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	<title>Comments on: Crop circularity</title>
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	<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/</link>
	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Paul Scott Anderson</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/comment-page-2/#comment-1823</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul Scott Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As usual, it is being ignored that there is physical evidence that _some_ formations are not man-made:

http://www.bltresearch.com

There is also historical evidence for primarily simpler formations dating back at least a few centuries from multiple countries (including detailed accounts by spectroscopist J. Rand Capron in Nature magazine, 1880 and professor Robert Plot, LLD in A Natural History of Staffordshire, 1686):

http://www.bltresearch.com/otherfacts.html

Widespread current hoaxing has simply now overshadowed what may be another interesting (natural?) phenomenon.

Additional info is also on the CCCRN web site.

Paul Scott Anderson
founder
Canadian Crop Circle Research Network
http://www.cccrn.ca
(1995-2008)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As usual, it is being ignored that there is physical evidence that _some_ formations are not man-made:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bltresearch.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.bltresearch.com</a></p>
<p>There is also historical evidence for primarily simpler formations dating back at least a few centuries from multiple countries (including detailed accounts by spectroscopist J. Rand Capron in Nature magazine, 1880 and professor Robert Plot, LLD in A Natural History of Staffordshire, 1686):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bltresearch.com/otherfacts.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bltresearch.com/otherfacts.html</a></p>
<p>Widespread current hoaxing has simply now overshadowed what may be another interesting (natural?) phenomenon.</p>
<p>Additional info is also on the CCCRN web site.</p>
<p>Paul Scott Anderson<br />
founder<br />
Canadian Crop Circle Research Network<br />
<a href="http://www.cccrn.ca" rel="nofollow">http://www.cccrn.ca</a><br />
(1995-2008)</p>
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		<title>By: Irishman</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/comment-page-2/#comment-1822</link>
		<dc:creator>Irishman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lyle, as I already said, &quot;encoded&quot; is confusing people. This is a visual representation of pi in base 10.  Quite different from the fact that pi is the relationship between diameter and circumference of a circle.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lyle, as I already said, &#8220;encoded&#8221; is confusing people. This is a visual representation of pi in base 10.  Quite different from the fact that pi is the relationship between diameter and circumference of a circle.</p>
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		<title>By: Kid Cool</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/comment-page-2/#comment-1821</link>
		<dc:creator>Kid Cool</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think those aliens are that smart they don&#039;t have a 0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think those aliens are that smart they don&#8217;t have a 0</p>
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		<title>By: amphiox</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/comment-page-2/#comment-1820</link>
		<dc:creator>amphiox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now if there was ever found a crop circle that DID NOT encode pi, no matter how we analyzed it, then that might be something interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now if there was ever found a crop circle that DID NOT encode pi, no matter how we analyzed it, then that might be something interesting.</p>
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		<title>By: Lyle Bateman (aka Elron Steele)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/comment-page-2/#comment-1819</link>
		<dc:creator>Lyle Bateman (aka Elron Steele)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wouldn&#039;t EVERY crop &quot;circle&quot; have pi encoded into it, by the simple fact of it being a CIRCLE????  The very nature of circles is based on the encoding of pi through area and circumference.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wouldn&#8217;t EVERY crop &#8220;circle&#8221; have pi encoded into it, by the simple fact of it being a CIRCLE????  The very nature of circles is based on the encoding of pi through area and circumference.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim G</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/comment-page-2/#comment-1818</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>KevinS,

rob had a &quot;smiley face&quot; at the end of his post.  The aspect of earth&#039;s elliptical orbit is very close to unity, btw.

Anyway, I think 10^7.5 is just as easy to remember and is twice as accurate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KevinS,</p>
<p>rob had a &#8220;smiley face&#8221; at the end of his post.  The aspect of earth&#8217;s elliptical orbit is very close to unity, btw.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think 10^7.5 is just as easy to remember and is twice as accurate.</p>
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		<title>By: Grendels dad</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/18/crop-circularity/comment-page-2/#comment-1817</link>
		<dc:creator>Grendels dad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Am I the only one who expected something about circular irrigation patterns after reading the title of this post? Maybe some cool satalite photos?

Must have left my woo filter set too high... And my irony meter is still in the shop. Some days you just can&#039;t win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Am I the only one who expected something about circular irrigation patterns after reading the title of this post? Maybe some cool satalite photos?</p>
<p>Must have left my woo filter set too high&#8230; And my irony meter is still in the shop. Some days you just can&#8217;t win.</p>
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