Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread Eric S. Sande
Like what? I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, it's a serious question. I've >yet to read about any really important research that is going on in the >space station and that couldn't be done any other way. Microgravity offers real advanages in alloy and semiconductor maufacturing, also pharmaceu

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread Chris Dunford
> >>> According to physicist Dr. Robert Park of UMd and the American > >>> Physical Society: > > > > You beat me to it. I was just about to post this. If, God forbid, a > > terrorist someday forces me to put on a Terps sweatshirt, I will be > > able to resist giving up the goods by telling myself t

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread b_s-wilk
Chris Dunford escribió: According to physicist Dr. Robert Park of UMd and the American Physical Society: You beat me to it. I was just about to post this. If, God forbid, a terrorist someday forces me to put on a Terps sweatshirt, I will be able to resist giving up the goods by telling myself

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread Chris Dunford
> > Like what? I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, it's a serious > > question. I've yet to read about any really important research that > > is going on in the space station and that couldn't be done any > > other way. > > Isn't this just another socialist boondoggle? Should not space be > left for

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread Chris Dunford
> According to physicist Dr. Robert Park > of UMd and the American Physical Society: You beat me to it. I was just about to post this. If, God forbid, a terrorist someday forces me to put on a Terps sweatshirt, I will be able to resist giving up the goods by telling myself that I'm wearing it in

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread TPiwowar
On Sep 12, 2009, at 7:13 AM Sep 12, Chris Dunford wrote: Like what? I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, it's a serious question. I've yet to read about any really important research that is going on in the space station and that couldn't be done any other way. Isn't this just another sociali

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread b_s-wilk
Yeh ... and the US announced something er other about wanting to shut the Space Station down in 2015 ... a mere years after completion so we can pay for manned missions going back to the moon or to Mars or just wandering around out in space...Why would that be? ...Anybody notice a striking commona

[CGUYS] Verizon Webmail Security

2009-09-12 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I was using Verizon webmail today to adjust my account and subaccounts. All of the pages except one were unsecured, http pages. On the one page which was https, when I clicked submit, Safari came back and said this is an unsecured transmission. I discussed this with a Verizon fios tech supp

Re: [CGUYS] Word/Excel merge problem

2009-09-12 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Tom, Thanks, I'll download the converter. I was able to do the merge after saving it as CSV file (per Tony's advice). Thanks again, Steve t.piwowar wrote: Office 2008 uses a very different file format than previous versions. There is a converter http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download

Re: [CGUYS] Word/Excel merge problem

2009-09-12 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Stewart, Thanks, but I had already done that. Tony's advice to save it as a .csv worked. Thanks for trying Steve Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Have you tried saving it in an older format for import? Stewart *

Re: [CGUYS] Word/Excel merge problem

2009-09-12 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Tony, I saved it as a .csv file and it worked fine. I had the labels printed up by 12:30! Thanks Steve Tony B wrote: First thing that comes to mind: Try exporting it to a .csv (or something) and merging that. Or have her send you a .csv. **

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread Chris Dunford
> OK, the orbit is too low, but it's an asset to be leveraged. > > We may not have the technology or the will for a manned Mars > landing, but just having a 24x7x365.25 platform is good. > > There are a lot of worthwhile exploration opportunities. Like what? I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, it'

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-12 Thread Eric S. Sande
We don't own it. I think it's called the ISS for a reason. Hell, the Russians are broke and seem to be docking there more often then we are. Yes, but as long as Russia is the gas station for western Europe believe me they aren't broke. We (the US) paid for Zarya because we could get it cheap