[Vo]:Global Warming, renamed: The Mandelas of Celestial Mechanics

2008-02-08 Thread FZNIDARSIC
I watched this segment on NOVA. The findings included that the sea goes septic during a global warming episode. The H2S gas from the septic sea kills off 90% of the land life. I hope this is not true. _http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/01.html_

Re: [Vo]:Creationism (was Re:OT: periodic table)

2008-02-08 Thread OrionWorks
Thomas sez: The discussion in question was on the Wall Builders, all one word .com, program. David Barton talks about the beliefs of the founding fathers. It was clear to us that a Biblically based legal system is superior to all others. This is not clear to many people, particularly those

Re: [Vo]:Creationism (was Re:OT: periodic table)

2008-02-08 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Hey Jeff, Yea !, They haven't even got warmed up yet. After religion- evolution somebody got started on global warming and next will be politics. Just shows you what a good education at one of our universities will buy. After all , if they don't teach you to hold your drinks at the Dime Box

Re: [Vo]:The League of Defenders of the Bastions of Science -- that's us

2008-02-08 Thread Terry Blanton
On Feb 7, 2008 5:45 PM, Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fleischmann and I think that science has hardly begun and there are vast areas of ignorance and undiscovered facts. Then you are wise. I was recently asked by Dan Stanzione, the former president of Bell Labs, how much of all

[Vo]:OT:Pre-positioning for troubled financial times

2008-02-08 Thread Horace Heffner
Within the context of the mortgage industry debacle precipitated financial crisis it appears there is something even more sinister making for the crazy markets: http://tinyurl.com/3czmpr Actual URL for above: http://www.forbes.com/home/opinions/2008/02/06/croesus-chronicles-

[Vo]:Yomiuri reports that biofuels are increasing global warming

2008-02-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
The Yomiuri newspaper reported, with some suprise, that biofuels are causing environmental havoc and increasing the global warming. This is old news to me, but I am glad to see it is in the Japanese press. Here is an English document with the basic information:

Re: [Vo]:Re: Creationism (was Re:OT: periodic table)

2008-02-08 Thread Terry Blanton
On Feb 8, 2008 1:18 AM, thomas malloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Privileged Planet is a DVD about our solar system. It lists all of the physical constants which are just so, not too hot, not too cold. Together they make it possible for sentient beings to build an advanced civilization. It

[Vo]:The limit of knowledge -- human and post-human

2008-02-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: I was recently asked by Dan Stanzione, the former president of Bell Labs, how much of all knowledge we humans possess. This is a fascinating topic. I wrote a little about it in Chapter 19 of the book. Broadly speaking, there are two categories of scientific knowledge:

Re: [Vo]:volvo hybrid concept

2008-02-08 Thread Standing Bear
On Thursday 07 February 2008 18:32, Jones Beene wrote: This concept from Volvo is not totally 'new' by any means, but here is a short well-done video explaining how the small details continue to evolve beyond the current Prius - and towards an immediately marketable system which is even

Re: [Vo]:Re: Creationism (was Re:OT: periodic table)

2008-02-08 Thread Nick Palmer
Thomas Malloy mentions Unstoppable global warming every 1500 years (not 1600 years) by Siegfried Fred Singer. The other author of this pop science book is Dennis T. Avery. Singer heads the SEPP - Science and Environmental Policy Project. What appear not to remember Thomas is that, in this very

Re: [Vo]:OT:Pre-positioning for troubled financial times

2008-02-08 Thread Standing Bear
On Friday 08 February 2008 15:37, Horace Heffner wrote: Within the context of the mortgage industry debacle precipitated financial crisis it appears there is something even more sinister making for the crazy markets: http://tinyurl.com/3czmpr Actual URL for above: