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The story that won't go away. - ER - 9/14/2012 1:35:50 AM
- The polar bear species first appeared about five million years ago. - TB - 9/14/2012 3:28:25 AM
  - The asteroid didn't wipe out the dinosaurs. - ER - 9/14/2012 11:00:35 AM
    - The Story That Won't Go Away - TB - 9/14/2012 4:10:47 PM
      - You bet I've been hammerin' on it for weeks, - ER - 9/14/2012 4:50:08 PM
        
        Re: You bet I've been hammerin' on it for weeks, - Jody - 9/14/2012 5:39:18 PM
        
        All right. - TB - 9/14/2012 5:21:47 PM
        
        Just for starters - ER - 9/14/2012 5:37:25 PM
        
        You're avoiding it. Try again. - TB - 9/14/2012 5:39:55 PM
        
        You should have waited for me to finish typing before you answered. - ER - 9/14/2012 5:42:11 PM
        
        I was talking about your response. - TB - 9/14/2012 5:53:28 PM
        
        This is a man-made problem, it has human solutions. - ER - 9/14/2012 6:20:35 PM
        
        Bile, sarcasm and rants are your department lately. - TB - 9/14/2012 7:54:53 PM
        
        The September numbers will be on the NSIDC website in October. - ER - 9/14/2012 8:59:30 PM
        
        What will that number change? - TB - 9/14/2012 9:22:46 PM
        
        see "It always freezes in winter" above for response. - ER - 9/14/2012 11:31:28 PM
      - So one cannot point out that anthropormorphic global warming affecting polar bears? - bowser - 9/14/2012 4:46:34 PM
  - "My theory - - - " - bowser - 9/14/2012 3:57:17 AM

Explosion on Jupiter... - Jody - 9/12/2012 10:21:55 PM
- Are they sure that's an impact? - TB - 9/12/2012 10:50:08 PM
  - I thought it looked like a cascading electrical discharge - Ainz - 9/13/2012 12:46:24 PM
    - It seemed something hit, then the discharges cascaded down. - bowser - 9/13/2012 6:39:15 PM
  - SLOOH.com web cast:: Monitoring real-time for Impact scars - Ainz - 9/13/2012 12:08:21 PM
  - I can't think of anything else it might be. - ER - 9/13/2012 12:42:48 AM
  - I understand that they (lots of people) checked on Tuesday morning... - alcaray - 9/12/2012 11:13:43 PM

Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me. - ER - 9/12/2012 12:07:34 PM
- Thanks, ER, I enjoy these essays. - podrock - 9/13/2012 6:04:08 AM
- PS: - ER - 9/12/2012 12:47:02 PM

The toothbrush that saved the Space Station - TB - 9/11/2012 11:19:06 PM
- Something doesn't seem exactly right here. - bowser - 9/12/2012 6:53:56 PM
- What's an "ACME" bolt? - RobVG - 9/11/2012 11:31:35 PM
  - Other than the brand favored by Wile Coyote... - alcaray - 9/12/2012 2:17:58 AM
    - Wow, I've never heard such a thing. Thanks n/t - RobVG - 9/12/2012 2:38:54 AM
      - The specific use. - bowser - 9/13/2012 5:41:13 AM
      - I think it was something I had to draw in 7th grade drafting. - alcaray - 9/12/2012 5:09:47 AM
  - It's a well-known brand name for bolts and hardware tools, - TB - 9/11/2012 11:35:23 PM

Modeling the Big Bang with Super Computers - RobVG - 9/12/2012 1:20:43 AM

What has happened to the "Spaceflight Now" web site? - delbertnotdilbert - 9/10/2012 3:15:26 AM
- Fixed Kind of. - delbertnotdilbert - 9/10/2012 5:16:37 PM
  - So it is the DNS that's hacked? Are you on Uverse, too? - alcaray - 9/10/2012 6:23:08 PM
- Re: What has happened to the "Spaceflight Now" web site? - TB - 9/10/2012 3:18:00 AM
  - I still have the problem - delbertnotdilbert - 9/10/2012 3:24:48 AM
    - PHX FF 14.0 no problem here - Ainz - 9/10/2012 6:11:50 AM
    - I see the same thing you're seeing. - RobVG - 9/10/2012 4:40:28 AM
    - No problem here, IR9,Windows 7-64 - podrock - 9/10/2012 3:57:04 AM
    - Re: I still have the problem - TB - 9/10/2012 3:47:12 AM
    - I get redirected by fwdservice.com when I try to load that page. - alcaray - 9/10/2012 3:25:50 AM
      - There's chatter on the web about some AV packages blocking fwdservice.com as malicious URL. - alcaray - 9/10/2012 5:07:15 AM
      - I am on ie9 too. - alcaray - 9/10/2012 5:00:18 AM
        
