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And how close together are they supposed to get? I remember wondering if they were Earth and Lune, and then I recalled that green is the color traditionally associated with Venus …
16 Dec 2007, 14:02
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Green and Blue are seperate planets? For some reason I thought they were planet and satellite. These are the Wolfe books I have reread the fewest times for some reason. .…
16 Dec 2007, 10:16
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You're quite welcome. .…
15 Dec 2007, 21:41
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On Fri, December 15, 2000 1:07 pm, Brian, "carr law" <carrlaw at swbell.net> writes: Or even minutes, setting the date and time on their computers.... It is. I made a friendly jo…
15 Dec 2007, 19:38
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On Fri, December 15, 2000 12:46 pm, Brian writes: Well, you seem to be seven years behind us. Listen, the stock market isn't coming back. Someone give him World Series and Super…
15 Dec 2007, 17:46
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I've read Niven. He's a good SF writer, if not the best or second best prose stylist in the World. Nice guy, too. .…
06 Dec 2007, 02:39
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Hey, that's a pretty neat review. I'd want to run out and buy the book if I didn't already. .…
30 Nov 2007, 15:33
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It seems that you are assuming that the names relate to some influence or other? Has there been any discussion of Stevensonian influences? .…
29 Nov 2007, 06:42
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I picture it as a polygonal hull with masts on all sides. .…
29 Nov 2007, 02:29
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There you go. Christianity and Islam are the only religions, as far as I know, that make a big fuss over what one actually believes. .…
27 Nov 2007, 21:42
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Indeed. That's a fair cop. You can call me Josh. Surely there are one or two.... Well, Christian I'll own to, at least sometimes, if heretical from almost everyone's point of v…
27 Nov 2007, 21:26
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I dunno about that. Quran is in Arabic. Translations of Quran are not Quran. Not only are the Vedas in Sanskrit, they are not written, not the real ones. The real ones are held in …
27 Nov 2007, 21:19
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Speak for yourself. Anyone who wants to understand scripture reads it in the original. Rarely. We also use breath as a synonym for life, occasionally 'the breath ran out of him'.…
27 Nov 2007, 19:01
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Interesting and cool. .…
27 Nov 2007, 09:26
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No, the Argo was Jason's ship. An argosy is a voyage generically similar to Jason's, would be my first guess. .…
27 Nov 2007, 05:02
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He knows. .…
05 Nov 2007, 23:16
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That's what I thought it meant. But you aren't actually there, no? You are in Poland. Best, Josh .…
03 Oct 2007, 21:56
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Stanislaus, Where is *.fm? .…
29 Sep 2007, 00:06
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Yes. Still, Able does talk about writing Ben a letter. Yes, that was part of it. Yeah, it's a neat idea. I don't any longer think that is what Wolfe had in mind either. .…
25 Sep 2007, 18:13
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Might be. Don't remember. Able definitely talks about writing Ben a letter. Not at this time. I think it is pretty obvious. On second thought, I agree that there is not really t…
25 Sep 2007, 17:39
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The seven layer world is itself an afterlife. It's similar to Dante's Purgatory, but not identical. It is an afterlife to which has gone a decent kid (of, English, Norse and Iris…
25 Sep 2007, 09:29
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You know, it's all very well to despise the martial virtues. But the fact is that without them, you don't get to have any other virtues. What idiot said 'Violence solves no probl…
19 Sep 2007, 10:46
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That's OK. We get off-topic all the time. .…
19 Sep 2007, 02:47
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California Indian nation, inhabiting Sonoma and Mendocino county? They are pretty interesting folks, I'll grant you. I didn't know that we had any here. They're mostly Christians…
19 Sep 2007, 01:58
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Not a good assumption, necessarily, with this audience. .…
18 Sep 2007, 23:47
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Wolfe's into deep history, and holds heretical views upon it. At least one person[1] on this list is also into deep history, and holds heretical views upon it. In fact, this perso…
01 Aug 2007, 18:13
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Too bad Milford Wolpoff wasn't there to present the other view. I understand the sparks fly when those two are in the same room. .…
01 Aug 2007, 16:17
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It seems to me, though I couldn't quote chapter and verse, that there is a reference or more than one to the disruptive effects of the WF's gravity well. .…
24 Jul 2007, 08:04
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Well, you'll feel right at home here: this is pedant central. .…
24 Jul 2007, 01:54
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There's this white hole moving through the solar system, see, before it hits the Old Sun. It's stellar sized gravity well causes the changes on Urth. Who knows (or cares, particul…
23 Jul 2007, 23:56
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The continents are drowned, new continents rise where the oceans are, the oceans move around. No new water required. .…
23 Jul 2007, 22:13
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OK then. There are extensive bits about large face and small face (also large nose and small nose) in Qabalah (more properly it begins in Merkabah literature and the qabalah inher…
20 Jul 2007, 19:39
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Is this Isaac Luria the Spanish Qabalist you are talking about? .…
20 Jul 2007, 17:55
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I wouldn't say gospel. Gospel is revealed and unquestionable (by the theory, anyway). I'd say that if it agrees with my theory I'm more willing to look on it favorably. Of course …
21 Jun 2007, 17:31
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On the other hand: matthew at calmeilles.co.uk writes: http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0020105.eor .…
21 Jun 2007, 17:07
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... by the people who accept it. Then there's the others, that don't, that figure that group (A) is screwing up somehow again. And here we are. Like I say: if your theory requir…
21 Jun 2007, 10:44
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matthew at calmeilles.co.uk writes: http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0020105.eor Dude. .…
21 Jun 2007, 08:39
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It could be not true. Being as we have all of these stories about previous cycles of civilization and advanced technology, I'm going to go with the latter. You have to do what ple…
21 Jun 2007, 07:16
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Remember African Eve? Don't hear too much about her anymore. The reason you don't is because after they presented their paper, someone went over their evidence and pointed out tha…
21 Jun 2007, 03:26
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You're sweet. But agape, or philia, please, not eros. .…
21 Jun 2007, 02:28
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Dunno. The debate is mostly academics swearing at each other and denigrating each other's evidence, as near as I can tell. I don't engage too much in the debate. I got my ideas, t…
21 Jun 2007, 01:39
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I figured I'd expand (though of course everyone knows what I am talking about, here, right?). Some Neanderthal skulls got funny teeth. Supposedly unique to the seperate species th…
21 Jun 2007, 01:25
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Maltese teeth. .…
21 Jun 2007, 01:15
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There are several opinions floating around about this. Mine happens to be in the minority this decade. It's still correct, as everyone reading this after 2050 or so is aware. …
21 Jun 2007, 01:14
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Four years post-production. Someone ran out of money? .…
21 Jun 2007, 00:31
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Some of us are on one side or another of that debate. Look around you, especially if you have Polynesian, Norwegian or Australian aboriginal neighbors (that's 'European' in a very…
20 Jun 2007, 21:49
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You see, the first one never occurs to me. It's based on several mistaken notions. A good starting point for understanding how strange the material is is realizing that Sanskrit i…
20 Jun 2007, 13:12
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I probably do, if it's about what I guess it's about. .…
20 Jun 2007, 11:03
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Yes it is. Why should that be amusing? The idea is not original with me or with Michael Crichton (that book was by Michael Crichton, I believe). What does Snorre Sturluson mean w…
20 Jun 2007, 03:22
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I'm not sure if this is strictly accurate. Also, the titans and the jotunsn are not analagous. The titans are more analagous with the Vanir. The jotuns are, I can't think of a Gree…
19 Jun 2007, 23:38
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