Re: Icecap compression questions

From: Bill Smith (billsmith_at_ispwest.com)
Date: 08/04/04


Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:01:25 -0700

You answered the question, mit ad hominem and with little more than the
expression of hope or a leap of imagination. But enough. None of this is
geology, it is troll: a sweet nothing designed to swirl the ego and warm the
mad-cap.

You can have the last word now.

Bill

"Oriel36" <geraldkelleher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:273f8e06.0408040839.c90d22d@posting.google.com...
> "Bill Smith" <billsmith@ispwest.com> wrote in message
news:<ceoh0r0pv3@enews2.newsguy.com>...
> > Is this all in defense of Astrology?
> >
>
> I must say that a google search of your posting history is a painful
> experience and the only indication of your interest in geology is
> trickle down material such as your requests for comments on articles
> and more notably your opposition to considering
> astronomical/terrestial motion in the development of physical surface
> features such as the following response.
>
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>
>
> "Well, Michael, perhaps you can answer a simple question. If your
> planet
> forces are causing earthquakes, perhaps you can explain why the planet
> forces can move megatons of earth and cause spectacular volcanic
> eruptions and amazing earthquakes miles under the surface of the
> earth, but won't
> affect fluffy white clouds, or radically shift the water in lakes and
> oceans, or exhibit any other large regular measurable physical effect?
>
> Bill
>
>
http://groups.google.ie/groups?q=author:billsmith%40ispwest.com+fluffy+clouds&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=b0e0m70ocj%40enews3.newsguy.com&rnum=1
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>
> Let me answer you question.It has been known for centuries the the
> Earth's shape ( variation in Equatorial/polar radii)is conditioned by
> its astronomical motion so it is no great leap in imagination to
> consider astronomical motions affecting the development of physical
> features.
>
> I suggest you take up stamp collecting or gardening for your reasoning
> is childish at best or geocentrist at worst,no offense intended.
>
>
>
>
>
> I will make it simple for you.It is a really bad idea to model crustal
> development from the point of view of a stationary Earth.
>
>
>
>
> > "Oriel36" <geraldkelleher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:273f8e06.0408020515.510595b0@posting.google.com...
> >
> > > For the moment,the mystery is humanity rather than undiscovered
> > > nature.The fear of making a mistake,the vanity that conceals rather
> > > than reveals anything and the stony silence behind it all.I do not
> > > single out any human being but in watching the reaction of a man who
> > > on being told that the trade centers were being attacked did not know
> > > how to react and waited for guidance that did not come. I don't
> > > honestly know if anyone would fare better when a new situation
> > > develops,the anonymity of consensus which leaves things cozy now works
> > > against the individual even when the outlines of great advantages take
> > > shape.
> > >
> > > Geology is most enjoyable and I have a horror of replacing one
> > > idealogical tyranny with another and this is where I take my stand.I
> > > have enough respect for those who came before and did their best with
> > > the material they had and think them in no way inferior.Those who are
> > > and were inferior perverted genuine insights into a particular avenue
> > > in what has to be the biggest scam ever perpetrated at the expense of
> > > humanity and one each and every one of us pays for in our daily
> > > existence.Never has the vitality of human investigation into celestial
> > > phenomena burned so low as when our generation passes through even as
> > > the biological associations and to a certain extent geological
> > > investigations provided us with a clearer association between our life
> > > and the greater one that encompasses our existence.
> > >
> > > Geology and astronomy is the clashing ground,somehow people involved
> > > with both already know it.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Bill



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