Budding Scientist 8^)

Occasionally one runs across something that MUST be shared. Curiosity: an essential ingrediant for science. See: Regards, Horace Heffner

Wikipedia

Hey Jed, Congratulations on your progress on the Wiki CF page. You have been surprisingly diplomatic ;) . I also respect the time you put in as evidenced by the discussion page.   It seems to have paid off. Your contribution is significant for two reasons: 1. Your corrections to Energy source vs

Re: An Equatorial Foucault Pendulum

At 9:29 AM 3/20/5, Grimer wrote: >> A gyroscope very well gimballed in all axes and oriented in the equatorial >> plane should work (though not as a pendulum). A nifty thing about that in >> the old days is it could have replaced an accurate clock as the means of >> determining longitude. A good

Re: Arctic methane

At 8:23 AM 3/21/5, Jones Beene wrote: [snip] >Consequently, in looking at the "big picture" the experts say that >something must be done relatively soon about this problem in the Arctic, >as the tundra is already starting to thaw in too many places for it to be >anything less than a persistent tren

Re: My close encounter with Jack Sarfatti

How many physicists wear cowboy hats?Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: or is this some kind of a trickster site put up by Stephen King? Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Re: An Equatorial Foucault Pendulum

>At 07:22 am 21-03-05 -0900, I wrote: > >Rather than carry on this discursive thread in a jokey fashion and >fill up the archives with lightweight stuff I thought I had better >answer in a private post. OOpps! That'll teach me to check I've changed the return address BEFORE writing the pos

Re: OT: The will of God

Merlyn wrote: Not to interrupt, thomas malloy wrote: As for prophecy, that's all in the interpretation, Oh, dear, you're being much too nit-picky here. Check out the book of Isaiah, which, one could argue, is the most important OT book (that's Old Testament, not Off-Topic) for most liturgic

Re: An Equatorial Foucault Pendulum

At 11:14 AM 3/21/5, Grimer wrote: >>>A case of two eyes being better than one, eh. Oh... (slaps forehead) ... now I get it! 8^) Regards, Horace Heffner

Re: An Equatorial Foucault Pendulum

At 07:22 am 21-03-05 -0900, you wrote: Rather than carry on this discursive thread in a jokey fashion and fill up the archives with lightweight stuff I thought I had better answer in a private post. >>At 06:06 am 20-03-05 -0900, Horace wrote: >> >> >>>an acc

Re: My close encounter with Jack Sarfatti

From: Terry Blanton.   > 'Subgenius' is the proper term, IMOHe is only slightly more polite to Puthoff...etc.  He kinda likes Bohm and Tony Smith.     Hey, Terry...   You must be referring to this guy Frank Dodd "Tony" Smith... who, personality-wise seems to be the prototypical vortex con

Arctic methane

In the category of really-big potential problems   The most serious problem facing the world today, and for the next twenty years (in the minds of many environmental experts) - a situation more risky than terrorism, suitcase nukes, new strains of super-viruses, drought or famine-- gets al

Re: An Equatorial Foucault Pendulum

At 9:29 AM 3/20/5, Grimer wrote: >At 06:06 am 20-03-05 -0900, Horace wrote: > >> Actually it would be turning in sidereal time, maintaining fixed >> relationship with the stars. > > >Quite so. But why let an inconvenient mismatch get in the way of a >good story. 8^) > > >> A gyroscope very well gi

How myths are made

How myths are made:   1) Throw in some facts, actual names and real locations  2) Appeal to "con-pru" interests 3) Be deliberately vague, but artful 4) Intimate that "mind control" may be involved 5) Practice good journalism and... Grin   http://www.texfiles.com/features/jupiter.htm     conspir