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2005-08-20 Thread Brent Wodehouse
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[scifinoir2] Nanotube sheets come of age

2005-08-20 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050815/full/050815-8.html News Published online: 18 August 2005 Nanotube sheets come of age Clear, conductive sheets produced at high speed. Mark Peplow They're soft, strong, and very, very long. Large, transparent sheets of carbon nanotubes can now be produc

[scifinoir2] Light that travels… faster than light!

2005-08-20 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/epfd-ltt081905.php Public release date: 19-Aug-2005 Contact: Luc Thevenaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 41-21-693-4774 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Light that travels… faster than light! A team of researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-20 Thread Astromancer
My diet mostly consists of yard bird, but every once in a while, I have to have my spaghetti and meat sauce (much to the chagrin of Nurse Aaron) My protein needs are mostly taken care of by beans and vitamin supplements...and lots of water...Still fat though...I'm lazy on the excercise...lol Ke

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-20 Thread Astromancer
(skeptical) Okay, I'll take your word on your predilection for vanilla, but the word magical just leads me more to you hearing that figurative 'bell' going off when you get a whiff of vanilla...Is the IT business still good ground for independent contractors? That is the route I'd like to take..

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-20 Thread Astromancer
Thank you for those 'encouraging' words, Maurice... M C Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Murphy says...Fixes don't, software isn't, and upgrades aren't! Maurice ---Original Message--- From: Astromancer Date: 08/19/05 23:13:14 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2]

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-20 Thread Keith Johnson
Ha-ha! No, the vanilla thing's biological. My mom says I've been like that since I was a kid. You know how those perfume companies always imply that their fragrances have an almost magical effect? That can be true sometimes. I think we're just wired to respond to certain tastes and smells like crac

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-20 Thread Keith Johnson
Amen! What kind of IT work did you do? Still in it? I'm trying to move from the LAN admin stuff I'm doing (which is a very broad category that can cover everything from grunt work to fairly high-level sys admin stuff, depending on the company or on the particular needs at the moment). Goal is to m

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reality is often more interesting than sci-fi!

2005-08-20 Thread Keith Johnson
You brought up a point I hadn't mentioned: I do have dairy allergies. When i was born my mom had to give me soy milk because of that. When I drink milk or eat dairy, I immediately get mucous buildup exactly as if I had a head cold. It's one reason I try to stay away from dairy. This past week was a