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In article , Java Jive
wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2011 16:39:47 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

Baen will let often let you download an e-version for nothing as a
taster. Tried starting 'Shadow of Saganami' that way. But I must admit
I simply don't really get on with reading a book on a computer screen.
So I suspect Baen are being clever here. Maybe the newer ebook readers
with reflective images would suit my eyes better.

I used to use my Palm for reading eBooks in bed, but I've explained
before the problems I've had converting anything to the pdf format it
uses. As the Palm's battery life with the screen illuiminated is
getting rather short now, recently I've decided to give up the struggle
to keep it going.

I've assumed that the new e-reading devices with reflective screens should
have much longer battery life between recharges.
[snip]


I read one of those once, but it seemd rather to me, in my brother's
words, "A poor man's Hornblower!"

You can probably tell from this that I tend to like a mix of 'nuts and
bolts' SF (e.g. Analog of more than 20 years ago), detective stories,
and some 'kids books'. Not exactly a member of the literati
intelligensia when it comes to what fiction I enjoy[1]. :-)


As it happens, I've been rereading books I first read many years ago,
including some children's books like Arthur Ransome's 'Swallowdale', and
I was struck by how well the book was mostly written.

Ditto. I re-read them again a year or two ago. Very enjoyable. In terms of
my own youth they are like a fantasy as my life as a kid never took me
anywhere like it. My play area was a bomb site behind our terrace. Not
exactly the Lake District! :-) But the sense of freedom to go out and
play/explore was similar. Freedom of a kind that I guess many modern
children will never be allowed to experience.

The usual reason given for this is crime and 'bad people' who may harm
kids. But in practice I suspect the bigger deterrent is all the traffic.
Where I used to live was a street leading to a main railway station, but
there was almost no road traffic at all.

Later on, the council - having previously promised that the bomb site would
be made into a recreation ground - turned it into a car park. And the tide
of cars grew...


I've also been rereading some Nevil Shute recently. Great stuff.
Favourite of the those recently reread would be 'Beyond The Black
Stump', a marvellous book. --

I also like his books. Another author who seems to have been forgotten so
far as being in print is concerned. Yet whose work is very readable. In
fact I've just collected together the copies I have of his books (and
Forester's) having had a new bookcase delivered.

Slainte,

Jim

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On 12/05/2011 14:59, Jim Lesurf wrote:

Ditto. I re-read them again a year or two ago. Very enjoyable. In terms of
my own youth they are like a fantasy as my life as a kid never took me
anywhere like it. My play area was a bomb site behind our terrace. Not
exactly the Lake District! :-) But the sense of freedom to go out and
play/explore was similar. Freedom of a kind that I guess many modern
children will never be allowed to experience.

The usual reason given for this is crime and 'bad people' who may harm
kids. But in practice I suspect the bigger deterrent is all the traffic.
Where I used to live was a street leading to a main railway station, but
there was almost no road traffic at all.


BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN

I suspect they've dated. My kids never got into them - nor Biggles - and
we've got rid of them now.

I still sail though...

Andy

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In message on Thu, 12 May 2011 14:59:44 +0100
Jim Lesurf wrote:


In terms of
my own youth they are like a fantasy as my life as a kid never took me
anywhere like it. My play area was a bomb site behind our terrace. Not
exactly the Lake District! :-) But the sense of freedom to go out and
play/explore was similar. Freedom of a kind that I guess many modern
children will never be allowed to experience.


We had a bomb site at the end of our street which, similarly, was our play
area.


Later on, the council - having previously promised that the bomb site would
be made into a recreation ground - turned it into a car park. And the tide
of cars grew...


Ours was cleared and grassed over as a play area later on but never seemed the
same as the bomb site and was certainly not as versatile, though it did have
the advantage of its suitability for ball games.

Today, though, like yours, is a car park ...

--

Terry

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In article ,
Terry
Casey wrote:
In message on Thu, 12 May 2011
14:59:44 +0100 Jim Lesurf wrote:


Today, though, like yours, is a car park ...

Actually, in the case of the area I was speaking about, it vanished under
the new (in c1970) shopping center in Stratford, just off the Broadway. So
far as I could work out when I last visited (well over a decade ago) it was
about where the meat sections of a supermarket were located. Doubt I'll
ever now find any of the toys I lost in the rubble... :-)

But they built a multistory car park beside the shops to keep the motorists
happy.

Must check on google earth to see if it is now being demolished again as
part of the 'olympics' beanfeast.

