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Comment Re:Why different? (Score 1) 83

If Theia had formed substantially closer, or substantially farther away from the Sun, then the debris from the collision could hardly have remained close enough that the shards would coalesce to form the Moon. The differing orbital velocities would have seen to that.

Theia was in the same orbit as Earth just a bit faster, it didn't collide as much as hit off center. Theia is made up of it's self and Earth's crust and why the Moon has no iron core. The series "How the Universe works" has a great animation of it.

Comment Re:I give you the Kennewick man (Score 1) 228

Not an Indian but they claim rights to the remains, this area you can't dig without hitting some ceremonial site (Washington State).http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=j7ffoz&s=5#.VSVv_pK2Ivw

Posted to en.wikipedia.org yet some DRM prevents it from being included (ie creator of bust)

Good DRM can't get the pix to show

Comment Re:Astronaut-booze (Score 1) 421

2. disinfects - also mostly pointless in the backcountry

Dealing with infections while in the wilderness is pointless, huh? Holy shit are you ignorant.

I guess. One of our party hit a rotten log with an axe, it went through it like paper and sliced open their foot. A week to go a disinfect kept it clean and healthy, alcohol was the only thing available.

A first aide kit was handy, but lacking as they can't cover all injuries.

Comment Re:Blame Apple (Score 1) 45

Apple bought Primesense, which makes the sensor in the original Kinect. I bet they can't meet demand because they cant get the chips anymore. The Kinect 2 is a totally different tech. Maybe they'll sell a Windows version of that?

That makes so much sense, not having enough of a of a product to continue distribution is better PR, than they won't let up have them anymore :)

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