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Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

NSIDC offline? ER June 12, 2025 12:19 pm (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

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

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

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

Rethinking "Out of Africa" by TB January 19, 2012 4:38 pm

All we have is what we know of the end result, and what we've dug up of the fossil record. ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:44:55
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How did the Orangutans get out of Africa? by Lee 2012-01-22 14:25:10
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- Joan of Ark. by bowser 2012-01-28 02:12:48
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- Orangutan walking by Robert 2012-01-27 09:46:20
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- Maybe God put them there by magic so we wouldn't have to believe in Evolution. by ER 2012-01-27 07:13:02
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- Before the end of the last Ice Age, all those islands were a peninsula, and I suspect this was true ... by TB 2012-01-22 14:53:17
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- Yeah, and how did they get to America? I've seen orangs myself! by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:40:29
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It is interesting. I think the role of experts is to make things more complex, more complicated. I ... by bowser 2012-01-19 19:28:19
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Galileo Roller Coaster by alcaray January 21, 2012 10:45 pm

OK, how do you do links, now? by alcaray 2012-01-21 22:47:04
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- WYSIWYG editors require you to use a special form for entering links, or switch to naked HTML mode to enter ... by Robert 2012-01-22 12:37:00
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  - The first thing I tried was the "link" button (I think you were referring to this when you said "WYSIWYG ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:35:13
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    - What I said to Tom, plus, I think that alternating between visual and raw HTML depending on what you're trying ... by Robert 2012-01-22 16:06:11
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      - You got the part where I said the link button was greyed out, right? I had no intention of ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 16:50:16
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        Nope, missed it. by Robert 2012-01-22 17:11:39
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        Ahh, that works. Never seen it like that before (or if I did, I probably couldn't figure out how ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:14:39
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        How many zoners does it take to change a lightbulb?....................................... ................................................................. I don't know either, I just thought it was a ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:35:59
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        The poisonous ones or the black market incandescents? by TB 2012-01-22 22:25:04
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        Obamabulbs. by bowser 2012-01-27 03:21:45
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        The poisonous zoners. by alcaray 2012-01-24 00:06:51
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        Poi Zoners? by Robert 2012-01-24 11:46:06
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        Or maybe that gray crud they serve in Hawaii. by TB 2012-01-24 11:55:42
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        Swing the poi, fling the poi, potaytoe pototto. by Robert 2012-01-24 12:31:57
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  - The link form doesn't work as nicely as it used to. I could highlight text, and just paste a ... by TB 2012-01-22 12:58:00
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    - Yep. All these HTML "WYSIWYG" editors are a snake's nest of compromises and kludges. by Robert 2012-01-22 16:03:02
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- As far as I can tell, you did everything right. Granted, your quotation marks are backwards on my screen, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-21 23:51:18
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8 years into it, Opportunity still operating on Mars. by bowser January 25, 2012 1:53 am

Amazing! I hope Oppy holds out through the winter 'cause there's a whole lotta rocks that need looking at in ... by podrock 2012-01-26 23:05:22
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Got our money's worth. by alcaray 2012-01-26 03:07:28
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- I wonder how a privatized, free enterprise space program would have justified this expenditure. Maybe they would have sold ... by ER 2012-01-26 20:56:08
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  - The first thing they'd do is look for subsidies and tax breaks, taking a lesson from the free market farmers. ... by bowser 2012-01-26 22:15:48
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World's best collection of nuclear paraphernalia by TB January 21, 2012 3:41 pm

Oh wow! Look at the mushroom cloud! Far out, man! by Robert 2012-01-22 16:08:15
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I used to work for ORAU. They're the guys that sent me to Puerto Rico. by ER 2012-01-21 15:53:18
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Universal flu vaccine on the way by TB January 15, 2012 3:34 pm

Fantastic! Would relieve a lot of suffering. Notice the research was funded with a federal grant? No mention of ... by bowser 2012-01-15 16:57:26
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- I don't trust vaccines....especially the flu vaccine. The only time I ever gone one (twice in the past 30 years), ... by Lindy 2012-01-18 16:34:36
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  - I've had pretty good luck with flu shots. by TB 2012-01-18 16:46:01
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    - You are brave....can you still walk a straight line? by Lindy 2012-01-19 11:22:41
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      - No worries. I research this stuff. by TB 2012-01-19 16:36:14
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        Research the company again. Figure out how many drugs they are working on, figure out what percentage of them ... by bowser 2012-01-19 19:38:10
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        I've done this before and itemized it, including license fees paid to university researchers and everything else. by TB 2012-01-19 19:43:25
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- The company is Inovio Pharmaceuticals, a private company that's spent about $35 million in research and development in the past ... by TB 2012-01-15 20:03:55
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Sciences "most beautiful theories". Fascinating! by bowser January 15, 2012 11:50 pm

