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To: JMD who wrote (28728)	4/29/1999 9:17:00 PM
From: Peter J Hudson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Surfer, I think the wealth effect (affect)? has kicked the so called old timers into a new social strata. I've been here a long time and the thread you describe is not exactly how I remember it. Don't you recall the Qdog lapping up a few beers and verbally pissing on every leg in sight. Some of the best fun we've had! Here is what the dog had to say when his content was criticized. "To: +Jack Bridges (10014 ) From: +qdog Monday, Apr 20 1998 9:43PM ET Reply # of 28742 Oh my the net police are here to tell us want we can and can't discuss or debate........... See the name, simple, skip over it and read the other pertinent stuff. " I guess we have reached country club status now. No wonder we never hear from Chris anymore. TaTa Mr. Peter J Hudson

To: JMD who wrote (28728)	4/30/1999 2:39:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Farting against thunder and Meteorite Impacts Some things, such as CDMA, are as inevitable as a comet hitting the atmosphere. All we can do is adapt. Ericy tried to pretend the comet wasn't coming. Luddites smashed the looms. OPEC cuts production to keep prices up. In some circumstances we would be able to deflect a big meteorite, but it will take a LOT of effort. But the barrage of 300 metre chunks is too hard to stop. They arrive regularly. There was the Tunguska explosion in 1908, but check out this comment: "...The above would lead to the following occurring: a few random incoming Tunguska-type objects every few centuries, but every millennium or so there will be a phase in which every few years/decades there is a large number of Tunguska-type events spread over a week or so. This I call 'Coherent Catastrophism,' and catastrophic it would be. Indeed, I believe, it 'has been,' judging from the historical record, since this is what is going on at the moment, with us now (late 20th century) being in a hiatus between mass influxes." inetworld.net There is a Japanese word, Tsunami, which means 'run like hell, the tide is coming in much quicker than usual'. Generally people think of these as earthquake or volcano related. But imagine what really happened over the past few thousand years to people living in Japan and Los Angeles. When a small comet, asteroid, meteorite or whatever you want to call incoming space missiles scores a bullseye over or into the Pacific Ocean, there would be a big wave series created like ripples in a pond, but more like 100 metres or 1000 metres high which would spread out over the ocean, dwindling like a CDMA Globalstar signal spreading into space, which is why Globalstar satellites need to be close to earth. Although Japan is on the edge of a tectonic plate and is subject to lots of earthquakes and volcanoes, I'd say they would also have been a primary recipient of big waves from impacts over or into the ocean. When, not if, the next impact is a decent one and scores a bullseye in the ocean [which is mostly what the earth is so it is likely to be a wet impact], there will be a big wave. Anyone living anywhere near sea level with a nice view of that body of water is going to get their feet wet. The Greenhouse Effect and the tiny rise in sea level over the next 50 years is going to seem like a silly joke by comparison. Certainly, My Pal Al will have bigger things on his mind than a bit more CO2 which is good for plants to breathe anyway - not that they will notice the pitiful amount of CO2 that people produce from fossil fuels. Now check this out; Qualcomm is sitting nice and high up on the plateau north of San Diego, so a wave is going to have to be a hundred metres or higher to affect the CDMA transmissions from Lusk Boulevard. Which is not a bad position for Qualcomm to be in. There will be a big demand for Globalstar communications systems when this happens. Qualcomm will still be in business and shareholders [not the ones who lived in Los Angeles] will make a fortune because much of the terrestrial telephone systems will be electrically shorted by salty water. Isn't it amazing to think that people actually pay MORE money to have a house at sea level, than way up there in the hills. Bangalore in India is another place which will be a premium place from which to do business. Mqurice Dow 8099, June 99 [So good luck trying to keep the crowd civilized SurferM and prepare to catch the big one, which won't be long from now]. Oh yes, stockmarket crunch in May [or perhaps June] so be ready for the Big Dipper to give us a thrill. Oil prices are nearly double their very low lows of December 1998. That is NOT good for people who buy oil instead of producing it. Which is nearly all of us. Saudi Arabia seems to have, for now, pulled off a price rise with a production cut. They'll get their comeuppance, but it might take a year or two. So, we have to adapt. That means an economic crunch while airlines get fewer passengers, steel costs and car costs rise, gasoline and aluminium prices rise, salaries and wages don't go as far and the Arabs blow it on wine women and song instead of good investments. [Iraq and Russia will buy more tanks and stuff which is even less useful than wine women and song, which are at least fun!]