Watching ye olde Moon Song
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Among others.
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Posted 04 April 2007 - 06:29 PM
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Wow, that Carl Sagan video was astoundingly beautiful..... [:o] This should be required viewing in schools and colleges. What a great man Carl Sagan was......he inspired a whole generation. I Salute him!!!
His voice is so great. (and recognizable)
He probably had more to do with the popularization of science (especially cosmic science) than anyone of the last couple generations.
http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Carl_Sagan
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Shep: He truly was a magnificent genius.
Even with that whole alien stuff.
Even with that whole alien stuff.
[huh]
What "alien stuff"? Sagan was a proponent of SETI but his views on extraterrestrials are well documented as being sufficiently rational.
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Sagan had some interest in UFO reports from at least 1964, when he had several conversations on the subject with Jacques Vallee (Westrum 37). Though quite skeptical of any extraordinary answer to the UFO question, Sagan thought that science should study the phenomenon, at least because there was widespread public interest in UFO reports.
Stuart Appelle notes that Sagan "wrote frequently on what he perceived as the logical and empirical fallacies regarding UFOs and the abduction experience. Sagan rejected an extraterrestrial explanation for the phenomenon but felt there were both empirical and pedagogical benefits for examining UFO reports and that the subject was, therefore, a legitimate topic of study" (Appelle 22).
In 1966, Sagan was a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book. The committee concluded that the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book had been lacking as a scientific study, and recommended a university-based project to give the UFO phenomenon closer scientific scrutiny. The Condon Committee (1966-1968), led by physicist Edward Condon, and their still-controversial final report, formally concluded that there was nothing anomalous about UFO reports.
Ron Westrum writes that "The high point of Sagan's treatment of the UFO question was the AAAS's symposium in 1969. A wide range of educated opinions on the subject were offered by participants, including not only proponents as James McDonald and J. Allen Hynek but also skeptics like astronomers William Hartmann and Donald Menzel. The roster of speakers was balanced, and it is to Sagan's credit that this event was presented in spite of pressure from Edward Condon" (Westrum 37-38). With physicist Thornton Page, Sagan edited the lectures and discussions given at the symposium; these were published in 1972 as UFO's: A Scientific Debate. Jerome Clark writes that Sagan's perspective on UFO's irked Condon: "... though a skeptic, [Sagan] was too soft on UFOs for Condon's taste. In 1971, he considered blackballing Sagan from the prestigious Cosmos Club" (Clark 603).
Some of Sagan's many books examine UFOs (as did one episode of Cosmos) and he recognized a religious undercurrent to the phenomenon. However, Westrum writes that "Sagan spent very little time researching UFOs ... he thought that little evidence existed to show that the UFO phenomenon represented alien spacecraft and that the motivation for interpreting UFO observations as spacecraft was emotional" (Westrum 37).
It is sometimes noted that Sagan's generally skeptical attitude to UFOs conflicted sharply with his views in a 1966 book he wrote with Russian astronomer and astrophysicist I.S. Shklovskii, Intelligent Life in the Universe. Here Sagan instead argued that technologically advanced alien civilizations were common and he considered it very probable that Earth had been visited many times in the past. Yet only a few years later in UFO's: A Scientific Debate, Sagan was now highly skeptical of interstellar visitation. As to the physical possibility of interstellar travel, Sagan brought up the proposed Bussard ramjet as an interstellar vehicle. While not terribly practical, Sagan thought such proposed propulsion systems were nevertheless important because they demonstrated that there were conceivable ways of accomplishing interstellar travel "without bumping into fundamental physical constraints. And this suggests that it is premature to say that interstellar space flight is out of the question." But to this Sagan added, "I believe the numbers work out in such a way that UFO's as interstellar vehicles is extremely unlikely, but I think it is an equally bad mistake to say that interstellar space flight is impossible."
Sagan again revealed his views on interstellar travel in his 1980 Cosmos series. He rejected the idea that UFOs are visiting Earth, maintaining that the chances any alien spacecraft would visit the Earth are vanishingly small. However, in another episode he said the stars would "beckon" to humanity, and described the Bussard ramjet as one way humans might achieve interstellar travel. In one of his last written works, Sagan again claimed that there was no evidence that aliens have actually visited the Earth, either in the past or present (Sagan, 1996: 81-96, 99-104).
