@ kinhull . . . present *tiME* - Joined your TeAm - also on Board 08:52 AM EST 01.25.2007

Welcome on board nobody!

I hope that your stay with us, for however long you choose, will be a pleasant one.

So how is your archiving of seti@home going? Is it searchable? What are you keeping in and what are you leaving out?

oh boy - that's a 'loaded' question eh?

Thanks for the Welcome . . . and the 'Archiving' is coming along - "The Forever Project" ;)

Welcome, nobody!
Glad you've joined us, hope you enjoy your stay.
Peace,
marz

PEaCE marz . . . glad to bE hErE and loads of Thanks . . .

@ kinhull - please send *access* confirmation to ACC Forum to my GMail, if you would . . .

@ kinhull - please send *access* confirmation to ACC Forum to my GMail, if you would . . .

Done!! Sorry about that!

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Sir Arthur's view of life on Mars:

http://www.space.com/peopleinterviews/clarke_mars_010601.html

Thanks for the link marz.

I always thought you were full of life, and apparently ACC thinks so too!

Wonders will never cease.

If you haven't done so already check out this link: Frozen sea may harbour Mars life (from the BBC news, today)

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<buMp> 4 the TeAm . . .

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Re Team ACC

You are right there isn't much communication, it's only a small team, and it does appear as if most members are busy elsewhere, and doing other things.

Team ACC is currently more of a banner to crunch under than an active community. I don't think that I would have the time, to be honest, to run a fully fledged active team. We would need a larger membership base for it to become active.

There are so many other things that I want to to do with my free time after work.

Well thankyou for your brief stint with us, and I wish you all the best.

kinhull

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<buMp> 4 the TeAm . . .

Re Team ACC

You are right there isn't much communication, it's only a small team, and it does appear as if most members are busy elsewhere, and doing other things.

Team ACC is currently more of a banner to crunch under than an active community. I don't think that I would have the time, to be honest, to run a fully fledged active team. We would need a larger membership base for it to become active.

There are so many other things that I want to to do with my free time after work.

Well thankyou for your brief stint with us, and I wish you all the best.

kinhull

kinhull / marz - You're the Best . . . keep Posting to any of the Threads you see i Post @ - Intelligence / Common-Sense are of Great Value - to my Perception - and the two of you are right up there on top - soooooo - whatever ya see that catches yer fancy ;) make a Comment or stop the World with many words . . . :) . . . later to you each (and Thanks KIndly)

With Respect

richard

Here are some rather cool You Tube vids, worth checking out:

Arthur Clarke Cybercast Hal's Birthday

To celebrate the Birthday of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001 a Space Odyssey, Live video of Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka is streamed to UIUC near Chicago. March 14, 1997.

Kubrick's Space Odyssey

short clip about Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 2001, with an intro by the brilliant science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke

Kubrick at 2001 opening

Kubrick talking at the 2001: A Space Odyssey opening in New York

2001: A Space Odyssey Dawn Of Man

Scene from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

SPACE ODYSSEY : TRIP

scene from stanley kubrick's 2001 space odyssey.

2001 A Space Odyssey

Abridged version of an hour long documentary broadcast on Channel 4 in 2001, it is introduced by James Cameron and features co-writer Arthur C Clarke, visual fx pioneer Douglas Trumbull, and feminist writer/art critic Camille Paglia discussing the ideas behind the spectacle and the unique methodology of its creator, Stanley Kubrick.

2001 A Space Travesty

2001 A Space Travesty (spoof)

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Well wouldn't you know it!

I've just discovered the joys of watching Television on the internet: World Wide Internet TV

And as of the time of writing this post, there are over 2300 TV stations listed! From all over the world.

And for those of you interested in Astronomy and such like, I discovered this (from the link above) archive of past THE SKY AT NIGHT programmes.

I also notice that we're rapidly approaching 2 million credits, and are in the top 700 teams in the world!

Way to go guys!

