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To: longnshort who wrote (272032)	2/4/2006 5:19:55 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575627

"The first atmosphere was helium and hydrogen. It dissolved early on, because the planet was so hot." Michael Chrichton's science needs some work. How does helium dissolve? He might have an argument with the hydrogen, sort of, since it reacts. But helium? And where did the nitrogen, you know, 3/4s of the atmosphere, come from? If you are depending on novels to get your science, well...

To: longnshort who wrote (272032)	2/5/2006 12:11:02 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1575627

Let’s remember where we live, Kenner was saying. Kira Kenner? images.google.com

To: longnshort who wrote (272032)	2/5/2006 12:55:51 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575627

And for the last seven hundred thousand years, our planet has been in a geological ice age, characterized by advancing and retreating glacial ice. No one is entirely sure why, but ice now covers the planet every hundred thousand years, with smaller advances every twenty thousand years or so. Until 200 years ago, it was true............the earth was cooling down. Then, coinciding with the early stages of the industrial revolution, things began to change. CO2 levels began to rise and the global temperatures started to increase inexplicably it would seem.......and as the earth has become more industrialized and more populated, that trend has intensified. As for the author, jerkoff Crichton, he is a science fiction writer, not a scientist, and a stupid rightie to boot. As for you, there are not words to describe what you are.......its amazing to me you have the cojoñes to keep posting on this thread. I can't believe the public school system in MD is as bad as your posts suggest.