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2018-Jul-14, 05:56 PM

grapes replied to a thread English-to-English autotranslate in Small Media at Large

I started a project like this when I was about ten--the goal was to make the Encyclopedia Americana intelligible to me. Come to think of it, even...

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2018-Jul-14, 05:23 PM

grapes replied to a thread Mars Close and Bright in Late July in Astronomy

Full internet cycle! We're back to "Mars as big as the moon" Almost August! https://www.space.com/33869-mars-size-of-moon-hoax-tonight.html ...

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2018-Jul-13, 01:38 PM

Swift replied to a thread English-to-English autotranslate in Small Media at Large

By the way, apropos of nothing, every time I see "Loch Lomond" I think of the song, and in particular Paul Robeson's version.

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2018-Jul-13, 01:35 PM

Swift replied to a thread English-to-English autotranslate in Small Media at Large

The Russian version reminds me a lot of stuff spammers try to post here. I agree, it probably is some sort of machine translation. I wonder, if...

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2018-Jul-13, 02:57 AM

Solfe started a thread Wilhelm Albrecht Oeltzen - The Lost Astronomer, RE Mr. Moore. in Astronomy

A while ago, Roger E. Moore posted on the "A. Oe." or "AOe" catalogs. I found it intriguing, as Wilhelm Albrecht Oeltzen was processing Friedrich...

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2018-Jul-13, 02:20 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Heavy light, is there such a thing? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Dimensions is a big word... As far as string theory goes, it has a couple of handy ways of making many more dimensions look just like 3+1...

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2018-Jul-12, 06:13 PM

Swift replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

I don't know either, but that rings true to me. The other part of that is Second Lieutenant is the rank a new graduate of West Point (military...

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2018-Jul-12, 06:07 PM

Swift replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Happy five trips around the Sun, Simon

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2018-Jul-11, 03:37 PM

Swift replied to a thread Journal for completely new gravitational theory in Science and Technology

Because then people would complain that Big Science was too controlling and they were trying to suppress people outside of the Science Establishment....

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2018-Jul-11, 01:33 PM

Swift replied to a thread Stuff you just don't get. in Off-Topic Babbling

I can't speak to all uses of the chairs outside of women's changing rooms, but I know I have sat in them on multiple occasions. And yes, both my...

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2018-Jul-11, 01:13 PM

Swift replied to a thread Kīlauea Activity in Geology & Planetary Surfaces

OK, now I'm going to put my moderator hat on - this is off topic for this thread. If you want to discuss this, start a new thread.

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2018-Jul-11, 11:26 AM

grapes replied to a thread scientists delusions and 5 sigma in Science and Technology

Your OP here could've generated similar responses had you not even included the comment implying the authors of the article were ignorant or...

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2018-Jul-11, 05:23 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

When my kids were toddlers, I read them Watership Down. Tonight they named a wild rabbit Inlé. I'm glad they remember the story in that much detail....

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2018-Jul-11, 05:12 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

We have a strange little rabbit around the house. He likes to move in shadows and he is good at it. He doesn't seem to fear being out in the open, so...

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2018-Jul-11, 04:07 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Well-loved places you can never go back to in Off-Topic Babbling

Crystal Beach, an amusement park in Ontario. Lots of good times there.

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2018-Jul-11, 01:25 AM

Swift replied to a thread Well-loved places you can never go back to in Off-Topic Babbling

There are places I remember All my life though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places...

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2018-Jul-11, 01:23 AM

Swift replied to a thread Well-loved places you can never go back to in Off-Topic Babbling

Various parts of Volcano National Park in Hawaii. I've been three times and I'm not sure if I'll be able to go back or what I'll find. In the...

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2018-Jul-10, 11:45 PM

Solfe replied to a thread The Share Your Art Thread! in Off-Topic Babbling

Ballpoint pen and a pencil with no eraser. Not sure what I think of it.

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2018-Jul-10, 08:59 PM

slang replied to a thread Israelis to land on the Moon on the cheap? in Space Exploration

wd40's last post from its own thread merged into his own previous thread.

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2018-Jul-10, 01:21 PM

Swift replied to a thread scientists delusions and 5 sigma in Science and Technology

The article actually gives a fair amount of detail about the statistical analysis. Frankly, to label the work "ignorant or delusional" is incorrect...

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2018-Jul-10, 01:11 PM

Swift replied to a thread Kīlauea Activity in Geology & Planetary Surfaces

I will make one note... a lot of the homes destroyed were not "luxury vacation properties". They were people's primary homes and I think a lot of...

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2018-Jul-10, 12:42 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

My children love Weezer's cover of Africa. That is pretty much perfect. I used to date a girl that would tell people at random: "I used to date...

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