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Harry Potter Problem (Warning: Spoiler) - ER - 7/31/2007 3:40:53 AM
- re: Harry Potter Problem (Warning: Spoiler) And MORE spoilers, so con't read this folks! - Yeti - 7/31/2007 4:27:40 AM
  - Could this be any geekier? - ds - 7/31/2007 3:12:45 PM
    - Indian Jones vs. Han Solo - REB - 7/31/2007 3:14:44 PM

New Mount St. Helens High Definition Web Cam - REB - 7/30/2007 8:50:35 PM

MÃ¶bius strip riddle solved at last - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/20/2007 3:24:38 PM
- Ohmigod! - Eri - 7/20/2007 11:50:20 PM
  - A 2d figure with One side, one edge - Math Dude - 7/21/2007 11:24:03 AM
    - What fun! - Eri - 7/21/2007 2:56:51 PM
      - Math as a Civil Right - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/22/2007 8:29:54 PM
        
        Go figure - Math Dude - 7/23/2007 12:39:59 PM
        
        A Twist on the Mobius Band - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/30/2007 1:44:24 PM

Bush appointee suppressed global health report......no! - Lindy - 7/29/2007 4:18:40 PM

Another One? - RNE - 7/27/2007 11:32:49 PM
- K' let's try that agian. - RNE - 7/27/2007 11:33:48 PM
  - Yikes! - Eri - 7/28/2007 12:29:08 AM

We all came from Africa - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/20/2007 12:40:10 PM
- Well, well...now isn't THAT interesting - Jody - 7/26/2007 12:56:57 PM
  - Go back far enough... - Lee - 7/27/2007 8:00:35 PM
- I don't get it. Was this still in question? - TB - 7/20/2007 9:14:49 PM
- re: We all came from Africa - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/20/2007 6:42:59 PM
  - re: We all came from Africa - SDF - 7/20/2007 6:48:59 PM
    - Graphic Representation - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/20/2007 8:02:28 PM
      - Nearly extinct lineages - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/21/2007 12:05:50 AM
        
        mais non, mon brave... - nick hoffman - 7/26/2007 12:29:14 PM
        
        I don't agree with that - SDF - 7/27/2007 11:15:53 AM
        
        More interesting data on all the world's languages - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/21/2007 2:21:05 PM
        
        Double counting, and other errors - nick hoffman - 7/26/2007 12:33:21 PM
        
        The information comes from an authoritative source, IMO - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 7/27/2007 11:04:29 AM

Using real names in fiction- what are he rules? - REB - 7/26/2007 5:28:53 PM
- Definitely use fictictious names. - Eri - 7/27/2007 4:01:38 AM
- If you plan to make money from your fiction (and hope to keep it)... - alcaray - 7/27/2007 1:20:05 AM
- Play it safe: make up names - Fox - 7/26/2007 11:56:57 PM
  - Good advice guys, thanks. - REB - 7/27/2007 1:02:30 PM

First map with America 500 years ago! - Raoul - 7/27/2007 11:43:04 AM

Finished the new "Harry Potter" (no spoilers) - TB - 7/24/2007 3:31:59 AM
- Just began the prior book - azstrummer - 7/24/2007 3:29:07 PM
  - Got er done. On to the final - azstrummer - 7/26/2007 3:39:44 PM
  - "Meanwhile, elsewhere..." - TB - 7/24/2007 4:29:42 PM
    - First Person POV - RNE - 7/24/2007 4:51:35 PM
      - re: First Person POV - Eri - 7/25/2007 3:08:23 AM
        
