Re: [Phys-l] Earth's magnetic field

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Hej!

I pointed out the news article was internally inconsistent.


On 2011, Jan 18, , at 14:07, John Denker wrote:

> On 01/18/2011 02:19 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> > interpreted this as all the runways at the same time.
>
> Enough already.  Exegesis of some email that quoted a reporter
> who quoted another reporter is not a good use of anybody's time.
>
> Could we please show some nominal amount of respect to the facts?
>
> The fact is, KTPA did not close all the runways at the same time.

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Just  amused as is the IP?

 "Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked." [Pearl Buck]

He atributes a similar quote to Elvis Costello

http://www.irascibleprofessor.com/

On 2011, Jan 18, , at 14:07, John Denker wrote:

> I remember the last time I was surprised to read a science/news
> article that could not possibly be true.  I was six years old at 
> the time.  I was not fooled by it, just surprised.  Nowadays I'm
> not so easily surprised.


bc old too