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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. |
| Message-ID | <oqur1A.1Bx6@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2017-06-01 04:55 +0000 |
| References | <592C82BA.14FA@ix.netcom.com> <CNSdnQpgTqxdo7LEnZ2dnUU7-avNnZ2d@giganews.com> <1914979.Mh6RI2rZIc@PointedEars.de> <slrnoiunlj.r5v.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
In article <slrnoiunlj.r5v.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz>, Ned Latham <poster> wrote: >Thomas 'PointyHead' Lahn wrote: >> >> [Your readers are _not_ hyper-intelligent bats used to reading from bottom >> to top. Also, in English, punctuation is seldom preceded by space. >> Learn to post.] >> >> "Hägar" amok-crossposted across 4 newsgroups: >> >> > The physics of an organic creature that big ( e.g. - Brontasaurus ) >> >> There is no "Brontasaurus". Perhaps you were thinking of _Brontosaurus_, >> but nobody has claimed that Brontosaurus could fly. >> >> > flying are prohibitive ! >> >> Why? > >As organsisms increase in size, the cross-section, and thus the >load-bearing capacity, of body parts increases with the square >of the size increase, whereas the mass increases with its cube. >A physicist should know that, Pointy Head. > >> > Much smaller Taradactiles >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> Pardon? > >Pterodactyl, dummy. > >> > were really stretching the envelope ! >> >> Why? > >'Coz they were big, dummy. Wide wingspans, but not very heavy. They had hollow bones, as their descendants the birds do. The largest whose remains have been discovered thus far was _Quetzalcoatlus,_ whose wingspan was about 11 meters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-29 13:21 -0700
speaking of dinosaurs.. "David (Lord Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-29 14:29 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-29 14:40 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-29 18:08 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. SteveGG <casagiannoni@optonline.net> - 2017-05-31 15:22 -0400
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-31 15:07 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-01 01:41 +0200
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-05-31 19:24 -0500
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-01 02:51 +0200
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Fred Flintstone <fred@ptera.dactyl.town> - 2017-05-31 21:05 -0500
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-31 19:38 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-05-31 21:53 -0500
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2017-06-01 05:36 -0400
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-06-01 04:55 +0000
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-06-01 00:26 -0500
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-07 23:02 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2017-06-08 05:18 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-08 22:38 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-09 10:41 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-09 10:57 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-10 11:01 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2017-06-10 12:52 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-12 09:38 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2017-06-12 11:48 -0700
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Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-13 09:30 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2017-06-13 10:41 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-13 14:14 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2017-06-13 16:02 -0700
Re: speaking of dinosaurs.. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-13 20:46 -0700
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