I see.

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I see.

alcaray — 6/27/2007 3:40:37 AM (archived)

You have lost credibility with me then. Your appeal to mystery rather than learnedness is a warning sign.

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Exploring Extraterrestial Objects in Situ - Isaac - 6/26/2007 10:14:01 PM
- Hey SheepLookUp! - Jody - 6/29/2007 10:09:14 PM
- I'm impressed at the work that went into this. - TB - 6/27/2007 11:24:26 PM
  - re: Flying insectsâ€¦.. - Johannes - 6/28/2007 2:07:37 AM
    - Humbug! - Hank - 6/29/2007 12:00:25 AM
      - re: Blue Tail Fly - Johannes - 6/29/2007 4:14:57 AM
        
        I've seen ones that look like a bee - Lindy - 6/29/2007 1:20:19 PM
        
        re: Somebody should catch one and see if nanotechnology is involved. ;-) (n/t) - Johannes - 6/29/2007 10:30:44 PM
      - It was a miniature alien spaceship? (n/t) - Eri - 6/29/2007 2:13:38 AM
    - The CIA has pics on file of you on the pot - Eri - 6/28/2007 2:51:02 AM
      - I don't actually believe in such "probes" - TB - 6/28/2007 4:27:15 AM
        
        re: I don't actually believe in such "probes" - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/28/2007 8:21:00 PM
        
        Someone should talk to these critters - Eri - 6/28/2007 11:10:16 PM
        
        re: Who invented the flush toilet? - Johannes - 6/29/2007 10:45:22 PM
- "They most often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom" (n/t) - Confucious - 6/27/2007 3:01:23 PM
- Moved from Space Sciences (n/t) - moderite podrock - 6/27/2007 2:31:19 AM
- This story seems to grow in the telling. - alcaray - 6/27/2007 12:18:02 AM
  - Indeed...as is the disallowance... (n/t) - Jody - 6/27/2007 3:17:57 PM
    - I don't see any disallowance. Everyone is having their say. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2007 9:10:14 PM
- Actually, this is a phenomenon worth studying. - Hank - 6/26/2007 11:51:19 PM
  - You are right..they did it for fun AND the money!!! - Jody - 6/27/2007 2:35:57 PM
  - "Their technology is different" - Isaac - 6/26/2007 11:58:51 PM
    - Technology is a Gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's Gifts It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and sciences"... (n/t) - Freeman Dyson - 6/27/2007 3:13:15 PM
    - That's exactly the way I would expect alien machines to work: - Hank - 6/27/2007 12:55:52 AM
      - I think you may need an ad-visor... - Fox - 6/28/2007 1:46:15 AM
        
        I would prefer to add vice. (n/t) - Hank - 6/28/2007 12:57:01 PM
        
        He He..taking my Q from Fox... - Jody:) - 6/28/2007 4:25:56 AM
        
        Ackkkkk! (n/t) - Eri - 6/28/2007 2:52:29 AM
      - That wins the Geordi LaForge Award for today... (n/t) - TB - 6/27/2007 10:37:04 PM
        
        I'm not trying to blind-side anyone... - Hank - 6/27/2007 11:59:39 PM
        
        Argh... (n/t) - TB - 6/28/2007 12:01:21 AM
      - re: That's exactly the way I would expect alien machines to work: - Isaac - 6/27/2007 2:15:16 AM
        
        SheepLookUp should understand this - Hank - 6/27/2007 3:48:40 AM
        
        Oaths - Isaac - 6/27/2007 4:05:43 AM
        
        "Extra-terrestial technology is not just a US phenomena." - Hank - 6/27/2007 4:20:13 AM
        
        " I was hoping you'd follow my lead and have a little fun with this. " - Isaac - 6/27/2007 4:30:25 AM
        
        "I am old.... - Jody - 6/27/2007 4:47:53 AM
        
        "I will wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled" - T.S., Eliot... - 6/28/2007 1:47:27 AM
        
        "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare eat a peach? - Jody:) - 6/29/2007 10:31:11 PM
        
        That is my contribution to Hank's inpromptu Sci-Fi storytelling...Next? (n/t) - Jody - 6/27/2007 12:45:56 PM
        
