This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Hi, Doug > We had sub-freezing weather at about the same time, including a surprise > mineral deposit (ice) at rush hour, causing our annual citywide demolition > derby. Yeah, I noticed that the band of nastiness on the satellite map extended down your way. I just was wondering how…
Hi, Doug > Who else out there is willing to represent his/her club(s) on-line? Lanny and I are members of NW chapters of Friends of Mineralogy and Micro Mounters Society. I can't speak for Lanny, and I probably won't be able to attend any FM outings this year, but would…
Thanks, Nathon I'll send him a note after Tucson runs it's course. Regards, Guy
Hi, Don > The speed of chemical reactions at -10 degrees C is about three orders of > magnitude slower than at room temp, so batteries don't go dead or corrode > very quickly if you freeze them … > (And, yes, they work when you take them out). I…
Hi, Al > With the souped up laser, we could cut the specimen out of the mountain it > came in, too. I suspect the power pack is getting a bit heavy at this > point. Rats! I'm fresh out of dilithium crystals. -Guy
Hi, Lanny > … didn't see your post there. It was the response to the lady asking if there were any hazards associated with polishing tigereye. > … address for Magellan's page, … Got it, thanks. It worked fine. > I must have written down the Sandia WWW page wrong.…
Hi, Lanny > … haven't yet seen all on the rockhound page either. Did down load a > couple images from the Clausthal, I like those almandines! Yeah, I snagged a nice image of an amethyst japanese law twin from the Smithsonian link on that page. Turned it into a…
Hi, Lanny > And Cowles also had a lot to do with many of the zeolites in NW Oregon and > SW WAshington, I sort of gathered that from references in Rudy's book. John C. must have been an interesting character. Now, Back to the thread subject… Have you run…
Hi, Nathon > I am good for the gas, too. Uh-oh – this is _really_ going to cost you. Bronco's are thirsty! > I ordered the book on Searles Lake minerals from Jon … Oh, yeah – that new book – slipped my mind entirely. Let me know how you…
Lanny, > I wish more people I had to deal with made their "This is going to cost > you…" statements like that. Hmmm, I forgot to mention – Nathon buys the beer/coffee. Cheers, glad the book came over the Inet OK. Guy
Hi, Nathon > Well, now I haven't got either Volume III or his new book. His new book _is_ Volume III. I have a spare copy. Consider it on the way. I can deal with Jon from here. BTW, if you wind up with two copies, just forward one to…
Hi, Nathon > Now, we need a guide on how we can do it for $1 an hour. Can't help you there. I have to pay 50 cents/hour assuming I use my full 1 hour per day. It's a local call from work – I still have to pay long…
Hi, Gary > .. the modem needs only eight bits to get that character across the phone > line, if it's using the V.42 protocol; so you get a 25% increase in speed .. > Of course, there's some protocol overhead, so the improvement isn't quite > that large. Ah-ha!…
Hi, Bill > That 38.4kbs you are talking about is not really the rate between your modem > and the one at Teleport. It is your computer to your modem rate. That's absolutely right, but the fact that the data seems to come in over twice as fast than at…
Hi, Bill – hope your Christmas was a good one. re: "GO INTERNET" in Basic Services… > FAT CHANCE!! Hmmm, I'm not surprized. I wonder why not? Lessee here, CI$ is $$+ an hour @14.4kbps, Teleport is $15 for 30 hours a month @38.4kbps. I don't think I'll "GO INTERNET"…
#May '95 MMS Meeting
Message #160257
Hi, Lanny > The best thing is for you to just set your vacation either side of the > meeting and I will try to be able to take some time to spend a couple days > over there too. That sounds good – I'll set up a May 3-10th…
Hi, Bill PMJI– > If the PDOP was bad enough to cause an error of that magnitude, your Scout > should have said "bad satellite geometry" and not given you a reading at > all. I agree – that fits with my observations. > … internet provider. I signed up…
