Atlantic Hurricane season starts today. Here are the names to be used for named tropical storms in the Atlantic for this year: THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2007 IS AS...
From Chris Lintott and Harriet Scott. See: <http://www.livingspaceonline.com/?p=5> Ian -- Ian Robinson - Belfast - UK Soapbox - <http://www.canicula.com/wp>...
... That was quick. Tropical storm Barry has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Heading towards Florida. Sub-tropical storm Andrea is in the Atlantic off the East...
________________________________ From: talkscience@yahoogroups.com [mailto:talkscience@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ian Robinson Sent: 21 June 2007 00:13 To:...
Not only was Pluto stripped of its planet status, but now it's been ousted as the most massive dwarf planet. Eris ( née Xena) has been measured as 27% more...
You may have noticed that I'm interested in hurricanes (and weather generally). Well, I am British after all :-) Just got a copy of Devine Wind: The History...
I grew up where hurricanes were expected and normal. I recall times of wind and rain followed by a week or two of no electricity, and carrying buckets of water...
... Yikes. It is easy for me to romanticise hurricanes etc. from a region where the weather is quite calm, although very varied. I was in San Francisco last ...
Thanks for asking Ian. I'm doing well. You know I've been through a major transition in my life, but now I'm having fun. I've discovered a hidden talent over...
________________________________ From: talkscience@yahoogroups.com [mailto:talkscience@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ian Robinson Sent: 22 June 2007 11:11 To:...
... time he went to visit his sister in some other part of the US - and there came a tornado! He was not *in* it, but could watch it zipping about from his xth...
Poor Pluto ... forever to be treated like the red-headed step child. *sigh* ... <http://www.planetary.org/news/2007/0619_Measurement_of_Eriss_Mass_Reignites...
... I installed some energy efficient bulbs in some recessed receptacles in the living room and after about 2 minutes, they are too bright ... much brighter ...
... Understand where you're coming from. I bought one "60W" CFL just to see what the new ones were like and since then I've only bought "40W" CFL. The light is...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070802/sc_space/newfoundplanethasearthlikeorbit Anyone know how long we need to look at a star before we can ascertain a...
... I'm not an expert but I'd assume it would depend on several variables such as the relative masses of the star and planet(s), the angle relative to us of...
It's been especially quiet here in Talk Science Central of late. Apologies. How is everyone doing? Anything exciting on the science or technology front? I've...
Is that you in the eReader video? The interface on that seems really slow, although I have always believed that paper books would eventually go away when the...
... Yes. East Belfast accent :-) ... Its not quick but that's a function of the eInk technology. Its not an issue on this device though as it's not for...
... I think the technology could be a huge breakthrough for students ... but it will need to be color, and it will need to do simple video (flash would do I...
... The recently released Adobe ePUB spec will address this. Hopefully it'll be to eBooks what PDF has become for documents that are destined for print (or for...
... Lordy, my local shops should be full of it, the people who would love it live here! I googled and found this: http://www.chem1.com/CQ/clusqk.html ...
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