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Al Gore blames scientists for US's failure to stop cliamate change - TAFKASE - 6/25/2007 1:43:36 PM
- Actually, moderator, you might want to flip this thread somewhere else, too. - TB - 6/27/2007 4:18:12 AM
  - re: Actually, moderator, you might want to flip this thread somewhere else, too. - Maybe we DO need another board for this. - Marcia - 6/27/2007 8:02:22 PM
  - I wouldn't - FrankC - 6/27/2007 6:41:41 PM
  - I'll think about that tommorrow. . . . - moderite podrock - 6/27/2007 4:59:56 AM
    - Put it on Flame (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2007 5:21:48 AM
- The Religion of Global Warming - phil - 6/25/2007 9:13:31 PM
  - Check this out... - TB - 6/26/2007 8:56:45 PM
    - And the evironmental rapture will occured when Bush Stole the election from AlGore - TAFKASE - 6/27/2007 1:48:27 PM
      - And the true believers shall dwell in the garden of Gaia forever and ever, Amen. (n/t) - Rev. Lee - 6/27/2007 5:43:15 PM
        
        Where are y'all gonna live? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/28/2007 7:59:03 PM
    - re: Check this out... - phil - 6/26/2007 11:04:05 PM
      - If you think we can't find a set of demonstrably dumb people... - alcaray - 6/27/2007 3:44:01 AM
  - Did you read the article? - Buck Galaxy - 6/26/2007 2:40:16 AM
    - If a scientific concencous has been reached, please provide the role call vote. - TAFKASE - 6/26/2007 1:40:40 PM
      - AMAZING you are unaware of this information. (This is for the whole Global Warming Denialist crew) - Buck Galaxy - 6/26/2007 8:26:57 PM
        
        re: AMAZING you are unaware of this information. (This is for the whole Global Warming Denialist crew) - gbaikie - 6/27/2007 12:32:41 AM
        
        Look, all you need to do is step back a bit. - TB - 6/26/2007 9:45:03 PM
        
        So in other words - Buck Galaxy - 6/26/2007 10:04:47 PM
        
        Leap of faith - TB - 6/26/2007 10:32:25 PM
        
        "Better than having my daughter grow up in a world run by those currently calling the shots at the U.N." - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2007 3:19:26 AM
        
        You think I don't have facts to back my judgment up? - TB - 6/27/2007 4:17:00 AM
        
        No - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2007 5:20:11 AM
        
        "Denialists" - TB - 6/26/2007 8:53:28 PM
        
        I like the start of that ridiculous article - pwokenyaw - 6/29/2007 4:32:40 AM
        
        re: the start - TB - 6/29/2007 5:31:41 AM
    - read the chart - phil - 6/26/2007 10:59:44 AM
    - re: Did you read the article? - gbaikie - 6/26/2007 5:02:59 AM
      - Thank you for proving my point - Buck Galaxy - 6/26/2007 5:17:19 AM
        
        Good argument. - TAFKASE - 6/26/2007 1:45:48 PM
        
        re: Thank you for proving my point - gbaikie - 6/26/2007 5:59:06 AM
        
        still unwilling to bet over your constantly-spouted denialism, gbaike? (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 6/26/2007 5:34:51 PM
        
        re: still unwilling to bet over your constantly-spouted denialism, gbaike? - gbaikie - 6/26/2007 7:52:56 PM
        
        re: still unwilling to bet over your constantly-spouted denialism, gbaike? - gb - 6/26/2007 11:17:43 PM
        
        I'll bet you that warming will accelerate. Go ahead and start tap dancing around that. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 6/27/2007 9:24:33 PM
        
        Sounds like someone's dogma is being stepped on. - Lee - 6/26/2007 5:25:41 AM
    - Amazing... - TB - 6/26/2007 3:30:21 AM
      - re: Amazing... - Buck Galaxy - 6/26/2007 5:15:29 AM
        
