"oldcoot" wrote in message
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On Apr 19, 2:01 am, "Painius" wrote:

It's a dirty job.
g

But let's be fair... There was probably a time
when, on some level or other, you were a void-
spacer.

I got out of the "educational" system before the void-space doctrine
took hold, having the blessed good fortune of escaping the
indoctrination. So i was pretty much neutral to the idea.

I'm proof that you *can* effect change. And that
there is hope for others, hope for a breakthrough!
Hope that science will fill the void space twixt its
ears, fill it with the ultrahigh-grade energy of the
sub-Planck energy domain.

...and come to know the true cause of gravity.

Well then you're a better man than me Gunga Din. Where i came from a
position of neutrality, you came around all the way from being a dyed-
in-the-wool void-spacer. And that's gotta be in the category of a
minor miracle. :-)

Thank you, Bill!... but i *can't* be the only one.
I would hope to hear from others who have also
shunned the VSP and are not afraid to discuss it.

On another subject, you mentioned the high temperature of the solar
corona. This question was asked several times but not answered AFAIK:
Could the temperature buildup be simply due to the material's
inability to re-radiate the IR it absorbs? It'd be analogous to
holding a wad of steel wool, which has very low thermal mass, over a
gas flame and watching how it quickly heats to incandescence. I dunno.
Just askin'.
oc

That's as good an explanation as any, but i
haven't read anything in the lit. about it. My
first thought is how stable or unstable the
IR absorption rate might be. The coronal
temp varies IIRC between about one and
two million degrees, so whatever the source
is, it's instability may give it away.

Perhaps Double-A can shed light?

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

--
Oh! the Sky Majestic
SO seems to be ALIVE,
You be careful lest it
Rise to give you Aim and Drive!

Oh, the world's sad eyes,
They know life's not so tragic,
When people realize
That... THE SKY IS MAGIC!

Indelibly yours,
Paine
http://www.savethechildren.org/
http://www.painellsworth.net