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The EADS-Astrium company indicated it could do "big' things. - Jacob - 7/16/2008 6:37:16 PM
- Languages - Raoul - 7/16/2008 7:16:34 PM
  - Merci - E.P. - 7/16/2008 8:27:29 PM

Public opinion on space - dtb - 7/16/2008 3:52:12 PM
- Never asking the right question - E.P. - 7/16/2008 5:33:03 PM
  - re: Never asking the right question - phil - 7/16/2008 6:08:16 PM

Solar ECLIPSE on AUG !st, 2008 - carl - 7/16/2008 4:13:28 PM
- re: Novosibirsk!! - Raoul - 7/16/2008 4:55:58 PM

Returning back from space... - Raoul - 7/16/2008 3:28:18 PM

David Brin (SF writer) Warns Against Active SETI - phil - 7/12/2008 12:49:33 PM
- Comments make it abundantly clear... - phil - 7/14/2008 12:59:54 AM
  - I agree with Brin - Marsby - 7/16/2008 2:43:42 AM
  - My first thought... - McFly - 7/14/2008 2:01:41 AM
  - But - alcaray - 7/14/2008 1:22:48 AM
- If we have something they want, and it is easy for them to get here.... - alcaray - 7/13/2008 6:28:44 PM
- Serious dialog? - James Brown - 7/13/2008 12:36:14 AM
- Brin has a good point - TB - 7/12/2008 5:03:14 PM
  - Remarkable observation - Robert - 7/12/2008 6:22:55 PM
    - re: Remarkable observation - TB - 7/13/2008 4:53:44 AM
      - re: Remarkable observation - Robert - 7/14/2008 5:17:40 PM
        
        I'll drop a short post over in "Off-Topic" (n/t) - TB - 7/14/2008 8:18:26 PM
- A mirror of our own society - Raoul - 7/12/2008 4:08:02 PM
  - There is no need to discuss this any further - ER - 7/12/2008 7:26:23 PM
  - re: A mirror of our own society - JEKing - 7/12/2008 4:21:47 PM

Shostak speaks tonight - James Brown - 7/13/2008 12:30:25 AM
- ...and here is what he said - James Brown - 7/14/2008 7:14:53 AM
  - Don't forget Optical SETI - Socrates II - 7/15/2008 12:37:04 AM

Quantum Mechanics Boondoggles, AI's Total Failure...The Notable Carver Mead Speaks - phil - 7/9/2008 3:56:13 PM
- That critique was so stupid, its an argument against (a particular) Human Intelligence, not a critique of Artificial Intelligence research - Yeti - 7/13/2008 11:02:55 PM
  - PS - Yeti - 7/14/2008 1:19:10 AM
    - re: PS - phil - 7/14/2008 2:44:01 AM
- Fruit fly is extraordinarily bad analogy for "intelligence" - sawyer - 7/13/2008 2:21:00 AM
  - re: Fruit fly is extraordinarily bad analogy for "intelligence" - phil - 7/13/2008 3:49:44 PM
    - Hmmmm, Its not sounding to me like you know what you are talking about - Yeti - 7/13/2008 11:26:42 PM
      - re: Hmmmm, Its not sounding to me like you know what you are talking about - phil - 7/14/2008 2:54:29 AM
        
        re: Hmmmm, Its not sounding to me like you know what you are talking about - Yeti - 7/14/2008 3:13:12 AM
        
        re: Hmmmm, Its not sounding to me like you know what you are talking about - phil - 7/14/2008 3:41:38 PM
        
        re: Hmmmm, Its not sounding to me like you know what you are talking about - Yeti - 7/14/2008 9:12:04 PM
    - It seems that you would not accept the Turing test as being meaningful, then. - alcaray - 7/13/2008 7:29:52 PM
      - re: It seems that you would not accept the Turing test as being meaningful, then. - phil - 7/13/2008 10:21:22 PM
        
        re: It seems that you would not accept the Turing test as being meaningful, then. - Yeti - 7/13/2008 11:28:12 PM
        
        re: It seems that you would not accept the Turing test as being meaningful, then. - phil - 7/14/2008 2:38:34 AM
- re: Quantum Mechanics Boondoggles, AI's Total Failure...The Notable Carver Mead Speaks - JEKing - 7/10/2008 11:52:35 PM
- Fruitflies, I am told, suck at chess. - alcaray - 7/10/2008 9:37:25 PM
  - Not Mead's point at all - phil - 7/11/2008 3:20:22 PM
    - so what? - alcaray - 7/11/2008 5:55:54 PM
      - re: so what? - alcaray - 7/11/2008 6:14:28 PM
        
        re: so what? - phil - 7/11/2008 10:23:26 PM
        
        It was a tangible example of my statement in the prior post: - alcaray - 7/11/2008 10:31:38 PM
        
        re: It was a tangible example of my statement in the prior post: - phil - 7/11/2008 10:32:57 PM
        