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Some more Science Related TV/Video to watch:

Is There Anybody Out There? [direct link] (includes a short piece mentioning Seti@Home)

or if you prefer, from Is There Anybody Out There? [Web Page]

From Vega Science Programmes

Also check out these pages:

Vega Science Lectures: An archive of lectures given by top scientists

Royal Institution Discourses: One of the premier science lecture series world-wide

Reflections on Science: A unique series that enables scientists and communicators to present the science that they find exciting

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Let me just point out this particular Page:

Astrophysical Chemistry by Harry Kroto: Undergraduate Level Lecture Course

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For plants on alien worlds, it isn't easy being green

* 14:56 11 April 2007
* NewScientist.com news service
* Jeff Hecht

The greenery on other planets may not be green. Astrobiologists say plants on Earth-sized planets orbiting stars somewhat brighter than the Sun may look yellow or orange, while those on planets orbiting stars much fainter than the Sun might look black.

Vegetation colour matters to astrobiologists because they want to know what to look for as a sign of life on planets outside the solar system. Terrestrial photosynthesis depends mostly on red light, the most abundant wavelength reaching the Earth's surface, and blue light, the most energetic. Plants also absorb green light, but not as strongly, so leaves look green to the eye.

Extraterrestrial plants will look different because they have evolved their own pigments based on the colours of light reaching their surfaces, says Nancy Kiang of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences in New York, US.

To determine the best colours for photosynthesis on other planets, Kiang worked with NASA's Virtual Planetary Laboratory at Caltech to determine the light reaching the surfaces of Earth-sized worlds orbiting their host stars at distances where liquid water – and therefore life – could exist. The results depended on the star's brightness and the planet's atmosphere.

Autumn colours

Brighter stars emit more blue and ultraviolet light than the Sun. An oxygen atmosphere would form ozone that blocks the ultraviolet but transmits more blue light to the ground than on the Earth. In response, life would evolve a type of photosynthesis that strongly absorbs blue light, and probably green as well. Kiang says yellow, orange, and red would likely be reflected, so the foliage would wear bright autumn colours all year round.

A star slightly dimmer than the Sun would deliver a solar-like spectrum to the surface of a terrestrial planet, so its foliage would look much like the Earth's.

But plants would be different on planets orbiting small M-type stars, or red dwarfs, which are between 10% and 50% the mass of the Sun. Red dwarfs, which comprise 85% of the galaxy's stars, emit strongly at invisible infrared wavelengths but produce little blue light.

"They'll definitely be absorbing in the infrared," unlike terrestrial plants, Kiang told New Scientist. Because they would benefit by absorbing visible light, she says they might look black, although she admits that any colour might be possible. Whatever their colour, the plants would likely look dark to humans because little visible light would reach the ground.

Floating and sinking

Photosynthesis might not draw enough energy from infrared light to produce the oxygen needed to block dangerous ultraviolet light from the dwarfs.

But if there were at least 9 metres of water on the planet, mats of algae would be protected from the planet-scalding ultraviolet flares produced by young red dwarf stars, says Victoria Meadows of Caltech, principal investigator at the Virtual Planetary Laboratory.

She envisions a bizarre world where microbial mats float near the surface for efficient photosynthesis when the star is calm, then sink to a safe depth when a flare hits.

Life could spread further when the stars pass their flare stage, she told New Scientist: "M stars don't produce a lot of ultraviolet once they quiet down, so you don't need an oxygen layer to shield [life] from the ultraviolet."

Journal reference: Astrobiology (vol 7, p 252)

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Here are some more science webcasts from The Royal Society:

Archive - complete list of webstreams

Audio & Video page

The Royal Society Home Page

Enjoy!

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__Arthur C Clarke Fans___is a Good team please click here to join this team__

__Arthur C Clarke Fans___is a Good team please click here to join this team__

Thanks Byron, much appreciated!

Let me return the favour: our Carl Sagan team: Now this is a REALLY good team to join

Carl Sagan was an educator that I greatly admired, and still do. I just wish there were many more people like him, with his high profile, about these days.

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What happened to the forum site http://www.forumsdot.com/arthurcclarke/ ? It appears to have been down for the last few weeks.

I had temporarily disabled it. Since then I no longer have regular access to the internet. I have recently and unexpectedly moved to a different town.

I disabled it for two reasons:
1- very little activity (on both the forumsdot.com forum and on the previous forum)
2- tons of spam everyday (being time consuming to remove)

The above two wore me down, maintaining something that generated little interest.

I am currently unable to re-activate the forum (I can't remember my password, and can't get it or a new one sent to me, though this may change if I can gain access to one of my computers).

Anything else anyone wants to know, just ask.

And thanks for supporting TeamACC

kinhull

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