        An L. Ron Hubbard helped convince a lot of people too. - TAFKASE - 6/26/2007 1:43:35 PM
- What worries me - azstrummer - 6/25/2007 5:14:49 PM
  - re: What worries me - gbaikie - 6/25/2007 10:01:22 PM
- re: Al Gore blames scientists for US's failure to stop cliamate change - TAFKASE - 6/25/2007 1:44:52 PM
  - Thanks TAFKASE - Jody - 6/25/2007 2:53:38 PM
    - Cosmic Rays and Global Warming - TheSheepLookUp - 6/29/2007 3:40:42 PM

Possible Tunguska crater found? - TB - 6/27/2007 4:49:31 AM
- If there WAS a central crater... - nick hoffman - 6/28/2007 8:24:28 AM
  - Excellent point. (n/t) - TB - 6/29/2007 5:21:10 AM
    - re: Excellent point. - I know. - Marcia - 6/29/2007 3:00:39 PM
- re: Possible Tunguska crater found? - Marcia - 6/28/2007 2:59:10 AM
  - re: Possible Tunguska crater found? Proper link... - Marcia - 6/28/2007 3:02:22 AM
    - re: Possible Tunguska crater found? Proper link... sorry, link is from news.softpedia.com. - Marcia - 6/28/2007 3:06:06 AM
      - Did they check the crater for residual radiation? - TheSheepLookUp - 6/29/2007 2:20:29 PM

Jupiter Undergoing Dramatic Atmospheric Changes Past 3 Months - Eric - 6/29/2007 9:46:12 AM

Forget the Big Bang Theory - TheSheepLookUp - 6/5/2007 7:17:27 PM
- Is this latest M theory premise testable? - phil - 6/6/2007 4:15:35 PM
  - By definition, no "creation of the universe" theory is testable. (n/t) - TB - 6/7/2007 2:33:32 AM
  - The end of physics? - Hank - 6/6/2007 5:14:12 PM
    - We're a long long ways from the "end of physics" - Sawyer - 6/7/2007 12:05:23 PM
      - re: We're a long long ways from the "end of physics" - Hank - 6/7/2007 1:18:52 PM
        
        I don't disagree with what you said, but... - Sawyer - 6/7/2007 3:53:58 PM
        
        Natural limits - Hank - 6/7/2007 5:53:30 PM
        
        re: Natural limits - Marcia - 6/7/2007 10:12:53 PM
- Theories are a dime a dozen. - sawyer - 6/5/2007 8:22:28 PM
  - Sounds rather Mormonish to me - TheSheepLookUp - 6/5/2007 9:39:40 PM
- Intellectually inconceavable! - Raoul - 6/5/2007 7:51:20 PM
  - re: Intellectually inconceavable! - Marcus Massey - 6/28/2007 8:49:59 PM
  - The universe does not have to make sense. - Hank - 6/5/2007 8:38:55 PM
    - History and infinity - Raoul - 6/5/2007 9:27:19 PM
      - Cosmic fatalism - Adam - 6/6/2007 10:10:09 AM
        
        From Arthur C. Clarke - TheSheepLookUp - 6/6/2007 6:40:56 PM
      - imagination and boundaries. - Hank - 6/5/2007 10:32:38 PM
        
        re: Choices - Raoul - 6/6/2007 10:00:45 PM
        
        re: Choices - Hank - 6/7/2007 1:08:40 AM
        
        Maths, physical world an philosophy - Raoul - 6/7/2007 6:25:20 PM
        
        If man is the center of all things... - TheSheepLookUp - 6/7/2007 6:46:47 PM
        
        re: Well... - Raoul - 6/7/2007 8:03:34 PM
      - That's funny - TheSheepLookUp - 6/5/2007 9:35:15 PM
        
        re: That's funny - Marcia - 6/7/2007 11:17:53 PM
        
        Nothing is lost... - Raoul - 6/5/2007 10:07:45 PM
        
        We may not know about the Big Bang someday anyway - TheSheepLookUp - 6/5/2007 9:57:53 PM

The big "H" flyover in music too! - Raoul - 6/21/2007 3:15:51 PM
- Magnificient space station: (4.1 MB) - Raoul - 6/22/2007 2:31:31 PM
  - Finally, NASA might actually let the People use the People's Space Station - TheSheepLookUp - 6/27/2007 1:53:07 PM
    - re: Finally, NASA might actually let the People use the People's Space Station - Yes, from some old reliables. - Marcia - 6/28/2007 2:41:48 AM
      - This is amazing - TheSheepLookUp - 6/28/2007 1:42:58 PM