        Now that's more like it! (n/t) - Hank - 6/27/2007 4:34:10 AM
        
        The "hundreth monkey effect". - ARRELL - 6/27/2007 4:11:48 AM
      - Typo correction - Hank - 6/27/2007 12:58:36 AM
- The biggest question is..... - ARRELL - 6/26/2007 10:37:43 PM
  - This is Off Topic.... - Jody - 6/27/2007 2:41:53 PM
    - Jody, this tread was originally on 'SPACE' (n/t) - See above - 6/27/2007 3:30:01 PM
  - re: The biggest question is..... - phil - 6/26/2007 11:05:28 PM
    - "Bets on future planetary detections" - Isaac - 6/26/2007 11:51:16 PM
      - re: "Bets on future planetary detections" - phil - 6/27/2007 1:53:12 AM
        
        "Please, do not mistake any of my posts for intelligence " - Isaac - 6/27/2007 2:17:50 AM
    - You are the ones ignoring the facts - Isaac - 6/26/2007 11:39:35 PM
      - Out of idle curiosity, in your opinion... - alcaray - 6/27/2007 12:20:54 AM
        
        re: Out of idle curiosity, in your opinion... - Isaac - 6/27/2007 2:26:32 AM
        
        SDAI!! - McFly - 6/27/2007 9:15:28 PM
        
        Raises hand -- I know! I know! - Eri - 6/27/2007 10:31:08 PM
        
        I see. - alcaray - 6/27/2007 3:40:37 AM
        
        re: I see. - Isaac - 6/27/2007 3:50:24 AM
        
        to answer your questions - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:22:05 AM
        
        Counterpoint - Jody - 6/27/2007 1:49:41 PM
        
        Well, I would hope that I'm not a knee-jerk skeptic. - alcaray - 6/27/2007 9:01:22 PM
        
        re: "I am told that I spend a lot more time on this than is good for me." - Fox - 6/28/2007 1:52:42 AM
        
        ThankYou Alcaray..that was nicely said!! - Jody - 6/27/2007 9:37:54 PM
        
        Shame on you! - Hank - 6/27/2007 3:28:53 PM
        
        re: Shame on you...back at 'ya! - Jody - 6/27/2007 3:49:19 PM
        
        How do you spell "raspberry"? - Hank - 6/27/2007 5:49:10 PM
        
        Einsteins' theory of relativity has been described as possible - Jody - 6/27/2007 7:15:11 PM
        
        Why do I bother? - Hank - 6/27/2007 9:02:47 PM
        
        "there are already enough inconsistencies in his story..." - Lindy - 6/28/2007 3:04:52 AM
        
        That's not how it works. - Hank - 6/28/2007 4:59:02 AM
        
        re: "Let's say I went out one night and saw a UFO (you can substitute here Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, a ghost, or Jesus)" - _THE_ Yeti - 6/29/2007 6:59:49 PM
        
        Okay, that was very reasonable - Lindy - 6/28/2007 5:54:32 AM
        
        R-A-S-P-B-E-R-R-Y - Jody - 6/27/2007 6:14:52 PM
        
        "Pseudoskepticism" - Lindy - 6/28/2007 3:19:06 AM
        
        yikes! corrected html - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:24:00 AM
        
        re: yikes! corrected html - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:27:06 AM
        
        re: yikes! corrected html - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:31:25 AM
        
        "I had no expectations" - Lindy - 6/27/2007 9:01:39 PM
        
        hah! (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:31:53 AM
        
        The hot needle of inquiry - Insider Hank - 6/27/2007 10:54:54 AM
        
        "Do you think these guys working in top secret programs carry around a card identifying themselves as to who they are?" - ARRELL - 6/27/2007 3:59:42 AM
        
        In fact, at national labs you are expected to wear your card so its visible at all times - ARRELL - 6/27/2007 4:45:55 AM
        
        You were involved in those? Oh, do tell! (n/t) - Eri - 6/27/2007 8:03:23 PM
        
        Not me - Hank - 6/27/2007 1:36:34 PM
        
        That must have hurt like hell! (n/t) - Eri - 6/27/2007 8:02:27 PM
        
        Last Comic Standing.... - Jody - 6/27/2007 2:37:29 PM
        
        That's on the boob-tube tonight! (n/t) - Eri - 6/27/2007 8:04:54 PM

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