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New clues to 2bn-year-old murder
The Guardian ^
| Friday May 14, 2004
| Tim Radford
Posted on 05/14/2004 8:45:55 AM PDT by ckilmer
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:45:58 AM PDT
by
ckilmer
To: ckilmer
Why do they call it "murder"?
It wasn't an intentional act, for crying out loud.
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:50:33 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
It wasn't an intentional act, for crying out loud. It's not like it was an SUV hitting the earth.
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:52:17 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Teach a Democrat to fish and he will curse you for not just giving him the fish.)
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:53:04 AM PDT
by
null and void
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To: ckilmer
For the first time, there is evidence of a direct hit from a cosmic projectile. How asinine is THAT?
Apparently, they didn't notice this little number in Arizona:
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:53:26 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: ckilmer
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:54:03 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(The meek shall inherit the earth... But usually in plots 6' x 3' x 6' deep...)
To: ckilmer
What a terrible waste of meat.
But then again...it eventually gave me the gasoline I need to drive to the porkchop store...
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:13:49 AM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
("Give me Liberty...or give me Lunch" (with enough lunch, I'll figure out how to TAKE Liberty myself)
To: Izzy Dunne
Yeh, but that one's a piker comparatively.
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:17:07 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: ckilmer
OK, I'm confused: 2bn year old murder, 250m years ago. Which is it?
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:18:31 AM PDT
by
Rocky
(Kerry cannot decide what style of empty suit he should be)
To: Rocky
"OK, I'm confused: 2bn year old murder, 250m years ago. Which is it?"
News reporting at its finest.
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:23:13 AM PDT
by
Skywarner
(Enjoying freedom? Thank a Veteran!)
To: Izzy Dunne
The author is blaming G-d.
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:24:51 AM PDT
by
xrp
To: Rocky
Typical media science garbling.
If 95% of species went extinct, then 99+% of individuals must have been wiped out, i.e. 100% of 95% plus X% of 5%.
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:25:46 AM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
To: Izzy Dunne
Why do they call it "murder"? For the same reason they used the past tense "called Pangea" when there were no people around to call it anything.
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:27:30 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Our grandchildren will be forced to decide which culture will survive.)
To: ckilmer
Earth to The Guardian: Murder is the intentional killing of a human being.
Abortion is murder. Death by meteorite strike is not.
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:28:53 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: ckilmer
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posted on
05/14/2004 9:54:02 AM PDT
by
mmartins
To: ckilmer
To: MarkL
no it wasnt, but what has he done since to prevent Rummy from doing it again?
To: ckilmer
I have said this before, now I am saying it again. Scientists DO NOT KNOW what happened, when it happened, and how it happened 250 million years ago, because they were not there. There is absolutely no way of any kind they could ever know for sure how to answer the aforementioned questions. All we know from that far back is speculation and theory at best. I agree scientists can guess, formulate theories, and maybe even get as far as forming a hypothesis, but scientists could never KNOW beyond the shadow of doubt or contradiction what really happened.
I leave all of you with this question:
Why is it we take a scientists word for it when he or she says there are literally millions upon millions of stars and galaxies, yet we have to touch the painted surface when there is a sign written in all capital letters clearly stating the paint is wet?
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posted on
05/14/2004 10:41:13 AM PDT
by
ChevyZ28
(Most of us would rather be ruined by praise, than saved by criticism.)
To: Izzy Dunne
that's a small crater compared to the talked about in the article.
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posted on
05/14/2004 1:23:01 PM PDT
by
ckilmer
To: ckilmer
that's a small crater compared to the talked about in the article. So what?
The stupid claim was:
For the first time, there is evidence of a direct hit from a cosmic projectile.
There's been plenty of evidence around the Barringer crater for lots of years.
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posted on
05/14/2004 1:30:42 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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