        Hmmm - FrankC - 7/25/2007 6:41:03 AM
        
        I write a novel every 3 to 4 days - Jody - 7/26/2007 12:35:14 PM
        
        re: I write a novel every 3 to 4 days - REB - 7/26/2007 2:19:02 PM
        
        I have no problem starting - Eri - 7/27/2007 4:07:59 AM
        
        No reason to be impressed - Eri - 7/26/2007 4:01:54 AM
        
        Well, FrankC - RNE - 7/25/2007 11:56:44 AM
        
        Awwwwwww - Eri - 7/26/2007 4:03:05 AM
        
        hey - RNE - 7/26/2007 2:22:43 PM
        
        Snort! (n/t) - Eri - 7/27/2007 4:09:00 AM
        
        LOL...youse guys!:):) (n/t) - Jody - 7/26/2007 4:13:27 PM
        
        to be or not to be - FrankC - 7/25/2007 6:05:31 PM
        
        Some things ........ - RNE - 7/25/2007 6:41:07 PM
        
        re: First Person POV - TB - 7/25/2007 6:34:43 AM
        
        re: First Person POV - Eri - 7/26/2007 4:09:59 AM
        
        Two first person POVs - TB - 7/26/2007 4:38:54 AM
        
        Chuckles - RNE - 7/25/2007 11:54:50 AM
        
        I meant it literally... - TB - 7/26/2007 4:37:30 AM
        
        LOL (n/t) - Eri - 7/27/2007 4:11:28 AM
        
        Oh yes they do! - Eri - 7/26/2007 4:14:49 AM

Texas elects a creationist to its State Board of Education - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/25/2007 4:23:29 PM
- re: Texas elects a creationist to its State Board of Education - James Brown - 7/25/2007 6:15:09 PM
  - To damn late for dat jeannie pool thang *spit* - Granny Grunt - 7/26/2007 2:18:01 AM
  - That was funny James - Lindy - 7/25/2007 11:04:39 PM
- re: Texas elects a creationist to its State Board of Education - James Brown - 7/25/2007 6:09:22 PM
  - Would have been appropriate for Current Events - FrankC (moderator) - 7/25/2007 10:36:49 PM
    - Agreed - Fox - 7/26/2007 5:50:31 PM
  - But it's not about Space - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/25/2007 8:34:08 PM
    - We've kicked that around before... - Fox - 7/26/2007 5:45:13 PM
- Oh, goodie... - Fox - 7/25/2007 5:33:46 PM
  - PS: a link for Texans in the HabZone - Fox - 7/25/2007 6:07:24 PM
    - re: Bad Geology - Fox - 7/26/2007 5:38:20 PM
    - Thanks Fox - REB - 7/26/2007 2:27:38 PM
      - Do you believe in atoms? Do you believe that Earth goes round the Sun? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 2:56:24 PM
        
        Of course. - REB - 7/26/2007 3:07:21 PM
        
        What if God isn't what you and other think - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 4:59:48 PM
        
        I have it on good authority... - Eri - 7/27/2007 4:05:34 AM
        
        I am sure God has a few surprises for us all. (n/t) - REB - 7/26/2007 5:42:24 PM
        
        Not if he can't find us after all this time - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 6:12:28 PM
        
        Why couldn't he find us? - REB - 7/26/2007 6:22:29 PM
        
        re: Why couldn't he find us? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 7:23:27 PM
    - Absolutely, Fox!! Thank You!! (n/t) - Jody - 7/25/2007 10:05:07 PM
      - The Society Of Vertebrate Paleontology Speaks Out On The Creation Museum - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 5:48:17 AM
        
        Thank You - Avas' Nana - 7/26/2007 12:46:13 PM
        
        Of course you realize I will also teach her - Jody - 7/26/2007 1:09:08 PM

How Harry Potter ends (not a spoiler) - Eri - 7/22/2007 12:29:35 AM
- Harry Potter's economics - TB - 7/22/2007 2:40:14 AM
  - Did you link us to the correct article? - ER - 7/23/2007 3:37:57 PM
    - On gold - TB - 7/23/2007 7:42:22 PM
      - The Gold standard is a farce. - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 4:13:15 PM
        
        Not a farce at all. - alcaray - 7/25/2007 10:14:41 PM
        
        0.001466 oz Au per dollar - podrock - 7/25/2007 4:39:01 AM
        
        re: 0.001466 oz Au per dollar - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 8:18:12 PM
        
        Constitutional Compliance. (n/t) - podrock - 7/26/2007 2:53:01 AM
        
        I agree that a gold standard is too primitive. - TB - 7/24/2007 4:31:56 PM
        
        re: I agree that a gold standard is too primitive. - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 8:17:14 PM
    - Interestingly enough, Rowling addresses this in passing in the new book (no spoilers) - TB - 7/23/2007 7:30:41 PM
  - Harry Potter is Fantasy - Eri - 7/22/2007 4:56:20 PM
    - True enough. - TB - 7/22/2007 10:05:35 PM
    - What about the child abuse in HP - ds - 7/22/2007 6:57:31 PM
      - Maybe at the end of the book we find the whole magic thing is a make believe coping mechanism... - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 4:16:30 PM
      - That's the part that is not fiction - alcaray - 7/22/2007 7:05:20 PM
        
        re: That's the part that is not fiction - Eri - 7/22/2007 10:32:03 PM
        
        This is about child abuse, not spaceships making sound in space - ds - 7/23/2007 12:44:48 AM
        
