Dynamics of an Earth Ring

"Paul Blay" wrote in message news:ck2uj5$je9$1


The obvious answer is that we need to get people up there,
and dying, in droves.

Heartless...


That said there was a significant (if far from unique) point
not very well hidden in my post. See if you can spot it.

You didn't spot the three dots I put after I wrote the word
"heartless"; that means I was joking.

"Martin Frey" wrote in message
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h (Rand Simberg) wrote:


42,000 fatalities in road accidents in the USA? Not news.
295 fatalities in rail accidents? News
7 fatalities in space accidents? Mega news.

The obvious answer is that we need to get people up there,
and dying, in droves.

Heartless...

Brainless...

Funny...

Accurate...
Grim

On 7 Oct 2004 14:55:24 -0700, in a place far, far away,
(AA Institute) made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

The obvious answer is that we need to get people up there,
and dying, in droves.

Heartless...


That said there was a significant (if far from unique) point
not very well hidden in my post. See if you can spot it.

You didn't spot the three dots I put after I wrote the word
"heartless"; that means I was joking.

Not to most people. That's a new usage for an ellipsis.

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

You didn't spot the three dots I put after I wrote the word
"heartless"; that means I was joking.

Not to most people. That's a new usage for an ellipsis.

New to you perhaps.

--
Martin

In article ,
says...
You didn't spot the three dots I put after I wrote the word
"heartless"; that means I was joking.

Not to most people. That's a new usage for an ellipsis.

New to you perhaps.


Fancy that. Tens of thousands of man-hours, hundreds of lives, billions
of pounds, all expended on the development of the smiley. And all along
we could have just used an ellipsis...

--
Alan LeHun

On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:36:35 +0100, in a place far, far away, Martin
Frey made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

(Rand Simberg) wrote:

You didn't spot the three dots I put after I wrote the word
"heartless"; that means I was joking.

Not to most people. That's a new usage for an ellipsis.

New to you perhaps.

Yes, new to me. How would I know for sure to whom else it's new to?
I only know that I've never seen it used for that purpose before, and
I read (and write) a lot. Perhaps you're part of the weird minority
to whom that would have been obvious.

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 01:32:37 +0100, in a place far, far away, Alan
LeHun made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

In article ,
says...
You didn't spot the three dots I put after I wrote the word
"heartless"; that means I was joking.

Not to most people. That's a new usage for an ellipsis.

New to you perhaps.


Fancy that. Tens of thousands of man-hours, hundreds of lives, billions
of pounds, all expended on the development of the smiley. And all along
we could have just used an ellipsis...

Martin and "AA" seem to live in a different universe than the rest of
us...

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

In article ,
(Derek Lyons) wrote:

They tell you how they *think* the phases of the moon effect their
work. But several studies by CSICOP suggest strongly that the
apparent correlation isn't supported by evidence.


But several other such studies do; further, it is the subject of LOTS of
research, studies done and re-done over and over again. That suggests a
correlation,

No. Having a lot of studies indicates a lot of interest, not a
correlation.

D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

Tim Auton wrote:
No more MAGIC than is required for a colony of 2,000 people in the first
place.

You'd need a *very* big station to be self-sustaining for that many
people.

Unproven.

Biosphere 2 (which didn't quite work, they had to pump in oxygen after a year
or so) was enormous and that was to support fewer than a dozen people.

B2 didn't work because far more attention was paid to ecological
mysticism than to science and engineering. I'd not use it as 'proof'
of anything one way or another.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

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Wow! Those grubs at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon are a good deal!
"Derek Lyons" wrote in message
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B2 didn't work because far more attention was paid to ecological
mysticism than to science and engineering. I'd not use it as 'proof'
of anything one way or another.

Is there any chance that another similar project will be attempted in the
near future?