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rcurl
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response 235 of 563:
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Jan 27 18:07 UTC 2006 |
Sandstone consists *mostly* of quartz (silica). However the three major
sedimentary rock types, sandstones (mostly sand), shale (mostly clay), and
limestone (mostly calcite) grade into one another. Hence you can have
sandy (arenaceous) shale and limestone, clayey (argillaceous) sandstone
and limestone, and limey (calcareous) shale and sandstone. Sandstone often
comes from the breakdown of granites, which can also provide other mineral
particles to the sandstone, such as feldspars and other minerals.
Igneous rocks are divided into volcanic (extrusive - formed at the
surface) and plutonic (intrusive - injected at depth).
Metamorphism - alteration under heat and pressure - changes sedimentary
rocks into metamorphic rocks. Sandstone --> quartzite (if dominantly
quartz to start with), shale --> slate --> phyllite --> mica schist, and
limestone --> marble. Igneous rocks can also be metamorphized.
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nharmon
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response 236 of 563:
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Jan 27 18:15 UTC 2006 |
You guys missed another important rock. Its formed when sugar and water
is superheated and crystalizes onto a surface, usually a string.
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rcurl
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response 237 of 563:
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Jan 27 18:17 UTC 2006 |
Re #234: geologists take it for granite that geology rocks. Happiness is a
gneiss day on a rock pile.
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jadecat
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response 238 of 563:
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Jan 27 18:50 UTC 2006 |
owww
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tod
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response 239 of 563:
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Jan 27 19:11 UTC 2006 |
re #237
Are you stoned?
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mcnally
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response 240 of 563:
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Jan 27 19:51 UTC 2006 |
re #236: I thought you were going to say cocaine and baking soda..
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richard
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response 241 of 563:
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Jan 27 21:25 UTC 2006 |
IHB this weekend is the lunar/chinese new year, which will mean big
festivities here in the Chinatown neighborhood. It is going to be lunar year
4704, the Year of the Dog. Which will mean many many dogs in the big parade
down Canal St. on Sunday. For the new year, dogs will rule!
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tod
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response 242 of 563:
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Jan 27 21:28 UTC 2006 |
Hey richard...
Did you hear about that guy on Linden complaining that his 3rd floor apartment
was getting ruined by the prospect of a strip club in the boarded up
storefront below?
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marcvh
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response 243 of 563:
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Jan 27 21:34 UTC 2006 |
How tall are those poles again?
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rcurl
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response 244 of 563:
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Jan 27 22:10 UTC 2006 |
How is the date of the Chinese New-Years-Day determined?
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richard
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response 245 of 563:
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Jan 28 00:59 UTC 2006 |
re #244 I asked that question to google. google is your friend:
"The date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the Chinese
calendar. Chinese New Year starts on the first day of the new year
containing a new moon (some sources even include New Year's Eve) and
ends on the Lantern Festival fourteen days later. This occurs around
the time of the full moon as each lunation is about 29.53 days in
duration. In the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on
different dates each year, on a date between January 21 and February
21."
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rcurl
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response 246 of 563:
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Jan 28 07:05 UTC 2006 |
As stated, this seems circular. Do I presume that the "first day of the new
year" refers to a Gregorian new year? If so, this is not an independent
definition of the Chinese New Year. It seems strange to me that the Chinese
calendar would be forced to be synchronized to the Gregoria New Year.
Or is the "first day of the new year" is the date following the Winter
Solstice on which a new moon occurs? That would make sense (then why don't
they say so?).
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aruba
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response 247 of 563:
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Jan 30 04:06 UTC 2006 |
It can't be what you said, Rane, because then it would be possible for the
new year to begin in December.
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rcurl
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response 248 of 563:
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Jan 30 07:33 UTC 2006 |
You are right. There is an explanation at
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-chinese.html
but I haven't tried to understand it yet. I looked especially for the
calculation of the start of each new year, but that isn't stated explicitly
(as far as I could tell).
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twenex
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response 249 of 563:
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Jan 30 08:05 UTC 2006 |
Re: #245. You mean you asked that question OF google.
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aruba
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response 250 of 563:
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Jan 30 19:40 UTC 2006 |
Re #248 - That's an interesting site, Rane - thanks. Calculating the
calendar seems to be very complicated. It was also interesting that the
names of years repeat every 60 years, and that the names are described by
two cycles of length 12 and 10. There is a famous theorem in number theory
called the "Chinese Remainder Theorem", which generalizes the principle that
all the year-names will be used in 60 years. I wonder if that's why the
theorem is called that.
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fitz
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response 251 of 563:
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Jan 31 20:47 UTC 2006 |
I replaced the outside door lock and it only took one additional trip to the
hardware store. This door must have had a skeleton lock and then was fit
with some adaptor kit to span the huge cavern I found when I took off the
cylinder lock.
I had to use my hacksaw for the first time in years: I feel as if I
actually did something
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tod
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response 252 of 563:
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Jan 31 21:00 UTC 2006 |
YAY
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fitz
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response 253 of 563:
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Feb 1 13:20 UTC 2006 |
Hours later, I think I figured out why so much had been chisled away: The
ancient lock probably had one of those 2-button lock/unlock mechanisms beneath
the springbolt. Anyone still have one in their house?
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jiffer
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response 254 of 563:
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Feb 1 13:49 UTC 2006 |
Happiness is having a new-used car. It has air, no oil leaks, seats 7, and
a V6! Thank you Mom and Dad for the early graduation present. Anyone want to
buy a 97 Deathmobile,... err I mean Geo Metro... I have always called it hte
deathmobile, my name for car... I have to find a name for the mini van now.
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glenda
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response 255 of 563:
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Feb 1 17:24 UTC 2006 |
Re #253: Yes, we have one. It is both usefull and a pain. It is usefull
in that the door is locked even if one the kids can't find their keys such
that they can lock the door when they have to go to class. It can be a pain
if you go out to get the mail and either unthinkingly shut to door or a cat
leans against it and you don't have your keys on you and either no one else
is home or the only other person home is sleeping on the third floor and can't
hear the bell or your pounding. It is also a pain when one of the kids sets
it to unlock while sitting on the porch, waiting for a friend to arrive, takes
in groceries, or runs down to the party store for Mom and then forgets to
re-lock it thus leaving the door unlocked if leaving without keys (and
assuming it is locked) or going to bed for the night and forgetting to set
the dead-bolt or putting on the chain. Overall I prefer having it to not
having it.
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tod
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response 256 of 563:
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Feb 2 19:30 UTC 2006 |
IHB I just learned that a former coworker has taken a job directly across the
street on the same floor and now we can play charades.
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nharmon
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response 257 of 563:
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Feb 2 19:32 UTC 2006 |
LOL
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marcvh
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response 258 of 563:
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Feb 2 19:33 UTC 2006 |
Be sure to get laser pointers so you can get each other's attention.
It kind of ruins the effect if you have to phone him to tell him to look
at you.
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tod
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response 259 of 563:
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Feb 2 20:08 UTC 2006 |
Figuring out which floor he was on was funny because I was describing people
on different floors: "Is there a chick in a pink angora sweater in the SW
corner?" "Is there a fat guy with a red tie and feet on his desk?" "Do you
have a conference room with IKEA shelfing?" and after enough of that
"Ok, I see you. You ARE the fat guy with the red tie!"
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