Try a radioactive iridium one-foot diameter buckyball meteor with an 160 million year old atmosphere eating virus inside. From a 2004 novel by a best selling author.
You don't have to go back to the 1930's to find authors who make up science from buzzwords in the popular press. P. J. Alling wrote: > He seems to take the Rule of Thumb, and applies an incomplete > understanding of the underlying theory to produce very poor baffelgab, > (a science fiction term for complete nonsense dressed up in scintillator > or engineering sounding terms). This makes his technical stuff read like > particularly poor 1930's Science Fiction. > > Peter Jordan wrote: >> I hope for the sake of your health, that his knowledge of his specialist >> subject isn't better than your doctor's! >> >> Peter >> >> Rebekah wrote: >> >>> How informative. His handwriting is worse than my doctor's! >>> >>> rg2 >>> >>> On 9/15/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> He has a "Diffraction page", and I am very afraid. >>>> >>>> Peter Jordan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> It's a bit like my dog explaining quantum mechanics. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mtf.htm >>>>> >>>>> Thew most accurate and understandable line in the whole piece? >>>>> >>>>> "MTF is way beyond the scope of this website" >>>>> >>>>> Out of the mouths of babes, sucklings and kenny boy! >>>>> >>>>> Peter >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Remember, it's pillage then burn. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