        Everyone's on IE? What an old-fashioned group. - alcaray - 9/10/2012 5:01:43 AM

"Junk" DNA not really junk - TB - 9/9/2012 8:21:18 PM
- Re: "Junk" DNA not really junk - Jody - 9/10/2012 3:08:44 AM
  - Re: "Junk" DNA not really junk - Jody - 9/10/2012 3:11:41 AM
- Nature does not waste energy. Or resources. - bowser - 9/9/2012 10:21:30 PM

Okay, this is entirely too "zen" for me. - TB - 9/9/2012 5:59:51 PM
- Re: Okay, this is entirely too "zen" for me. - Jody - 9/10/2012 2:59:20 AM
- I can't make up my mind on this. - alcaray - 9/9/2012 10:41:02 PM

Space Shuttle grand tour - TB - 9/8/2012 4:35:19 PM

The archeology of the brain - TB - 9/8/2012 12:22:57 AM

The Lithium Problem - RobVG - 9/7/2012 5:57:42 AM
- It wasn't really an explanation. - alcaray - 9/7/2012 9:00:48 AM

Synchronized quadrocopter drones - TB - 9/6/2012 3:41:12 AM
- Took me awhile to figure out how they did it. - RobVG - 9/7/2012 4:19:50 AM
- Dang, Lindy should be here so I could tease her (probably why she's not here). - alcaray - 9/6/2012 5:14:32 AM
  - It'll probably be seen as a disinformation attack. n/t - RobVG - 9/6/2012 2:54:05 PM

Curiosity teleconference this morning - alcaray - 9/7/2012 12:17:03 AM

The Suns of August - ER - 9/6/2012 12:22:25 AM
- Looks like it's dropping off that blue trendline, in the first graph. - alcaray - 9/6/2012 5:17:28 AM
  - As you no doubt know, the trendline is a linear regression. - ER - 9/6/2012 11:13:39 AM

ScienceDebate 2012 results - alcaray - 9/5/2012 3:33:30 AM

Astronomers Find Millions Of Supermassive Black Holes - RobVG - 9/2/2012 6:33:36 PM
- I wonder if black holes are the norm. - bowser - 9/4/2012 2:03:00 AM
- Re: Astronomers Find Millions Of Supermassive Black Holes - Jody - 9/2/2012 7:03:04 PM

Kodak and Apollo 11 - RobVG - 9/1/2012 1:04:20 AM
- Super! - bowser - 9/1/2012 5:28:30 AM

'Shadows of Curiosity'... - alcaray - 8/31/2012 7:07:05 PM

A real malaria cure? - TB - 8/30/2012 9:35:42 PM

Auxiliary sail power for maritime trade - ER - 8/30/2012 8:31:37 PM

"our species has engendered a powerful self-deception:" - bowser - 8/27/2012 4:46:36 AM
- I'm not sure I really agree with that. - ER - 8/27/2012 11:57:30 AM
  - He's saying the attitude was always there, the means to pursue it on a mass scale recent. - bowser - 8/27/2012 11:04:54 PM
    - They're already salivating at the prospect of global warming, - ER - 8/28/2012 12:55:55 AM
      - All species die that way - what was adaptive is no longer. Includes Humans. - bowser - 8/29/2012 2:23:45 AM
        
        It's true that lots of species will destroy their own environment if they are very successful. - alcaray - 8/29/2012 5:20:29 AM

Curiosity News Conference Today at 2pm PDT - podrock - 8/27/2012 5:26:03 PM
- Wow! - TB - 8/28/2012 3:17:58 AM
  - Awesome! - BuckGalaxy - 8/29/2012 12:40:44 AM
  - Lava flows? n/t - RobVG - 8/28/2012 5:31:01 AM
- recording is here: - alcaray - 8/28/2012 12:04:57 AM

More JAXA data - ER - 8/27/2012 3:11:07 AM
- That seems to be quite fast. - bowser - 8/27/2012 4:35:13 AM
  - Maybe she had a little help... - ER - 8/27/2012 12:05:11 PM

It looks like we're heading for a record... - ER - 8/26/2012 7:34:46 PM
- I wonder how the permafrost is doing? n/t - RobVG - 8/27/2012 12:09:38 AM
  - NSIDC has links... - ER - 8/27/2012 1:47:29 AM
- Not only is it getting lower, its getting later. - ER - 8/26/2012 9:29:30 PM

First man on the Moon dead at 82 - TB - 8/25/2012 7:36:20 PM
- "Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink." - Ainz - 8/26/2012 8:27:05 AM
- Well, he never did seem to like being on the ground. Good bless you, Neil, you always could fly. - bowser - 8/25/2012 10:42:36 PM

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