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| Dave Michelson |
 Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:44 am |
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Pat Flannery wrote:
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Neil Gerace wrote:
"Show your working" is correct - 'working' is, inter alia, a noun that
means 'intermediate steps' :-)
Still sounds like Germano-English.
"Your calculations...are not in order."
It's the old "math" vs. "maths" debate.
Two peoples separated by a common language, indeed!
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| Pat Flannery |
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:21 am |
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Dave Michelson wrote:
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It's the old "math" vs. "maths" debate.
Two peoples separated by a common language, indeed!
If you think building rockets is easy, then what gender tense should be
used for the turbopump?
The Ol' Peenemunde Team  |
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| Jeff Findley |
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:47 am |
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"Pat Flannery" <flanner@daktel.com> wrote in message
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Neil Gerace wrote:
"Show your working" is correct - 'working' is, inter alia, a noun that
means 'intermediate steps' :-)
Still sounds like Germano-English.
"Your calculations...are not in order."
English in the US is different than English in Australia. Both are
different than English in the UK.
Been to any good boot sales recently? ;-)
Jeff
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| Greg D. Moore (Strider) |
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:14 pm |
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"Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley@ugs.nojunk.com> wrote in message
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"Pat Flannery" <flanner@daktel.com> wrote in message
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Neil Gerace wrote:
"Show your working" is correct - 'working' is, inter alia, a noun that
means 'intermediate steps' :-)
Still sounds like Germano-English.
"Your calculations...are not in order."
English in the US is different than English in Australia. Both are
different than English in the UK.
Cultures separated by a common language.
Quote: Been to any good boot sales recently? ;-)
Jeff
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A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:22 am |
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On Apr 18, 2:31 pm, "Jeff Findley" <jeff.find...@ugs.nojunk.com>
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Quote: Why? The trajectory analysis says it's not going to come anywhere near GEO
comsats. Remember, these aren't scattered at random, they're all in in
equitorial orbits at the same altitude. Apophis would need to cross that
very thin hula-hoop shaped region containing the GEO comsats for this ever
to become a problem.
The functioning comsats are. But what about the ones that didn't
quite go where planned, the various odds and ends associated with
putting the collection up, and whatever other trash we've polluted our
backyard with?
I'm not saying any of that is in the path of potential collision, but
I am saying that I'd think it necessary to consider more than just the
working satellites that ended up in the hula hoop region where they
are supposed to be... |
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| Scott Hedrick |
| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:07 am |
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"Pat Flannery" <flanner@daktel.com> wrote in message
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Quote: And so the cover-up begins!
It's time to start building the Space Ark, like in "When Worlds Collide"!
You can have the "B" ark.
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| Neil Gerace |
| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:17 pm |
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On Apr 24, 2:44 pm, Dave Michelson <da...@ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
Quote: Two peoples separated by a common language, indeed!
Rather more than two, old fruit  |
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| Neil Gerace |
| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:18 pm |
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On Apr 29, 12:22 am, cs_post...@hotmail.com wrote:
Quote: The functioning comsats are. But what about the ones that didn't
quite go where planned, the various odds and ends associated with
putting the collection up, and whatever other trash we've polluted our
backyard with?
Front yard, I'd say - our visitors will see it first |
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| Pat Flannery |
| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:14 pm |
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cs_posting@hotmail.com wrote:
Quote: I'm not saying any of that is in the path of potential collision, but
I am saying that I'd think it necessary to consider more than just the
working satellites that ended up in the hula hoop region where they
are supposed to be...
There's also the Russian ones in Molniya orbits.
The interesting thing is that a collision with a satellite in 2029 would
be every bit as liable to change its orbit so that it ends up missing
Earth by a wider margin rather than getting closer to it in 2036.
Pat |
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