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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:09:15 -0400, S Viemeister
wrote: On 4/19/2012 10:59 PM, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el m, Frank escribió: ...and "orient" rather than "orientate". Not so sure about that one. "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient himself." "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orientate himself." The first sounds better to me. When I was in school, I was taught that "orient" was correct, and that "orientate" was a back-formation from "orientation". Absolutely correct. |
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Den 17.04.2012 10:57, skrev Nick Odell:
I have this picture in my head of the gas coming out and the Earth shrinking down like a deflating balloon. Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. England need more nuclear power and should learn from France how to do it. -- jo "My views have changed because nuclear energy is the only non-greenhouse-gas-emitting power source that can effectively replace fossil fuels while satisfying the world’s increasing demand for energy." —Patrick Moore |
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Jo Stein wrote:
Den 17.04.2012 10:57, skrev Nick Odell: I have this picture in my head of the gas coming out and the Earth shrinking down like a deflating balloon. Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. England need more nuclear power and should learn from France how to do it. applause -- Tim Watts |
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In message , Jo Stein
wrote Den 17.04.2012 10:57, skrev Nick Odell: I have this picture in my head of the gas coming out and the Earth shrinking down like a deflating balloon. Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. England need more nuclear power and should learn from France how to do it. Don't you mean learn from Japan on how to do it. -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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Jo Stein wrote:
Den 17.04.2012 10:57, skrev Nick Odell: I have this picture in my head of the gas coming out and the Earth shrinking down like a deflating balloon. Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. England need more nuclear power and should learn from France how to do it. That however, I agree with.. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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Den 21.04.2012 14:58, skrev The Natural Philosopher:
Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? -- jo "When you are in a hole, stop digging" |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Jo Stein wrote: Den 21.04.2012 14:58, skrev The Natural Philosopher: Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What *are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. It all sounds scarily like Drivel. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Apr 20, 12:19*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote: dennis@home wrote: "Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message ... En el artículo , Frank Erskine escribió: ...and "orient" rather than "orientate". Not so sure about that one. "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient himself." 8 The first sounds better to me. better than "it took him a moment to become oriental"? Er better than "it took him a moment to become Oriental"? The capital is important as in "to orient oneself towards the Orient, is to become an Oriental' blah blah. The word you seek is "orientate". http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...lish/orientate Orient(e) is East. In several European languages. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...rient?q=orient You ARE an ignorant old bugger aren't you? Well you never learn't English language at Cambridge did you? |
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On Saturday, April 21, 2012 4:11:02 PM UTC+1, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Jo Stein wrote: Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What *are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. Sounds like something from that 'Thrive' video on youtube. |
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On Apr 21, 4:16*pm, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , *Jo Stein wrote: Den 21.04.2012 14:58, skrev The Natural Philosopher: Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What *are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. It all sounds scarily like Drivel. He's talking about methane clathrates in the deep ocean and tipping points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane...imate_c hange His English is bad but he has a valid point. |
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Den 21.04.2012 17:53, skrev harry:
On Apr 21, 4:16 pm, Bob wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In , Jo wrote: .... Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What*are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. It all sounds scarily like Drivel. He's talking about methane clathrates in the deep ocean and tipping points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane...imate_c hange His English is bad but he has a valid point. My english is bad because I am a Norwegian. I am talking about sea level rise caused by the increased level of CO2. James Hansen knows more about that: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...s-is-too-late/ Dr. Hansen then went on to describe some of the recent science, including a detailed look at the Earth’s energy imbalance that was made possible by data from 3000 “Argo” floats that measure ocean temperature at different depths. Dr. Hansen said that the current imbalance of 0.6 watts/square meter (which does not include the energy already used to cause the current warming of 0.8°C) was equivalent to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day, 365 days per year. JH agrees with me; we need a lot of clean energy which is nuclear energy. -- jo "Action on global warming can be driven by heroic leadership or by events. It'll probably be by events."--Richard Smalley |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:39:10 +0200, Jo Stein wrote:
