Re: Red Rain
From: George (george_at_wtfiswrongwithyou.com)
Date: 02/03/05
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:50:03 GMT
<mbass3@Houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:prtMd.5582$uL5.3452@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> Maybe I should say you have a snotty problem. You must think you are the
> smartest person on earth.
If I was the smartest person on earth, I wouldn't be wasting my time with this
thread. However, I am smart enough to know not to top post. Apparently, you
haven't been around newsgroups very long, or don't care enough to do it
properly.
> "George" <george@wtfiswrongwithyou.com> wrote in message
> news:lPpMd.32644$P04.4951@attbi_s03...
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>> <mbass3@Houston.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:GKjMd.4662$uL5.985@fe2.texas.rr.com...
>>> My, my, George. You seem to have some anger problems. Chill out.
>>
>> The fact that you read my reply as being angry is also "knee-jerk" reaction.
>>> "George" <george@wtfiswrongwithyou.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mRhMd.31827$ox3.9675@attbi_s04...
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>>>> <mbass3@Houston.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:0LeMd.2157$uL5.2149@fe2.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>I was replying to comments made from Carsten. I was not talking to you,
>>>>>George, or about you or about any individual, only the western academia
>>>>>group as a whole. If you seem to think otherwise and that I was talking
>>>>>about you then that says more about you than it does me.
>>>>
>>>> The fact remains that phenomenon like this have been seen and studied many
>>>> times in the past. The fact remains that you should do your homework
>>>> before you make knee-jerk accusations, whether towards me or anyone else in
>>>> "western academia".
>>>>
>>>>> "George" <george@wtfiswrongwithyou.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:GUcMd.31913$P04.17446@attbi_s03...
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>>>>>> <mbass3@Houston.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:tu8Md.1089$uL5.436@fe2.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>>> It hasn't attracted more media attention because the western academia
>>>>>>> has a knee-jerk reaction to this kind of thing (dust from the earth
>>>>>>> caused it). They don't want to be bothered with anything that doesn't
>>>>>>> fit their self-important views. The western scientists need to have a
>>>>>>> more open mind and really study things like this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Knee-jerk reaction? Look who's talking? I gave you a simple explanation
>>>>>> that fits the evidence you gave. And suddenly I am giving a knee-jerk
>>>>>> reaction? The fact is that phenomenon like this has been studied many
>>>>>> times. Try doing some homework before you make "knee-jerk" accusations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Carsten Troelsgaard" <carsten.troelsgaard@mail.dk> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4200baf4$0$45761$edfadb0f@dread14.news.tele.dk...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <mbass3@Houston.rr.com> skrev i en meddelelse
>>>>>>>> news:%NGLd.95493$Ta2.4772@fe2.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>>>>> Red rain falling in India.
>>>>>>>>> http://www.indianexpress.com/ie20010806/nat10.html - Aug. 5th, 2001
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Indian scientists think that a comet exploded in the atmosphere and
>>>>>>>>> carried spores to rain clouds.
>>>>>>>>> http://xxx.lanl.gov/ftp/astro-ph/papers/0310/0310120.pdf - Oct. 5th,
>>>>>>>>> 2003.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is this really possible?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As they state in the .pdf, it's an extraordinary claim.
>>>>>>>> I followed up on the author, who's page is:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://education.vsnl.com/godfrey/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This page leads to a follow-up on the .pdf of Oct. 5th, 2003 with a
>>>>>>>> paper on describing the biological lifecycle of the extremophile:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://arxiv.org/ftp/astro-ph/papers/0312/0312639.pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I noted that the author made a breaf comment that defer his views from
>>>>>>>> any association to 'intelligent design'.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My first thoughts did go to arabian desert-dust settling on the
>>>>>>>> west-coast of India .. a major part of the red ooze that covers the
>>>>>>>> floor of the mid-Atlantic is thought to originate as dust from Sahara
>>>>>>>> ..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As George points out, there are numerous journalistic accounts of
>>>>>>>> oddities raining from the sky. Neglegting where the red dust comes
>>>>>>>> from, the article sure is describing some wired stuff. If the
>>>>>>>> description is valid, I wonder why it hasn't attracted more
>>>>>>>> media-attention.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Carsten
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