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re: Earth's magnetic field
Earth's core is solid.....the mantle is liquid.
Lee
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1/10/2006 6:59:02 AM
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It was an interesting read though.
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Answer to Lee about magnetism.
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Johannes
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1/9/2006 4:41:40 AM
electrons don't really "orbit"
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podrock
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1/10/2006 7:13:32 PM
re: They SEEM to exist in symmetrical regions of statistical probability
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Johannes
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1/10/2006 10:22:24 PM
I'm uncertain what you know that Heisenberg couldnt get
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tony
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1/11/2006 1:56:14 AM
re: Heisenberg's principle
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Johannes
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1/12/2006 8:00:57 PM
Was a joke man, just a jokey title.
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Tony
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1/13/2006 1:47:24 PM
what exactly are these "various electron phenomena" that you have studied?
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alcaray
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1/10/2006 11:50:40 PM
re: these "various electron phenomena"
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Johannes
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1/12/2006 7:47:54 PM
How does that work with molecular bonding geometries?
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podrock
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1/13/2006 6:29:01 AM
re: How does that work ?
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Johannes
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1/14/2006 2:44:44 AM
Earth's magnetic field
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et
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1/9/2006 6:33:42 PM
re: Earth's magnetic field
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Johannes
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1/10/2006 3:52:39 AM
Just something to consider....
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end transmission
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1/10/2006 5:49:16 PM
Bridges and aerodynamics
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Laurie Street
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1/10/2006 6:49:21 PM
It didn't exactly help the TN bridge stay aloft, did it? ;)
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et
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1/10/2006 9:34:20 PM
Out of phase with the Van Allen belts
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alcaray
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1/10/2006 11:47:28 PM
Galloping Gertie was the original Tacoma narrows bridge, which I dove on.
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Not yet phased.
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1/12/2006 2:00:22 AM
I think you mean dove off?
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alcaray
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1/12/2006 5:04:09 PM
How old are you? It collapsed 65 years ago!
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Laurie Street
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1/12/2006 4:45:00 PM
AHHGH! Knuckleheads! I was underwater. Drifting over the wreckage of the Galloping Gertie.
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wet suit
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1/12/2006 8:05:00 PM
re: AHHGH! Knuckleheads! I was underwater. Drifting over the wreckage of the Galloping Gertie.
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Laurie Street
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1/12/2006 9:39:10 PM
Yes....
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et
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1/12/2006 11:39:20 PM
Earth's core is solid.....the mantle is liquid.
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Lee
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1/10/2006 6:59:02 AM
"plastic" is more like it.
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podrock
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1/10/2006 6:50:12 PM
re: "plastic" is more like it.
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nick hoffman
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1/13/2006 3:29:15 AM
You should describe what you mean by plastic.
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et
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1/10/2006 9:36:20 PM
I'm afraid you're right...Plastic deformation, then.
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podrock
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1/11/2006 6:31:22 PM
Earth's inner core is solid, outer core is liquid and the mantle flows over VERY long periods of time.
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et
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1/10/2006 5:37:58 PM
I thought it was...
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LJK
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1/10/2006 5:41:25 PM
You forgot the elephants
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Tony
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1/10/2006 8:00:33 PM
That's a fanciful artist's rendering!
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alcaray
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1/11/2006 7:07:09 PM
Great A'Tuin only needs 4 elephants!
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Tony
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1/11/2006 9:19:24 PM
re: Great A'Tuin only needs 4 elephants!
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alcaray
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1/11/2006 10:44:47 PM
Ah, misread your post :-)
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Tony
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1/14/2006 2:21:07 AM
Get it through your skull: REALITY DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK!
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R.L.
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1/10/2006 6:57:20 AM
re: I truly hope that some day you will learn HOW to think.
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Johannes
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1/13/2006 6:35:42 AM
Chill dude.
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REE: RL TEAR SCI TOT
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1/10/2006 11:36:21 PM
You need treatment...
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R.L.
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1/9/2006 1:48:23 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.