http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/ The Garden Universe Mailing List Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:59:14 GMT Darthmencken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/268 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/268 In the 2nd link below, the one that ends in .co.uk? Weird! I have no explanation. I just watched the one on "China's Empty City" (which included an ominous Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:55:35 GMT Darthmencken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/267 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/267 http://www.optionszone.com/trading-ideas/2009/08/how-to-play-the-great-china-crash.html http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article15903.html Granted, China's Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:42:54 GMT Ares Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/266 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/266 Alright, the first batch of updates in over two months is here. It's a small batch, the bigger stuff will hopefully all get here in the next month while I have Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:06:56 GMT Darthmencken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/265 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/265 Okay, I was thinking strictly near-term, ultra-hard science, and just Humans. Was also probably influenced by what I've read and heard about "Avatar" lately, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:45:16 GMT Ares Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/264 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/264 ********************************************************************** How big do we make ships in each setting, assuming we want to maintain sime semblance of Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:07:23 GMT Darthmencken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/263 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/263 Useful link, in case not everyone familiar with it yet: http://www.merzo.net How big do we make ships in each setting, assuming we want to maintain sime Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:54:42 GMT Darthmencken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/262 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/262 Long delay, I know. Kept forgeting. Erasing *just* the memory of committing the specific act, from the subject's mind, would fall *far* short of "mindwiping" Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:43:40 GMT Ares Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/261 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/261 ********************************************************************** Now, if you were Israel, wouldn't you at least be contemplating a preemptive airstrike Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:06:43 GMT Darthmencken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/260 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/260 It would really only take one nuke (destroying Israel, or some major American city at least nearly as likely - Europe is also a possibility, but I really think Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:02:55 GMT Ares Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/259 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/259 ********************************************************************** Also, darkest possibility of all by far, but one which we must consider: Nukes. What if Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:25:59 GMT Darthmencken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/258 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/258 Question arising from the "Religion of Peace" thread in Great Big Group. How do we depict Islam in GU and GC, and at different points in the timeline of each? Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:03:53 GMT Ares Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/257 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/257 Remember how I said I had long put off making the Mars write-up because I didn't have any good images for its terraformed state? Well, look what I found, I Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:20:53 GMT Ares Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/256 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/256 ********************************************************************** Here's a link on the story (highlighting some other planet-bearing stars, as well). This Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:31:25 GMT John M. Dollan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/255 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/255 Here's a link on the story (highlighting some other planet-bearing stars, as well). This is VERY exciting news! Clearly, some rewriting concerning this system Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:46:46 GMT Ares Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/254 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garden_universe_group/message/254 ********************************************************************** Also, building a spaceborne solar array with the same cross section (area facing the