Den 21.04.2012 17:53, skrev harry: On Apr 21, 4:16 pm, Bob wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In , Jo wrote: ... Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What*are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. It all sounds scarily like Drivel. He's talking about methane clathrates in the deep ocean and tipping points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Methane_clathrate#Methane_clathrates_and_climate_c hange His English is bad but he has a valid point. My english is bad because I am a Norwegian. I am talking about sea level rise caused by the increased level of CO2. James Hansen knows more about that: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...es-hansen-ted- talk-co2-10-years-is-too-late/ Dr. Hansen then went on to describe some of the recent science, including a detailed look at the Earths energy imbalance that was made possible by data from 3000 €œArgo€ floats that measure ocean temperature at different depths. Dr. Hansen said that the current imbalance of 0.6 watts/square meter (which does not include the energy already used to cause the current warming of 0.8°C) was equivalent to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day, 365 days per year. JH agrees with me; we need a lot of clean energy which is nuclear energy. Now, that I do agree with. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:47:58 -0700, harry wrote:
On Apr 20, 12:19Â*pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote: dennis@home wrote: "Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message ... En el artÃ*culo , Frank Erskine escribió: ...and "orient" rather than "orientate". Not so sure about that one. "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient himself." 8 The first sounds better to me. better than "it took him a moment to become oriental"? Er better than "it took him a moment to become Oriental"? The capital is important as in "to orient oneself towards the Orient, is to become an Oriental' blah blah. The word you seek is "orientate". http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...lish/orientate Orient(e) is East. In several European languages. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...rient?q=orient You ARE an ignorant old bugger aren't you? Well you never learn't English language at Cambridge did you? The nearest thing to a definitive view is Fowler. And he says that 'orient' is the early form, with 'orientate' a French-derived alternative. And that either form is acceptable (although he prefers 'orient'). -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Jo Stein wrote:
Den 21.04.2012 14:58, skrev The Natural Philosopher: Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? I can not find a single coherent statement of accepted scientific theory or factual data in the above sentence. In short not one statement in it is correct. So really I give up. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Jo Stein wrote: Den 21.04.2012 14:58, skrev The Natural Philosopher: Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What *are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. Phew. I thought I had suddenly had a brainstorm. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Jo Stein wrote: Den 21.04.2012 14:58, skrev The Natural Philosopher: Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What *are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. It all sounds scarily like Drivel. stream of pseudoscientific consciousness, or was we know it, greenDribble. Or, conversely its an encrypted Al Qaeda instruction. Q? Can you run this through the fluffandbollox filter and see if it represents a National Threat? -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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harry wrote:
On Apr 21, 4:16 pm, Bob Eager wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Jo Stein wrote: Den 21.04.2012 14:58, skrev The Natural Philosopher: Your picture is completely wrong. The Earth stay in position as before, but the gas create more global warming. The sea is rising and will slowly cover the land. Well that of course is also completely wrong. Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What *are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. It all sounds scarily like Drivel. He's talking about methane clathrates in the deep ocean and tipping points. Takes a total tosser to know a total tosser, it seems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane...imate_c hange His English is bad but he has a valid point. No he doesn't. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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Jo Stein wrote:
Den 21.04.2012 17:53, skrev harry: On Apr 21, 4:16 pm, Bob wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In , Jo wrote: ... Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? What*are* you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any sense at all. It all sounds scarily like Drivel. He's talking about methane clathrates in the deep ocean and tipping points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane...imate_c hange His English is bad but he has a valid point. My english is bad because I am a Norwegian. I am talking about sea level rise caused by the increased level of CO2. James Hansen knows more about that: James Hansen is a farid more or less. Next? http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...s-is-too-late/ Dr. Hansen then went on to describe some of the recent science, including a detailed look at the Earths energy imbalance that was made possible by data from 3000 €œArgo€ floats that measure ocean temperature at different depths. Dr. Hansen said that the current imbalance of 0.6 watts/square meter (which does not include the energy already used to cause the current warming of 0.8°C) was equivalent to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day, 365 days per year. JH agrees with me; we need a lot of clean energy which is nuclear energy. Not last time I heard. He was all for wanking machines ^H^H^H^H^H^ wind mills. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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harry wrote:
On Apr 20, 12:19 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote: dennis@home wrote: "Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message ... En el artÃ*culo , Frank Erskine escribió: ...and "orient" rather than "orientate". Not so sure about that one. "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient himself." 8 The first sounds better to me. better than "it took him a moment to become oriental"? Er better than "it took him a moment to become Oriental"? The capital is important as in "to orient oneself towards the Orient, is to become an Oriental' blah blah. The word you seek is "orientate". http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...lish/orientate no it isn't. Orient(e) is East. In several European languages. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...rient?q=orient You ARE an ignorant old bugger aren't you? Well you never learn't English language at Cambridge did you? No, I learnt it long befire that. o·ri·ent (ôr-nt, -nt, r-) n. |