Hi, Lanny > I guess that implies a satellite can just go bonkers and send bad data until > they shut it down and fix it … My guess is that a stray cosmic ray or two could flip a few bits at random and cause, as IBM would say,…
Hi, Kim The best way to cut a geode is to use a lapidary saw with a diamond blade. (That is, a steel blade impregnated with diamond dust around the rim.) The blade runs partially submerged in some sort of coolant (oil, or water with chemicals to reduce rusting of…
Hi, Rob Thanks for the info, but it was Lanny that got a two mile error on a field trip. Happy Holidays, Guy
#GPS Error
Message #159230
Hi, Lanny I found the following in the 4X4s, Trucks and Vans section of the automobile forum tonight. Item 2 might be a possible explanation for the two mile error your Scout gave you in the field last summer… ===================================================================== Alistair, WRT the Coast Guard undoing the error the DOD…
Hi, David > Is there an online source of job search information in thge geology field? Oregon has a World Wide Web server with a database of job opportunities in all fields. Sorry, I don't have the address. If you or your friend have Internet access, or can track down…
Hi, Doug > …overload the hardware, making it slow or often unavailable. That's a good point, and brings up the questions one must bring to the Internet provider before subscribing, like: How many phone lines into the provider? How fast a modem is supported? What is the link to the…
Hi, Lanny Glad you liked the boondocks yarn. I'd also be interested in feedback from other parts of the country about its possible origins. > … roaming fees of only $.25 instead of $.75!! I have to wonder if that is the rate for digital or analog. Digital rates are…
> (I think I would rather pass someone on the highway reading a paper map as > he was driving than trying to locate what he needs on his laptop screen!) Yeah, it makes me nervous when I see someone blabbing on his cell phone in traffic. Heck, I get…
Hi, Lanny > … we will probably be taking a close look at an area we've been working on > a few times, zoom in close and see ourselves "squatting" in the woods! That does it! from now on I only take "designer" TP in the woods! Happy Holidays, Guy
> Cellular modems in steno-pad computers? They've got those already… I haven't seen one that will run at 150+ Mbps with ATM routing capabilities yet. Modem was a bad term – I should have said CSU/DSU. Also, I was thinking of a steno-pad computer that would run whatever Windows NT,…
Hi, Jerry – good to hear from you. > "rockspace." > >Cyberspace, where lost e-mail…goes< I thought I heard something a few years ago that someone had found about 5 terabytes of lost e-mail in an abandoned warehouse somewhere in New Jersey. Supposedly the warehouse was scheduled for demolition so…
Hi, John > … satellite images, to give some approximation of the actual ground cover! > I'd estimate that this level of hardware and software technology would be > affordable to the masses in five to eight years. Cool! Maybe by that time I'll be able to access the data…
Hi, Jon > I have to disagree. De Lorme's Street Atlas contains everything you find in > the typical road atlas, plus a level of detail in cities, towns, etc. that > you only get in local road maps. All on >one< CD-ROM. PMJI, that's great if you are using…
Hi, John > How about a rendered 3D image of your surroundings, with the hillside shown > as the underlying bedrock, labeled with the local geologic timetable? 🙂 Sounds like a great environment for a flight simulator program. Regards, Guy
> Still think you need to sneak out between rain storms … Starting this week it's been snow storms. At least the brown Bronco does OK in the snow – when I remember to lock the hubs! Honest – I thought I had done that last week to circulate the…
Hi, John > I don't think most people could identify a topo map as a topo map if it were > sitting on the table in front of them. You're probably right, I've been trying to do something about that at work. I've had a 7.5 minute quad of the…
Hi, Lanny > Either I don't understand your example or you misunderstood my statement. I guess I missed your original point – yes I would have to agree that the B of M make lousey publishers. At least from the public's standpoint. I haven't a clue what might be available…
