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- From: pope@physics.su.OZ.AU (The Nightstalker)
- Subject: The Nightstalker Delurks (finally)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.013411.28233@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU
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- Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:34:11 GMT
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- From out of one of the many shadowy corners of the bar known as Callahan's
- comes a somewhat familiar figure to some of the more regular patron's of
- 'the place'. He is known as, 'The Nightstalker', not a Nightstalker, but The.
-
- "Welcome one and all, fine members of the VR community. I delurk, for better
- or worse. I have been incommunicado (sp?) for a while, having been on a
- months holiday, and of late lurking with the k and c keys, and so know little
- of what is going on, or whom is about. No doubt there are a few newbies, and so
- for their benefit, I will introduce myself.
-
- In RL I am a Phd student in theoretical astrophysics, looking at the radio
- emission of colliding galaxies, and the effects on the interstellar medium, i.e.
- cosmic rays and magnetic fields. I am an fundamentalist (by my own definition
- and that of many others, one who believes in what we see as the fundamentals),
- evangelical christian. This, I have been told, makes it impossible for me to be
- a good physicist. I disagree, believing that I can examine how things work,
- knowing also the big WHY, behind it all (or at least a small part of it).
- I am known here for not being backward about expressing how my faith influences
- my thoughts on certain issues, and do not always express myself as well as I
- would like, but don't always expect to be agreed with.
-
- I see this group as an opportunity to get to know people I would otherwise not
- be able to know, and so I hope this year to renew old contacts and begin new
- ones. Thus, I am buying for whoever is interested, and will take it from there,
- either by post or email."
-
- The Nightstalker orders a coke, with the obligatory dollar, and thanks Mike.
-
- "To Callahan's, a place of discourse and friendship".
-
- <crash>
-
-
- --
- Mick Pope, | "On Christ the
- Sir Frank Packer Dept of Theoretical Physics, ----|---- solid rock I
- School of Physics, University of Sydney, | stand, all other
- Sydney, Australia, 2006. (02) 692 3241 | ground is sinking
- | sand." - C. Wesley
- |
- And the comment for today is:
-
- "Everything that exceeds the consumer's requirements is held violently"
- -Thomas Aquinas
-