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... On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 11:56 am, wrote: On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:32:26 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 10:27 am, Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 9:38 am, wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndG4b5M-Q4 -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access That is impressive. Watch animals who are good at climbing and you eventually get the impression that their minds are wired diff. They do not have the fear of falling we have although logic says they should. Clearly, this guy has little fear of falling but I wonder how much he has practiced on these particular rocks. Notice the white chalk on some of the blocks indicating a lot of use by climbers. Whether it's familiarity with the terrain, a natural talent, or a lot of practice, I would have to concede that the backflip on the vertical wall is unnatural. I would suspect that very few people would be able to develop that type of skill. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access We should genetically engineer people to have grasping feet. In fact, I imagine that generations from now people who live in space will develop such. They will have little use for shoes and will need such feet to keep from drifting around while they use their hands. That reminds me of a science fiction novel I read years ago, "The Mote in God's Eye," by David Niven and Jerry Pournelli. It's been years since I've read it; but, it seems to me that that in the novel the human race encounters another life form that was similar to what you've described. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I vaguely remember reading this in college... can't remember it though. Maybe I should get it from the library.... -- Nom=de=Plume |
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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:25:13 -0400, H the K
wrote: On 10/1/09 3:10 PM, wrote: That reminds me of a science fiction novel I read years ago, "The Mote in God's Eye," by David Niven and Jerry Pournelli. It's been years since I've read it; but, it seems to me that that in the novel the human race encounters another life form that was similar to what you've described. *Larry Niven*...David Niven was the absolutely wonderful English actor. Jerry Pournelle, not Pournelli. Correction duly noted. (I'm writing these notes on the fly. And David Niven was a great actor. I liked his role in "The Guns of Navarone." Did I spell that right?) (He also had a role in a movie, as a minister, with Cary Grant as an ange that I enjoyedl. Don't recall the title.) I also read "Footfall" and "Lucifer's Hammer" by the same duo, both good reads. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:44:00 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote: wrote in message .. . On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 11:56 am, wrote: On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:32:26 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 10:27 am, Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 9:38 am, wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndG4b5M-Q4 -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access That is impressive. Watch animals who are good at climbing and you eventually get the impression that their minds are wired diff. They do not have the fear of falling we have although logic says they should. Clearly, this guy has little fear of falling but I wonder how much he has practiced on these particular rocks. Notice the white chalk on some of the blocks indicating a lot of use by climbers. Whether it's familiarity with the terrain, a natural talent, or a lot of practice, I would have to concede that the backflip on the vertical wall is unnatural. I would suspect that very few people would be able to develop that type of skill. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access We should genetically engineer people to have grasping feet. In fact, I imagine that generations from now people who live in space will develop such. They will have little use for shoes and will need such feet to keep from drifting around while they use their hands. That reminds me of a science fiction novel I read years ago, "The Mote in God's Eye," by David Niven and Jerry Pournelli. It's been years since I've read it; but, it seems to me that that in the novel the human race encounters another life form that was similar to what you've described. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I vaguely remember reading this in college... can't remember it though. Maybe I should get it from the library.... I think that was their first collaboration. It was my favorite Sci-fi novel until I read "Dune" by Frank Herbert. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:48:51 -0500, jpjccd wrote:
Correction duly noted. (I'm writing these notes on the fly. And David Niven was a great actor. I liked his role in "The Guns of Navarone." Did I spell that right?) (He also had a role in a movie, as a minister, with Cary Grant as an ange that I enjoyedl. Don't recall the title.) I also read "Footfall" and "Lucifer's Hammer" by the same duo, both good reads. The Bishop's Wife. |
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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:57:55 -0500, thunder
wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:48:51 -0500, jpjccd wrote: Correction duly noted. (I'm writing these notes on the fly. And David Niven was a great actor. I liked his role in "The Guns of Navarone." Did I spell that right?) (He also had a role in a movie, as a minister, with Cary Grant as an ange that I enjoyedl. Don't recall the title.) I also read "Footfall" and "Lucifer's Hammer" by the same duo, both good reads. The Bishop's Wife. Thanks. I seems as though I watched that movie a millenia ago. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:26:52 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote: "nom=de=plume" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndG4b5M-Q4 I like this one.. http://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/vol...sandspecs.html -- Nom=de=Plume You will be one of few who go for the Volt. Over priced, 40 mile range and not a hybrid. Need to run the motor 3 hours to recharge and does not motivate the car. $40k for an in town car. Cheaper to hire a taxi. Some idiot is pressing this debacle. Al Gore? I'll bet he's in the pile somewhere. -- John H All decisions, even those of liberals, are the result of binary thinking. |
