And lo On Thu, 06 May 2010 02:45:25 +0100, gregjohn <pte### [at] yahoocom>  
did spake thusly:

> I suppose that in some future epochs, there could be volcano eruptions  
> that
> could do something like ground air travel over Europe not just for a  
> month but a
> year or a century.
>
> Can humans do anything?

We can try to stop them erupting in the first place. Alleviate the  
pressure building up rather than letting it pop, drill tunnels close to  
the chamber and fit slow-release valves to channel the gases along them;  
identify and take out the 'key log' blocking it off so it pours out rather  
than explodes. All possible just costs a lot of money and often requires a  
decent warning period to allow the work to be done.

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And lo On Thu, 06 May 2010 16:35:42 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>  
did spake thusly:

> Invisible wrote:
>> 1. Oh my God, somebody actually catalogued all these??
>
> I saw one where someone even went to the extent of pointing out that the  
> reflections in the side-view mirror didn't match what you could see  
> behind the car when you looked in the windshield.  And that the license  
> plate was the wrong color because the movie was shot in 1965 about  
> events in 1963 and Spain had changed the color of their tags in 1964, or  
> some such.
>
> Some people have way too much time.

or it was spotted by a retired Spanish traffic warden, of course then  
someone had to take the trouble of writing it up as if it was important ;-)

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clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 06.05.2010 10:02, schrieb Invisible:
> > gregjohn wrote:
> >
> >> Can humans do anything?
> >
> > Start walking?
>
> Heh - that would be something new indeed: Homo Sapiens Sapiens discovers
> the bipedal walk...

and then, they discover Johnnie Walker and stop walking at the local pub...

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On 06/05/2010 6:05 PM, nemesis wrote:
> clipka<ano### [at] anonymousorg>  wrote:
>> Am 06.05.2010 10:02, schrieb Invisible:
>>> gregjohn wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can humans do anything?
>>>
>>> Start walking?
>>
>> Heh - that would be something new indeed: Homo Sapiens Sapiens discovers
>> the bipedal walk...
>
> and then, they discover Johnnie Walker

Euch!



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Am 06.05.2010 13:28, schrieb gregjohn:

> Pamela Gay was talking about how there was one eruption a century or three ago
> that lasted a year. I think this would make a really cool TV show to interview
> civil engineering and geology professors as to how this could be fought.

The show would be pretty short:

Host: "How can volcanic eruptions be fought?"
Prof: "Not at all."
Host: "Thank you for the interview."

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clipka wrote:
> Am 06.05.2010 13:28, schrieb gregjohn:
> 
>> Pamela Gay was talking about how there was one eruption a century or 
>> three ago
>> that lasted a year. I think this would make a really cool TV show to 
>> interview
>> civil engineering and geology professors as to how this could be fought.
> 
> The show would be pretty short:
> 
> Host: "How can volcanic eruptions be fought?"
> Prof: "Not at all."
> Host: "Thank you for the interview."

Heh.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120461/

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On 05/05/10 20:42, Darren New wrote:
> gregjohn wrote:
>> Can humans do anything?
> 
> "Hey, you fought these things before, didn't ya?"
> 
> "Yeah."
> 
> "So what did you do?"
> 
> "I died."

	It's been way too long since I saw that movie. I really ought to
rewatch it, just for these quotes.

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nemesis wrote:
> and then, they discover Johnnie Walker
> 

Blended rubbish. Lagavulin, Glenmorangie: those are real whiskies. :-)

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"Phil Cook v2" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> And lo On Thu, 06 May 2010 02:45:25 +0100, gregjohn <pte### [at] yahoocom>
> did spake thusly:
>
> > I suppose that in some future epochs, there could be volcano eruptions
> > that
> > could do something like ground air travel over Europe not just for a
> > month but a
> > year or a century.
> >
> > Can humans do anything?
>
> We can try to stop them erupting in the first place. Alleviate the
> pressure building up rather than letting it pop, drill tunnels close to
> the chamber and fit slow-release valves to channel the gases along them;
> identify and take out the 'key log' blocking it off so it pours out rather
> than explodes. All possible just costs a lot of money and often requires a
> decent warning period to allow the work to be done.
>


Thanks. This would make a cool movie.  Britain is faced with no air travel (or
astronomy) for a century and insists on drilling big holes all over Iceland. Big
fight. For many other parts of the world, life goes on with little change.

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Doctor John escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>> and then, they discover Johnnie Walker
>>
> 
> Blended rubbish. Lagavulin, Glenmorangie: those are real whiskies. :-)

hey, guys.  Not that I dig it.  Just couldn't miss the joke... :)

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