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Posted on: 2012: A Shorter History of some bad hypothesis
at 11/23/2009 10:33pm

Ah, you're completely mis-using the word "accretion," which broadly means masses collecting together and ... more(+)

EPGrondine wrote:As accretion must take place in other planetary systems as well, it is a good question how many semi-intelligent species may have become extinct.

E.P.

Ah, you're completely mis-using the word "accretion," which broadly means masses collecting together and making even larger masses. For example, Earth is the result of the accretion of millions of smaller bodies into one large one. close(-)

Posted on: 2012: A Shorter History of some bad hypothesis
at 11/23/2009 10:32pm

Ah, but that's not the way it works (neither agreeing nor disagreeing with the OP, mind you). It means "one ... more(+)

ZenGalacticore wrote:Being since the last major, catastrophic impact occurred little more than 65 million years ago. That gives us a comfortable window average of 35 million years, more or less, til the next one. (And we and our proto-ancestors have been around for only a few million years.)

Ah, but that's not the way it works (neither agreeing nor disagreeing with the OP, mind you). It means "one extinction event somewhen during this 100 million year yoke." That is to say, it could be 32 million years from now...or tomorrow. No way to tell. close(-)

Posted on: What Are You Doing for Thanksgiving?
at 11/23/2009 8:32pm

Ah, a third Granada. Damn, there are a lot of them, eh? (I was thinking the island I once "visited")

Posted on: What Are You Doing for Thanksgiving?
at 11/23/2009 8:16pm

Or is it Spain you're celebrating in?

Edit: come to think about it, the spelling would be Spain, wouldn't it?

Posted on: What Are You Doing for Thanksgiving?
at 11/23/2009 8:15pm

Northeast corner of the island.

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