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Copper is soft enough that it will easily become embedded with an abrasive, which does all the cutting. This is how the saws worked. It doesn't have to be high speed. Any fool can go to the hardware store and buy a piece of pipe or copper sheet & try it themselves. We cut diamonds today with...

You have no idea what you're talking about. Not at all. Granite can easily be cut by a copper tool embedded with abrasives. Copper is actually ideal for the purpose. Guess how we cut diamonds today? Copper saws.

I'm in. I'm afraid I'd be able to kick in more if it weren't Christmas, though. But I'll donate what I can.

Enough with the crystal skulls already Warning accepted. I'll withdraw voluntarily. I said nothing for months because I figured it would fix itself once you ran out of new age friends. Even a show about the Coso geode would be more fun. At least it seems truly mysterious at first look. There...

Enough with the crystal skulls already It isn't interest. It's open mouthed amazement that another awful, insane guest got on just a couple of weeks after another talking about the same ridiculous subject.The only reason the last thread went 24 pages was people complaining about the guest &...

And how about all those BIG socialist countries that no longer exist? The ones that killed 150 million of their own citizens in the 20th century. How about Cuba? Ever been there? They're allowed to own cell phones now. But they're still not supposed to be calling their family & friends that...

I concur. Great show. Much better than the last one.

No, sorry. You're completely wrong. The Chernobyl reactor was an entirely Soviet specific design, and was considered an incredibly dangerous and not just a little bit stupid design. The Mark one is a light water design. And Japan's inability to manage the disaster has a lot to do with the fact...

There are extremely safe modern designs like pebble bed reactors, and thorium reactors. The Fukushima incident is extremely unfortunate, but it was an old reactor design, and an earthquake and tidal wave sent them into that state. It's also very different than Chernobyl in that the Soviet...

On investigation, CO2 is emitted by cars with cats. I stand corrected. But it won't kill me to breathe it. Dihydrogen monoxide on the other hand is extremely deadly if inhaled in sufficient quantity. Thousands die from it every year. Governments pipe it into our homes. It should be banned before...

The exhaust fumes emitted by a car are carbon MONOxide. (One oxygen molecule) What animals exhale and plants absorb is carbon DIoxide. (Two oxygen molecules) Big difference. Carry on guys.

I figured it was since you mentioned watching GI Joe. Unless you were one of those guys that was much too old to watch cartoons but watched them anyhow because daytime television in the 80's was horrible. Like uh, a friend of mine.:redface:

I did the same thing when I was a kid, but the selection probably wasn't as good since it was the 70's and I went to a small private school. Speaking of GI Joe- Here's a remixed surreal 1980's GI Joe PSA for you: http://youtu.be/Flf7ZtDvMew

Ah. Well, I suppose I'll have to give him the benefit of the doubt. I'll try reading his book. Hopefully he's more concise in print.

Chris wrote another book about the San Luis valley? I read Enter the Valley and Mysterious Valley several years back. I guess I need to drop by Amazon. Interesting. (Did this happen after you published your books?) Did he specify which of the strange happenings he was referring to? Did he seem...

Well, I tried to understand Mr. Bennett, but he sounded like Dudley Moore as Arthur if Arthur had a mouthful of bread pudding that he refused to swallow for a couple of hours. What I could understand didn't make too much sense. I think the guy was loaded. I'm pretty sure I heard him say, "I'm...

The crystal skull guy is different in that his story almost certainly didn't start as a lie that he told so many times he started to believe it. The new-age mythos built up around the crystal skulls will almost certainly affect certain types of people in that manner, just like religion does...

Semantics. OK, I started with an Apple II. Mac people.:p ---------- Post added at 09:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:21 PM ---------- Since I helped derail this thread, I suppose I'd better help put it back on track. So how about that new Apple campus? It looks like just about...

I've had 6 macs since 1980, Gene. And a Newton. You're a Mac guy, I'm just a computer guy. Tech forum it is for any further discussion.

Don't know about that Gene, but they have their place. My Macbook is a 2006 model. I guess I got one of the bad ones. Regardless, the same basic issues have been around for years. The Alienware I'm posting this from is faster and more feature-loaded than any Apple in it's price range and it can...