        Edison tried hundreds of materials for making lightbulb filaments - Robert - 7/12/2008 5:52:18 PM
        
        re: Edison tried hundreds of materials for making lightbulb filaments - phil - 7/12/2008 7:38:07 PM
        
        be well, then (n/t) - alcaray - 7/11/2008 10:57:20 PM
        
        re: be well, then You too, it's hard to communicate briefly (n/t) - phil - 7/12/2008 1:03:24 AM
- Nervous systems don't work like computers. - TB - 7/10/2008 4:14:44 AM
  - Yikes! Not at all!! - Yeti - 7/13/2008 11:52:39 PM
  - Neural Nets - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 1:58:58 PM
    - re: Neural Nets - JEKing - 7/10/2008 11:22:46 PM
- Yeah, but... - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 6:01:12 PM
  - re: Yeah, but... - phil - 7/9/2008 6:40:50 PM
    - Kurzweil described this as moving the goal posts - pwokenyaw - 7/9/2008 11:44:37 PM
      - moved by whom? - phil - 7/10/2008 7:24:27 PM
        
        okay. Thats just not true. - Yeti - 7/14/2008 12:10:39 AM
    - What if AI becomes just "smart" enough... - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 8:45:12 PM
      - Air Hockey! - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 1:43:35 PM

Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast - Eric - 7/13/2008 11:56:49 PM
- Can anyone quantify "fast"? - ER - 7/14/2008 8:01:01 PM

COROT Banner Ads & Advanced Civs - phil - 7/14/2008 12:40:43 PM

"Revisiting The Science Behind Planet Of The Apes" or Why Intelligence is Rare - Marsby - 7/9/2008 4:22:04 AM
- There's a bit of a straw man, in that argument. - alcaray - 7/9/2008 5:40:31 PM
  - Be careful about brain size equated with intelligence. - Jacob - 7/9/2008 7:07:57 PM
    - Also - Lee - 7/12/2008 5:59:15 AM
      - Rushton's racist garbage has been completely debunked... - ARRELL - 7/13/2008 7:38:36 PM
        
        Tell it to your AGW cohorts. - Lee - 7/13/2008 10:39:51 PM
    - If there was an elephant equivalent of Albert Einstein... - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 9:01:19 PM
    - The piece emphasized whether a being has a head or not... - alcaray - 7/9/2008 8:03:38 PM
      - re: The piece emphasized whether a being has a head or not... - ER - 7/10/2008 1:16:51 AM
        
        yes (n/t) - alcaray - 7/10/2008 1:47:46 AM
- re: "Revisiting The Science Behind Planet Of The Apes" or Why Intelligence is Rare - phil - 7/9/2008 2:25:29 PM
  - Rod Serling was not a scientist - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 3:05:31 PM
  - I concur - ER - 7/9/2008 2:52:53 PM
    - re: I concur - phil - 7/9/2008 4:03:10 PM
      - "Is even life itself rare or common??? " - ER - 7/9/2008 5:49:27 PM
        
        re: "Is even life itself rare or common??? " - phil - 7/9/2008 6:30:06 PM
        
        re: "Is even life itself rare or common??? " - ER - 7/10/2008 12:09:18 AM
        
        Not Even Wrong - phil - 7/11/2008 10:32:17 PM
        
        re: Not Even Wrong - ER - 7/12/2008 3:42:30 AM
        
        re: Not Even Wrong - ER - 7/12/2008 3:39:50 AM
        
        Exactly - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 3:53:38 PM
        
        One of my regrets... - nick hoffman - 7/11/2008 4:33:29 PM
        
        Just for the record - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 9:09:27 PM
        
