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Yesterday, 03:50 PM

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

:) You should reload that jar, make her go hungry, and film her Houdini behavior. It would make a great video.

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Yesterday, 03:46 PM

George replied to a thread On-line Banking in Off-Topic Babbling

The bank laws (i.e. liability) for your country should be worth reviewing. Most of the liability is on the banks but there may be some time limits...

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2019-Dec-04, 10:58 PM

George replied to a thread Timeline of early universe in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Yes, but in the 3 minute realm, don't most the models' wheels roll smoothly say to t = 1 sec, though I think most Inflation models have that phase...

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2019-Dec-04, 05:19 PM

George replied to a thread What is a good source to refute this denialist argument? in Science and Technology

Perhaps it's expressed above, but are they aware that as the temperature climbs the peak frequency increases but the emission's level of all the...

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2019-Dec-04, 03:30 PM

George replied to a thread Timeline of early universe in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

It may be helpful to restate it as beginning with a specific event (i.e. proton formation) and see about how long it takes to continue backward in...

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2019-Dec-03, 03:49 PM

George replied to a thread "Impossibility" of abiogenesis in Science and Technology

What's troubling for me is that the article is unsound in religion as well as science. How foolish will it look if an when an established...

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2019-Nov-26, 04:48 PM

George replied to a thread Questions that aren't worth asking in Fun-n-Games

Any comments on how many more Comets there are than comets?

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2019-Nov-21, 03:36 PM

grapes replied to a thread Why do scientists use words they don't need to use? in Science and Technology

I think "Abelian" is just easier for some people to say than "commutative".

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2019-Nov-21, 06:06 AM

grapes replied to a thread Machine code? in Science and Technology

In old machine code, there was a situation that didn't differentiate between the binary that represented code and the binary that represented...

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2019-Nov-18, 06:01 PM

George replied to a thread The Beginning of the Universe in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Agreed. I stumbled upon something that may offer a hint of help -- Escape from Model Land. It's geared for climatology but some of the ideas may...

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2019-Nov-18, 04:11 PM

George replied to a thread Effect of high-speed travel in space on the astronauts in Space Exploration

At such a high rate of speed, there are, fortunately, a few benefits that help offset, somewhat, the impact risk. 1) The objects will appear...

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2019-Nov-17, 08:33 PM

George replied to a thread The Beginning of the Universe in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Right, and no surprise given your great respect for the SM, you are implying what I think should have been more explicit in the article -- qualifiers...

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2019-Nov-17, 08:23 PM

George replied to a thread The Beginning of the Universe in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

The ones that qualify as being scientific models deserve to exist, and tweaking is likely. GR got a fair amount of tweaking even by Einstein. I...

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2019-Nov-15, 07:39 PM

George replied to a thread Type 1a Standard Candles Refined a Bit. in Astronomy

Is this not a "Whoa!"? Is this not pouring a lot of water on the SD SNe fires? If there are 10 million interacting WD binaries in our galaxy, here...

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2019-Nov-15, 05:23 PM

George replied to a thread Why do scientists use words they don't need to use? in Science and Technology

If y'all decide you need someone to present grammatical errors, I should have time to do a few more posts. :) And, btw, don't discount the...

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2019-Nov-15, 05:02 PM

George replied to a thread Why do scientists use words they don't need to use? in Science and Technology

Nice list. There seems to be value in their redundancy (hyperbole?) given the impact they are intended to have. Yes, that's how I see it as...

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2019-Nov-15, 04:11 PM

George replied to a thread The Beginning of the Universe in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Nicely put! It seems she is arguing that there is an imbalance in acceptance or credibility of inflation and, IMO, she is being a bit too hyperbolic...

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2019-Nov-12, 06:16 PM

George replied to a thread The Beginning of the Universe in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

In addition to what Ken said, there are no scientific theories on "why" or, better, "how" our universe formed. Science requires objective-based...

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