Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!tethys.csu.net!nntp.csufresno.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-10!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Kevin Wayne Williams Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: The Japan Fact sheet Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:49:04 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <11hdqljltift70f@news.supernews.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3nlmdeF243ffU2@individual.net> <3nls5tF2293kU1@individual.net> <3nn389F2c3iuU1@individual.net> <3nn915F2d8nhU1@individual.net> In-Reply-To: <3nn915F2d8nhU1@individual.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 58 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:29279 Curt Fischer wrote: > Paul Blay wrote: > >>"Curt Fischer" wrote ... >> >> >>>Paul Blay wrote: >>> >>> >>>>"Curt Fischer" wrote ... >>>> >>>> >>>>>Paul Blay wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>"Curt Fischer" wrote ... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Isn't the real culprit LIQUID HOT MAGMA? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>We're in trouble then. It's a little known fact that 100% of the >>>>>>Earth's surface is above LIQUID HOT MAGMA. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I think I am starting to get your logic. Let me try a new one: Gravity >>>>>causes earthquakes. >>>> >>>> >>>>Is slightly more silly than liquid hot magma causes Earthquakes - but >>>>not >>>>much. >>> >>> >>>What does cause earthquakes in the opinion of Paul Blay then? >> >> >>In the spirit of previous answers on this bit of the sub-thread COLD >>DARK ROCK. >> >> >>>Be sure to name conditions that are not only sufficient but necessary. >> >> >>Oh, in which case "The physics of this universe acting on the geology of >>this world." > > > But the physics of the universe act everywhere on the geology of the > world, and we don't have earthquakes everywhere. So looks like we will > still be hunting for our necessary and sufficient conditions for > earthquakes. > > Don't feel bad. Even earthquake scientists haven't figured it out yet. > Don't let the Discovery Institute find out. KWW