clipka wrote:
> Chambers schrieb:
>> Only if you assume 'char' to be a text character, rather than an 8 bit 
>> byte (which is what it really is, just as 'int' isn't really a true 
>> integer, but rather a register-sized word on whatever machine you're 
>> compiling for).
> 
> I really must object here for nitpicking's sake:

I have been pwned :)

...Chambers

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scott wrote:
>> I always assumed the cables themselves were insulated.
>>
>> Seriously, are we running uninsulated wires above our roadways?!?!? :o
> 
> Yes, just look for "hit power line" on YouTube and you'll see plenty of 
> random stuff (mostly trees) touching power lines and sparking or 
> creating fires.
> 
> 

But trees encroach on power lines all the time.  I can look out my 
window and see half a dozen...

...Chambers

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SharkD wrote:
> Another way to look at it is that poisonous animals 

[snip]

Yes, now *that* makes sense. I knew there had to be a reasonable progression 
of changes.  I hadn't really integrated the idea of the predators evolving 
in step with the prey.

> Finally, only animals that are poisonous *when eaten* (or maybe, low on 
> the food chain) tend to be brightly-colored. Animals that use poison to 
> *kill their prey* (or, high on the food chain) are not brightly-colored.

That I'd noticed, yes.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> I don't recall the monolith being on the moon... Then again, I have 
> slept a few times since seeing the movie, so maybe I'm wrong.

That was actually the whole point of the section between the Apes and 
Discovery.

There Russians on the Pan-Am flight were asking Floyd about the 
possibility of a viral outbreak on the moon-base, because the Americans 
had closed their base to all visitors.  When he gets to the moon, it's 
revealed that the virus was a cover story to hide the fact that they had 
found a monolith on the moon.

The monolith then sent a radio transmission (remember the astronauts 
holding their ears in pain? the transmission was picked up on their 
headsets) to Jupiter.  This directly led to the Discovery mission, which 
was really supposed to study the Monolith (and HAL was instructed to lie 
to the Discovery crew about it).

...Chambers

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Chambers wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> I don't recall the monolith being on the moon... Then again, I have 
>> slept a few times since seeing the movie, so maybe I'm wrong.
> 
> That was actually the whole point of the section between the Apes and 
> Discovery.
> 
> There Russians on the Pan-Am flight were asking Floyd about the 
> possibility of a viral outbreak on the moon-base, because the Americans 
> had closed their base to all visitors.  When he gets to the moon, it's 
> revealed that the virus was a cover story to hide the fact that they had 
> found a monolith on the moon.
> 
> The monolith then sent a radio transmission (remember the astronauts 
> holding their ears in pain? the transmission was picked up on their 
> headsets) to Jupiter.  This directly led to the Discovery mission, which 
> was really supposed to study the Monolith (and HAL was instructed to lie 
> to the Discovery crew about it).

The Discovery mission predated the discovery of the monolith, though, 
which is why they were able to lie about the mission's true intent in 
the first place and get away with it.  In the book, the signal was sent 
to Saturn, later retconned in 2010 etc to Jupiter to match with the 
movie.  A lot of stuff in the movie, particularly at the end, only makes 
sense if you read the book.


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Chambers wrote:
> The monolith then sent a radio transmission (remember the astronauts 
> holding their ears in pain? the transmission was picked up on their 
> headsets) to Jupiter. 

Indeed, the monolith sent the radio transmission when sunlight hit it for 
the first time after it was buried back in pre-history. (And according to 
the book, it was found due to a "magnetic anomoly" which was presumedly the 
circulating currents holding the energy for the transmission, altho I don't 
remember if that was mentioned in the movie.)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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SharkD wrote:
> 
> Does voltage even matter in this case? Isn't amperage the important bit?

Yes it does. It's voltage that smashes through the insulation and jumps
over air. Current is what heats the wire up (thus possibly melting the
insulation and making it easier for the voltage to jump, but that
demands a high current in too small cable) and kills people.

> -Mike

-Aero

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On 5 Sep 2009 20:10:22 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:33:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 5 Sep 2009 16:17:11 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>>>Hmmm, so that would be......Aldwych? <gd&rvvf>
>> 
>> Buzz - Repetition ;)
>
>Dammit! ;-)
>
>Victoria, then. ;-)
>
>

Off Air :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:06:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 5 Sep 2009 20:10:22 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:33:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 5 Sep 2009 16:17:11 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>Hmmm, so that would be......Aldwych? <gd&rvvf>
>>> 
>>> Buzz - Repetition ;)
>>
>>Dammit! ;-)
>>
>>Victoria, then. ;-)
>>
>>
>>
> Off Air :)

Underwater? ;-)

Jim

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On 6 Sep 2009 12:18:07 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:06:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 5 Sep 2009 20:10:22 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:33:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5 Sep 2009 16:17:11 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>Hmmm, so that would be......Aldwych? <gd&rvvf>
>>>> 
>>>> Buzz - Repetition ;)
>>>
>>>Dammit! ;-)
>>>
>>>Victoria, then. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Off Air :)
>
>Underwater? ;-)
>

Possibly the Navy Lark.
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Regards
     Stephen

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