White House: Bored with Space - Uninterested in Summit - Jeff F - 6/22/2007 5:01:31 AM
- re: White House: Bored with Space - Lindy - 6/25/2007 7:29:07 PM
  - re: White House: Bored with Space. - Marcia - 6/26/2007 1:28:19 AM
    - "The moon is overdue" - Lindy - 6/26/2007 2:55:51 AM
- That sucks. - REB - 6/22/2007 1:12:28 PM
  - Should we really be surprised? - TheSheepLookUp - 6/22/2007 3:38:10 PM
    - Try and take the source into account, too. - TB - 6/22/2007 8:23:07 PM
      - re: Try and take the source into account, too. - Yep. - Marcia - 6/26/2007 2:03:02 AM
      - I think the source is irrelevant here - TheSheepLookUp - 6/24/2007 1:32:37 PM
    - re: Should we really be surprised? - REB - 6/22/2007 8:17:16 PM
    - re: Should we really be surprised? - e - 6/22/2007 6:53:03 PM
      - re: Should we really be surprised? - gbaikie - 6/22/2007 8:43:44 PM
        
        Actually... - e - 6/23/2007 9:15:53 PM
        
        re: Actually... - gbaikie - 6/23/2007 11:53:49 PM
        
        ESAS Revolt - e - 6/24/2007 1:37:31 AM
        
        Build the launcher, and everything else will come. - Lee - 6/24/2007 10:55:59 PM
        
        re: Build the launcher, and everything else will come. - gbaikie - 6/25/2007 1:18:17 AM
        
        Nasa wanted a shuttle, and the Saturn V couldn't launch it. - Lee - 6/25/2007 2:48:53 AM
        
        re: Nasa wanted a shuttle, and the Saturn V couldn't launch it. - gbaikie - 6/25/2007 11:31:01 AM
        
        re: Apollo died because of politics. - Marcia - 6/26/2007 1:55:36 AM
        
        re: Apollo died because of politics. - gbaikie - 6/26/2007 5:49:47 AM
        
        re: Apollo died because of politics. Sorry, gb, I don't blame NASA, I blame politics. (n/t) - Marcia - 6/26/2007 1:57:30 AM
        
        Then thank politics for it, too - dtb - 6/26/2007 1:51:42 PM
        
        re: Then thank politics for it, too. - and maybe sociology. - Marcia - 6/28/2007 2:00:08 AM
        
        re: Ares 4 - Raoul - 6/24/2007 3:37:00 PM
        
        Our Friend Raoul again in hospital - Ashraf Niaz - 6/25/2007 3:11:10 PM
        
        Again? - phillippe - 6/26/2007 6:03:33 PM
        
        re: Our Friend Raoul again in hospital - e - 6/26/2007 5:41:13 AM
        
        re: Get well soon Raoul, and - Johannes - 6/25/2007 10:27:55 PM
        
        DAMN! - ARRELL - 6/25/2007 4:04:51 PM
        
        Thanks Ashraf - McFly - 6/25/2007 3:53:21 PM
        
        re: Our Friend Raoul again in hospital. - Thank you, Ashraf! - Marcia - 6/25/2007 3:44:22 PM
        
        Raoul...PLEASE get well (n/t) - Jody - 6/25/2007 5:50:03 PM
        
        They were only teasing about the stoning (Flame) - Jody - 6/26/2007 1:20:33 PM
        
        LOL I am sure Raoul is smart enough to see that as a joke- - ARRELL - 6/26/2007 4:43:32 PM
        
        :)...yeah... - Jody - 6/27/2007 1:13:14 AM
        
        re: Ares 4 - e - 6/24/2007 11:03:43 PM

Fun with rockets - alcaray - 6/27/2007 10:57:01 PM

Move over, MARS ROVERS - carl - 6/27/2007 6:01:52 PM
- Worrisome - Daniel - 6/27/2007 8:45:14 PM