How to get a cosmos from nothing. by bowser January 10, 2012 1:34 am

I don't have the smarts to be discerning either, but that's probably due to a damning California education. I'll be discerning ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-10 11:39:26
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- I think that; “gravitational field energy” is an attempt to explain something that is not understood. The meaning of the ... by johannes 2012-01-11 17:27:35
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  - ¡Basta! Coño. Como hablas mierda. by visitor 2012-01-11 17:46:58
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    - Your opinion is valuable, Where do you base your assertion? Mierda también contiene un espacio, masa y energía. by visitor 2012-01-11 21:49:57
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      - Y también tiene un hedor formidable. by ER 2012-01-11 22:41:42
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        hedor que sucede The question was: Why do you think it happens. Thanks for the Spanish lesson. Minun vuoro opettaa sinulle Suomen kieltä. by johannes 2012-01-12 10:18:04
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        Finnish, right? I thought so from your accent. You didn't know you had an accent when you wrote, did ... by ER 2012-01-12 12:30:01
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        I agree with much of what you say, the “The Mechanical Universe” series is something I have seen several times ... by johannes 2012-01-12 16:44:51
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        Work by RobVG 2012-01-14 13:50:58
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        These terms are defined, that is, we decide what they are. A mass when moving has kinetic energy. ... by ER 2012-01-12 17:38:01
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        PS: If you carry a mass to the top of a building, it is said "to have potential energy mgh ... by ER 2012-01-12 19:17:24
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        The dialog can become somewhat convoluted, perhaps I am the blind person that cannot see what you see. Several points ... by johannes 2012-01-13 12:42:43
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        Here are the points you brought up as unclear, in the order you mention them a) "when a mass moves it ... by ER 2012-01-13 17:27:23
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        I do not doubt mathematics or your ability to use it accurately. You do an excellent job with the ... by johannes 2012-01-14 11:20:10
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        You're missing everything, because language is misleading. There are subconscious meanings to words that color your reasoning and lead ... by ER 2012-01-14 14:59:12
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        Ahh…..Your last sentence explains your, and perhaps the rest of the science communities thought on the subject. It is ... by johannes 2012-01-14 18:21:26
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        There is a reason for everything, but a purpose to nothing. Science tries to learn the reasons. Purposes are fairy tales we ... by ER 2012-01-14 18:44:12
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- A lot of people are going to fiddle with this for a long time. by TB 2012-01-10 11:46:59
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The question, "Where did the Universe come from? is usually answered "God made it?" That's not an answer, it's a ... by ER 2012-01-10 11:23:57
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- When it comes to matters of defining the universe, my mind always cycles back to this: This universe has ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-10 12:02:23
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- That first line ("it's a postponement of an answer") is a very good way to put it. by TB 2012-01-10 11:40:32
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  - Its just a variant of "It's turtles all the way down." by ER 2012-01-10 17:38:03
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    - PS by ER 2012-01-10 17:46:35
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  - That's the standard answer, typically as cited below. I can't figure out any more how to code in a ... by bowser 2012-01-10 17:05:22
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    - You don't have to prove negatives. by TB 2012-01-10 17:38:29
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    - These fanatics are always talking about 'proof', or challenging you about 'proof', or 'show me your proof and I'll show ... by ER 2012-01-10 17:35:15
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    - I just remember the HTML code for a link, which works better now than the "link" box does. In ... by TB 2012-01-10 17:33:30
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12 Skywatching events of 2012 by TB January 12, 2012 7:59 pm

#13 - 12/21 Sky falls by FrankC 2012-01-12 23:46:53
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- Astrological calculations place that towards midnight on November 6. by bowser 2012-01-13 02:06:14
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There are as many planets as there are stars by RobVG January 11, 2012 8:22 pm

Do I hear 1.6 ? by RobVG 2012-01-12 19:23:23
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- Actually, I don't think astronomers are very surprised. Even when I studied astronomy 40 years ago, it was understood ... by ER 2012-01-12 19:42:31
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At least. :) by FrankC 2012-01-12 14:50:27
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And there's another coefficient in the Drake Equation with a realistic value. by ER 2012-01-11 21:21:25
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Asimo learns by RobVG January 9, 2012 7:58 pm

I agree with you. And I wonder how your description of the process varies from what a human child ... by bowser 2012-01-09 21:58:16
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DARPA discovers improved radiation exposure treatment by TB January 7, 2012 12:55 pm

Hmmmm. I wonder if the type of radiation matters. I imagine that the type of ionizing radiation, alpha, beta or ... by ER 2012-01-07 15:58:05
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- The DARPA website had basically the same news release. by TB 2012-01-07 22:42:42
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Saturn eclipses Cassini by RobVG December 10, 2011 2:03 pm

I believe Cassini is able to see the dark side of Saturn by reflected light off the rings. The ... by ER 2012-01-06 10:37:38
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The Darkside by RobVG 2012-01-06 10:03:25
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- The post above addresses your question about how the dark side of Saturn's disk could be illuminated by reflection off ... by ER 2012-01-06 13:20:43
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  - Interesting effect isn't it? n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 18:31:44
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    - It's glorious. by ER 2012-01-06 21:35:55
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What is it about astronomical photography that we find so captivating? It's not just color or form, like in ... by ER 2011-12-11 13:59:24
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- Sometimes it is the viewport effect. by Robert 2011-12-11 14:35:05
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Beautiful. by Robert 2011-12-10 22:26:55
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- It is. And Raoul size to boot. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-11 13:22:32
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