Post #165,360
7/21/04 12:14:56 PM
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It wasn't much to see.
Grainy black and white TV. :-(
What was amazing was the National Geographic articles that came out in that time period. The Apollo launches were always impressive because they were so slow. The shuttle leaps off the pad compared to the Saturn V, at least as I remember it. (Ron Howard sped it up in the CGI in his movie Apollo XIII. :-(
I still have a book that Gulf (the gasoline company) put out giving lots and lots of details about the Apollo project, etc., from back in the old days when service stations pumped gas and gave away glasses, dishes and books to get loyal customers...
"Let me tell ya sonny, when I was a boy, we went to the MOON and ..."
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #165,364
7/21/04 12:27:50 PM
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Re: It wasn't much to see.
Yes, the CGI in A13 was beyond stupid.
I didn't mind the grainy BW, I was just happy that the camera worked.
Oddly, it was the last TV from the Moon for years - A12's camera got pointed at the Sun and fried, A13 didn't make it, A14's camera was out of focus. It wasn't until 1971 and A15 that we got good video from the Moon, here:
[link|http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/a15v.1195542.ram|http://www.hq.nasa.g.../a15v.1195542.ram]
By then noone gave a damn, and we all became girly men.
-drl
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Post #165,368
7/21/04 12:39:39 PM
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Arnold? Is that you? What have you done with UnixMonster?
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Post #165,369
7/21/04 12:42:28 PM
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Re: Arnold? Is that you? What have you done with UM?
Well I ask you, which world do you prefer? That of 1969, or that of 2004?
I'll take the world with pioneers and self-respecting MEN over the preening sissies of this generation.
-drl
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Post #165,386
7/21/04 1:15:22 PM
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Would I prefer the world of 1969 or 2004? (new thread)
Created as new thread #165385 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=165385|Would I prefer the world of 1969 or 2004?]
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Post #165,419
7/21/04 3:20:42 PM
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Re: Arnold? Is that you? What have you done with UM?
Jesus, you're a whiny fucktard.
"Mommy, the libruls stole all the REAL men and now niggers and broads have got the vote!"
Peter
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Post #165,428
7/21/04 3:33:44 PM
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Re: Arnold? Is that you? What have you done with UM?
That almost completely misses the point.
This has nothing to do with race or sex. It has to do with an unconscious and destructive readjustment of the psychic climate toward the Absolute Feminine, in which preening narcissism is the desired persona, and absolute risk-free government-imposed safety is mandated to guard these Precious Ones. The Great Devouring Mother has overwhelmed the western world.
Of course there is no way I can make you understand my point - you are a creature of the times, secure beneath the watchful eyes. You prefer instead to hang out labels that are themselves a symptom, not a cause.
-drl
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Post #165,430
7/21/04 3:37:20 PM
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Oh wow
To hear deS speaking about Physics consumed by Great Feminine. Comapare with [link|http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html|this] article about Dead White Men.
When you're done, go read [link|http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/lingua_franca_v4/lingua_franca_v4.html|here].
--
"...was poorly, lugubrious and intoxicated."
-- Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander"
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Post #165,432
7/21/04 3:43:30 PM
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:)
That's so yesterday. Look up L'affaire Bogdanoff...
-drl
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Post #165,433
7/21/04 3:44:01 PM
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Had me worried there... Thanks for the pointers.
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Post #165,434
7/21/04 3:44:02 PM
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That's really funny.
You're the second most preeny narcissist around here.
Peter
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Post #165,435
7/21/04 3:44:31 PM
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OK
-drl
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