TLPs Explained? - TheSheepLookUp - 6/27/2007 8:41:00 PM

Bets on future planetary detections - phil - 6/24/2007 6:47:07 PM
- # 3..Meet The Neighbours: - Jody - 6/25/2007 2:51:33 PM
  - "My view on the extra-terrestrial situation is very much a positive, albiet still highly secretive one." - Isaac - 6/26/2007 8:57:37 PM
    - Maybe Isaac has linked to a virus-infected Web site - TheSheepLookUp - 6/26/2007 9:02:20 PM
      - And what exactly fo you mean by that? - Interested human - 6/26/2007 9:38:02 PM
        
        Dear Interested Human - if you ARE truly human, and not some Turing Device - TheSheepLookUp - 6/27/2007 1:51:19 PM
        
        Damn..the link won't work for me (n/t) - Shadow chaser...aka Jody - 6/26/2007 11:59:26 PM
        
        Link - Isaac - 6/27/2007 12:02:20 AM
        
        Isaac... - Jody - 6/27/2007 12:48:37 AM
  - re: # 3..Meet The Neighbours: Valid question. - Marcia - 6/25/2007 3:18:53 PM
    - re: # 3..Meet The Neighbours: Valid question. - Marcia - 6/25/2007 8:03:44 PM
      - re: # 3..Meet The Neighbours: Valid question... and what of AI. - Marcia - 6/25/2007 11:52:14 PM
        
        analogs, descendants or embodyments - phil - 6/26/2007 2:12:18 AM
        
        re: analogs, descendants or embodyments. - Marcia - 6/26/2007 2:16:33 AM
    - It doesn't matter if the Neighbor are nice or not - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 4:29:12 PM
      - "So stop worrying and start focusing on Growing Up." - Lindy - 6/25/2007 7:55:34 PM
        
        I don't think it is a deliberate quarantine - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 8:48:00 PM
      - Nothing personal, it's strictly business - Hank - 6/25/2007 5:42:32 PM
        
        re: Nothing personal, it's strictly business. Good points, Hank. - Marcia - 6/25/2007 8:07:06 PM
        
        Radio Silence - Hank - 6/25/2007 8:55:11 PM
        
        re: Radio Silence. - Thanks. - Marcia - 6/25/2007 9:17:44 PM
        
        Nicely worded Hank - Lindy - 6/25/2007 7:49:17 PM
        
        Noble Savages - Hank - 6/25/2007 8:33:34 PM
        
        It's too late about being quiet - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 6:21:39 PM
        
        I'm not sure I agree, - Hank - 6/25/2007 6:50:03 PM
        
        So that we have some real numbers to work with... - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 7:33:06 PM
        
        Hiding under our beds and covering our ears is not exactly what I had in mind. - Hank - 6/25/2007 8:02:14 PM
        
        re: Hiding under our beds and covering our ears is not exactly what I had in mind. - Marcia - 6/25/2007 8:21:47 PM
        
        Uh, no - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 8:35:39 PM
        
        re: So that we have some real numbers to work with... - Lindy - 6/25/2007 7:59:10 PM
        
        G. Lemarchand and Southern SETI on Planetary Radio - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 9:00:38 PM
        
        Interesting article - Lindy - 6/25/2007 9:36:54 PM
        
        TPS - TheSheepLookUp - 6/26/2007 2:47:42 PM
- re: Bets on future planetary detections - Buck Galaxy - 6/25/2007 5:17:05 AM
  - re: Bets on future planetary detections - phil - 6/26/2007 2:13:30 AM
- Deal me in - Hank - 6/24/2007 8:16:31 PM

"Exploring Extraterrestial Objects in Situ" posted by Isaac" moved to Off-Topic - moderite podrock - 6/27/2007 2:35:52 AM

"Under water city??" posted by Ray Raymond moved to Off-topic. - moderite podrock - 6/26/2007 11:03:58 PM

Mars' Uphill Ocean Shores Explained - phil - 6/26/2007 1:36:20 PM

Anyone know how Sunita WIlliams is? - Daniel - 6/23/2007 4:38:23 PM
- Don't know exactly how she's doing... - TB - 6/23/2007 5:27:18 PM
  - Gerstenmaier says she's fine (CNN) (n/t) - D. - 6/24/2007 3:07:02 AM
    - re: Gerstenmaier says she's fine (CNN) - I heard that recup. would be a couple of days(!) - Marcia - 6/24/2007 6:44:11 PM
      - re: Gerstenmaier says she's fine (CNN) - I heard that recup. would be a couple of days(!) - Marcia - 6/24/2007 7:20:34 PM
        
