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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. ER September 10, 2025 4:56 pm (Space/Science)

All we are saying, is give war a chance BuckGalaxy September 5, 2025 1:30 pm (CurrentEvents)

"Cancel culture" podrock September 3, 2025 8:32 am (CurrentEvents)

He should know better. ER September 1, 2025 8:20 pm (Space/Science)

Clare Torry RobVG August 26, 2025 7:42 pm (Off-Topic)

Lateral Thinking BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 11:57 am (Off-Topic)

SNW: The Finest Frontier BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 12:20 am (Science Fiction)

There's more than Floyd RobVG August 20, 2025 12:24 am (Off-Topic)

Existing instrument on Mars Curiosity Rover could be used to detect life BuckGalaxy August 18, 2025 12:48 pm (Space/Science)

Trump grovels BuckGalaxy August 17, 2025 12:43 pm (CurrentEvents)

Alien:Earth RobVG August 16, 2025 1:44 pm (Science Fiction)

"Project Hail Mary" RobVG August 14, 2025 11:12 am (Science Fiction)

It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. by ER June 18, 2013 9:05 pm

To Kill An American by Jody June 18, 2013 9:10 pm

What did FDR, HST, JFK, WJC, & BHO do that RMN, RR, GHWB and GWB forbade? by bowser June 17, 2013 9:33 pm

Jumping internet horses by TB June 17, 2013 10:27 am

Australia takes a stand by alcaray June 14, 2013 5:17 pm

I can't get a link to a vid to work. by alcaray 2013-06-14 23:54:52
- I edited your code...it should work... by podrock 2013-06-15 07:22:37

Prometheus, Continued by ER March 25, 2012 8:19 pm

bounced by spam, fixed by podrock 2013-06-14 16:54:37
And then there's this. Up until recently, nobody thought red dwarfs could have planets in their habitable zones. by TB 2012-03-28 21:21:02
- This is exciting news. Because red dwarfs are so faint, their habitable zones are extremely narrow and close to the ... by ER 2012-03-29 06:50:42
Yes, there is probably intelligent life out there. Those of us who consider such things have known for a long time ... by FrankC 2012-03-26 15:40:29
Question: How do you get more pessimistic than this? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 01:11:28
- Is lack of ETI a bug, or a feature? by TB 2012-03-26 08:44:46
- Yeah, I know its grim, but the more I think about it the more I tend to weigh what's likely, ... by ER 2012-03-26 07:24:19
  - What's the difference between what's likely and what's possible? I certainly don;t see any. Also, our main problem as a ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 17:27:57
    - Intelligent, tool-making species capable of spaceflight are possible. After all, we're already batting a thousand there. But whether they are likely or ... by ER 2012-03-26 18:24:02
      - At this point, humanity's primary ambition should be moving out into our own solar system. by TB 2012-03-26 18:32:59
        
        There is a way to export life out of our own solar system. Spew DNA around, or target remote ... by bowser 2012-03-27 18:56:17
        
        *Cheers for like-minded people* Yes, moving out into space can and should be one of our main priorities as a species. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 19:40:14
        
        You don't want to mess around down gravity wells if you can help it. by TB 2012-03-27 07:32:09
        
        Yeah..... No telling what you'll find when you're stuck at the bottom of a hole... :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-27 17:52:21
        
        Add energy collection-transmission to the short list. by podrock 2012-03-26 18:40:50
        
        Solar power satellites are getting more feasible all the time. by TB 2012-03-26 18:45:58
Thanks for the great post. Very interesting. It's true that once DNA develops, life can be found virtually anywhere. ... by bowser 2012-03-25 23:56:20
- We don't really know if DNA is common. We DO know that amino acids are common, so it is ... by ER 2012-03-26 07:18:16
Cross-posted on Space Science and Science Fiction Boards by podrock 2012-03-25 20:26:29

Did Google Earth Eat My Hard Drive? by podrock June 10, 2013 10:59 pm

Cache by TB 2013-06-11 08:59:34
- I think I'm frelled. by podrock 2013-06-11 19:42:38
  - Restore from backup? by alcaray 2013-06-13 11:06:27
    - No joy there. by podrock 2013-06-13 20:56:41
- default settings, 2000 MB (n/t) by podrock 2013-06-11 12:18:30

Amazing, but not everyone will be offended by this. by bowser March 1, 2012 5:09 pm

Spam bounce, removed by podrock 2013-06-13 19:34:27
Rush has apparently posted an apology. by TB 2012-03-03 16:25:42
- Been scanning the net. This is just beginning. The Left is going for the kill on this one. by TB 2012-03-03 22:20:53
- Now, how about the people on this Board? Will they admit they were wrong, too, for defending Rush's statement? ... by bowser 2012-03-03 16:45:30
  - I made two points here. by TB 2012-03-03 17:28:16
    - I made one point. That a well-paid representative of the Conservative ideology called a woman who sought birth control ... by bowser 2012-03-03 22:57:43
      - That first statement is a distortion of what actually happened. As are many things you post. by TB 2012-03-03 22:59:36
        
        OK. Limbaugh didn't call Fluke a "slut" for using birth control. I can't imagine such a plastic ... by bowser 2012-03-04 00:48:34
        
