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2018-Dec-14, 07:33 PM

Swift replied to a thread When you just *have* to make a joke in Off-Topic Babbling

That reminds me of this cartoon from an artist that I really like (her name is Rosemary Mosco and her website is called Bird and Moon)

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2018-Dec-14, 01:57 PM

Swift replied to a thread The Orville [potential spoilers] in Small Media at Large

I'm pretty excited.

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2018-Dec-14, 01:55 PM

Swift replied to a thread odds of functional proteins emerging by chance? in Life in Space

There is a statistics program I used to use that had an opening quote: "Randomness comes in bunches". If particles are perfectly evenly dispersed,...

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2018-Dec-14, 01:49 PM

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

Well, once that restraining bolt was removed, R2 kind of went wild, fell in with a really bad crowd, and ended up doing odd jobs for whatever loose...

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2018-Dec-11, 07:53 PM

Swift started a thread Teeming Deep Earth Life in Life in Space

This would seem to have implications for looking for life elsewhere in the Universe Laboratory Equipment magazine

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2018-Dec-11, 07:36 PM

Swift replied to a thread The Cat Thread in Off-Topic Babbling

Funny, but that same system also works works with spouses. ;)

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2018-Dec-11, 04:28 PM

Swift replied to a thread Astronomy Magazine Top 10 Space Stories in Small Media at Large

It is the same reason that Time Magazine does their person of the year now, or that TV networks start doing their "story of the year" or "entertainer...

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2018-Dec-11, 04:24 PM

Swift replied to a thread NASA's Voyager Spacecrafts in Space Exploration

As they say, pumpkinpie, it makes for a "teachable moment".

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2018-Dec-11, 04:21 PM

Swift replied to a thread Olympus Mons lookout in Space Exploration

In another recent thread about possible landing sites on Mars, there was this excellent point about the view from Olympus Mons

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2018-Dec-11, 04:15 PM

Swift replied to a thread Scientists warning of "Grand Solar Minimum" leading to global cooling in Science and Technology

I guess I don't understand the point of such questions. It is like asking "if space aliens landed in front of you, stood around while you took...

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2018-Dec-11, 02:07 PM

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

:lol:

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2018-Dec-11, 02:04 PM

Swift replied to a thread Scientists warning of "Grand Solar Minimum" leading to global cooling in Science and Technology

So, how much does a major volcanic eruption cool the Earth and how long does it last. One paper from 1996 (The Impact of Mount Pinatubo on...

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2018-Dec-11, 01:53 PM

Swift replied to a thread How did we get here...? Where did it all begin? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Hi intheknow, welcome to CQ. It might help if you clarified your question a little more, because the way you phrased your question, it covers many...

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2018-Dec-11, 12:11 PM

Swift replied to a thread Scientists warning of "Grand Solar Minimum" leading to global cooling in Science and Technology

Short of some obvious, major event, like a massive volcanic eruption or a major change in solar output, which we could not hep but notice, there is...

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2018-Dec-10, 06:36 PM

Swift replied to a thread The Cat Thread in Off-Topic Babbling

By the way cat friends, if you have never seen the Cole & Marmalade Cat Logic video, you need to.

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2018-Dec-10, 06:29 PM

Swift replied to a thread At what point should we start worrying about the Flat Earth movement? in Conspiracy Theories

Well, either way, its turtles all the way down. ;)

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