 10:50:13
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                          • A digression on this (not a rebuttal) over at "Flame." by TB 2012-04-11 12:12:37
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                            • A little known but very interesting scientifical fack. The experience in the construction industry has been that for every ... by bowser 2012-04-11 11:59:29
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                              • A really good engineer will come up with a simpler way that does the job better. by TB 2012-04-11 11:07:03
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                                • That goes without saying. I'm always reminded of the .45 ACP SemiAuto Pistol, the "Government Model". It just celebrated ... by ER 2012-04-11 11:32:02
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                          Titanic Tugboat Photoshop Question by ER April 10, 2012 4:11 pm
                          • The footage in question was of the sister ship "Olympic," used as stock footage. by TB 2012-04-10 19:16:12
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                            • Good detective work, TB. I did an internet search and actually found a google reference to a website that ... by ER 2012-04-10 19:25:57
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                            Some good medical news by TB April 1, 2012 1:36 pm
                            • Freaking amazing,...not only would this save a lot of human suffering, but also squillions in health care costs. That is stunning,...and ... by Ainz 2012-04-09 16:02:33
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                              "Creative destruction" in the space industry by TB April 7, 2012 9:23 pm
                              • It's great news that these good men will be able to find employment in their field of interest. It would ... by ER 2012-04-09 09:21:32
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                                • Hey, after the Ares Project, it was only a matter of time. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-08 00:21:18
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                                  A question about Cape Canaveral. by Lee April 2, 2012 4:47 pm
                                  • It's only slightly illegal if you climb past the fences there, right? :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-03 12:01:41
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                                    • But you can't see anything from the slam, can you? They're so afraid of someone taking those things out ... by bowser 2012-04-03 18:02:58
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                                    • Check with one of the tour bus outfits. They're really reasonable. They'll pick you up at your hotel, take you ... by RobVG 2012-04-02 20:49:58
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                                      • Check this out. by TB 2012-04-02 17:54:10
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                                        Hoberman Fullerenes? by Vitruvius March 30, 2012 6:09 pm
                                        • Judging from the lack of responses, I'm thinking this was a stupid question after all. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-01 15:29:03
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                                          • I doubt it was stupid, I just don't have any answers except that I believe the strength of carbon materials ... by bowser 2012-04-01 16:14:15
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                                            • Actually, it was an excellent question. by TB 2012-04-01 16:12:18
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                                            Strange "cloud" on Mars by TB March 24, 2012 3:42 pm
                                            • Mars' mystery cloud explained. "It's most likely a condensate cloud/haze, H2O in composition," Bruce Cantor, senior staff scientist at Malin Space ... by bowser 2012-03-31 22:32:19
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                                              • I was very excited by this, especially when Jaeschke said in the comments section of his site, "They [NASA] sent ... by Ainz 2012-03-30 03:00:27
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                                                • That is interesting. It might have had such a mundane cause as to not appear newsworthy. A meteor ... by bowser 2012-03-30 13:13:06
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                                                  • Maybe the orbiter drivers are just too busy collecting data? (at that location) A fresh impact would be fun to look ... by Ainz 2012-03-30 14:26:42
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                                                    • I don't know about you, but I'm going to keep an eye open for giant cylinders crashing into the ground. by TB 2012-03-30 14:53:14
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                                                • Seems to have the characteristics including latency of a meteor impact. by bowser 2012-03-25 00:19:56
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                                                  • Don't we have an orbiter around Mars that could send us some imagery to get a better look at this? by ER 2012-03-24 17:42:11
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                                                    • How about three of them? MRO, Mars Express and Odyssey. They'll get down to the bottom of this. Oooops! Bad Marianas Trench pun. by Jeff-Wash 2012-03-25 21:16:17
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                                                      • That's what I'm thinking. This could very well be a result of crappy pictures and blurriness and whatnot (Just ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-24 18:04:56
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                                                        • Strange clouds, as well as mists, sand storms, and other meteorological phenomena are not uncommon on Mars. There's a particularly ... by ER 2012-03-24 19:04:27
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                                                      If Man were serious about colonizing outside the solar system. by bowser March 28, 2012 12:07 am
                                                      • Sounds like a possible sci-fi story! by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-28 01:39:53
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                                                        • Bowser's musings about a dying race sending off its genetic material to the stars in order to secure some sort ... by ER 2012-03-28 07:12:14
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                                                          • Not a new idea at all. It's called "panspermia", and has been around since ancient times. My point is that ... by bowser 2012-03-28 16:13:56
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                                                            • Find a way to make money out there, and the investment will be made. by TB 2012-03-28 09:05:50
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                                                              • Hey, you're preaching to the choir. I want to go, even if I have to pay for my own ticket. "Find ... by ER 2012-03-28 09:33:24
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