Stuart Appelle notes that Sagan "wrote frequently on what he perceived as the logical and empirical fallacies regarding UFOs and the abduction experience. Sagan rejected an extraterrestrial explanation for the phenomenon but felt there were both empirical and pedagogical benefits for examining UFO reports and that the subject was, therefore, a legitimate topic of study" (Appelle 22).
In 1966, Sagan was a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book. The committee concluded that the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book had been lacking as a scientific study, and recommended a university-based project to give the UFO phenomenon closer scientific scrutiny. The Condon Committee (1966-1968), led by physicist Edward Condon, and their still-controversial final report, formally concluded that there was nothing anomalous about UFO reports.
Ron Westrum writes that "The high point of Sagan's treatment of the UFO question was the AAAS's symposium in 1969. A wide range of educated opinions on the subject were offered by participants, including not only proponents as James McDonald and J. Allen Hynek but also skeptics like astronomers William Hartmann and Donald Menzel. The roster of speakers was balanced, and it is to Sagan's credit that this event was presented in spite of pressure from Edward Condon" (Westrum 37-38). With physicist Thornton Page, Sagan edited the lectures and discussions given at the symposium; these were published in 1972 as UFO's: A Scientific Debate. Jerome Clark writes that Sagan's perspective on UFO's irked Condon: "... though a skeptic, [Sagan] was too soft on UFOs for Condon's taste. In 1971, he considered blackballing Sagan from the prestigious Cosmos Club" (Clark 603).
Some of Sagan's many books examine UFOs (as did one episode of Cosmos) and he recognized a religious undercurrent to the phenomenon. However, Westrum writes that "Sagan spent very little time researching UFOs ... he thought that little evidence existed to show that the UFO phenomenon represented alien spacecraft and that the motivation for interpreting UFO observations as spacecraft was emotional" (Westrum 37).
It is sometimes noted that Sagan's generally skeptical attitude to UFOs conflicted sharply with his views in a 1966 book he wrote with Russian astronomer and astrophysicist I.S. Shklovskii, Intelligent Life in the Universe. Here Sagan instead argued that technologically advanced alien civilizations were common and he considered it very probable that Earth had been visited many times in the past. Yet only a few years later in UFO's: A Scientific Debate, Sagan was now highly skeptical of interstellar visitation. As to the physical possibility of interstellar travel, Sagan brought up the proposed Bussard ramjet as an interstellar vehicle. While not terribly practical, Sagan thought such proposed propulsion systems were nevertheless important because they demonstrated that there were conceivable ways of accomplishing interstellar travel "without bumping into fundamental physical constraints. And this suggests that it is premature to say that interstellar space flight is out of the question." But to this Sagan added, "I believe the numbers work out in such a way that UFO's as interstellar vehicles is extremely unlikely, but I think it is an equally bad mistake to say that interstellar space flight is impossible."
Sagan again revealed his views on interstellar travel in his 1980 Cosmos series. He rejected the idea that UFOs are visiting Earth, maintaining that the chances any alien spacecraft would visit the Earth are vanishingly small. However, in another episode he said the stars would "beckon" to humanity, and described the Bussard ramjet as one way humans might achieve interstellar travel. In one of his last written works, Sagan again claimed that there was no evidence that aliens have actually visited the Earth, either in the past or present (Sagan, 1996: 81-96, 99-104).
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Posted 06 April 2007 - 12:45 AM
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What "alien stuff"? Sagan was a proponent of SETI but his views on extraterrestrials are well documented as being sufficiently rational.
This comment was aimed toward the people who belittle him or his work due to their staunch belief in the absence of any extraterrestrial civilizations. The entire idea is probably due to the celebrity he acquired and people running with the ideas he put forth in his books and television series instead of his more levelheaded beliefs.
For myself, the truth is out there.
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Posted 09 April 2007 - 09:26 PM
Man Nate... I was sitting here going.... "should I click this?", "do I really want to see something that gruesome?", and I clicked... and It was like 16 pixels of blurry let-down... you get the cold shoulder buddy [tung]
Nevertheless... that is pretty disgusting
Nevertheless... that is pretty disgusting
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Posted 09 April 2007 - 11:34 PM
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Man Nate... I was sitting here going.... "should I click this?", "do I really want to see something that gruesome?", and I clicked... and It was like 16 pixels of blurry let-down... you get the cold shoulder buddy [tung]
Nevertheless... that is pretty disgusting
Nevertheless... that is pretty disgusting
Lol. That is the disappointment in building something up I guess. I just didn't want to post the link for anyone that might be disgusted. It is basically what it says, an eye popping out of the socket. That isn't as disgusting as a lot of things, but it is definitely something you don't see every day.
