Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Taubes is at it again

2007-09-27 Thread thomas malloy
Harry Veeder wrote: On 26/9/2007 12:57 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: From an evolutionary perspective, if obesity is so bad for us, why has it not been eliminated by natural selection? AFAIK, diabetes is what happens when a poor diet runs into a genetic weakenss. It's clear to me, that in a

[Vo]:magnetite and cattle mutilations

2007-09-27 Thread thomas malloy
Vortexians; Linda Moulton Howe of www.earthfiles.com , is a regular guest on C to C AM. Just now she's going on about one of my favorite topics, cattle mutilations, and crop circles. Somebody took a magnet and went over a crop circle and then collected the magnetite the adhered to the magnet.

Re: [Vo]: Local Cosmic Matter

2007-09-27 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Jones wrote.. It is theorized from actual DNA evidence that two different (in time), but similar (in severity) population-bottlenecks occurred just prior to both of these DNA progenitors being alive; but alive at differing times (45,000 years apart) and that all humans alive today derive from

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Taubes is at it again

2007-09-27 Thread John Berry
Mild exercise may or may not do much, but occasional _vigorous_ exercise, done intensely enough to get you out of breath, is certainly worthwhile. (Your body seems to react to getting out of breath the way it would to being chased by something large and hungry -- it tries to adjust things

Re: [Vo]:Srinivasan article in The Hindu

2007-09-27 Thread OrionWorks
Jones sez: worth quoting (if not circling a date on next year's calendar): Dr. Igor Goryachev of the prestigious Kurchatov Institute announced ... that he expects to have a 100 KW alchemical reactor ready for demonstration at ICCF-14 to be held during August 2008! Wow! Sound like the

[Vo]:ICCF13 papers from Dash et al.

2007-09-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Kojima, H., W.-S. Zhang, and J. Dash. Precision Measurement Of Excess Energy In Electrolytic System Pd/D/H2SO4 And Inverse-Power Distribution Of Energy Pulses Vs. Excess Energy. in The 13th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2007. Sochi, Russia.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Taubes is at it again

2007-09-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
John Berry wrote: Very true. But normal exersize as comes from manual labor is not effective, or do builders etc... look different in the US? ;) As I mentioned yesterday, many modern laborers do not get much exercise. They often sit on machinery most of the day, getting about as much

Re: [Vo]:Cold fusion in Outer Limits program

2007-09-27 Thread Harry Veeder
On 26/9/2007 3:14 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: If knowledge is power and power corrupts... how will humankind ever survive? Good question! - Jed IF knowledge is power. The problem lies with a power driven philosophy of knowledge - Bacon's legacy. I think

[Vo]:Interesting views about the future of energy

2007-09-27 Thread OrionWorks
Interesting views about the future of energy. Well... sort of. (Must be a slow day in the office.) CNN.com has posted some interesting comments from bloggers concerning our planet's future energy resources. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/23/energy.forum/index.html

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Taubes is at it again

2007-09-27 Thread Harry Veeder
On 27/9/2007 2:43 AM, thomas malloy wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: AFAIK, diabetes is what happens when a poor diet runs into a genetic weakenss. It's clear to me, that in a hunter gather society putting on a few extra pounds in the fall would be a good idea. What is a genetic weakness in

Re: [Vo]:Interesting views about the future of energy

2007-09-27 Thread Harry Veeder
someone should make shoes so that you could recharge your cell phone when you walk. Harry On 27/9/2007 1:11 PM, OrionWorks wrote: Interesting views about the future of energy. Well... sort of. (Must be a slow day in the office.) CNN.com has posted some interesting comments from bloggers

Re: [Vo]:Interesting views about the future of energy

2007-09-27 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Harry Veeder wrote: someone should make shoes so that you could recharge your cell phone when you walk. http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2006/09/013492.htm Harry On 27/9/2007 1:11 PM, OrionWorks wrote: Interesting views about the future of energy. Well... sort of. (Must be

Re: [Vo]:Interesting views about the future of energy

2007-09-27 Thread Harry Veeder
On 27/9/2007 1:55 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: someone should make shoes so that you could recharge your cell phone when you walk. http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2006/09/013492.htm I wonder why nike hasn't done this. Harry

Re: [Vo]: Local Cosmic Matter

2007-09-27 Thread thomas malloy
Jones Beene wrote: Robin, Suppose that the Sun orbits about a black hole once every 27000 years approximately. Although that cannot be ruled out, there seems to be no good evidence AFAIK that a black hole has been documented nearby (and perhaps cannot be situated anywhere other than a

Re: [Vo]: Local Cosmic Matter

2007-09-27 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to thomas malloy's message of Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:45:08 -0500 (CDT): Hi, [snip] Jones Beene wrote: Robin, Suppose that the Sun orbits about a black hole once every 27000 years approximately. Although that cannot be ruled out, there seems to be no good evidence AFAIK that a

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Taubes is at it again

2007-09-27 Thread thomas malloy
Harry Veeder wrote: On 27/9/2007 2:43 AM, thomas malloy wrote: I wrote AFAIK, diabetes is what happens when a poor diet runs into a genetic weakenss. It's clear to me, that in a hunter gather society putting on a few extra pounds in the fall would be a good idea. Harry Veeder wrote: