"Mu Young Lee" wrote in message
pcc.itd.umich.edu...
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Frank Reid wrote:

One of the key advantages of the modern media is that science
fiction novels
can now be printed faster than the local congregation can burn
them. Ain't
science wonderful.

That reminds me of a lecture on black holes I attended about a
decade ago.

You're lucky you got out of there alive........um.....or at all, for
that matter.

After an hour of presentation had concluded, one of the people in
the audience, a certain Martinus Veltman, 1999 Nobel Laureate in
Physics
for his work in quantum electrodynamics, stood up, asked the
speaker,
"How much of this is science fiction," and promptly exited the
auditorium
before the stunned person could reply. I guess he's no believer in
warp
drive or dilithium crystals.

I remember watching part of a TV program on "The Science of Star Trek"
or some such **** a couple of years ago. Depending on how one looks
at it, it would have been very funny if it weren't so pathetic......or
vice versa.

Burning books or burning flags is Ok by me as long is it is a matter
of
expression and not policy.

Only a true book lover can fully appreciate how many of them are badly
in need of burning.

Wolfgang
who, upon reflection, supposes the same can be said of flags.