lemming Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Simply amazing how few people know how rockets work. >90% of them think it's the exhaust plume pushing against the ground. Ya! Everyone knows it's the strings that do the work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... First training session of the season, and the calf held! But man, am I sore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I managed to get them all graded and returned (well, to those students who came to class yesterday, anyway). And I didn't need a drink while I was doing it. Then again, I'd steeled myself more than usual for the task. Simply amazing how few people know how rockets work. >90% of them think it's the exhaust plume pushing against the ground. Sounds familiar... That Professor Goddard, with his 'chair' in Clark College and the countenancing of the Smithsonian Institution, does not know the relation of action to reaction, and of the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react - to say that would be absurd. Of course he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER *chuckle* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Aargh aargh aargh ... I really feel the need for a facepalm smiley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Grr, I need to find the proper attribution for that Comte quote again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Which Comte? de Sade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Auguste Comte, the guy who set out Positivism. He made a list of things "Forever unknowable to the mind of Man" (because we'd never be able to get real data on them). Among them was the composition of the stars. ... Which is my research specialty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Silly Comte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER He just wasn't an active correspondent with Frauenhofer, that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Masybe Frauenhofer just didn't like him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well, Fraunhofer died in 1826, and Comte didn't publish until the 1840s. One of those ships passing in the night sort of situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Aargh aargh aargh ... I really feel the need for a facepalm smiley. or or or or Seems to be a popular topic on forums... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Wow. Are those ours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Wow. Are those ours? Nope. Did a google search and the last two are from one forum that they were trying out different versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Auguste Comte, the guy who set out Positivism. He made a list of things "Forever unknowable to the mind of Man" (because we'd never be able to get real data on them). Among them was the composition of the stars. ... Which is my research specialty. "Forever unknowable to the mind of Man" I wonder if consciousness is on that list. ditto with God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER or or or or Seems to be a popular topic on forums... I can't tell any difference between the last two, other than the last one is *slightly* faster than the other... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER "Forever unknowable to the mind of Man" I wonder if consciousness is on that list. ditto with God. Is "the Mind of Man" knowable by the Mind of Man? I think eventually it will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I managed to get them all graded and returned (well, to those students who came to class yesterday, anyway). And I didn't need a drink while I was doing it. Then again, I'd steeled myself more than usual for the task. Simply amazing how few people know how rockets work. >90% of them think it's the exhaust plume pushing against the ground. Well, no wonder so many people thought that an airplane on a treadmill couldn't take off! [ATTACH]32834[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I can't tell any difference between the last two' date=' other than the last one is *slightly* faster than the other...[/quote'] First one blinks after the slap. Done by the same guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Better a facepalm smiley than a shooting one's self smiley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yes, that'd be inappropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I managed to get them all graded and returned (well, to those students who came to class yesterday, anyway). And I didn't need a drink while I was doing it. Then again, I'd steeled myself more than usual for the task. Simply amazing how few people know how rockets work. >90% of them think it's the exhaust plume pushing against the ground. I just had another thought about this. These "people" should pause to consider the question: "If so, then how does the shuttle get back down once it is up in orbit?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I just had another thought about this. These "people" should pause to consider the question: "If so' date=' then how does the shuttle get back down once it is up in orbit?"[/quote'] "It runs out of fuel silly." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The first time I read that, I read "It runs out of silly fuel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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