On your double-starred point
it's the converse of the age-old argument on whether when a tree falls in the woods with no one around to hear it, if it makes a sound.
Sound is created in space. It just doesn't travel very far.
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Tue 28 Dec 2004, 12:42,
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If a tree falls in a forest
and no-one is there to hear it. Does anyone really care?
Apart from the squirrels who are unexpectedly homeless, oviously.
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trev Is not interested in your fripperies,
Tue 28 Dec 2004, 12:44,
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I care!
Trees am lovely.
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Tue 28 Dec 2004, 12:46,
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I love trees
best of all the climbable flora.
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friendlyfire,
Tue 28 Dec 2004, 13:01,
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I myself
have given a lot of thought to this particular problem, and my conclusions are as follows:
Voom! pshhwooarrr! ka-ka-ka-ka... BOOM!
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Aphasian,
Tue 28 Dec 2004, 12:45,
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