What happened to Clocktower?

It was both perfectly flat and flaw-free as I remember .

Not according to the actual guys who make the stuff.

Berny

Who? These guys?
http://www.britglass.org.uk/Files/form2Float_Process.pdf
Please read stage 5 page 5. :p

Quote from: berny_74 on January 24, 2011, 09:02:57 AM

Clocktower was right - the report did not conclude the spore were terrestrial but "possible"

play semantic games with him, instead of actually discussing the issue with him.

Isn't that what this forum is about? I don't see FE'ers do much else than that.

He took this forum too seriously. I'd like to have him back with an improved attitude.

Quote from: Thork on January 24, 2011, 09:17:41 AM

It was both perfectly flat and flaw-free as I remember .

Quote from: berny_74 on January 24, 2011, 10:34:40 AM

Not according to the actual guys who make the stuff.

Berny

Who? These guys?
http://www.britglass.org.uk/Files/form2Float_Process.pdf
Please read stage 5 page 5. :p

Float glass, made by floating molten glass on
liquid tin, is in theory extremely flat and parallel, but
as Sir Anthony  Pilkington pointed out, even float
glass is not perfectly flat; it does follow the
curvature of the earth!  In actual production, with
hundreds of  tonnes of glass flowing over molten tin
every day, there are some other deviations from
optical flatness caused by both the manufacturing
process and the later fabrication techniques

I didn't take info from a brochure meant to sell product.  I looked a little further.
If you want to go back to the flat glass be my guest - but you will need more than just a brochure.

He took this forum too seriously. I'd like to have him back with an improved attitude.

Some FE'ers take themselves too seriously - I'd like to have them back with an improved attitude as well.

Berny
If wishes where wings - TB would use his telescope for once.

You mean the journal where the authors placed this

Quote from: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601022

The red rain phenomenon of Kerala and its possible extraterrestrial origin

No, the peer reviewed article where the (same) authors placed this:

The present study of red rain phenomenon of Kerala shows that the particles, which caused the red colouration of the red rain, are not possibly of terrestrial origin.

Quote from: berny_74 on January 24, 2011, 09:02:57 AM

You mean the journal where the authors placed this

Quote from: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601022

The red rain phenomenon of Kerala and its possible extraterrestrial origin

No, the peer reviewed article where the (same) authors placed this:

Quote

The present study of red rain phenomenon of Kerala shows that the particles, which caused the red colouration of the red rain, are not possibly of terrestrial origin.

From the latest article dated Aug 29 2010 as opposed to the one you quoted, 29 Dec 2003, or the one that I quoted from on 2 Jan 2006

suggesting, though not proving, an extraterrestrial origin

Obviously the authors have slightly backtracked from their stance.

Berny
Of course other articles on the site all prove a round Earth.