did anyone watch the full lunar eclipse?

[Mr. Brian]

Come on guys I know you are just joking around but does every thread have to have you guys coming up with this stuff? It's getting kind of annoying when you can't even have a discussion without this happening. I really feel that it turns people off and makes us look as ridiculous as the people you mock over on the other forum. I want you guys to post here because you bring a lot to the conversation most of the time but it's just getting old now. Just tone it down ok?

[JackT]

Come on guys I know you are just joking around but does every thread have to have you guys coming up with this stuff? It's getting kind of annoying when you can't even have a discussion without this happening. I really feel that it turns people off and makes us look as ridiculous as the people you mock over on the other forum. I want you guys to post here because you bring a lot to the conversation most of the time but it's just getting old now. Just tone it down ok?

Yeah Frank.

[Frank The Bunny]

The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

[blinkilite]

when did Carl Sagan join the forum?

[black francis]

when did Carl Sagan join the forum?

Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:30 pm

[Frank The Bunny]

Since this thread was originally about the Cosmos, I figured a Carl Sagan quote about jackass humo(u)r was an appropriate response to Brian's apparent frustration with my/our jackass humo(u)r infecting otherwise respectable threads.

So, I will censor myself.
Not because this forum Administrator demands it.
But because I respect this particular forum Administrator.

Again, my apologies for veering off-topic.

[black francis]

I'm in agreement with Frank and I apologize for taking these threads off topic.

[JackT]

oh lord spare me

[Mr. Brian]

It's really not so much about being off topic and more about taking a good thread and just ruining it with crude humor just for the sake of posting. I love crude humor too but it just doesn't need to be on every single thread does it?. I just feel it may turn off people from reading any good threads we have.


I loved watching Cosmos when I was a kid, they are replaying it on cable and I Tivo them. It's surprising how well it's held up. It does have the cheesy 70's spacey synth music and no Hubble images and cheap looking graphics but the show is really well done.

I also like that The Universe show on the History Channel and anything on Discovery Science with astronomy. It's amazing the amount of stuff that has been learned in the past 10 years and all those string theory and dark matter/energy theories which is really hard to get your mind around

[black francis]

I think "off topic" really meant the "your mama" jokes that were proliferating all over the site.

[Frank The Bunny]

I think "off topic" really meant the "your mama" jokes that were proliferating all over the site.

yeah. among other things. I didn't mean just going off on sort-of related tangents.

[insanejane]

It's really not so much about being off topic and more about taking a good thread and just ruining it with crude humor just for the sake of posting. I love crude humor too but it just doesn't need to be on every single thread does it?. I just feel it may turn off people from reading any good threads we have.


I loved watching Cosmos when I was a kid, they are replaying it on cable and I Tivo them. It's surprising how well it's held up. It does have the cheesy 70's spacey synth music and no Hubble images and cheap looking graphics but the show is really well done.

I also like that The Universe show on the History Channel and anything on Discovery Science with astronomy. It's amazing the amount of stuff that has been learned in the past 10 years and all those string theory and dark matter/energy theories which is really hard to get your mind around

I saw the eclipse. It was great ! I guess it was the same night the satellite was shot down. I didn't realize the US had over 800 of them up there.

Our local newspaper had this:

"The govt. organized hazardous material teams under the Code name "Burnt Frost" to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the U.S. or elsewhere".

And this:

"If there's debris or something larger, we wouldn't go in and touch anything," said Asst. Fire Chief Tony Varela, in charge of Spec Op. for the LAFD. "We would establish a perimeter, do whatever casualty management work is necessary".

I love how this stuff is always in the MIDDLE of the newspaper! Sorry, I'll stay on topic.

I miss Carl Sagan. I loved listening to his voice. I also have that book, "Pale Blue Dot".

[Mr. Brian]

There are a couple"new" Sagan's that I like that show up on all those space shows, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Michio Kaku. they do a good job of popularizing astronomy for everyday people, but they lack the personality of Sagan or the cool easy name and robot voice like Stephen Hawking

[insanejane]

There are a couple"new" Sagan's that I like that show up on all those space shows, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Michio Kaku. they do a good job of popularizing astronomy for everyday people, but they lack the personality of Sagan or the cool easy name and robot voice like Stephen Hawking

I just saw something on Stephen Hawking recently. He seemed to be beating the odds although I guess his wife still has to carry him up and down stairs (if they're still together)? He had a young assistant helping him type out his thoughts.


It's refreshing to be talking about space and maybe things that might be related to black holes rather than other "holes" related to various moms! Being an old mom myself, I can only hope my kids don't type that kind of stuff about me.

[Mr. Brian]

I just saw something on Stephen Hawking recently. He seemed to be beating the odds although I guess his wife still has to carry him up and down stairs (if they're still together)? He had a young assistant helping him type out his thoughts.

That young assistant is a guy they hired to anticipate his thoughts as he attempts to write them out with his machine. It seems Hawking is so bad off now he can barely complete a sentence. His mind is all there, his body has just gotten so bad now. I saw a bio on his personal life. Just amazing.