Re: An interesting response

2008-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 15:17:39 +1000 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: An interesting response On 03/05/2008, at 1:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and their fuel loads per passenger. One would have to stop for

Re: An interesting response

2008-05-03 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/05/2008, at 12:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The second article shows a _demostrated_ range of 13500 for the 777 , and the nonstop route would be somewhat shorter than a one stop route. When loaded with passengers and baggage, the airline will be able to fly 10,900 miles non-stop

Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 377, Issue 3

2008-05-03 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: So we don't really know how available some minerals are until we start looking for them harder? It happened with oil and gas. Brazil was considered with no oil back in the 1930s - they were almost right, considering the technology of the time. Probably the UK and

Re: Just one complaint about Forbidden Kingdom

2008-05-03 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: The moon. The frakkin' moon. By what they said in dialogue at one point, I figured it was waning. Then when we saw it on the screen, it was waxing. Do they need to hire someone who understands the phases of the moon there? The idiocy of script writers spoiled the

Gas engines: Here to stay

2008-05-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
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