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54401
... From: sfconsim-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sfconsim-l@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Christopher Weuve Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:57 AM To:...
joel@...
ballarat_sf_nut
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Jun 1, 2006
9:55 am
54402
... Ed Irani has mentioned that recently as well. Has anyone here played any of the demo/playtest versions and would care to comment on the game or its...
Todd Zircher
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Jun 1, 2006
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54403
Hmmmm..Do you think maybe they'll call these things "spin dizzies" at some point in the distant future.? Jim Cline Date: Wed May 31, 2006 9:28 pm (PDT) From:...
Jim Cline
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Jun 2, 2006
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54404
... For extreme claims (and yes, this is one) I generally don't consider progress solid until it's been reproduced by several independent labs. The cold fusion...
ac_jackson
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Jun 2, 2006
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54405
TESTING... My email traffic has hugely dried up over the past 24 hours, and I'm testing to see if there's a problem or people are just on vacation! == Mark...
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Jun 2, 2006
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54406
Anthony writes ... I would personally be much happier if they had shown the curves (Figure 4, 5 and 6) for the various substances that they classified as not...
Bruce Macintosh
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Jun 2, 2006
1:52 pm
54407
Once again, a participant in this list has failed to use a Number Two Pencil in filling out a test. ... Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great...
Fred Kiesche
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Jun 2, 2006
2:01 pm
54408
... But do you grade on a curve, trapezoid even? John Reiher...
J. Reiher
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Jun 3, 2006
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54409
... In this group, shouldn't the grading be on a 4-D curve, or at least one of those non-Euclidian thingamajiggies? -- Rick...
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Jun 3, 2006
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54410
<snip> For me, I'm working my way through the Babylon 5 series again, for the first time in several years. Some really nifty stuff in there that I had totally ...
joel@...
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Jun 4, 2006
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54411
... [spoiler stuff snipped] It's clear that if the show had had a hands-off network willing to commit to five seasons, the final product would have looked a...
Christopher Weuve
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Jun 4, 2006
2:45 pm
54412
... Well there's this: BREAKDOWN OF THE ENTIRE 5-YEAR STORY ARC WITH SINCLAIR "For over ten years, fans have asked "What would Babylon 5 have been like had...
Chris L'Etoile
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Jun 4, 2006
7:15 pm
54413
... That would be interesting, except that it appears to be a limited-time-only deal. Sigh....
Andrew Paul
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Jun 4, 2006
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54414
... The deal is, you buy the first 14 volumes, you get 15 (with that essay) free. They've only released 7/14 volumes on a one-per-month schedule, so there's...
Chris L'Etoile
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Jun 4, 2006
9:02 pm
54415
Actually 14 volumes @ about $40 per volume would be $560 with volume 15 "free" if you purchased all 14. Ugh. The damning thing is that I'm considering it... ...
Bruce Humphrey
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Jun 5, 2006
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54416
Greetings: That treatment might be available. He is self-publishing a multi-volume set of the scripts, which is supposed to contain a lot of background and ...
Fred Kiesche
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Jun 5, 2006
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54417
Greetings: I've spent $600-odd bucks on sillier things! Hmmmm... Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks...
Fred Kiesche
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Jun 5, 2006
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54418
If your average interstellar voyage takes months or years. It probably makes sense to use some form of hybernation for crew and passangers. Something along the...
Shaun Ratcliff
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Jun 5, 2006
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54419
... Short answer: we don't know how to induce such a state, and don't know exactly what it would do. It would probably not be terribly healthy, but might be...
ac_jackson
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Jun 5, 2006
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54420
... probably ... passangers. ... coma and ... eliminates ... What ... suffer from ... know ... We know how to induce comas dont we? It would probably not be...
Shaun Ratcliff
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Jun 5, 2006
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54421
... Yes, sort of. We don't know how to safely and reversibly reduce body temperature to 0C, however, and that's the important part (coma by itself won't help...
ac_jackson
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Jun 5, 2006
8:57 am
54422
... body ... Well, you dont have to actually freeze the body, just lower the temperature enough to slow everything right down. ... I'd imagine that the maximum...
Shaun Ratcliff
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Jun 5, 2006
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54423
... http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/science/tmed/med6.html Traveller-centric, but written by a medical doctor....
Christopher Thrash
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Jun 5, 2006
10:02 am
54424
With regards to freezing the passengers solid, Poul Anderson brought up the point that such frozen people have a "shelf life" measured in centuries. Naturally...
Nyrath the nearly wise
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Jun 5, 2006
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54425
... This assumes that all cosmic rays and other external radiation sources are somehow kept away from the sleeping crew. On the other tentacle, there's nothing...
Henry J. Cobb
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Jun 5, 2006
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54426
... Rather. ... Heh. Other than C14, wonder what major sources there are....
Anthony Jackson
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Jun 5, 2006
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54427
... So long as we're not dealing with *really* long travel times (years), putting people in for a prolonged snooze would seem sufficient, without worrying...
rmrobinson1227
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Jun 5, 2006
4:22 pm
54428
... schedule, ... to get ... However, from what I could see, once vol. 14 is out, they'll only remain available for 3 months, then poof! they're gone. Not that...
Andrew Paul
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Jun 5, 2006
5:46 pm
54429
... Especially since it's print on demand. chrisw...
Christopher Weuve
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Jun 5, 2006
10:21 pm
54430
Hello all, See interesting message re YahooGroups below. I am sending this to multiple groups, so please be careful in your replies. chrisw Christopher Weuve...
Christopher Weuve
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Jun 6, 2006
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