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Today, 04:34 PM

CJSF replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

Spoilers! (Oh, wrong Doctor)... CJSF

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Today, 04:32 PM

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

The idea that we're about to have a kindergartner is a little startling for us.

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Today, 04:14 PM

profloater replied to a thread I'm wondering about an amateur radio Earth-Venus-Earth bounce or MoonBounce? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

here is a link about it http://history.k4lrg.org/Projects/K4MSG_EME/

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Today, 04:12 PM

profloater replied to a thread I'm wondering about an amateur radio Earth-Venus-Earth bounce or MoonBounce? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

I know someone who does VHF moon bounce with a large vehicle mounted Yagi and for him the ultimate is to get a horizon bounce so a friend the other...

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Today, 04:03 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread I'm wondering about an amateur radio Earth-Venus-Earth bounce or MoonBounce? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Well, you might start with the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA). http://www.radio-astronomy.org/...

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Today, 03:25 PM

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

i just tried "pass the buck" into chinese, then french then Norwegian and back to English; "spend the money" came back.

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Today, 03:18 PM

profloater replied to a thread Adventures in DIY in Off-Topic Babbling

I saw a nice dust collector a while back, it was recirculating water arranged as a water fall down a chain, full height and with a cartridge water...

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Today, 03:09 PM

profloater replied to a thread Proof that the Apollo footage was filmed in air here on earth in Conspiracy Theories

perhaps it is good that there are people who challenge the consensus, it should keep us on our toes and avoid lazy, dogmatic thinking. But it would...

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Today, 02:24 PM

Swift replied to a thread Proof that the Apollo footage was filmed in air here on earth in Conspiracy Theories

Since the OP likes proof by YouTube, the Mythbusters busted this a long time ago.

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Today, 01:14 PM

geonuc replied to a thread Adventures in DIY in Off-Topic Babbling

What are the filtration specs on the canister vs the original bag filter?

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Today, 12:45 PM

Cougar replied to a thread Gas flowing into galaxies in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

It's worse than that. It's a sentence fragment. "If gas is flowing into galaxies to replace gas forming stars has some kind of steady state".......

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Today, 12:32 PM

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

In other words, noncommutative.

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Today, 12:27 PM

cosmocrazy replied to a thread In-Finite in Astronomy

Hi and welcome, There is no comparison, a bee's stinger or hair even a hair on the bee is trillions of times greater in magnitude than quarks &...

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Today, 12:24 PM

Cougar replied to a thread In-Finite in Astronomy

Welcome to the boards, LT! The "average black hole singularity" does not have a "size." Since you seem to like analogies, does division by zero...

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Today, 11:56 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Your current weather? in Off-Topic Babbling

a foggy start to the day.

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Today, 11:50 AM

Jim replied to a thread In-Finite in Astronomy

LTSCOTT, welcome to the Forum. Please familiarize yourself with our Rules for Posting (link in my sig), especially Rule 3 Language. I have edited...

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Today, 09:23 AM

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

The forum should have some kind of "irony-indicator" on threads.

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Today, 08:34 AM

cosmocrazy replied to a thread Hair in Science and Technology

I inherited my father's family's baldness and my mother's family's height. All the males on my father's side are over 6', including all my cousins...

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Today, 07:22 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread A general gardening thread in Off-Topic Babbling

Third month of heat, constant sun and absolutely zero rain here. Sandy soil so basically it's a desert now. No rain predicted until at least end of...

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