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On 22.04.2012 01:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
.... -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. I try to find out more about you, and I found this: http://www.blogger.com/profile/04350141366747415908 an early 40s meteorologist and theologian with interests in science, theology, philosophy, history, politics, education and technology including Web 2.0 (a wannabe polymath). -- jo ".. I think it's important to realize that when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong." Richard Dawkins |
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Jo Stein wrote
The Natural Philosopher wrote -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. I try to find out more about you, and I found this: http://www.blogger.com/profile/04350141366747415908 Someone else who uses the same nick. Not even in the same country. an early 40s meteorologist and theologian with interests in science, theology, philosophy, history, politics, education and technology including Web 2.0 (a wannabe polymath). The TuNiP is a senile old fart in england, MUCH older than that. jo ".. I think it's important to realize that when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong." Richard Dawkins Your sig is sposed to have a line with just -- on it in front of it so decent news readers can drop it auto from the quoting. |
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:14:53 +0100, Tim Streater
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:11:33 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote: But the z form is so ugly - Merkins love them. But then with them, too often, uglification is an art form. I know - look at the rear of many American cars. They just don't know how to finish them off, as if the back is unimportant. |
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:04:06 +0100, grimly4 wrote:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:11:33 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: But the z form is so ugly - Merkins love them. But then with them, too often, uglification is an art form. I know - look at the rear of many American cars. They just don't know how to finish them off, as if the back is unimportant. At least with the Pontiac Aztek the rear styling matched the rest of the vehicle, I suppose. :-) |
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles wrote:
I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Why? The train could be going onto other stations. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles wrote: I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Why? The train could be going onto other stations. It would be more interesting if it did. The thought of it vanishing into a pile of scrap at platform 12, is interesting, to say the least. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles
wrote: In article , Frank Erskine wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:59:11 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artículo , Frank Erskine escribió: ...and "orient" rather than "orientate". Not so sure about that one. "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient himself." "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orientate himself." The first sounds better to me. "Train station" is even worse. I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Having grown up in a suburb where the trains all terminated at Waterloo, the first time I travelled from south of the river to Victoria and learned I would be passing _through_ Waterloo without stopping, I became quite anxious - until I discovered how this happened. Nick |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:32:31 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Why? The train could be going onto other stations. It would be more interesting if it did. The thought of it vanishing into a pile of scrap at platform 12, is interesting, to say the least. Why would it do that? Hint: Trains do not have to leave a station in the same direction they arrived, be that station a through or terminus type. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:32:31 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles wrote: I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Why? The train could be going onto other stations. It would be more interesting if it did. The thought of it vanishing into a pile of scrap at platform 12, is interesting, to say the least. There are plenty of 'termini' where the train stops, passengers alight and board, and then the train reverses and goes on somewhere else. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:32:31 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Why? The train could be going onto other stations. It would be more interesting if it did. The thought of it vanishing into a pile of scrap at platform 12, is interesting, to say the least. Why would it do that? I don't know any other meaning of terminating a train. A train *service* yes, but not the train. Hint: Trains do not have to leave a station in the same direction they arrived, be that station a through or terminus type. Irrelevant. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:32:31 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles wrote: I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Why? The train could be going onto other stations. It would be more interesting if it did. The thought of it vanishing into a pile of scrap at platform 12, is interesting, to say the least. There are plenty of 'termini' where the train stops, passengers alight and board, and then the train reverses and goes on somewhere else. I cant see why you made that (stultifyingly obvious) point with respect to what I said. Its nothing to do with it. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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"Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:32:31 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles wrote: I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Why? The train could be going onto other stations. It would be more interesting if it did. The thought of it vanishing into a pile of scrap at platform 12, is interesting, to say the least. There are plenty of 'termini' where the train stops, passengers alight and board, and then the train reverses and goes on somewhere else. I think someone is making a big deal out of it being the service that terminates and not the train. I don't recall announcements saying "the train terminates here", only "the service" or "the train service" terminates here, not that i use the trains much these days. |
