At 11:52 PM 1/16/02 -0500, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: >Michael Daly wrote: > Ptolemy's > > Earth-centered universe was pathetically flawed, yet correctly > > predicted planetary positions for over 1500 years. > > >Pathetically? It was seemingly refuted by Galileo, but is certainly >more relevant with theories of relativity and relevance of the position >of the observer. > >In fact, I would venture to argue that New Jersey is the center of the >universe- from my perspective, today anyway... Coincidently, I was just reading in a usenet newsgroup where someone claimed that god likes big hair because it's makes people closer to heaven. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 17 2002 - 07:25:09 PST
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