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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

September 11, 2014 05:07 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

What's Down There?

Posted By Rod Kaufman
I recall reading about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_QyGANCUJI
What ever ate this great white shark would probably make the shark from "jaws" look like a piker...

September 19, 2014 03:57 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

"Final Settlement"

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/58430822-68/settlement-cobell-government-native.html.csp
"The mismanagement stretched back to the 1880s"....

September 24, 2014 03:56 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Er, Ah, It Was Already Shot Down...

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/WATCH-Rebels-release-purported-footage-of-Syrian-warplane-shot-down-by-IAF-missile-376169
The rebels were a little late on that one...

November 3, 2014 05:43 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

More Oil Tests

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Including MAG1 and mobil1, Castrol edge, among many others...
www.pqiamerica.com

November 16, 2014 05:59 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Yup, That'll Attract 'Em...

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Using smelly feces to attract aliens:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141112-will-et-understand-our-messages
And they wonder why intelligent life elsewhere in the universe avoids contact with us...

December 7, 2014 07:06 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Sunday: Dec 7 1941...

Posted By Rod Kaufman
With a myriad of images and captions I hadn't known about in the history books.
http://www.ahctv.com/pearl-harbor-photos.htm

December 9, 2014 06:16 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Big Sucker!

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/08/worlds-biggest-telescope_n_6281852.html

December 20, 2014 11:23 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

7 Best Dark Sky Sites

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shermans-travel/the-7-best-spots-on-earth_b_6329324.html?utm_hp_ref=travel
Perhaps they started enforcing the dark sky ordinance in Flagstaff but it wasn't several years ago when I visited there. It was ok but not as good as it might have been. I hope it's better now...

December 28, 2014 03:28 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Best Space Photos Of 2014...

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Wow! I liked the new day dawning on Saturn but check out the DSOs...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/27/space-photos-2014_n_6348682.html

December 29, 2014 02:10 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Nazis Were Developing The Bomb...

Posted By Rod Kaufman
It appears what I learned in college history on the Nazi efforts to build the atomic bomb was incorrect. I remember the lecture wherein the professor told the class that Hitler didn't want to pursue it because it was based on "Jewish physics." It appears they went ahead anyway:
http://www.jpost.com/International/Austrian-filmmaker-uncovers-apparent-secret-Nazi-nuclear-complex-386006

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