        Harry Potter is not about child abuse - Eri - 7/23/2007 1:36:44 AM
        
        If Harry Potter HAD been written about child abuse... - nick hoffman - 7/24/2007 2:03:47 PM
        
        good post! (n/t) - Fox - 7/23/2007 12:40:58 AM

The UK is quite popular with the alien set, apparently - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/25/2007 1:37:40 PM
- Now Hunnee - Jody - 7/25/2007 3:51:34 PM
- Coming Soon to your town - Lindy - 7/25/2007 3:47:20 PM

Star Wars, the Musical - REB - 7/24/2007 1:51:11 PM
- That's pretty funny - Eri - 7/25/2007 1:31:44 AM

Electric cars and air quality - TB - 7/21/2007 4:03:47 AM
- Nuclear Power - Buck Galaxy - 7/22/2007 8:12:59 PM
  - Safety and security - TB - 7/22/2007 10:02:27 PM
- Reprocessing spent fuel rods is illegal - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/21/2007 9:21:55 AM
  - Just a curious digression here...no commentary - Jody - 7/23/2007 6:40:44 PM
    - A corn ear - Raoul - 7/24/2007 11:10:03 AM
      - Thank You Raoul (n/t) - Jody - 7/24/2007 1:01:41 PM
  - Civilized humans are. - TB - 7/21/2007 9:59:12 PM
    - Should Iran do it? (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/21/2007 10:50:02 PM
      - Some interesting facts. - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/22/2007 1:09:45 AM
        
        Yet another example of the Jimmy Carter Do-Gooder Libralism Gone bad - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 4:02:09 PM
        
        re: Some interesting facts. - TB - 7/22/2007 2:33:09 AM
        
        I'm suggesting the US isn't civilized. - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/22/2007 2:47:08 AM
        
        I think you are conflating two unrelated issues. - alcaray - 7/22/2007 7:00:32 PM
        
        I suppose that 'moonbat' politics does belong on a SPACE furum! (n/t) - phil - 7/22/2007 2:29:23 PM
        
        I think your attitudes are despicable. - SDF - 7/22/2007 2:40:39 PM
        
        Ah. I see. - TB - 7/22/2007 4:24:56 AM
        
        So? - SDF - 7/22/2007 2:34:38 PM

Music Detected by SETI from Planet Gliese ? - Lindy - 7/19/2007 2:58:07 AM
- Seti.net not Seti.org - Raoul - 7/21/2007 9:22:23 PM
  - re: Seti.net not Seti.org - James Brown - 7/22/2007 2:49:58 AM
- re: Music Detected by SETI from Planet Gliese ? - James Brown - 7/21/2007 5:11:29 PM
  - I just want to hear the space music. (n/t) - podrock - 7/22/2007 3:10:24 AM
    - re: I just want to hear the space music. - James Brown - 7/22/2007 4:02:23 AM
      - Thanks, and good luck with your endeavours - nick hoffman - 7/22/2007 9:56:34 AM
      - "No magic, no 'music' from Gliese, no ET's singing to us." - podrock - 7/22/2007 4:48:46 AM
  - Thank you for stopping by....... - Lindy - 7/21/2007 8:28:09 PM
  - asking what? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2007 6:23:35 PM
    - I guess you have to read the whole thread (n/t) - James Brown - 7/21/2007 7:43:23 PM
      - OK, I re-read the whole thing - alcaray - 7/21/2007 9:29:23 PM
        
        re: OK, I re-read the whole thing - James Brown - 7/22/2007 4:08:34 AM
        
        I've been a Planetary Society member since the 70s - alcaray - 7/22/2007 6:27:30 AM
        
