tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1845614567097882790..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Plows, Plagues, & PetroleumAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-20279394259469883112007-01-16T23:16:00.000-05:002007-01-16T23:16:00.000-05:00Larry Niven and Jerry Pournell wrote a great novel...Larry Niven and Jerry Pournell wrote a great novel using just this premise, <i>Fallen Angels.</i><br /><br />It's available for free download here: http://www.baen.com/library/067172052X/067172052X.htm<br /><br />If the link is truncated, go to the Baen Free Library and search for it. http://www.baen.com/library/<br /><br />I highly recommend it.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963866738372943658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-56788330911388068952007-01-16T15:44:00.000-05:002007-01-16T15:44:00.000-05:00It was +3 degrees in my neck of the woods this mor...It was +3 degrees in my neck of the woods this morning. More global warming NOW! -cpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7383867011722814622007-01-15T18:00:00.000-05:002007-01-15T18:00:00.000-05:00Will do. You're behind others in line, but I had ...Will do. You're behind others in line, but I had already thought of you as being possibly interested. <br /><br />I had heard the same speculation, and I think susceptibility to epidemics is likely related to poorer nutrition. An odd and ironic revenge then, for inadvertently wiping out millions of Indians.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-40548318477165661992007-01-15T17:34:00.000-05:002007-01-15T17:34:00.000-05:00Interesting, I've never heard of a connection betw...Interesting, I've never heard of a connection between the cooling period of 1600-1800 to the deaths of millions of Native Americans. But I have heard speculations that epidemics in Europe occurred because of the "mini ice age" and the weather associated with it. <br /><br />If you don't mind, I would love to borrow this book next time you or someone from the homestead makes it down to my neck of NE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com