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drivel @ The Free Dictionary You have piggybacked your 'work' on Fuller's terms, e.g. inside-outing, and inasmuch as Fuller spouted volumes of meaningless drivel you are bound to the same cart.

This typical response of narrow or closed minded people with little access to mind/intellect. Please share when you actually have something to say that is rationally logical if not also common sensical that invalidates my comments as stated. Thx. You do not offer such because you have not. Is my best guess. Derogatory comments is best you have to offer us. Sad case. r6 While I attacked your ideas, you have attacked me personally. This is the insult business you were admonished for and still fail to understand. Again, your ideas as expressed so far are meaningless drivel. q5

Nobs, not nibs. I find that whole pomegranate and cocoa bean suppositories perk me right up for days.

They are meaningless drivel. l7

Poppycock. l7

All primes what? Anyway, I find it odd you are using Fuller's terminology and work and yet you do not invoke his name. Now as when he was writing Synergetics, if there was anything in it that was pertinent to physics or chemistry then physicists and chemists would be all over it like a quanta A module in a tetrahedron. There isn't, they weren't, and they ain't.

But, there are more than one (1). They are not related through number, but shape. Number is number two with geometry, that's why it's depreciated. Something about shape is number one. The forest not the trees. There is a pattern: geometry is left out. Thanks again for the other reply. The Standard Model folks ain't looking at smoke and mirrors, are they? "A Geometric Theory of Everything", A.Garrett Lisi and James Orwen Weatherall, Scientific American, December 2010. You're welcome. Geometry is a branch of mathematics and virtually meaningless without number. As to trees and forests I have read they are self-similar and so a branch of fractals. Even so, fractals are meaningless sans number. As interesting as Lisi is -or was- his work did not pan out. Not that it wasn't worth looking inasmuch as gold is where one finds it, but setting him as an example is not up to snuffing an ember.

R. Bucky Fuller developed a complex math & geometry by dividing space into tetrahedrons and the tetrahedrons into smaller components that he called quanta modules. Alas the only thing it revealed was what a curious thing is the human imagination. Must be Bucky week as I just referenced Synergetics in another thread on the topic of numerology in base 10. Find both volumes of Synergetics free online here: >> SYNERGETICS: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking Edit: Add quote. Addendum: This quote seems apropos to the opening point. One does not get any fuller than this.

I love it when it seems that one (1) tiny thing could solve many small puzzles, without contradicting something. Would it do that? Is it clear and terse enough? Acme, I have others. What should I do? It's a white rabbit, but I'm not Mad Hatter, am I? Is there not data which shows patterns? Or the speculation forum. -Door Mouse Yes data exhibits patterns and we peoples have evolved an acute sense of pattern recognition. However we have also evolved to misinterpret patterns such as with pareidolia. As to numerology, as I intimated it is entirely base dependent and so rather meaningless for analysis. For example if you write your birth-year in base thirty-eight you now have to come up with 37 characteristics to attribute rather than the 9 characteristics numerologists assign when using base ten. The same is going to be true for doing numerology on the periodic table. One may well find some appealing pattern in any base but no single base is the clear and terse grail you are looking for. Fuller believed base 10 -and to a lesser degree base 20- were 'special' on account of us having 10 fingers and 10 toes. Similarly and far predating Fuller there is the [base ten] Vedic square which was attributed with tersity & 'power' and yet when one changes bases there are actually a never-ending cavalcade of such squares. Just so you don't think I'm talking out my rabbit hole, here's my construction of the base 16 'vedic square'. While it reeks of pattern it has no utility beyond sensual appeal. Take the red pill. edit for speeling airs.

My pleasure. >> The Quote Function - a tutorial in several parts

No my pointed-hair friend, it was you. My point was that while the content of your posts often deserves respect, your disdain for the reader in refusing to use the quote function does not deserve respect. Your habit only adds unnecessary confusion and work for others. I can certainly understand why you replied here as you have. I agree there should be something more in the way of requirements or admonishments for not using the quote function. While using it for me requires extra effort due to IE not playing well with the current IP Board software I consider it simply a matter of due diligence. Heaven knows we have enough work to do wading through the bullshit without having to sort out who the shatters are and when-and-where they shat.

With all due respect, I find your refusal to use the system more distracting and unhelpful than from those who don't know how. Lazy is as lazy does I suppose.

Richard Buckminster Fuller pedaled pell mell down that rabbit hole decades ago. Is his synergetic base ten indigs adventure part of today's curriculum? It ain't so. Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

Mmmmm... Having flown kites for decades I know that even when you know what an aerial object is it can take on appearances far different than what you know it to be. I also know that multiple aerial objects may appear to be near one another and in reality be far distant. I also know that finding the altitude of an aerial object is no middling feat. Mind you I'm not saying you have video-recorded kites, only that whatever you have recorded is not well described in regards to shape & location. I would suggest trying to triangulate by using multiple cameras at locations with significant separation. If the anomalies are plasma then I would expect them to show an indication that they are under the influence of Earth's magnetic field much as we see with aurorae.

Maybe bump that up to something more in-depth like Scientific American. PS How are you set for a camera?

Whew! I thought I was the only one drawing a blanc. I wonder why there are no reports of albino sasquatch in NA. Albino bison were (are?) strong medicine for the natives. And I also wonder since polar bears have black skin and white fir, would an albino polar bear have black fir?

