No, not another PK Dick short story abused. The sun has no spots,
unseen for a century:
http://www.dailytech.com/Sun+Makes+History+First+Spotless+Month+in+a+Century/article12823.htm
http://snipurl.com/3m72o [www_dailytech_com]
According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory, UCLA, more than
--- Terry wrote:
According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory,
UCLA, more than an entire month has passed without a
spot. The last time such an event occurred was June of
1913. Sunspot data has been collected since 1749.
Hmmm... any forebodings there? Weather is normal.
Gustav is looking
Could a significant global cooling effect be taking place.? I notice there is a
deafening silence from Pope Algore and his Church of Global Warming on this
subject. It would be very inconvenient for the selling of carbon
indulgences, oops... that's offsets. Nothing is made of the fact that
On Sep 1, 2008, at 5:39 PM, R C Macaulay wrote:
Hold it down to a roar Jed, we're all grown boys and girls and
understand the full component of racism. I just felt the subject
was not a subject for the forum. If racism is to be discussed. they
can create a proper forum to address the
One interesting point which I am surprised is not
often mentioned in this polarized debate:
Blow up the third chart on Michael's cited reference,
and contemplate the full implication of the Maunder
Minimum and the so-called little ice age ...
... and the likelihood that we could be on the brink
I agree with both Horace and Jed, this is serious and should be
confronted at every level possible. The initial conflict appeared to
be motivated by simple professional jealousy. Now the conflict has
gotten more serious because a major university cannot set proper
standards for its
The extinguished Vort membership can debate the issues till the cows
come home, and that we have done. What I'd like to know is:
Officially, what happens next?
Legally speaking, what does Taleyarkhan do next? Or is it now in
Purdue's court to respond. I've found myself wondering if Purdue is
Test of gmail's odd implementation of pop access.
SVJ:
As far as Seth Putterman, PhD and his meddling asst.
Naranjo (not the fruit AKAIK) are concerned... not to
mention the politician, what's-his-name - who got
involved in this soap-opera in a most inappropriate
and underhanded way
One of the many common law torts which comes to mind
NASA seems to have taken an interest in the white blobs on the
struts. On Sol 97, they took no less than 8 photos of the same spot,
elevation 89.076, azimuth 355.518, with times varying from 02:09:16
to 03:56:48. See:
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=26263cID=268
For those who might be interested you can read brief bios and get
photo portraits of the major stars in this drama out at:
https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/People/faculty.html
Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
www.zazzle.com/orionworks
Here's something very cool:
Researchers Make Milestone Discovery in Quantum Mechanics
Fock States on demand
http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=1822
http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~martinisgroup/photos.shtml
http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~martinisgroup/papers/Wang2008.pdf
On Sep 2, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Jones Beene wrote:
snip
If flat earth is too extreme, even for biblical
literalists; but creationism is OK to teach, then I
would like to ask the various candidates who might
support 'creationism,' although there is only one of
that persuation, where do you draw
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:07:51 -0700 (PDT):
Hi,
[snip]
Is there enough of a small asymmetry in macro magnetic
effects, such that one pole can be slightly hotter
than the other due to solar wind; and could that
dynamic enter into the ice mass situation ??
As
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:32:23 -0600:
Hi,
[snip]
behavior of the stock market and the government. The bigger question,
is what does an individual do to protect themselves from this growing
irrationally?
[snip]
Rational behaviour is a luxury. Irrational
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:25:15 -0700 (PDT):
Hi,
[snip]
The bigger question for the rest of us - what is the
true situation? -- and the true unpoliticized risk of
this situation? -- i.e. IF both Algore AND also his
critics are partly correct in that yes, humans are
On Sep 2, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:32:23
-0600:
Hi,
[snip]
behavior of the stock market and the government. The bigger
question,
is what does an individual do to protect themselves from this growing
Ed wrote:
The problem is to determine what fraction of the
population is not rational. I submit that the answer to such a
question would help reveal the fraction of rational individuals that
are present in a society. Apparently, according to my analysis, the
level of rationally is decreasing in
Sounds scary. But why are sea ice levels still reported to be so low in the
arctic if it's getting colder? Why is NOAA saying this July was the 9th
warmest globally on record?
http://www.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080815_ncdc.html What do sunspots have to
do with global climate? Noctilucent clouds
The large Hadron back in the news,
Richard
http://www.worldnetdaily.com:80/index.php?fa=PAGE.viewpageId=74044
Howdy Jones,
Now look what you've done.. trashed the world's oldest scientific
organization... the Flat Earth Society. These people have proof the earth is
flat and they'll send you the proof if you'd send in your membership dues.
Richard
On a philosophical note just because one might have the knowledge, heat,
materials and tools
for producing a thing called a subatomic particle that does not establish
the thing is
fundamental to nature.
eg. A blacksmith uses some knowledge, heat, materials and tools
to produce a thing called a
In reply to R C Macaulay's message of Tue, 2 Sep 2008 20:20:19 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
The large Hadron back in the news,
Richard
http://www.worldnetdaily.com:80/index.php?fa=PAGE.viewpageId=74044
Quote:
The Large Hadron Collider will not be producing anything that does not happen
routinely in
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