[CrackMonkey] We should mourn his passing by BLOWING UP THE MOON AND REBORBITING VENUS TO MAKE A BORN-AGAIN EARTH.

[Ben Brockert]

Crackmonkey said:
> Dr Alexander Abian died over a year ago.  He was the first Usenet
> Kook I ever ran across.  He was breathtaking.  I was convinced it was
> a hoax.  I mean, here was this totally normal math professor:
> http://orion.math.iastate.edu/abian/homepage.html who posted seemingly
> sensible stuff on math, but when he got to talking about physics, he'd
> inevitably dip into pure kookery.

Damn.

After reading through the usenet kook list, and seeing that one was at
Iowa State, I was hoping to meet hime sometime.

You've shattered my dreams, Nick Moffitt.

Ben