Sometime back in my Geomorphology class back in the early 1980's I either read of the professor said there was a theory the Snake River wound its way down the backside of the Sierra Mountains and down to Baja and joined up with the Colorado River. The change came after one of those massive Northwestern volcanic eruptions. So it doesn't seem so far fetched.

So by that reckoning, any pipe doesn't have to be built the whole way. Just over that portion where it got shunted to the Columbia River back to its old course.

At late middle age, my memory could be faulty also. Or the theory may have been disproven by now.

I should have replied to yours. I didn't see it until I posted mine. (I used a different control-f search word to avoid duplication.)

I guessing there must but a segment of the Geosciences academia are all playing a joke on us to simply prove we are all standing on piles of all of life's shit.

The joke is even better because someone in academia is going to get their Doctorate and full tenure and never have to work a day in their life again.

You beat me to this.

The idea of "realism" in fiction, especially science-fiction/fantasy genres is truly odd. Although their saving grace is comparing to whether it is like a movie or not.

(Historical fiction not so much, except when they make up major events that never happened. Invented love interest however is always a given that can be lived with.)

And Today (day after your reply) is Adolf's birthday also.

Would not Scotty have said "Ion power" ?

I thought all sea-life was supposed to be reduced by a only third?

So when will it turn red?

According to a the Notes section of John Ciardi's translation of Dante's Inferno, "The men of Friesland were reputed to be the tallest in Europe." So apparently there was a tall affinity for Frieslanders in 1321. Or perhaps there is a pendulum swing and they are in an up cycle?

Canto XXI,line 63 to 64:

"three Frieslanders standing on the rim, standing one on another, could not have reached his hair;"

Only Soulskill's Department byline had any reference to the game. What has slashdot turned into?

Actually I prefer the Quorum Trolls as outlined in HackMaster.

Pygmalion or My Fair Lady anyone?

He could tell what street of London you were from based on a just a few words.

My guess is you're being set up for a fall. Don't do it.

Who gets fired after a chemical spill? The Material Safety guy not any company officers.

Who gets fired after a fire? The Facilities Maintenance guy not any company officers.

Who gets fired after a computer security breach? The Computer Security guy not any company officers.

Would they have stopped the fate of Dr. Leonard Church in the Project Freelancer Offsite Storage Facility?

http://rvb.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._...

I guess it will have to be done. Whether it is cheaper to kill than arrest.

"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke.

Now that the Tibetan Monks have laser printers, it is only a matter of time.

Come to think of it, it would also take a great deal of coordination for all the star lights to wink out on earth at nearly the same time.

Do you mean to say that the tool behind the die roller for my D&D characters is all wrong?

I have to re-roll my characters all over again!