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it. Sure, it's not PG, CaPD, or SoAF, but it's still a great book,
especially in the times we live in. I've heard many people, here and
elsewhere, mention how TC was ahead of his time as far as the acts depicted
at the end of DoH. How about the opening pages of Rainbow Six? Sure seems
like a 9/11-esque hijacking attempt...and the book was written in 1996! It's
a great commentary on the potential types of terrorist acts that are highly
possible today, and all this from a book written 8 years ago.
That being said, yes I did like Teeth of the Tiger but it's not among my
favorites. To be honest, the only Clancy book I really didn't care for was
The Bear and the Dragon. Red Rabbit was...alright.
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Ceri Jones
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> I recently finished reading Rainbow Six and I was absolutelyt thrilled
with
> it. Sure, it's not PG, CaPD, or SoAF, but it's still a great book,
> especially in the times we live in. I've heard many people, here and
> elsewhere, mention how TC was ahead of his time as far as the acts
depicted
> at the end of DoH. How about the opening pages of Rainbow Six? Sure seems
> like a 9/11-esque hijacking attempt...
or a 7/23/68 -esque hijacking attempt
or a 8/29/69
or 1/9/70
7/22/70
9/6/70
While I agree TC deserves credit for DOH, I think that you are stretching
things just a bit.
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Brad King
Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling off
the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
--
B. King
--"The only easy day was Yesterday !!"
David M. Silver
<pan.2004.08.25....@kingtechsolutions.com>,
Brad King <n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
> Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling off
> the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
>
> Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
Tom writes speculative fiction. Everyone knows that. :-) He'd
probably have invented the waterbed for Jack's back, if it hadn't
already been invented. ;-P~~~~
--
David M. Silver www.heinleinsociety.org
"The Lieutenant expects your names to shine!"
Robert Anson Heinlein, USNA '29, Lt.(jg), USN, R'td, 1907-88
Fred J. McCall
:In article
:<pan.2004.08.25....@kingtechsolutions.com>,
: Brad King <n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
:
:> Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling off
:> the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
:>
:> Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
:
:Tom writes speculative fiction. Everyone knows that. :-) He'd
:probably have invented the waterbed for Jack's back, if it hadn't
:already been invented. ;-P~~~~
Invented? He was beaten to the punch on such misting systems, too,
then. They're quite common out here where it's dry and hot.
--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw
charles krin
<fmc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>"David M. Silver" <ag.pl...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>:In article
>:<pan.2004.08.25....@kingtechsolutions.com>,
>: Brad King <n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
>:
>:> Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling off
>:> the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
>:>
>:> Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
>:
>:Tom writes speculative fiction. Everyone knows that. :-) He'd
>:probably have invented the waterbed for Jack's back, if it hadn't
>:already been invented. ;-P~~~~
Actually, IIRC, RA Heinlein was given credit for inventing the water
bed...based on notes written in the 1940s that were developed into
Stranger in a Strange Land.
>
>Invented? He was beaten to the punch on such misting systems, too,
>then. They're quite common out here where it's dry and hot.
IIRC, the Saudis perfected the large scale mist cooling systems for
one of the summertime Hadjiis back in the late 1970s or early
1980s...but the basis runs back to the old Swamp Coolers.
ck
--
country doc in louisiana
(no fancy sayings right now)
Gml...@scvnet.com
"charles krin" <ck...@bayou.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:21:50 GMT, Fred J. McCall
> <fmc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >"David M. Silver" <ag.pl...@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >:In article
> >:<pan.2004.08.25....@kingtechsolutions.com>,
> >: Brad King <n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
> >:
> >:> Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling
off
> >:> the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
> >:>
> >:> Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
> >:
> >:Tom writes speculative fiction. Everyone knows that. :-) He'd
> >:probably have invented the waterbed for Jack's back, if it hadn't
> >:already been invented. ;-P~~~~
>
> Actually, IIRC, RA Heinlein was given credit for inventing the water
> bed...based on notes written in the 1940s that were developed into
> Stranger in a Strange Land.
I seem to recall that waterbeds go way back before that, far enough that the
first ones were made of animal skins.
> >Invented? He was beaten to the punch on such misting systems, too,
> >then. They're quite common out here where it's dry and hot.
>
> IIRC, the Saudis perfected the large scale mist cooling systems for
> one of the summertime Hadjiis back in the late 1970s or early
> 1980s...
