Re: A newcomer here

In article <1125958953.013767.206460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<savegraduation@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>For heavy science-type questions, check out rec.arts.sf.science (not
>that we're not happy to help).
>
>Rec.arts.sf.science? Glad to know there's a place just like that.
>Something that will be perfect for asking if your three planets are
>going to crash into each other given their AU's being close to each
>other and all that. www.writersbbs.com was supposed to be good for
>that, but their science fiction board doesn't get much traffic.

Umm.... "AU" is generally taken to mean "Astronomical Unit" and is
approximately 93 million miles. Did you have some other meaning in
mind? (In the mean time, you might want to look up some data on
the rather famous "three body problem".)

>You actually know people who live in Richmond? I guess there are people
>around here who lived closer than I thought. (On www.4thkingdom.com the
>other day a high school student came up to me who was thrilled that I
>went to Campolindo High School).

I live in Albany.

--
Hal Heydt
Albany, CA

My dime, my opinions.
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