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perturbations to Earth's mantle surface could be amplified and show up on surface of the crust (geology)

– MarkZimmermann 2011-02-10 14:12 UTC

Where is the magnetic region seem in the Magnetic Anomaly maps generated?

– Anonymous 2011-02-10 15:30 UTC

Genius? I read a few Mark's posts on the topic from 1999 and 2000.
It may have something to do with the Budduist view of the cow in the lush field. Can genius come from the field or the cow's grass consumption/bipoduct?
could it just be that the person saddled with that term is not special in any way other then the sensitivity to their surroundings?

What is genius?
The ability to see a use for ideas or things not meant or invented for a new purpose.

– Anonymous 2011-05-16 14:10 UTC

I was in this UTUBE video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0T2qyQs32g around 3:17 roughly.

– Anonymous 2011-07-21 11:57 UTC

One of the mysteries of lunar volcanism is the unequal distribution of these flood basalts. Nearly a third of the Moon's near side is covered by ancient flood basalts but the Moon's far side, where the crustal rocks are thicker, has much less.

Hmmm I wonder why this is a mystery? Would the gravitation pull of the earth on one side of the moon be stronger, drawing the light molten material toward the earth facing side.

– Anonymous 2011-07-26 11:26 UTC

Congratulations on the FIRST DAY of the rest of your CAREER.

– Anonymous 2011-08-03 11:45 UTC

take a look at this.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135049.htm
added to this
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071017131851.htm
and you get a very interest tool.

– Anonymous 2011-08-03 15:36 UTC

Imagine tossing a handful of very very very small sensors that can fly and communicate into a building fire looking to spot the exact location of the fire and any survivors that need to be rescued.

– Anonymous 2011-08-03 15:38 UTC

This is interesting reading too... the comparison of Keysian Economics with the Free market.
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/08/03/the-disgrace-of-obamanomics/print

– Anonymous 2011-08-03 17:30 UTC

Man! It is quiet around here!..."I must be awake."

– Anonymous 2011-08-05 13:28 UTC

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
— Abraham Lincoln

– Anonymous 2011-08-05 13:40 UTC

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
— Abraham Lincoln

– Anonymous 2011-08-05 13:44 UTC

Alas, this Abraham Lincoln "quote" is actually not by him — see [1] and [2] and [3] etc. - ^z

– MarkZimmermann 2011-08-05 14:56 UTC

go fiure
How about this? 'Towering genius distains a beaten path.'

– Anonymous 2011-08-05 15:40 UTC

btw, Bob, I had your going-away lunch wrong on my calendar — came to McLean yesterday for an interview and was about to go to Rocco's to meet you there! — but phoned Dr. Amy and she told me it was on 11 Aug, next Thursday — my bad! - ^z

– MarkZimmermann 2011-08-05 16:02 UTC

Good morning Mark.. not to worry ... how was the veggie pizza:-) Look forward to seeing you if you can make it Thursday the 11 of AUG. rlw

– Anonymous 2011-08-09 11:20 UTC

oh, I went home instead of waiting there for a week! — hope to see you tomorrow, if I can ... tnx!

– MarkZimmermann 2011-08-09 12:14 UTC

Began Transition monday and here it is Turesday and I feel like giving this up.

– RLW 2011-08-16 18:29 UTC

To quote the movie GALAXY QUEST's slogan:

– MarkZimmermann 2011-08-16 19:05 UTC

Ha ahaaahhhahhah... I really never give up. Thanks Mark

– bob 2011-08-17 13:35 UTC

Wow that was fun... never experienced a quake that was bigger then last years little 3-something... 5.9 was 10,000 times smaller then the one in Japan. On to the cat 2 hurricane this weeekend.

– bob 2011-08-24 11:30 UTC

yes, that was quite exciting, wasn't it Bob? — at first I thought it was an off-balance washing machine in the basement, or some activity on the Beltway or the train tracks near here — but it just kept on going! Were you at home at the time? Horrible traffic afterwards!

– Mark Zimmermann 2011-08-24 13:15 UTC

Mark - I found the converstaion about "Invisible Zebras"
On 7/20/2001 we were talking about natural selection and choice by extrnal forces in making our choices. I brought up Zebras and Lions - Lions select out the less visible from the better visible zebras and kill them. so the zebras with the better stripes survive to breed. The Zebras did not select for the the stripes.

