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john wrote:Remember ZPG....................... ?

i'd go a bit further. NPG FTW!

Minimalist wrote:You Brits have a lot more history to learn. American kids have NO excuse!

Well, the kids actually do have an excuse. It's called school systems coaching kids to pass standardized tests instead of teaching them to think.

So, was 1847 before or after Young Einstein split the beer atom?

Lol, and Vegas used to be considered "recession-proof". How can a scientist be so stupid as to speak in absolutes?

Dig, I REALLY hope you can play the video here. Scroll down to the bottom and good luck! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/sarah-palins-version-of-paul-reveres-ride-as-performed-by-stephen-colbert-video/2011/06/07/AGFg01KH_blog.html Oh wow. Looks like Palin just struck another blow ...

try changing .ccm to .com

Did you catch this past Wednesday's episode of South Park? They managed to spoof the Royal wedding and the killing of Osama in one show!

Just as earlier cultures all over the world didn't have the same fascination with the past that we do. In both cases it's different points of view separated by time. It is apparent that through the reuse of monuments and artefacts and continuity of non utiliatarian sites that earlier cultures did h...

Minimalist wrote:In another 300 years Manhattan may be underwater.

That would make a cool museum.....for divers at least

But that is the connection i am making. The Indians world view didn't comprehend the ownership of land. Just as earlier cultures all over the world didn't have the same fascination with the past that we do. In both cases it's different points of view separated by time. Who knows? In another 300 year...

While less likely, similar types of damage can happen when artifacts are kept in top rate museums. Terrorism, while far less dangerous than our governments want us to think it is, is a possible threat to cultural storehouses. The fact that many acquisitions were not illegal really means nothing to m...

Wow, that is really twisted. i thought most people got over "finders keepers" by the time they were 8.

Sharp enough to be used for torture, strong enough to build many things. Still, it seems like it would be a very limited medium.

What makes the site so unique is that the water entering the spring at about 250 feet beneath the surface has been underground for so long it contains no oxygen. There are no microbes or bacteria that normally destroy such relics.

10kya it would have been surface water, or am i missing your point?

Minimalist wrote:At 3/3 off it is hard to complain.

Yeah, you can't beat that price