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... On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:44:00 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: wrote in message . .. On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 11:56 am, wrote: On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:32:26 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 10:27 am, Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 9:38 am, wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndG4b5M-Q4 -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access That is impressive. Watch animals who are good at climbing and you eventually get the impression that their minds are wired diff. They do not have the fear of falling we have although logic says they should. Clearly, this guy has little fear of falling but I wonder how much he has practiced on these particular rocks. Notice the white chalk on some of the blocks indicating a lot of use by climbers. Whether it's familiarity with the terrain, a natural talent, or a lot of practice, I would have to concede that the backflip on the vertical wall is unnatural. I would suspect that very few people would be able to develop that type of skill. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access We should genetically engineer people to have grasping feet. In fact, I imagine that generations from now people who live in space will develop such. They will have little use for shoes and will need such feet to keep from drifting around while they use their hands. That reminds me of a science fiction novel I read years ago, "The Mote in God's Eye," by David Niven and Jerry Pournelli. It's been years since I've read it; but, it seems to me that that in the novel the human race encounters another life form that was similar to what you've described. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I vaguely remember reading this in college... can't remember it though. Maybe I should get it from the library.... I think that was their first collaboration. It was my favorite Sci-fi novel until I read "Dune" by Frank Herbert. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I didn't like that book... the movie was awful -- Nom=de=Plume |
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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:28:21 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote: wrote in message .. . On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:44:00 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 11:56 am, wrote: On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:32:26 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 10:27 am, Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 9:38 am, wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndG4b5M-Q4 -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access That is impressive. Watch animals who are good at climbing and you eventually get the impression that their minds are wired diff. They do not have the fear of falling we have although logic says they should. Clearly, this guy has little fear of falling but I wonder how much he has practiced on these particular rocks. Notice the white chalk on some of the blocks indicating a lot of use by climbers. Whether it's familiarity with the terrain, a natural talent, or a lot of practice, I would have to concede that the backflip on the vertical wall is unnatural. I would suspect that very few people would be able to develop that type of skill. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access We should genetically engineer people to have grasping feet. In fact, I imagine that generations from now people who live in space will develop such. They will have little use for shoes and will need such feet to keep from drifting around while they use their hands. That reminds me of a science fiction novel I read years ago, "The Mote in God's Eye," by David Niven and Jerry Pournelli. It's been years since I've read it; but, it seems to me that that in the novel the human race encounters another life form that was similar to what you've described. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I vaguely remember reading this in college... can't remember it though. Maybe I should get it from the library.... I think that was their first collaboration. It was my favorite Sci-fi novel until I read "Dune" by Frank Herbert. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I didn't like that book... the movie was awful Do you read Science Fiction, Miss De Plume? I devoured science fiction novels when I was young. I haven't read a science fiction novel in years, though. The genre became too...commercial and gratuitously salacious, as far as I was concerned. The last good novel I've read, recently, was actually a humorous work by Leornard Wibberley, "The Mouse that Roared." Dune was not a nascently intellecutal book of the type you might find written by Stanislaw Lem, Ursula Le Guin, or Phillip K. Dick. But, Herbert wove a wonderful tapestry of story, future, distant shores, culture, intrigue and memorable characters that spawned at least two movies. I thought the work was incomparably imaginative. I have read other works since, though. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:28:21 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: wrote in message .. . On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:44:00 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 11:56 am, wrote: On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:32:26 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 10:27 am, Frogwatch wrote: On Oct 1, 9:38 am, wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndG4b5M-Q4 -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access That is impressive. Watch animals who are good at climbing and you eventually get the impression that their minds are wired diff. They do not have the fear of falling we have although logic says they should. Clearly, this guy has little fear of falling but I wonder how much he has practiced on these particular rocks. Notice the white chalk on some of the blocks indicating a lot of use by climbers. Whether it's familiarity with the terrain, a natural talent, or a lot of practice, I would have to concede that the backflip on the vertical wall is unnatural. I would suspect that very few people would be able to develop that type of skill. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access We should genetically engineer people to have grasping feet. *In fact, I imagine that generations from now people who live in space will develop such. *They will have little use for shoes and will need such feet to keep from drifting around while they use their hands. That reminds me of a science fiction novel I read years ago, "The Mote in God's Eye," by David Niven and Jerry Pournelli. *It's been years since I've read it; but, it seems to me that that in the novel the human race encounters another life form that was similar to what you've described. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service * * *-------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I vaguely remember reading this in college... can't remember it though.. Maybe I should get it from the library.... I think that was their first collaboration. *It was my favorite Sci-fi novel until I read "Dune" by Frank Herbert. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service * * *-------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access I didn't like that book... the movie was awful Do you read Science Fiction, Miss De Plume? *I devoured science fiction novels when I was young. *I haven't read a science fiction novel in years, though. *The genre became too...commercial and gratuitously salacious, as far as I was concerned. *The last good novel I've read, recently, was actually a humorous work by Leornard Wibberley, "The Mouse that Roared." *Dune was not a nascently intellecutal book of the type you might find written by Stanislaw Lem, Ursula Le Guin, or Phillip K. Dick. *But, Herbert wove a wonderful tapestry of story, future, distant shores, culture, intrigue and memorable characters that spawned at least two movies. *I thought the work was incomparably imaginative. *I have read other works since, though. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service * * * * * * *-------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access Yes, I do remember the "Mote in God's Eye". About a race that could not practice birth control so their civilization kept ending in extreme overpopulation. I forget how the problem was solved. |
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