But don't forget that often times the grand structures we see today were
built atop previous and smaller versions, which were built atop previous and
smaller version, etc. It's turtles all the way down.
-tom
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
> Having recently been in Abu Dh
No, this is not always true. It depends on what
you mean with "great". Huge and large or impressive
and important? The impressive and important
architectural monuments of a civilization are
not always erected early in that civilization's
ascendancy.
Machu Picchu was built near the end of the
Inca
Billy Connoly ! One of the funniest men on the planet.
I am so torn at this moment, should I go and rent a copy, pick up a case of
McEwans or attend a local politician's dinner speech...
She embodies all that is currently fashionable, a kind of Canadian Sarah
Palin/Anne Coulter but she is bili
Having recently been in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and writing now from
Istanbul, I am inclined to agree with Pamela. Grand gestures, however,
may well be more short-lived within the contemporary economies.
Pamela McCorduck wrote:
Grandiosity of civilizations is easily observed but that same
gra
Freiburg Germany has a very successful local green energy program:
http://www.solarregion.freiburg.de/solarregion/freiburg_solar_city.php &
http://www.iclei-europe.org/fileadmin/template/events/lr_freiburg_2009/files/Presentations/Hoppe_P5.pdf
Actually there is a considerable amount of info on
Owen,
The Redfish initiatives were unknown to me and I am curious. I have been
involved with Windpower issues for some 15 years now and can give some
insights why Local initiatives appear easily thwarted.
You cannot escape the Hierarchy that is its purpose to simply prevent anyone
from escaping.
Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky wrote circa 10-04-29 11:37 AM:
> I have upon occasion drank too much beer and watched Zombie flicks. I
> always wondered why it was so hard to decipher the story line if I
> returned from a break. It seems Zombie movies have a structure that
> permits Good people to employ
Your Xarium is a modern version of a flying carpet, witch's broom, or red
shoes. The interesting part is how your story will reveal your belief
systems. The first thing I noticed is that you set the stage for one group
to be permitted to travel and another that is not permitted. Within your
story t
Listening to a discussion to the Cape Cod offshore wind project:
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp100428a_boost_for_clean_en
.. it reminded me of a conversation with Kim Sorvig who made the
observation that "Local Green" made much more sense rather than these
huge wind farms and other
One pop-sci attempt on this subject is "Programming the Universe..." by Seth
Lloyd. I have lost my copy to the "friend-borrowing-black-hole" but I do
remember the book having an actual equation or two. I thought it was fairly
well written.
On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
I quote Roger Critchlow:
"I guess I find sloppiness to be an indicator of sloppiness. If you can
script the sun and moon to do something they've never done, who's to say
what other photogenic impossibilities have slipped into your story?
Clearly, if the laws of physics do not constrain your storyt
> Yet another interesting article from the economist.
Owen
I am an iPad, resistance is futile!
Begin forwarded message:
> A QUANTUM CALCULATION
> Apr 22nd 2010
>
>
> A physicist argues that information is at the root of everything
>
> DECODING REALITY: THE UNIVERSE AS QUANTUM INF
Grandiosity of civilizations is easily observed but that same
grandiosity
applies to Buildings architecture as well as death circuses.
The Human need for Grand Gestures may be at the root of civilization.
Jerry Sabloff, the president of the Santa Fe Institute, whose
specialty is the archa
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