        re: I've been a Planetary Society member since the 70s - James Brown - 7/22/2007 3:00:26 PM
- Because - Buck Galaxy - 7/19/2007 7:55:48 AM
  - re: Because - Lindy - 7/20/2007 5:41:13 AM
  - O Buck, Holy Master that thou art.... - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:25:13 AM
    - Look - Buck Galaxy - 7/20/2007 5:14:27 AM
    - re: O Buck, Holy Master that thou art.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/20/2007 4:43:10 AM
      - That was funny - Lindy - 7/20/2007 5:42:34 AM
  - Oops this was meant to be under Lindy's "re: moved from space... WHY?" post. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/19/2007 7:56:55 AM
- The link does work. Sounds like a typical case of: - Daniel - 7/19/2007 5:46:59 AM
  - Seems you were correct, Daniel - Fox - 7/23/2007 12:45:09 AM
- Aliens have bad taste in music. Tell them to turn down their speakers! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/19/2007 4:08:03 AM
- moved from space (n/t) - moderite podrock - 7/19/2007 3:44:48 AM
  - re: moved from space... WHY? - Lindy - 7/19/2007 4:39:04 AM
    - A moved post isn't a dead post, after all - McFly - 7/20/2007 2:55:44 PM
    - It was nothing personal, Lindy. - moderite podrock - 7/19/2007 2:30:49 PM
      - "but with the aroma of UFO magazine and allegations of a cover-up..........." - Lindy (slightly miffed) - 7/20/2007 4:40:29 AM
        
        Just because he is smart - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/20/2007 12:49:10 PM
        
        "Why don't you have him come here and explain himself?" - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:23:54 PM
        
        Now who is insulting who? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/21/2007 1:59:37 AM
        
        Dear Acrimonius...... - Lindy - 7/21/2007 3:27:42 AM
        
        If. . . - moderite podrock - 7/20/2007 5:48:43 AM
        
        re: If. . . - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:30:28 PM
        
        where? - moderite podrock - 7/20/2007 11:04:40 PM
        
        re: where? - Lindy - 7/21/2007 3:22:38 AM
        
        I think I said my say... (n/t) - Moderator Nick - 7/20/2007 10:27:49 AM
      - It's one thing to declare that you've picked up mysterious signals from space - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/19/2007 2:43:14 PM
        
        "Cheasley is making a big claim here." - Lindy - 7/20/2007 2:04:58 AM
    - SETI net is NOT SETI - nick hoffman - 7/19/2007 11:19:01 AM
      - re: SETI net is NOT SETI - Lindy - 7/20/2007 2:08:06 AM
      - "Made of Meat" - nick hoffman - 7/19/2007 11:36:22 AM
        
        ROFLMAO! (n/t) - Eri - 7/23/2007 10:15:36 PM
        
        Sentient Meat - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:41:43 AM
        
        Wonderful story! (n/t) - Bowser - 7/19/2007 3:54:35 PM
        
        This brief bit - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/19/2007 4:19:50 PM
        
        "Meatlings" - :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 7/19/2007 7:54:54 PM
- This is amazing! (n/t) - Dr. Clayton Forrester - 7/19/2007 3:22:19 AM
  - About Peter Cheasley - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/19/2007 2:16:11 PM
    - Interstellar Music - Lindy - 7/20/2007 2:15:59 AM
      - You are taking this way too personally - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/20/2007 3:05:12 AM
        
        Dr. Sagan - Eri - 7/23/2007 11:58:04 PM
        
        The Quote - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/24/2007 5:41:04 AM
    - Possible reason why Peter Cheasley & Lindy 'hear things' - phil - 7/19/2007 2:19:59 PM
      - Oh, that's cute Phil - Lindy - 7/20/2007 2:22:33 AM
        
        I love the small of jet fuel in the morning - phil - 7/20/2007 2:39:57 AM
        
        Huh? - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:20:57 AM

Yo, Harry Potter be in da hood!! - It was only a matter of time... - 7/23/2007 2:41:58 AM
- ROFLMAO! (n/t) - Eri - 7/23/2007 3:13:37 AM

The Trouble with Harry - ER - 7/22/2007 5:11:13 PM
- re: LotR and Potter - Fox - 7/23/2007 12:35:39 AM
- re: The Trouble with Harry - Eri - 7/22/2007 10:12:28 PM
  - re: The Trouble with Harry - ER - 7/22/2007 11:35:39 PM
    - Hornblower was a favorite of mine - TB - 7/23/2007 12:36:22 AM
      - Take my word for it, - ER - 7/23/2007 1:38:40 AM
    - Rome, season 2, DVD, to be released Aug 2. - podrock - 7/22/2007 11:40:56 PM
      - oops...August 7th. (n/t) - podrock - 7/22/2007 11:42:12 PM
- Faerie - podrock - 7/22/2007 7:20:11 PM
  - re: Faerie - ER - 7/22/2007 11:43:47 PM