        How come no one is commenting on any of the male astronauts? - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 4:12:59 AM
        
        Dunno - D. - 6/25/2007 7:40:00 PM
        
        re: Commenting male astronauts. - Marcia - 6/25/2007 2:03:17 PM
  - especially in India - Daniel - 6/23/2007 7:03:23 PM
    - and on Cape Cod - phil - just back from the Cape - 6/23/2007 9:37:56 PM

Electric car updates - TB - 6/21/2007 6:01:56 AM
- Thanks TB! I hope my 47mpg Prius is considered a gas guzzler in the near future! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/21/2007 6:52:14 AM
  - Tech turning point - TB - 6/21/2007 6:56:00 PM
    - The free market strikes again! - Lee - 6/22/2007 12:24:00 AM
      - I know you are not religious Lee, however - Jody - 6/22/2007 11:45:03 AM
        
        Depends on what you mean by pollution. - Lee - 6/22/2007 8:36:47 PM
        
        Some already have - Fox - 6/22/2007 5:21:14 PM
      - Natural Capitalism - Adam - 6/22/2007 6:58:43 AM
        
        Robotic cars could take pressure off nation's highways - TheSheepLookUp - 6/25/2007 2:31:21 PM

Attention Marylanders - Jeff F - 6/24/2007 4:10:38 AM

Bots - doin' the jobs Americans won't do - phil - 6/23/2007 9:47:09 PM

Congrats Yanks on a great landing & safe conclusion - Daniel - 6/22/2007 7:50:31 PM
- Wish I could have watched it live! - Eri - 6/23/2007 4:28:43 AM

Atlantis headed for Edwards (Calif.) - Marcia - 6/22/2007 6:00:52 PM
- Gorgeous landing! Welcome home Atlantis. - Marcia - 6/22/2007 7:55:01 PM
  - Florida weather and STS 118 - Raoul - 6/22/2007 9:17:14 PM
    - re: Florida weather and STS 118 - Marcia - 6/22/2007 9:51:17 PM
      - re: Florida weather and STS 118 - RE: SSPTS - Marcia - 6/22/2007 10:26:17 PM
      - re: Florida or Kourou.... - Raoul - 6/22/2007 10:02:43 PM
        
        re: Florida or Kourou.... - Marcia - 6/22/2007 10:40:24 PM
  - re: The special vehicle - Raoul - 6/22/2007 8:16:37 PM
    - re: The special vehicle. - Yes, Raoul, I see it. - Marcia - 6/22/2007 8:30:08 PM
      - re: The other astronauts will go down the stairs, I believe (n/t) - Raoul - 6/22/2007 8:52:50 PM
        
        The vehicle is called the CTV and it went down... (n/t) - Raoul - 6/22/2007 9:22:07 PM
        
        re: The vehicle is called the CTV and it went down... and there they are! - Marcia - 6/22/2007 9:29:54 PM
      - Had one fly over the house. - REB - 6/22/2007 8:34:47 PM
        
        ...the shuttle, not the special vehicle. - REB - 6/22/2007 8:36:24 PM
      - re: It's funny. - Marcia - 6/22/2007 8:33:11 PM
        
        The rerpaired blanket seems to have done its job! (n/t) - Raoul - 6/22/2007 8:57:33 PM
        
        re: The repaired blanket seems to have done its job! - Raoul - 6/22/2007 9:20:40 PM
        
        re: The repaired blanket seems to have done its job! - Marcia - 6/22/2007 9:33:10 PM
    - re: The special vehicle - Daniel - 6/22/2007 8:23:27 PM