– bob 2011-09-01 14:46 UTC

Aha, tnx Bob! — I'll copy/paste your explanation above and add it as a comment to that conversation page (^_^) ...

– Zimm 2011-09-01 15:28 UTC

As per usual... there are a number of errors in that first description.
The Lions select for the more visible zebras.

– bob 2011-09-01 15:37 UTC

roger, fixed that and created Comments on InvisibleZebras page to record your note above plus a couple of other comments that people (Bo Leuf, and some anonymous person) made many years ago ...

– Zimm 2011-09-01 15:49 UTC

I went to see the Lincoln Cottage 9/21/2011
http://www.lincolncottage.org/visit/index.htm
Very worth the effort to find.
I had not know that during the summer of his term, Lincoln would ride the 3 miles from the cottage to the White House and then back up the hill ... every day.

– bob 2011-09-22 11:55 UTC

159 years ago, today ... Linocln annouced the Emancipation Proclamation. I find it interesting that the entire nation faces a need for a similar proclamation to prevent the return to slavery. This time a salvery of ALL the people to a government that is out of control. We must have a return to the rule of law and the constitution.

– bob 2011-09-22 12:47 UTC

Thanks for the posting of the retirement train... sorry that I missed the chance to thank you in person. See you at the next whistle stop!

– bob 2011-10-05 11:50 UTC

I keep jumping the gun. I came in to work and thought that I only had three days to go... wrong. I have a week. Funny how things compress.

– bob 2011-10-24 11:59 UTC

I know we already had one going-away party for you — maybe we need to have another one! (^_^)

– zzzzzzzzzz 2011-10-24 16:03 UTC

great lunch at the Deli, Bob — many tnx! — ^z

– zzzzzzzzzz 2011-10-25 11:59 UTC

to post a photo, try uploading to Flickr or Picasaweb or whatever and getting a link (I think the link has to end with ".jpg" or some such image file name extension?!) — then put the link in here — for instance, putting http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2974704451_fb83fabb94.jpg on a line by itself looks like:

that's the best way — or send the image to me and I'll post it for you!

– zzzzzzzzzz 2011-10-26 13:50 UTC

Nice earthquake image of the Washington Monument. Thanks

– bob 2011-10-28 11:57 UTC

You have to see the views from my deck in South Dakota.

– Anonymous 2011-11-21 01:30 UTC

I forgot that I also had this method to contact you....
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion;respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.
When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

– Anonymous 2012-04-16 21:19 UTC

With every new computer I lose the accesses to my habits.

– Anonymous 2012-05-31 15:07 UTC

We are going to climb Crazy Horse and get a picutre standing on the out streched arm... pointing to all the lands where his peoples dead are buried.

– Bob 2012-06-02 03:27 UTC

Mark
I have been setting here, looking at the Hills and thinking about drones.
I wanted to share a thought or two about the need to fight the next war and the rolls that drones will play.

Drones began in the same way that the world war I planes... for use as surveillance, then were armed to drop bombs, then to fight one another... and on and on.
I hope that defense companies and looking at reusing planes that are stored in the desert.
Those aircraft airframes might be able to be refited to carry significant amounts of ordenance and used as remountly piloted guided weapons... a flying MOAB or the Russian FOAB...would be interesting.

– Bob 2013-03-22 14:51 UTC

This must be my day to think about weapons.
Watching the meteorite detonation over Russia would be an interesting weapon.
Combining the speeds of asteroids, directed to a spot on the earth would use no explosives and only the kinetic energy of the object. It would be very effective if a series of objects directed toward the same region over a short period of time. there would be several uses... the obvious destructive power, the psychological effects, the unaccountability and anonymity could be very useful.
The problems of capture of the objects and the attachment of direction control would be interesting to understand and invent. What type of naturally occurring object would make the greatest destruction.
The size of the objects and the composition would determine the use. This type of weapon, accelerated to the speeds needed to penetrate earth or to air-burst would need to be researched.
Can you imagine, a train of objects headed for the buried nuclear facilities in a country, would be very effective and do the trick without radiation from a nuclear weapon attack.

– Bob 2013-03-22 15:20 UTC

sounds great, Bob! — hmmm — I think the Robert A. Heinlein novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress had rebels on the lunar colony doing this — pretty scary! — ^z

– zhurnaly 2013-03-22 15:41 UTC</div>