Tarquin wrote: If there was nothing there before the big bang I presume your postulate is that a perfect (perfect underlined) vacuum can spontaneously...

Tarquin wrote: Like I said - think hard before replying because clocks - all clocks are just indicators of sequences of events. They have nothing...

PD wrote: That's crap. Science is one kind of belief system, one that is supported by a methodology that is agreed on by convention. The methodology is...

PD wrote: Actually, the modern (more recent than 8 years ago) thinking is that DNA was not the first information-carrying, reproducing, and ...

Mati Meron wrote: Similarly, if you start with the definition that "eating hot dogs with ketchup is a symptom of psychological derangement" or 'being a...

In article , (Robert Grumbine) wrote: In article , Suzanne...

PD wrote: Here is where I draw my line of disagreement. I agree with you that kids should be taught the science that scientists practice. But in my mind,...

In article , Pierre Vandevenne wrote: "Mij Adyaw" wrote...

/BAH wrote: I didn't know that. Cool. Is there a different implied meaning when el is used? Depends. Sometimes al became el through some small vowel...

Robert Grumbine wrote: In article GqIgf.4739$pF.436@fed1read04, Mij Adyaw wrote: You guys should be a little more open-minded...

Gregory L. Hansen wrote: Ah, I see. They called themselves alchemists and their practice alchemy, but if they did anything insightful or useful they were...

wrote: By all means list the documents all this science is recorded in. Note the use of the term science because you aren't describing...

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Robert Grumbine wrote: In article , Seppo Renfors wrote: cnctut wrote: Who...

and cheekbones was coarsely red, even the bald scalp was too deep a pink. A waiter, again unbidden, brought the chessboard and the current issue of...

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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, "Precision" wrote: "Professor Min" wrote in message...

Comets and asteroids can provide the mass that is needed to generate thrust. In addition to the reaction mass you need source of energy -- most likely nuclear...

Abdul, though they were designed for interstellar use, I don't see the nuclear starships Orion, Daedalus and Bussard fusion craft as practical for that. I do...

systems. They exist regardless of the design of the recovery systems - whether the systems use private-key crypto- graphy or public-key cryptography; whether...