        I seriously doubt that the first replicators were cellular. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/9/2008 8:12:50 PM
      - Are we better off as dummies? - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 4:53:55 PM
        
        re: Are we better off as dummies? - phil - 7/9/2008 5:26:24 PM
        
        I think humans were created by Gaia... - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 6:06:53 PM
        
        re: I think humans were created by Gaia... - phil - 7/9/2008 6:45:05 PM
        
        Big Brains Arose Twice in Higher Primates - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 3:42:54 AM

Language...So Easy a Caveman Coud Do It? - phil - 7/13/2008 6:20:44 PM
- :) Apparently not! 'Coud' you elaborate? - ARRELL - 7/13/2008 6:28:36 PM
  - re: :) Apparently not! 'Coud' you elaborate? - phil - 7/13/2008 10:06:57 PM

Observing nature - Raoul - 7/13/2008 8:24:30 PM

This latest discovery of tiny amounts of water in Lunar samples; how practical is it? - Jacob - 7/12/2008 7:56:54 PM
- That should be 500 tons, not 5,000. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/13/2008 12:08:53 AM

Moonbat Science? - phil - 7/10/2008 7:47:30 PM
- Same garbage they have been peddaling for about a decade at least - ARRELL - 7/10/2008 8:31:55 PM
  - re: Same garbage they have been peddaling for about a decade at least - phil - 7/11/2008 1:35:12 PM
    - The same people have been peddling the Tokamak for the past 50 years. (n/t) - Lee - 7/11/2008 11:04:23 PM
    - Let them knock themselves out. - TB - 7/11/2008 5:55:14 PM
      - The unorthodox researcvhers have already hit upon something that needs deeper research. - Jacob - 7/12/2008 7:44:08 PM

Jupiter: the third red spot got swallowed up by the big one! - Raoul - 7/12/2008 6:39:41 PM

Update on the Bussard IEC Fusion Reactor - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 4:35:37 PM
- re: Update on the Bussard IEC Fusion Reactor - QWERTY - 7/11/2008 2:22:12 AM
- re: Update on the Bussard IEC Fusion Reactor - phil - 7/10/2008 7:33:21 PM

Spacewalk by Sergei and Oleg at this moment - Raoul - 7/10/2008 7:22:35 PM
- re: Their first EVA and TV camera on their helmet too! - Raoul - 7/10/2008 8:15:01 PM
  - Near the Soyuz - Raoul - 7/10/2008 8:26:40 PM
    - re: Near the Soyuz - Raoul - 7/10/2008 8:56:44 PM
      - Inside the service module! - Raoul - 7/10/2008 10:02:44 PM

The Age of Virtuous Machines - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 4:28:32 PM
- artificial consciousness - JEKing - 7/7/2008 7:21:51 PM
  - Today, Poker - Tomorrow... ? - Socrates II - 7/8/2008 2:02:22 PM
    - Î£Ï‰ÎºÏÎ¬Ï„Î·Ï‚, - JEKing - 7/10/2008 9:57:54 PM
    - And from this post - Socrates II - 7/8/2008 2:07:55 PM

Phoenix confirms Viking did not find life - Algorithms - 7/2/2008 3:23:38 AM
- Of course if you move the goalposts... - BRFelix - 7/4/2008 10:27:47 PM
  - re: Of course if you move the goalposts... - Algorithms - 7/5/2008 2:02:12 PM
    - re: Of course if you move the goalposts... - BRFelix - 7/7/2008 12:43:31 AM
      - The oxides were just a theory to explain the odd test results. - alcaray - 7/7/2008 4:49:30 PM
        
        Heh - BRFelix - 7/8/2008 7:41:00 PM
- Life still possible. - Robert Clark - 7/3/2008 10:36:37 AM
- Looks like the terraformers won't have to worry... - Adam Crowl - 7/2/2008 7:01:02 AM
  - Now hold on an minute - Algorithms - 7/2/2008 1:16:06 PM
    - "...decades before the question of life on Mars can ever be decisively and confidently answered." - Buck Galaxy - 7/3/2008 4:45:15 AM
      - " The vehicle will be capable of operating autonomously by using onboard software " - E.P. - 7/3/2008 9:10:03 PM
      - There may never be conclusive proof that Mars had/has life. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/3/2008 4:56:55 PM
        