The good thing is he came right back to play in the tournament, and there doesn't seem to be any permanent damage. (I am wondering who had to pop the eye back in, and how it felt to him popping out) Evidently Sportscenter and all the other sports news programs refused to show the clip again.
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Posted 12 April 2007 - 11:00 PM
This is a whole episode of Nova (although you only have to watch the first couple minutes to see most of the neat parts). This is one of the strangest animals I have ever seen; It can change its color and shape to almost anything it wants. (even making dancing patterns to hypnotize its prey) It is like an alien life form of some kind. Really, really strange and yet interesting:
http://video.google....150176638&hl=en
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Posted 13 April 2007 - 05:49 AM
Bunny Boiler:
http://www.metacafe....r_tarot_reader/
Men Think Everything Is About Sex:
http://www.metacafe....g_is_about_sex/
Treat 'Em Mean, Keep 'Em Keen:
http://www.metacafe....n_keep_em_keen/
Braff On Breasts:
http://www.metacafe....aff_on_breasts/
http://www.metacafe....r_tarot_reader/
Men Think Everything Is About Sex:
http://www.metacafe....g_is_about_sex/
Treat 'Em Mean, Keep 'Em Keen:
http://www.metacafe....n_keep_em_keen/
Braff On Breasts:
http://www.metacafe....aff_on_breasts/
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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:05 AM
Cats tripping on catnip (commentary is in German, but you get the gist of it. Really starts getting trippy about halfway through):
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http://video.google....886465830&hl=en
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Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:56 PM
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Totally blown...
What the hell was going on with that one foaming at the mount? I've never seen a cat do that because of messing with catnip... weird.
What the hell was going on with that one foaming at the mount? I've never seen a cat do that because of messing with catnip... weird.
Yeah, it was weird. I looked up the wikipedia article on nepeta (aka catnip) after seeing the video. It has this sentence which spoke of the drooling: "When cats sense the bruised leaves or stems of catnip, they will rub in it, roll over it, paw at it, chew it, lick it, leap about and purr, often salivating copiously."
Also, it goes into the reason for the reaction. (which only happens in about 2/3 of cats, and is most likely hereditary) Evidently the chemical hijacks the pathway normally reserved for the cat's sensing of pheromones, and leads to something approaching a heightened state of sexual arousal, but not exactly. It sounds like it just really overstimulates the pleasure center of the brain for them. This effect only lasts a few minutes, after which they no longer feel the effect until a couple hours later at which point they are able to feel the effect again.
Interestingly enough (and I had heard this before), it can be smoked by humans and produces a mild effect as well. (not as strong as marijuana, but very mild and sedatory, or relaxing)
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Posted 19 April 2007 - 10:44 PM
This guy playing Mario Bros. is sooooo funny. What is he? A New Yorker? I'm not sure of the accent
Anyhow.....Language warning
http://video.google....rio frustration
I don't blame him for being frustrated. The stage he's trying to complete is next to impossible
Anyhow.....Language warning
http://video.google....rio frustration
I don't blame him for being frustrated. The stage he's trying to complete is next to impossible
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Posted 19 April 2007 - 10:51 PM
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This guy playing Mario Bros. is sooooo funny. What is he? A New Yorker? I'm not sure of the accent
Anyhow.....Language warning
http://video.google....rio frustration
I don't blame him for being frustrated. The stage he's trying to complete is next to impossible
Anyhow.....Language warning
http://video.google....rio frustration
I don't blame him for being frustrated. The stage he's trying to complete is next to impossible
Lol. That is a video that had been passed around previously from China or something. He is just doing a voiceover for the video. Hilarious though for the first few minutes, then it just gets frustrating. Like a fake Brooklyn accent or something.
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Posted 20 April 2007 - 11:41 AM
Evidently there is a Weng Weng drink recipe as well:
http://www.drinkswap...recipe_id=10339
It looks pretty stout (it has tequila, vodka, rum, scotch, bourbon, and brandy all in it together)
http://www.drinkswap...recipe_id=10339
It looks pretty stout (it has tequila, vodka, rum, scotch, bourbon, and brandy all in it together)
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