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Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Geoff » Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:21 pm

They haven't read it...
Scientists say that strange ripples observed in the ring systems of Saturn and Jupiter were caused by comets.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12899961
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Atheist-Lite » Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:41 pm

Geoff wrote:They haven't read it...
Scientists say that strange ripples observed in the ring systems of Saturn and Jupiter were caused by comets.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12899961
That's cos it crap.
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Atheist-Lite » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:55 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:Nothing says "useless post" like a crumpled post.
Alien Elephants invade earth. (sorry I gave the story away) :hehe:
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:57 pm

Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Nothing says "useless post" like a crumpled post.
Alien Elephants invade earth. (sorry I gave the story away) :hehe:
Intelligent life finally comes to Earth. Only they're no smarter than we are.
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Atheist-Lite » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:59 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Nothing says "useless post" like a crumpled post.
Alien Elephants invade earth. (sorry I gave the story away) :hehe:
Intelligent life finally comes to Earth. Only they're no smarter than we are.
Do you think they really could send parts of the earth into orbit, as space destroyer islands, on the back of a few hundred underground nukes? :smoke:
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:05 pm

Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Nothing says "useless post" like a crumpled post.
Alien Elephants invade earth. (sorry I gave the story away) :hehe:
Intelligent life finally comes to Earth. Only they're no smarter than we are.
Do you think they really could send parts of the earth into orbit, as space destroyer islands, on the back of a few hundred underground nukes? :smoke:
Book. It's a book. Fiction. You know like The Bronze Age Goat-herder's Anthology of Campfire Tales for Boys. (You can google "book" if you need to. Wiki has the definition of "Fiction.")
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Geoff » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:06 pm

Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Nothing says "useless post" like a crumpled post.
Alien Elephants invade earth. (sorry I gave the story away) :hehe:
Intelligent life finally comes to Earth. Only they're no smarter than we are.
Do you think they really could send parts of the earth into orbit, as space destroyer islands, on the back of a few hundred underground nukes? :smoke:
Yep. Orion would have worked, it just turned out to be a bit messy... :hehe:
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by klr » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:16 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Nothing says "useless post" like a crumpled post.
Alien Elephants invade earth. (sorry I gave the story away) :hehe:
Intelligent life finally comes to Earth. Only they're no smarter than we are.
But they do count in base 8 - as I recall. :tea:
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Re: Larry Niven: Footfall

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:20 pm

klr wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Nothing says "useless post" like a crumpled post.
Alien Elephants invade earth. (sorry I gave the story away) :hehe:
Intelligent life finally comes to Earth. Only they're no smarter than we are.
But they do count in base 8 - as I recall. :tea:
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