        I think I understand Bowser what you are trying to say. I felt the same way when Bill Maher called Sarah ... by Jody 2012-03-04 09:41:34
        
        If that were true you would have been demanding Limbaugh apologize. And would never have agreed with him. by bowser 2012-03-04 14:27:23
        
        NO! Not true Bowser...I never expected an apology from Bill Maher...I am off the mindset that if you mess with ... by Jody 2012-03-04 16:10:22
        
        You see, Jody, the Left is the only group that gets to make the rules, and the Right is the only group that has to obey them. by TB 2012-03-04 14:43:27
        
        Somebody has to know what decency is, and guess who it isn't. Conservatives think that yelling "NOT TRUE" makes ... by bowser 2012-03-05 10:42:40
        
        "If it was wrong for Maher it was wrong for Limbaugh." by TB 2012-03-05 11:22:22
        
        On my behalf, the minute I found out Maher did it I said it was wrong. Now, rather than all these ... by bowser 2012-03-06 01:07:56
        
        LOL okee dokee Bowser. by Jody 2012-03-05 11:02:22
        
        What are you complaining about? You won. by TB 2012-03-04 09:40:14
Okay...recanting some of my earlier post. If it had been me that was called a slut, I would have been mortified. ... by Jody 2012-03-02 18:35:15
- This woman isn't "mortified," Jody. by TB 2012-03-02 18:59:02
  - And as a bit of perspective: by TB 2012-03-02 19:36:14
    - TB, no matter what her husband calls Sarah Palin, it's not relevant here. Has nothing to do with it. I ... by bowser 2012-03-03 03:08:54
      - You're all about a collection of dots. No connections between them. by TB 2012-03-03 09:22:45
        
        Stick to a subject, TB. Stop wandering all over the map. You'll pull any trick to avoid an ... by bowser 2012-03-03 12:56:05
        
        Q.E.D. by TB 2012-03-03 13:28:20
    - WTF? Okay, Tom is right...Google Sarah Palin/slut...Bowser....you hush. by Jody 2012-03-02 20:27:18
      - To put the icing on top... by TB 2012-03-02 20:46:06
        
        you could try it with Hillary Clinton too but you probably wouldn't by Tony 2012-03-05 19:44:36
Just for the record: by TB 2012-03-02 16:51:12
- Ahem. Excuse me for a moment. Just for the record. If you will read the original post, ... by bowser 2012-03-02 18:26:03
I am not offended at all. I feel he is trying to make a point. That is all. Offensive ... by Jody 2012-03-02 09:20:50
- Wow. In case of a disaster Rush could have said: "Well, you liberal welfare seeking bitch, if we ... by bowser 2012-03-02 13:07:32
  - #2. I agree. I agree I agree! I am a conundrum. Hell I don't have an answer. Obviously accountability is ... by Jody 2012-03-02 15:11:18
  - I obviously don't have all the facts. I apologize Bowser. I thought that contraceptives were going to be paid for ... by Jody 2012-03-02 14:54:48
  - The secret word here is "ask." by TB 2012-03-02 14:25:32
    - No one else is claiming it's funny, TB. That was a first effort. "Pravda" and so on. ... by bowser 2012-03-02 18:12:08
The people who actually heard the show instead of having it filtered through Pravda's kidneys first, know that was part ... by TB 2012-03-01 20:37:50
- Oh, yes. Check the citation, and then the quote. Find "Pravda" and "kidneys" anywhere. That was Rush. by bowser 2012-03-02 00:20:10
- "“So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis" Help me see how anyone but a right-wing fanatic is going to ... by bowser 2012-03-02 00:16:18
- That seemed pretty foul to be funny, regardless of what went before or after. n/t by alcaray 2012-03-01 22:00:13
  - Also PS: by alcaray 2012-03-01 22:05:03
    - The Blunt Amendment was a defensive response to a liberal-concocted red herring. by TB 2012-03-02 09:26:33
      - Important thing that one believes fervently / red herring. I guess it's a matter of perspective. by alcaray 2012-03-02 13:25:58
- P.S. by TB 2012-03-01 20:55:50
  - Sensible people dream up what makes a sensible health care plan. This contraceptive thing was decided a long time ... by alcaray 2012-03-01 22:11:45
    - You don't understand the issue. by TB 2012-03-02 08:06:40
      - 1) The "gun" was pointed by Nixon. 2) If you think the purpose of birth control is to enable ... by alcaray 2012-03-02 13:24:13
        
        Of course birth control is to enable recreational sex, unless you're treating a hormone deficiency. by TB 2012-03-02 14:33:35
        
        The explanation in general: Employers of more than a certain number of employees must provide a reasonable health care plan. ... by alcaray 2012-03-02 15:15:17
        
        "Employers of more than a certain number of employees must provide a reasonable health care plan." by TB 2012-03-02 15:35:17
        
        You say the employer mandate was Obama's invention? Seriously? n/t by alcaray 2012-03-02 16:10:47
        
        Yes. Except for Massachusetts. Find some education on the subject. by TB 2012-03-02 16:26:12

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