Amusement parks in SoCal had mist cooling in the '80s.
> but the basis runs back to the old Swamp Coolers.
Which run back to the cooling towers employed in antiquity. Wet cloths hung
in a tower extending upward from the space to be cooled and open at the top.
Air is cooled and humidified by the cloths, becomes denser, and descends to
the room below, drawing more air in behind it.
Going up onto the roof to keep the cloths wet probably wasn't the plum job.
George
Chris J.
<n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
>Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling off
>the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
>
>Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
Hmmmmm indeed!
TC has an uncanny knack for some of the things in his books occurring
in the real world. But, I've got to say that if, a few days after the
olympics, a worldwide outbreak of disease occurs that wipes out the
entire human race, I'll never buy another TC book again!!! :-)
For some ideas on how to help our troops, check out
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82385,00.html
--
Chris J.........
Fred J. McCall
:On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:32:07 -0500, Brad King
:<n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
:>
:>Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling off
:>the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
:>
:>Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
:
:TC has an uncanny knack for some of the things in his books occurring
:in the real world. But, I've got to say that if, a few days after the
:olympics, a worldwide outbreak of disease occurs that wipes out the
:entire human race, I'll never buy another TC book again!!! :-)
Given the sparse attendance at the Olympics (due to prices and a
desire NOT to fly through Athens, I assume), I doubt they'd get very
many people by spreading bio agents via the Games.
--
"Rule Number One for Slayers - Don't die."
-- Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
Chris J.
That's a good point. Given what these games have cost the Greeks,
and how little they have gotten for it, I suspect that the demand for
hosting future games will decrease.
Fred J. McCall
:On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:15:35 GMT, Fred J. McCall
:<fmc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
:
:>Chris J. <ch...@noadress.com> wrote:
:>
:>:On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:32:07 -0500, Brad King
:>:<n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
:>:>
:>:>Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling off
:>:>the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
:>:>
:>:>Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
:>:
:>:TC has an uncanny knack for some of the things in his books occurring
:>:in the real world. But, I've got to say that if, a few days after the
:>:olympics, a worldwide outbreak of disease occurs that wipes out the
:>:entire human race, I'll never buy another TC book again!!! :-)
:>
:>Given the sparse attendance at the Olympics (due to prices and a
:>desire NOT to fly through Athens, I assume), I doubt they'd get very
:>many people by spreading bio agents via the Games.
:
:That's a good point. Given what these games have cost the Greeks,
:and how little they have gotten for it, I suspect that the demand for
:hosting future games will decrease.
I'd expect you'll see a lot more of them being hosted in the US, given
that the principle source of income has become the TV revenues. If a
lot of the facilities don't already exist, having to put them together
is far too expensive these days.
--
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney
Gml...@scvnet.com
"Chris J." <ch...@noadress.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:15:35 GMT, Fred J. McCall
> <fmc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >Chris J. <ch...@noadress.com> wrote:
> >
> >:On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:32:07 -0500, Brad King
> >:<n...@kingtechsolutions.com> wrote:
> >:>
> >:>Yesterday the news was doing a story on the misting system for cooling
off
> >:>the attendees @ the Athens Olympics ..
> >:>
> >:>Things that make you go "hmmmmm"
> >:
> >:TC has an uncanny knack for some of the things in his books occurring
> >:in the real world. But, I've got to say that if, a few days after the
> >:olympics, a worldwide outbreak of disease occurs that wipes out the
> >:entire human race, I'll never buy another TC book again!!! :-)
> >
> >Given the sparse attendance at the Olympics (due to prices and a
> >desire NOT to fly through Athens, I assume), I doubt they'd get very
> >many people by spreading bio agents via the Games.
>
> That's a good point. Given what these games have cost the Greeks,
> and how little they have gotten for it, I suspect that the demand for
> hosting future games will decrease.
They can always give it back to Los Angeles. LA made money in 1984!
Eric Reagan
"Ceri Jones" <Ceri.SPAM...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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The 9/11 hijacking attempt was actually foretold in by Danny Coulson (a
former FBI agent), without knowing the true potential of the plan, who
bragged about the FBI stopping Osama's cronies (Ramzi Yousef and company)
from hijacking and blowing up several airplanes simultaneously. This
occurred after the first WTC bombing and the computers with the data were
recovered in Yousef's possession shortly thereafter. See Danny Coulson, No
Heroes pp. 427-28, Pocketbooks NY 1999.