Could you provide some substantive evidence/reference for this claim? Sounds rather anecdotal to me.

Ultimately, genetics controls wood strength and growth habit. No doubt there are limits, though I've never seen a theoretical limit given. The tallest known standing tree today is Type, Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens): Height, 115.72 m (379.65 ft): Named, Hyperion: Location, Redwood National Park, California, United States [@ Wiki] The arrangement of leaves and branches on trees (actually all plants) follows a patterning of dual Fibonacci numbers which varies by species; this patterning is called phylotaxis. These patterns not only distribute mass for stability, but also the patterning distributes leaves for optimal exposure to light. The patterning is an ideal however and can be disrupted by many physical factors such as neighboring trees, damage from wind, lightning, insects, etcetera. All else being equal, the tallest trees depend on a little luck.

Poppycock! Latinos, whether American citizens or no, refer to themselves as Latinos and/or Latinas. It is no different than Black Americans referring to themselves as Blacks or Irish Americans referring to themselves as Irish inasmuch as these terms refer to heritage. It is your kind of attitude Mr.MigL that leads Mr.Zurich to inquire about the big deal and the big deal is bigotry the same as in his own country or any other. Are you now stooping to calling me a bigot Acme ? Or am I misunderstanding ? No really, it wasn't clear from your post. I'm straight-up saying you misrepresented Latinos and the big deal in the US South in your reply to Mr.Zurich.

Poppycock! Latinos, whether American citizens or no, refer to themselves as Latinos and/or Latinas. It is no different than Black Americans referring to themselves as Blacks or Irish Americans referring to themselves as Irish inasmuch as these terms refer to heritage. It is your kind of attitude Mr.MigL that leads Mr.Zurich to inquire about the big deal and the big deal is bigotry the same as in his own country or any other.

As to how it's possible, the article explains. They also make clear in the above that while tidal heating is a likely possibility, further work is necessary to pin down the mechanism. Here's a bit on the formation of moon-ring systems from Wiki: >>Formation and evolution of the Solar System: Moon-ring systems

Kewl! Here's another calculator that's a little more sophisticated in choosing initial conditions. >> Earth Impact Effects Program

First I have to say we are a country which don't have a president! That's something many Non-Swiss don't know. Our executive is shared by different parties so a lot of parties share the executive power! Totally we have seven executive ministers. Actually, 1 SVP, 2 FDP, 2 SPS, 1 BDP, 1 CVP. They do belong to parties which have different ideas how the state should be orginized, but they have to work with each other. There are more parties like greens, green-liberal, communist, socialists, or rightwings which are small and can't get into the executive. Germany also has different parties like DIE Linke, SPD, FDP, Grüne, AfD, CDU, CSU, NPD etc. They all have seats in the parlament proportional to the votes they got. But US-citizen are represented by only two parties in Washington! France is also not very democratic organized. The whole state is very CENTRALISTIC! Everthing is ruled from Paris. That's not good. Very weird that Norway is ranked as Nr. 1 in Democracy index, although they have no elements of direct democracy neither federalism! Yes well, we could go on like this forever. As you didn't cite a source for your opine in the title as far as what/when/where/which American(s) mean theirs is the best democracy then this whole exercise seems a waste of time. If Americans want to move to Switzerland they may and if Swiss want to move here they may. So-on-and-so-forth the same is generally true for just about any moving around between or among democracies. If you like the democracy you live in then stay put and participate. If you want to change the US or some other democracy then move there and join their fray.

Hello I'm from the USA. I will be pleased not to say my country is the most democratic. Such a classification is meaningless. I will be further pleased to say my country started the modern experiment in democracy that set the mold for your democracy as well as the rest of Europe and world that accept a democracy of some flavor as a better way to live. You're welcome. Hogwash. Clearly you imply you're not simple-minded even though you say 'us Americans'. You only mean to use your blame-game to condemn those who don't agree with you. More opinionated unsupported anecdotal tripe. 'Recent abundance' compared to what? 'Lazy-smart-ass people' compared to who? 'Good handwriting' statistics from where? 'Barely legible' according to what standard? What evidence have you that any nation or culture will fair better than the US in the event of a damaging solar event? What you have offered in regards to the OP is worthless. On the matter of parties, how many are there in Britain I have to wonder. France? Germany? Why pick on just the US to compare to Switzerland Mr.Zurich? While it's uncommon to see more than the 2 main parties run for Congress or state or county or city offices, I cannot remember a presidential election that didn't have 6 or more parties with candidates. Socialist, communist, green, independent, libertarian, republican, & democrat come immediately to mind and I may have missed 1 or 2. My state of Washington reworked the primary process so that the top two vote getters go on to the 'finals' regardless of party. Moreover, candidates may declare a preference for a party on the ballot or make no such declaration. Democracy is always a work in progress. It gives people the opportunity to change the law and that can only -IMHO- be a good thing.

Early hominids may have thrown a few of their kind in the lava to appease Ten oz' gods. Or just out of curiosity and for a little fun. Cave-woman throws a chunk of hot lava to her friend who catches it and drops it immediately. Cave-woman ask friend, "what's wrong; is it hot?". Friend says, "no; it just doesn't take me long to examine a chunk of lava".