Hi, Lanny > But, don't be surprised if the Bur. of Mines gets greatly trimmed or killed. > As far as their data being put to good use and better products by private > enterprise, I personally know of no examples. Well, how about this? It's been a few years…
#Crystals & Mins Vol 3
Message #156549
Hi, Lanny > You will want to go out to Mill Creek quarry (p. 34). > The quartz forms 1/4-3/8 inch diameter spiky hemispheres and sometimes > skinny crystals to 1/2 inch or so and sometimes very nice radical scepters. > I am sending one as a gif file to…
Hi, Chris > …an oily, yellow – green color and perfectly transparent. Any chance that locals might have stumbled across a vein of peridot? Regards, Guy
Hi, Lanny > You will want to go out to Mill Creek quarry (p. 34). Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check that one out. I'll print your message and tuck it away in the book. > If I lived out there I would be there tomorrow! Let see…
Hi, Lanny > You didn't happen to notice if we had a shadow that day in May did you? No, and I looked. I didn't see a soul from the time we left SR 4 until we came out in Pe Ell. Besides, Jon sent the book to the printer…
Hi, Nathon > Do I need to send Jonathan a note to remind him that I plunked down my money > for volume III some time ago? Our messages crossed paths – see my reply to your previous message to Lanny… Regards, Guy
Hi, Nathon > Will Jon now send them out to those who paid up a year ago? A funny thing happened to me today. As Jon had returned the money I had paid for the book I didn't expect to receive a copy. I was on my way to buy…
Hi, Mark > I've always dreamed of retiring to a little home on the shore of a little > lake deep enough for good Walleye fishing, but reports of stuff like this > make me wonder… Well, you could retire to a little home in Biggs Junction, or Rufus, OR.…
Cool! I'll have to run up to Handley's this weekend. I picked up vol. 2 there the day it was delivered, and then proceeded to the Gresham show where I met Jon. Fun way to spend a day! Guy
Hi, Lanny > The navigational beacon named "Crystal" is curious. Is that the one that is > on the river just SE of Dog Mnt.? or the one across the river? Makes one > wonder how/why it got that name! Agreed! Further study of the map has me puzzled. The…
Finding Old Quakes
Message #154022
Hi, William (and Doug) From Doug's reply: > I often read about trees in conjunction with reports of old quakes. I do not > recall whether they are observing a sudden rash of tree-falls in the > geological record, or abrupt transitions in tree ring sizes, or whatever. I have…
Hi, Lanny Check your address book – I didn't get the "you have N messages waiting" as the address was 72315,0. Should have been 72315,465. Not to worry – I read 'em all in this section. 🙂 I've got to send Keith a note too. The FM toasted my street…
Hi, Nathon > I am greatly relieved that her suffering is over. I, too offer my condolences. My mother passed on last month in her sleep. Fortunately she didn't suffer much in her last few weeks. My Sister-in-law was there in the same city and handled most of the arrangements.…
MMS weekend weather
Message #152032
Hi, Lanny Here is the latest from the local weather service: > .EXTENDED FORECAST > .SATURDAY…SOME RAIN SATURDAY TURNING SHOWERY. LOWS 35 TO 40. HIGHS > 45 TO 55. > .SUNDAY AND MONDAY…SHOWERS AT TIMES AND COOL. MOUNTAIN SNOW. LOWS > MOSTLY IN THE 30S. HIGHS 45 TO 55. Later,…
MMS meeting weather
Message #151692
Hi, Lanny Bad news in the weather department for Saturday. Here is an excerpt from the long range forecast of the local weather service: > .SATURDAY…SHOWERS AND COOLER. MOUNTAIN SNOW. LOWS 35 TO 45. HIGHS 45 TO > 55. I'll keep you posted if this changes… Regards, Guy PS. Showers…
Hi, Lanny > Only .28 per minute? That isn't a bad deal. There probably are enough cells > along I-5 and I-90 that you could drive from Portland to Coeur d'Alene and > talk to me all the way. Yeah, but North of Castle Rock or East of the Gorge…
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