        Not necessarily - Socrates II - 7/3/2008 5:52:02 PM
        
        100 percent proof possible? ... (n/t) - Jacob - 7/5/2008 5:49:46 PM
        
        Eventually - Socrates II - 7/6/2008 12:00:27 PM
      - Phoenix's oven may short out during its next use? - Socrates II - 7/3/2008 3:11:49 PM
        
        Mission to bring back soil samples from Mars gets 2018 launch - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 2:41:51 PM

The Copernican Myths - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 4:05:14 PM
- re: The Copernican Myths - Jacob - 7/10/2008 1:43:19 PM
- re: The Copernican Myths - phil - 7/9/2008 4:35:43 PM

Black Hole is now verboten - phil - 7/9/2008 2:31:15 PM
- They should have been called collapsars to begin with - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 5:45:41 PM
  - re: They should have been called collapsars to begin with - ER - 7/10/2008 1:11:18 AM
    - Ayup - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 1:40:45 PM
  - Blame John Wheeler, he's deceased and can't fight back! (n/t) - phil - 7/9/2008 6:31:13 PM
    - No - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 9:17:18 PM

Dave and Jim did bring back water from the Moon! - Raoul - 7/9/2008 7:05:26 PM
- Hmmmmm! That Chinese Rover, Chang'e 3 must now be equipped with a TEGA experiment. - Jacob - 7/9/2008 7:18:16 PM
  - The rover is Chang'e 2, not Chang'e 3 - E.P. - 7/9/2008 9:31:48 PM
    - Nope! The Chinese plan to put another orbiter around the moon next year. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/10/2008 1:29:11 PM

Ares 1 a crucial first step ! - Raoul - 7/6/2008 7:58:06 AM
- re: Ares 1 a crucial first step - BACKWARDS! - Asylum Inmate - 7/7/2008 5:58:41 AM
  - Capsules are safer than winged spacecrafts - Raoul - 7/7/2008 6:00:25 PM
    - re: Capsules are safer than winged spacecrafts - Asylum Inmate - 7/7/2008 7:34:30 PM
      - A Request.... - moderite podrock - 7/7/2008 9:15:14 PM
        
        re: A Request.... - Post Sputnik - 7/8/2008 2:19:53 AM
- Hate to say this. - Lee - 7/6/2008 5:01:45 PM
  - Sad, isn't it? - E.P. - 7/9/2008 9:51:14 PM

Update & Preview on Space Elevator Games & Lunar Lander Prize - phil - 6/25/2008 7:04:11 PM
- FIXED LINK re: Update & Preview on Space Elevator Games & Lunar Lander Prize - phil - 6/25/2008 7:06:47 PM
  - Let's turn Mars over to the private sector - E.P. - 6/25/2008 7:52:56 PM
    - I agree - Marsby - 7/9/2008 4:32:09 AM
      - Talking the Talk, but not Walking the Walk - E.P. - 7/9/2008 9:45:42 PM
    - And NEO detection & interdiction to the DOD - phil - 6/25/2008 9:15:55 PM
      - let's keep DOD focused on 'defense" - E.P. - 6/30/2008 11:44:45 PM
        
        re: let's keep NASA focused on 'space" - Nick Hoffman - 7/1/2008 1:54:11 AM
        
        The impact numbers are what they are - E.P. - 7/9/2008 9:48:00 PM
        
        But he's so cute when he goes all Yosemite Sam. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/1/2008 2:30:43 AM

STS 124 SRBs behavior - Raoul - 7/7/2008 6:42:23 PM
- That event was harmless, but another scenario may not be. - Jacob - 7/7/2008 8:12:30 PM
  - re: That event was harmless, but another scenario may not be. - ER - 7/8/2008 7:51:57 PM
    - Would it really be that bad? - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 1:33:19 PM
    - re: That event was harmless, but another scenario may not be. - dtb - 7/9/2008 12:38:02 AM
    - The SRBs cannot be turned off before all the exhaust is gone (n/t) - Raoul - 7/8/2008 9:53:14 PM
  - Nice (n/t) - pb - 7/8/2008 7:10:48 AM
  - We're a real bundle of joy today! (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 7/8/2008 6:22:03 AM
    - I would hope to see the Space Shuttle program end in 2010 with a whimper, not a bang. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/8/2008 1:43:51 PM

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