Gas engines: Here to stay

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Re: Just one complaint about Forbidden Kingdom

Julia Thompson wrote: > > The moon. The frakkin' moon. > > By what they said in dialogue at one point, I figured it was waning. Then > when we saw it on the screen, it was waxing. > > Do they need to hire someone who understands the phases of the moon there? > The idiocy of script writers spoiled

Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 377, Issue 3

William T Goodall wrote: > > So we don't really know how available some minerals are until we start > looking for them harder? > It happened with oil and gas. Brazil was considered with no oil back in the 1930s - they were almost right, considering the technology of the time. Probably the UK and N

Re: An interesting response

On 04/05/2008, at 12:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The second article shows a _demostrated_ range of 13500 for the > 777 , and > the nonstop route would be somewhat shorter than a one stop route. "When loaded with passengers and baggage, the airline will be able to fly 10,900 miles non-

Re: An interesting response

Original Message: - From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 15:17:39 +1000 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: An interesting response On 03/05/2008, at 1:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> and their fuel loads per passenger. One would have to stop for >>