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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark<br><br><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>>….</b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> the waveform LIGO saw looks almost exactly like the waveform Einstein predicted you'd see from 2 Black Holes spiraling into each other: <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsites.psu.edu%2Fligo%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F35076%2F2016%2F02%2F20bbh.png&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsites.psu.edu%2Fligo%2Fhearing-black-holes-and-neutron-stars%2F&docid=qkXO33X4DcIdoM&tbnid=z2VbcrNcG4k9wM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwi45KyTipjUAhVKsVQKHWpABZgQMwgoKAcwBw..i&w=3600&h=1980&hl=en&bih=981&biw=1745&q=LIGO%20waveform&ved=0ahUKEwi45KyTipjUAhVKsVQKHWpABZgQMwgoKAcwBw&iact=mrc&uact=8">https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsites.psu.edu%2Fligo%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F35076%2F2016%2F02%2F20bbh.png&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsites.psu.edu%2Fligo%2Fhearing-black-holes-and-neutron-stars%2F&docid=qkXO33X4DcIdoM&tbnid=z2VbcrNcG4k9wM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwi45KyTipjUAhVKsVQKHWpABZgQMwgoKAcwBw..i&w=3600&h=1980&hl=en&bih=981&biw=1745&q=LIGO%20waveform&ved=0ahUKEwi45KyTipjUAhVKsVQKHWpABZgQMwgoKAcwBw&iact=mrc&uact=8</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>…But nothing is certain in life so maybe it's all just a huge coincidence, but I wouldn't bet on it. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I doubt they would request a press conference to say they didn’t find anything.</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt'></span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>…</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I'll be mad if they just announce they're changing their logo or the vending machines in the instillation's cafeteria, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>…</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John K Clark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja, I just don’t think they would tease us like that. Too cruel. Besides, we Yanks paid for it. Most of the funding came thru the National Science Foundation, which is US Government. Guessing they will announce another probable detection which happened a few weeks ago?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Speaking of predictions, today’s the day on that ICBM intercept attempt. No one bought any shared from me at 30 cents nor offered to sell me any. If you make “money” the prize is my everlasting admiration, until I forget.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>