Oil from Algae - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/22/2007 3:33:59 AM

Rocketman at Roswell - S - 7/20/2007 12:58:38 AM
- re: Rocketman at Roswell - Not impressed - 7/20/2007 2:02:21 AM
  - re: Rocketman at Roswell - S - 7/21/2007 9:59:38 PM
    - re: Rocketman at Roswell - Lindy - 7/21/2007 10:57:39 PM
- corrected link, try #1 - S - 7/20/2007 1:04:06 AM
  - try #2, plain text - S - 7/20/2007 1:06:40 AM

How many "Harry Potter" books have you read? - Bowser - 7/20/2007 7:39:53 PM
- None, but now that they are complete... - alcaray - 7/21/2007 6:21:32 PM
- All of them. - TB - 7/21/2007 3:57:54 AM
  - I'm doing Amazon - Eri - 7/21/2007 2:53:35 PM
- Read them all - Eri - 7/20/2007 11:01:30 PM

ABC's Masters of Science Fiction - Anthology - Eri - 7/21/2007 12:00:18 AM
- Nuclear power would solve a lot of the problems mentioned in the article. (n/t) - TB - 7/21/2007 4:00:34 AM
  - Whoa...never done THAT before. - TB - 7/21/2007 4:02:22 AM
    - LOLOL! - Eri - 7/21/2007 2:50:21 PM

Self Awareness - reply to Hank from Space - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/20/2007 4:09:00 AM
- re: Self Awareness - reply to Hank from Space - gbaikie - 7/20/2007 10:38:06 PM
  - re: Self Awareness - reply to Hank from Space - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/21/2007 12:03:03 AM
- Belief in superiority leads to abuses - Raoul - 7/20/2007 2:56:44 PM
  - re: Belief in superiority leads to abuses - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/21/2007 12:42:23 AM
  - re: Belief in superiority leads to abuses - gbaikie - 7/20/2007 11:51:31 PM
    - re: Belief in superiority leads to abuses - gbaikie - 7/20/2007 11:57:01 PM
- There is another universe . . . - podrock - 7/20/2007 5:11:57 AM
  - Yeah, I know. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/20/2007 5:18:09 AM
    - Don't tempt me. - podrock - 7/20/2007 6:10:18 AM
      - re: Don't tempt me. - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:05:35 PM
- Group Think - Lindy - 7/20/2007 4:27:40 AM
  - Well... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/20/2007 5:11:55 AM
    - Phantom Black? - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:15:56 PM
      - re: Phantom Black? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/21/2007 2:05:51 AM
        
        "Did Tom really sing with the band?" - Lindy - 7/21/2007 3:19:53 AM

America's Problem - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/20/2007 12:09:50 PM

Another bit on privacy... - TB - 7/18/2007 2:28:52 AM
- My Butt on the Internet? - phil - 7/19/2007 3:33:52 PM
  - Just because YOUR butt can't burn out CCDs... (n/t) - TB - 7/19/2007 11:40:46 PM
- re: Another bit on privacy... - Marcia - 7/18/2007 9:48:23 PM

Dangerous Bull S*!# Sports (a bit on the graphc side) - Buck Galaxy - 7/16/2007 6:13:07 AM
- Looks like that matador gave his left nut to be in the ring. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/17/2007 3:44:50 AM
  - Hey! That job takes balls! (n/t) - Jody - 7/17/2007 10:41:59 AM
    - ... and it doesn't give them back (n/t) - Fox - 7/18/2007 5:14:41 PM
      - LOL!!! (n/t) - Jody - 7/19/2007 2:11:54 PM
      - Now that is funny!!! (n/t) - Bowser - 7/18/2007 9:45:58 PM
- The humans get what thay deserve. (n/t) - Jody - 7/16/2007 7:05:23 AM
  - "Evolution in action." - TB - 7/16/2007 3:49:47 PM
    - re: "Evolution in action." - Eri - 7/17/2007 12:28:33 AM
      - The idle rich - ds - 7/17/2007 5:21:18 PM
        
        Yoohoo, ds.... - Jody - 7/17/2007 7:16:21 PM
        
        The ultimate compliment - ds - 7/17/2007 8:58:22 PM
        
        Anytime you wanna exchange recipes... - Jody - 7/18/2007 10:29:24 PM
        
        Snicker (n/t) - Eri - 7/18/2007 3:28:14 AM

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