Re: Seismogram question (the 7.0 off Japan yesterday)

Alan wrote:

In article <memo.20051122155116.796A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alan) wrote:


In article <memo.20051122144512.996A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alan) wrote:


In article <TKFgf.12787$ih5.6858@dukeread11>, JCornwall@xxxxxxx (J. F. Cornwall) wrote:



Geez, we figured you questioned the integrity of the USGS spokesman because they are employed by the federal government which you despise so much...

Jim (also one of those USGS people, speaking only for myself)

One cannot fail to notice the President's budget notice when one visits the U.S.G.S. site, can one? And there was another site complaining about the lack of funding, but I can't be bothered to look for it at the moment.

And please believe me, when it comes to the federal government I don't give a ***. The target of my interests is George Bush, and it is a purely personal grudge of behalf of my late wife.

But on the other hand, those who do need to worry about your federal government might like to read this, and I do know this is Off-Topic, before anybody tells me.

http://www.911timeline.net/whatwouldyoudo.htm

What would you do -- Go through these 65 websites and learn -- or turn away?

I rather suspect you will turn away, as always. It is Off-Topic after all. 


And if I worked for the U.S.G.S. I might be asking myself wtf is going on here:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/AK2/53.55.-166.-162_frames.html

particularly as the last one was a Mag 5.6 but you do seem to be spending your time in newsgroups instead, and hey, it's not my problem anyway. I'm downloading Beatle's songs.

My guess is that the people who work in the earthquake field are doing their jobs. Me, I deal with water information database programming. And I am quite capable of bouncing back & forth between xterms full of coding and news browsers....

Jim
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