Van Rijn
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I don’t know if he is the first to coin the term “Elon Time.” It’s not a new issue. Anyway when I first heard Elon’s estimate, I predicted it...

Yes, it looks like either a browser or OS thing. I get the same thing in Chrome, though I can see tooltips for the blank spots and the strikethrough...

This really bugs me. This monstrosity is a current cover image for the Heinlein book Have Spacesuit — Will Travel: ...

Gene Roddenberry wrote the script for 24 episodes of the Western series Have Gun - Will Travel which I only know about because it inspired the title...

Ah. I looked at it more, and it is there, just not with bold, italics and underline. Look on the third line to the far right.

Even if it isn’t, it is easy to do with bbcode. Here’s the same text with noparse: Even if it isn’t, it is easy to do with bbcode.

Very interesting but that music is annoying (for others, there’s no dialogue so it can just be silenced).

I first learned at home on the two typewriters I mentioned earlier, then took a class in high school, and similarly was the only guy in the class. ...

I watched part of Invasion. It had promise, and if it continued I certainly would have given it more time, but I got a bit more careful of shows...

Ah, I see. I used to read UFO books but after I became disillusioned with all the tall tales and evidence free conspiracy theories, I lost interest....

Yes, LA is warmer than Sacramento, sometimes with very warm winter weather (I can’t remember exactly when, but I was there once when it was over 90F...

After seeing your various posts here, I’m afraid that doesn’t mean much to me, and I suspect to most other posters here. You seem entirely too...

There was a review on Amazon that made some of the same points, in between the glowing reviews and ones that just didn’t like how it was presented (I...

A few thoughts arise: You seem to accept his claim that he didn’t go in to this work as a “UFO believer” uncritically. But that isn’t a claim I...

Same here, I could see the need to reduce jamming. I used an old Royal manual (it dated back to the ‘30s, but was built like a tank so still worked...

That reminds me of the last time I took my cat to the vet. It was before the pandemic, and she had gotten bitten on her foot by another cat. She...

I certainly thought I was giving a coherent answer. Obviously there was a communication issue because of what we find familiar or unfamiliar, and I...

Give it time, and we’ll see, but remember the fundamental problem with MOND is that nobody has managed to come up with a reasonable modification of...

Probably better in areas with dark sky, with low power telescopes for at least some of them, and some looking at the same area of the sky. Two well...

And . . .? Some fellow wrote a book. I’m looking for evidence, not stories. Incidentally you didn’t say anything about the idea of a program to...

Something, like a splinter, metal fragment, piece of glass, or subcutaneous fat. At least, that was the conclusion of a Dr. Glenn Pfeffer after...

How about just summing it up as needing to meet basic standards of evidence? Take Bigfoot claims, for example. Somebody claiming they saw a Bigfoot...

I was going to say much the same thing. I’ve had false memories* and sleep paralysis (also suggested as being involved in some abduction claims, and...

There is another important pandemic related shortage! It’s . . . restaurant ketchup packets (I didn’t say how important). It’s seems companies...

Yes, I’ve had trouble understanding how an air compressor could be a heat pump, but I didn’t question it because there was no disagreement it would...

That would be my expectation. Always a low angle of sunlight and a good number of crater bottoms in permanent darkness. Here, one pole is in...

I just started watching Invincible on Amazon Prime. They released three episodes last Friday, and a single episode each Friday after that. I just...

Interesting! I’m often surprised how folks often managed to do something we think of as modern, but with earlier technology. (I don’t do it too...

I don’t see any major disagreements between other posters on the key points. I see a misunderstanding of COP, but that’s not relevant to your...

There’s an interesting site that I lost track of that discussed a number of the standard assumptions and effects if assumptions are changed. For...