Slainte,

Jim

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In message on Fri, 13 May 2011 15:28:17 +0100
Jim Lesurf wrote:

In article ,
Terry
Casey wrote:
In message on Thu, 12 May 2011
14:59:44 +0100 Jim Lesurf wrote:


Today, though, like yours, it is a car park ...

Actually, in the case of the area I was speaking about, it vanished under
the new (in c1970) shopping center in Stratford, just off the Broadway.


Mine wasn't a million miles away from there - 15 miles/24 km to be precise -
Grays, in Cromwell Road, just of Orsett Road (A1013), the main road through the
town.

--

Terry

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On Sat, 07 May 2011 16:14:06 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article , Bill Wright
wrote:
David Kennedy wrote:
Max Demian wrote:


Pretty poor arrangement in my opinion, surely the sun would be of more
use at night when it's dark. They should swap around.


There has to be a snag to that.

Anyway, on planets that are in a solar system where there are two suns,
leading to days and nights of irregular length, I wonder what time
system they use. And when would you plant your flowers?

If they are Ringworld Sunflowers, then you would be wise to only plant and
tend them at night. :-)

I have the same problem with my stinging nettles

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On Thu, 05 May 2011 13:52:03 +0100, J G Miller wrote:

On Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 at 19:14:59h +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote:

They could either run their own very fast turbines, or they could pack
their bags and come to live with us on the sunny side of the planet.

Well quite a number from India and Pakistan have already done that,
much to the discontent of William Wright, Esquire.

With the Earth's rotation slowed down to once a year

Well according to various sources, the rotation of the earth is
being slowed down by the pull of the moon.

Apart from tides and maybe some earthquakes, what has the
moon ever done for us?


Some might say better never than late but, here goes anyway! :-)

The moon has stabilised the earth's spin axis[1] ever since the 6 hour
day. However, according to scientists, this stabilising effect will
eventually disappear with the advent of the 30 hour day in about another
billion years or so.

[1] Note to fans of the Drake equation. This vitally important factor
isn't mentioned in the equation. If it were, the odds of life elsewhere in
the universe would, at a guess, be some 3 to 5 orders of magnitude lower.

--
Regards JB Good

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On Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 at 02:29:44h +0100, Johny B Good explained:

The moon has stabilised the earth's spin axis[1] ever since the 6 hour
day. However, according to scientists, this stabilising effect will
eventually disappear with the advent of the 30 hour day in about another
billion years or so.

Maybe those who are interested should watch this edition of
National Geographic's Naked Science?

QUOTE

Season 7, Episode 2 – Aired: 2/4/2010
Earth Without the Moon

Each year, the moon moves an inch and one half farther away from Earth
and is gaining momentum. The gravity it exerts on our planet acts as a
stabilization mechinism, allowing for a consistent range of temperatures,
seasons and days. If the moon moves just ten percent farther, it will
cause unbelievable disaster for our planet, as Earth tips up to 90 degrees
on its axis.

UNQUOTE

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On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:11:43 +0000 (UTC)
J G Miller wrote:
Each year, the moon moves an inch and one half farther away from Earth
and is gaining momentum. The gravity it exerts on our planet acts as a
stabilization mechinism, allowing for a consistent range of temperatures,
seasons and days. If the moon moves just ten percent farther, it will
cause unbelievable disaster for our planet, as Earth tips up to 90 degrees
on its axis.

Sounds more like journalists BS than scientific fact. Non of the other planets
apart from uranus are tipped over - and that is thought to be due to a
collision. Theres no reason for it to happen to the earth.

B2003

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On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:11:43 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 at 02:29:44h +0100, Johny B Good explained:

The moon has stabilised the earth's spin axis[1] ever since the 6 hour
day. However, according to scientists, this stabilising effect will
eventually disappear with the advent of the 30 hour day in about another
billion years or so.

Maybe those who are interested should watch this edition of
National Geographic's Naked Science?

QUOTE

Season 7, Episode 2 – Aired: 2/4/2010
Earth Without the Moon

Each year, the moon moves an inch and one half farther away from Earth
and is gaining momentum. The gravity it exerts on our planet acts as a
stabilization mechinism, allowing for a consistent range of temperatures,
seasons and days. If the moon moves just ten percent farther, it will
cause unbelievable disaster for our planet, as Earth tips up to 90 degrees
on its axis.

UNQUOTE

Strange.

What force will cause the Earth to tip on its access?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)