How the hell do you build buckyballs out of iridium? graywolf wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
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