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2013-Jun-16, 07:20 PM

grapes replied to a thread Hilbert's Second Problem. in Against the Mainstream

Why wait? :) You and I are on opposite sides of the fence clearly If you think that there is any justification presented for your answer,...

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2013-Jun-16, 03:42 PM

grapes replied to a thread Hilbert's Second Problem. in Against the Mainstream

I'm a "yes" too. :) However, I am going to add commentary. Clearly, we *can* multiply 1 times 2^3. The equation in the OP has nothing to do...

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2013-Jun-15, 09:15 PM

grapes replied to a thread Hey Treb, If The Landing Isn't Your Concern... in Off-Topic Babbling

Well, we *should* be able to get some sort of catapult to launch humans straight up. A new twist on the sport of base-jumping, as Don says. Since...

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2013-Jun-15, 08:11 PM

grapes replied to a thread Odd, I've Seen This In Youngsters... in Off-Topic Babbling

Well, it's not like you have no reason for COPD, but when's the last time you were evaluated? Make the appointment. And hurry back.

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2013-Jun-15, 12:30 PM

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

That instantly struck me as the perfect green license plate: ABVVACWM Ab or vacwm, naturally.

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2013-Jun-14, 12:10 PM

grapes replied to a thread Force of charge in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

To be fair, I looked at all the possibilities, and that's the one that fit. The *other* issues associated with maintaining that amount of charge...

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2013-Jun-14, 10:25 AM

grapes replied to a thread Force of charge in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

More or less. I just used the setup in the OP. Of course, the mg of electrons would be the wider-ranging of the two since their mass is so much...

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2013-Jun-13, 01:14 PM

grapes replied to a thread Fiction in Forum Introductions and Feedback

That's just the stuff they don't want to keep! Kidding...kidding... Why wouldnt scientists like science fiction. Same reason romantics like...

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2013-Jun-13, 12:58 PM

grapes replied to a thread Top-heavy Royal Princess? in Off-Topic Babbling

Do we have a good picture of the keel? I also have to say that the pic in the OP is foreshortened and flattened a lot--check out the photo of the...

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2013-Jun-13, 11:45 AM

grapes replied to a thread Force of charge in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Equivalent to what? Do you mean the sun's gravitational force on the 1836.5 mg of protons at 93 million miles? Or on the mg of electrons at the...

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2013-Jun-11, 11:38 AM

grapes replied to a thread Walking from a Pole to the Equator in Science and Technology

If you matched the local rotational speed, you'd move neither east nor west--but since there would be a small lag in "catching up" to the local...

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2013-Jun-11, 12:28 AM

grapes replied to a thread Walking from a Pole to the Equator in Science and Technology

I mentioned in the second post: He did say he was floating! Has nobody else checked this?? :)

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2013-Jun-10, 09:52 PM

grapes replied to a thread An interesing math question in Science and Technology

I don't see that. But of course.

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2013-Jun-10, 09:46 PM

grapes replied to a thread An interesing math question in Science and Technology

Unless. And that's a big but, unless this is a homework problem, in which case it might integrate all sorts of modalities, such distinctions and...

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2013-Jun-10, 03:10 PM

grapes replied to a thread Walking from a Pole to the Equator in Science and Technology

I think that was the point of the OP Avoid it how, walking from the North Pole. :)

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2013-Jun-10, 02:27 PM

grapes replied to a thread An interesing math question in Science and Technology

Yes, but that avoids the question in the OP, *where* is it defined and true, without the minus sign: I know x=-1/2 is not the only one. Another...

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2013-Jun-10, 01:17 PM

grapes replied to a thread I got a job in Paris! in Off-Topic Babbling

Allons-y! :)

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2013-Jun-10, 03:54 AM

grapes replied to a thread An interesing math question in Science and Technology

Zero is problematic of course, and negative irrational values of x cause big differences ETA: and a friend has reminded me that for x = -1/2, the...

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2013-Jun-09, 06:29 PM

grapes replied to a thread Tornado Chasing - safety, ethics and a proposal for regulation in Off-Topic Babbling

That's what I was talking about. Just reading that gives me the shudders. :) You're talking about huge areas, containing hundreds of thousands...

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