Re: [Vo]:Gasoline Tax Replacement

2009-02-20 Thread mixent
In reply to leaking pen's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:56:07 -0700: Hi, >how about the companies SELLING and making a profit on those goods? The more profit they make, the more they pay in company taxes, which goes into general revenue. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.free

Re: [Vo]:ACS March meeting cold fusion session

2009-02-20 Thread Steven Krivit
where'd you git that from Jed? looks like the blurb from 2007 At 07:10 AM 2/20/2009, you wrote: From: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content Spring 2009 National Meeting & Exposition Salt Lake City and County Building Utah Office of Tourism, Jerry Sintz 237th ACS National Meeting & E

[Vo]:Who is John Galt?

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
Inventor of a free energy engine using static electricity (fiction). I am seeing bumper stickers with the subject title all over lately. Can't figure out why. ;-) Terry

Re: [Vo]:Gasoline Tax Replacement

2009-02-20 Thread leaking pen
how about the companies SELLING and making a profit on those goods? On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:44 PM, wrote: > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:22:35 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] >>By fair, I meant the fuel tax was relatively fair in that the weight >>of the vehicle, the damag

Re: [Vo]:Gasoline Tax Replacement

2009-02-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:22:35 -0500: Hi, [snip] >By fair, I meant the fuel tax was relatively fair in that the weight >of the vehicle, the damage to the roads, and the cost of the tax was >related. > >The mileage tax would be more fair if the weight of the vehicl

Re: [Vo]:Gasoline Tax Replacement

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
By fair, I meant the fuel tax was relatively fair in that the weight of the vehicle, the damage to the roads, and the cost of the tax was related. The mileage tax would be more fair if the weight of the vehicle was somehow included. Terry On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: >

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread John Fields
Sub-continent? ;) On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:31:13 -0500, you wrote: >A lost sub? > >Harry > >- Original Message - >From: mix...@bigpond.com >Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:04 pm >Subject: Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . . > >> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 20

Re: [Vo]:Gasoline Tax Replacement

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
Well, Yo Bama has decided not to pursue the usage tax: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/driving.tax/index.html but the alternatives are far less fair. Terry On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM, wrote: > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:00:16 -0500: > Hi, > [snip

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread mixent
In reply to leaking pen's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:12:50 -0700: Hi, [snip] To see an example of what Google are talking about, take a look at the entire seabed West of Ireland (particularly past the edge of the continental shelf), and compare that to the "map of Atlantis". >in addition, wh

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread Harry Veeder
A lost sub? Harry - Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:04 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . . > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:36:17 - > 0500:Hi, > [snip] > > > Google says:- > > "A spokeswoman said

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread leaking pen
in addition, why just that spot? oh... wait... if you follow the odd curving line to the right, it joins a larger line, follow it up and right, and... more grids, on a curved surface, but a completely different angle, like they were made to fit the curve of land, and closer to teh surface, thus la

Re: [Vo]:Ablation Cascade

2009-02-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: I think orbiting debris would destroy the cable. A large chunk would, obviously. The present ribbon designs will survive a meteor or chunk of debris less than 1 cm in diameter at first and later 3 cm. The object will make a hole but the ribbon will survive, and it

Re: [Vo]:Gasoline Tax Replacement

2009-02-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:00:16 -0500: Hi, [snip] >On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: >> If you don't buy gas, how do you pay for the roads? Take the money out of general revenue. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Pr

Re: [Vo]:Ablation Cascade

2009-02-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:56:41 -0500: Hi, [snip] I think orbiting debris would destroy the cable. >One of the many advantages to building a space elevator would be that >you could use it to clean up space garbage. At present, plans call >for putting the base of

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:36:17 -0500: Hi, [snip] Google says:- "A spokeswoman said: “Bathymetric (or sea floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements of the sea floor. “The lines reflect the path of the boat as it gathers

Re: [Vo]:more power - arrh, arrh!

2009-02-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Feb 20, 2009, at 4:04 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: I don't understand why power companies, even here, fight underground transmission so adamantly. Underground power cables are far more expensive to purchase, install and maintain. Th

[Vo]:ACS March meeting cold fusion session

2009-02-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
From: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content Spring 2009 National Meeting & Exposition Salt Lake City and County Building Utah Office of Tourism, Jerry Sintz 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition March 22-26, 2009 Salt Lake City, UT “Cold Fusion” Rebirth? Reports on “Low Energy Nucle

[Vo]:ICCF-15 announcement

2009-02-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the "15th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ICCF-15)" will be held in Roma, at Angelicum University, on October 5-9, 2009. Detailed information, including deadlines, is provided on the Conference website: http://iccf1

[Vo]:For M. Foster

2009-02-20 Thread Jones Beene
Is this really new ;-) http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22204/?nlid=1792

Re: [Vo]:Gasoline Tax Replacement

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: > If you don't buy gas, how do you pay for the roads? Looks like the Feds are online: http://financecommission.dot.gov/ but they are talking "transponder" which would track locations. I wonder if they have an alternative to GPSS if there is

Re: [Vo]:Ablation Cascade

2009-02-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
One of the many advantages to building a space elevator would be that you could use it to clean up space garbage. At present, plans call for putting the base of the elevator on a ship to move it out of the way of orbital garbage. I think that is the wrong approach. They should build multiple th

[Vo]:Ablation Cascade

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
Another Atlantis might be dissed due to the recent satellite collision. The mission to repair Hubble could be scrubbed and the space telescope could die as a result: http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090217/full/457940a.html There is a real danger of an even greater catastrophe in what is called a

[Vo]:Water on Mars

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
Okay, so maybe we haven't found Atlantis; but, NASA seems confident Phoenix took a bath on Mars: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16620-first-liquid-water-may-have-been-spotted-on-mars.html%20 http://snipurl.com/cartp [www_newscientist_com] Terry

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
Go back to sleep. Google says "no": http://newslite.tv/2009/02/20/city-of-atlantis-not-found-on.html On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: > This one has the coordinates: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/4731313/Google-Ocean-Has-Atlantis-been

Re: [Vo]:more power - arrh, arrh!

2009-02-20 Thread R C Macaulay
Not to worry Terry, In 20 years each home will have it's own "central" utilities console that provide wastewater treatment, AC/ heating, and water recycling. There will be incoming electric power to supplement and water makeup. No sewer line. If this sounds extreme.. it is .. but so is the prob

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
This one has the coordinates: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/4731313/Google-Ocean-Has-Atlantis-been-found-off-Africa.html http://snipurl.com/caqv2 [www_telegraph_co_uk] On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: > . . . on Google Earth? > > http://

[Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
. . . on Google Earth? http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2255989.ece It sure looks like it. Terry

Re: [Vo]:more power - arrh, arrh!

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: > I don't understand why power > companies, even here, fight underground transmission so adamantly. Underground power cables are far more expensive to purchase, install and maintain. They usually need wholesale replacement in 20 to 30 year