Scramjet hits Mach 10 over Australia - Jack Herer - 6/21/2007 5:12:01 PM
- Spend the night in Hawaii, instead. - Hank - 6/21/2007 9:01:52 PM
  - The personal touch is always nice, but... - TheSheepLookUp - 6/22/2007 3:14:25 PM
    - Help me, Obi-Wan... - Hank - 6/22/2007 5:39:22 PM
      - Who needs reality - TheSheepLookUp - 6/22/2007 6:31:16 PM
        
        You can't get a haircut on the internet. - Hank - 6/22/2007 7:00:26 PM
        
        Maybe there is a way to get people around instantly - TheSheepLookUp - 6/22/2007 6:59:54 PM

Atlantis: First opportunity for landing has been waived due to bad weather. - Marcia - 6/21/2007 3:56:07 PM
- re: Atlantis: Second opportunity waved as well. Looks like landing will be at Andrews. (n/t) - Marcia - 6/21/2007 5:40:20 PM
  - re: Sorry, that should have been 'Edwards'. gwz - Marcia - 6/21/2007 11:35:23 PM
  - re: Atlantis: Ah, looks like they'll give KSC another try on Friday. - Marcia - 6/21/2007 5:42:57 PM
    - ON Orbit for another day - carl - 6/21/2007 9:28:44 PM
      - re:Well.... - Raoul - 6/22/2007 6:29:00 PM
      - re: ON Orbit for another day. - Yep. - Marcia - 6/21/2007 11:16:58 PM

Viking Labelled Release Experiment explained... - Adam - 6/21/2007 10:37:17 AM
- Doesn't explain Levin's Labeled Release Experiment. - Robert Clark - 6/21/2007 1:55:57 PM
  - Well of course he'd say that - Adam - 6/22/2007 6:54:16 AM
    - re: Well of course he'd say that - Robert Clark - 6/22/2007 11:07:22 AM

WOW!! Shuttle/ISS double pass - Peter Bruener - 6/20/2007 4:21:40 AM
- Shuttle/ISS double pass for 6-21 - TB - 6/22/2007 4:54:26 AM
- So that's what that was... - podrock - 6/20/2007 11:31:42 PM
  - Very lucky you were - TB - 6/21/2007 12:11:36 AM
    - I'll say - podrock - 6/21/2007 1:18:54 AM
      - Just saw them again - podrock - 6/21/2007 4:33:51 AM
        
        Me too - Peter Bruener - 6/21/2007 4:47:18 AM
- Consecutive flyover - Peter Bruener - 6/20/2007 5:51:50 AM
  - re: Consecutive flyover - TB - 6/20/2007 6:01:26 AM
    - Ditto - Peter Bruener - 6/21/2007 4:57:58 AM

Review of Lowell's Mars and Its Canals from 1907 in Scientific American - TheSheepLookUp - 6/20/2007 3:17:16 PM
- 1971 Mariner Mission ? - carl - 6/21/2007 4:56:54 PM
  - Yes! (n/t) - Raoul - 6/21/2007 5:23:26 PM
    - The Soviets came to the party, too, but... - TheSheepLookUp - 6/21/2007 6:32:30 PM
- He was all about canals - FrankC - 6/21/2007 5:23:25 AM
  - re: He was all about canals - Hank - 6/21/2007 6:00:39 PM
- Despite discredited theory, I would assume his observations are still useful today - Sawyer - 6/20/2007 5:54:13 PM
  - re: Despite discredited theory, I would assume his observations are still useful today - Hank - 6/20/2007 7:23:53 PM
    - All guilty - alcaray - 6/20/2007 7:40:25 PM
      - That's heavy, man. (n/t) - Hank - 6/20/2007 8:12:39 PM
- re: Review of Lowell's Mars and Its Canals from 1907 in Scientific American - Hank - 6/20/2007 3:43:50 PM
  - Eugene Antoniadi - Raoul - 6/20/2007 4:10:30 PM
    - Grade School SCIENCE TEACHER Said it Was CANALS - carl - 6/20/2007 5:27:19 PM
      - It took Mariner 9 to finally resolve the canal issue - TheSheepLookUp - 6/21/2007 1:36:57 PM

Liquid Telescopes on the Moon - TheSheepLookUp - 6/21/2007 1:55:10 PM
- re: Liquid Telescopes on the Moon - Marcia - 6/21/2007 6:19:23 PM

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