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Grammer and spieling
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Nick Odell wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles wrote: In article , Frank Erskine wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:59:11 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artículo , Frank Erskine escribió: ...and "orient" rather than "orientate". Not so sure about that one. "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient himself." "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orientate himself." The first sounds better to me. "Train station" is even worse. I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Having grown up in a suburb where the trains all terminated at Waterloo, the first time I travelled from south of the river to Victoria and learned I would be passing _through_ Waterloo without stopping, I became quite anxious - until I discovered how this happened. I can undertand it happening if you were going to Charing Cross, but Victoria takes a bit of imagination. -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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Grammer and spieling
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In article , Nick Odell wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100, charles wrote: In article , Frank Erskine wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:59:11 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artÃ*culo , Frank Erskine escribió: ...and "orient" rather than "orientate". Not so sure about that one. "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orient himself." "When he emerged from the train station, it took him a moment to orientate himself." The first sounds better to me. "Train station" is even worse. I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. Having grown up in a suburb where the trains all terminated at Waterloo, the first time I travelled from south of the river to Victoria and learned I would be passing _through_ Waterloo without stopping, I became quite anxious - until I discovered how this happened. I can undertand it happening if you were going to Charing Cross, but Victoria takes a bit of imagination. ISYR doing that on a surface rain some years back - Victora to waterloo..now I got off there to go somewhere else. But the train went off somewhere else as well -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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Grammer and spieling
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:29:30 +0100 Charles wrote :
I was interested in the announcment at Waterloo "this train terminates here". It would have been interesting if it hadn't. We get "This train will be terminated at ..." as if some form of railway euthanasia was about to happen. -- Tony Bryer, Greentram: 'Software to build on', Melbourne, Australia www.greentram.com |
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Fracking in UK given green light
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
Following on from another thread... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...fracking-gets- green-light Seems we have 5x the amount of shale gas offshore, as onshore, will offshore fracking meet less resistance? I think it's going to be hard to ignore ... http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/us-britain-shale-reserves-idUSBRE83G0LE20120417 |
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Fracking in UK given green light
On Apr 21, 6:39*pm, Jo Stein wrote:
Den 21.04.2012 17:53, skrev harry: On Apr 21, 4:16 pm, Bob *wrote: *On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:02 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: * *In , * * *Jo *wrote: ... * *Not completely wrong. In the long run an accelertion is going to win. * *The sea level is accelerating today and this acceleration can only be * *stopped by reducing the extra energy that has resently been stored in * *the sea. How will you reduce the extra energy stored in the sea? * *What*are* *you talking about. Nothing you've written so far makes any * *sense at all. *It all sounds scarily like Drivel. He's talking about methane clathrates in the deep ocean and tipping points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane...clathrates_and... His English is bad but he has a valid point. My english is bad because I am a Norwegian. I am talking about sea level rise caused by the increased level of CO2. James Hansen knows more about that:http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...s-hansen-ted-t... * Dr. Hansen then went on to describe some of the recent science, * including a detailed look at the Earth’s energy imbalance that was * made possible by data from 3000 “Argo” floats that measure ocean * temperature at different depths. *Dr. Hansen said that the current * imbalance of 0.6 watts/square meter (which does not include the * energy already used to cause the current warming of 0.8°C) was * equivalent to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day, 365 * days per year. JH agrees with me; we need a lot of clean energy which is nuclear energy. -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * jo * "Action on global warming can be driven by heroic leadership * *or by events. It'll probably be by events."--Richard Smalley- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well if you're Norwegian, that's pretty good English. I don't see what you have to worry about in Norway with all the hydro power. I don't see nuclear as being economic, safe or renewable. And the mining of it causes problems too. Uranium is not clean energy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium...uranium_mining Aside from the unresolved waste disposal problems. |
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