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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
Fred J. McCall wrote: "Eric Chomko" wrote: : :Fred J. McCall wrote: : "Eric Chomko" wrote: : : : : :Fred J. McCall wrote: : : h (Rand Simberg) wrote: : : : : :On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:10:44 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Jeff : : :Findley" made the phosphor on my monitor : : :glow in such a way as to indicate that: : : : : : : : : :"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message : : . .. : : : h (Rand Simberg) wrote: : : : : : : :On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:58:10 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Greg D. : : : :Moore \(Strider\)" made the phosphor : : : n my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: : : : : : : : :We don't care about who can or has done worse. We care about those who : : : have : : : :done better which is exactly who in the past 40 years/ : : : : : : : :Who has been given money to try? : : : : : : So private industry could do better, if only it wasn't private : : : industry at all but was just another baby on the national teat? : : : : : :Was the airline industry a "baby on the national teat" when it got the : : :airmail subsidy? : : : : Did we really want email and was it useful? : : : :You tell me, McClod. : : Oh, that's right. Poor El Chimpko doesn't know anything. Of course, : he won't believe what anyone tells him, either, so he's merely : hopeless. : : : : : :But I only stated that private entities hadn't gotten the money so : : :far. I didn't specify where it should come from, or complain that it : : :didn't come from the taxpayers. Guess it's that reading comprehension : : :thing again. : : : : As your usual bleat about how "if only they got the money instead of : : NASA". Guess it's that writing and cognition thing again. : : : :That is the least of Rand's problems. Do try and keep up... : : I don't want to get the lobotomy so that I can 'keep up' with you... : : : : Sometimes you make very little sense, Rand... : : : : : :Only to unsensible people, Fred. : : : : Just keep primping that ego, Rand. It seems like it's all you have : : going for you. : : : :This is rich. Fred figures out his main problem and offers the solution : :to Rand but fails to understand how it applies to him. Savor the : :lunacy... : : Poor Eric. He's really far too stupid to be allowed out here drooling : on his own... : : :Ah Freddy, savor the lunacy, as it bears being repeated in your case... Why do you think I keep poking you to watch you drool and gibber, El Chimpko? Only you would confuse smile and laugh with drool and gibber. -- "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory." --G. Behn |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
"Eric Chomko" wrote:
: :Fred J. McCall wrote: : "Eric Chomko" wrote: : : : : :Fred J. McCall wrote: : : "Eric Chomko" wrote: : : : : : : : :Fred J. McCall wrote: : : : h (Rand Simberg) wrote: : : : : : : :On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:10:44 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Jeff : : : :Findley" made the phosphor on my monitor : : : :glow in such a way as to indicate that: : : : : : : : : : : : :"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message : : : . .. : : : : h (Rand Simberg) wrote: : : : : : : : : :On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:58:10 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Greg D. : : : : :Moore \(Strider\)" made the phosphor : : : : n my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: : : : : : : : : : :We don't care about who can or has done worse. We care about those who : : : : have : : : : :done better which is exactly who in the past 40 years/ : : : : : : : : : :Who has been given money to try? : : : : : : : : So private industry could do better, if only it wasn't private : : : : industry at all but was just another baby on the national teat? : : : : : : : :Was the airline industry a "baby on the national teat" when it got the : : : :airmail subsidy? : : : : : : Did we really want email and was it useful? : : : : : :You tell me, McClod. : : : : Oh, that's right. Poor El Chimpko doesn't know anything. Of course, : : he won't believe what anyone tells him, either, so he's merely : : hopeless. : : : : : : : : :But I only stated that private entities hadn't gotten the money so : : : :far. I didn't specify where it should come from, or complain that it : : : :didn't come from the taxpayers. Guess it's that reading comprehension : : : :thing again. : : : : : : As your usual bleat about how "if only they got the money instead of : : : NASA". Guess it's that writing and cognition thing again. : : : : : :That is the least of Rand's problems. Do try and keep up... : : : : I don't want to get the lobotomy so that I can 'keep up' with you... : : : : : : Sometimes you make very little sense, Rand... : : : : : : : :Only to unsensible people, Fred. : : : : : : Just keep primping that ego, Rand. It seems like it's all you have : : : going for you. : : : : : :This is rich. Fred figures out his main problem and offers the solution : : :to Rand but fails to understand how it applies to him. Savor the : : :lunacy... : : : : Poor Eric. He's really far too stupid to be allowed out here drooling : : on his own... : : : : : :Ah Freddy, savor the lunacy, as it bears being repeated in your case... : : Why do you think I keep poking you to watch you drool and gibber, El : Chimpko? : :Only you would confuse smile and laugh with drool and gibber. : : : -- : "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar : territory." : --G. Behn Poor Eric. See what I mean? -- "You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear." -- Mark Twain |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
"Jeff Findley" wrote in message ... I ought to know since I live a few miles from Kings Island and have ridden The Beast, and other rides, maybe a hundred or more times each. I haven't been there in over 30 years, but I still have my mini-Eiffel Tower. |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... "Okay, I can stick the $200,000 into the spaceflight...or I can buy a Lamborghini Gallardo for $175,000: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Gallardo The car will get you laid faster than a ticket stub for a suborbital flight. |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... I thought the whole flight was fascinating, and the view wonderful; but I can guarantee you I don't remember it anywhere near as much as that time I was up in the Bridger Range of mountains near Bozeman, Montana all on my own, and hyperventilated to the point where I almost fell off the mountain because of my senses getting muddled and unconsciousness setting in. That was memorable, because if things had gone just a little differently, it would have been all over. Well, gee, Pat, *I* almost lost it at the Grand Canyon because of a poor choice in picking the rock to put my weight on. |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
"Jeff Findley" wrote in message ... True, but how did Alan Shepherd feel about his suborbital flight? He certainly didn't drop out of NASA after it was over. *He* didn't write a check for $200,000 for the ride. |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message hlink.net... And $200K doesn't and won't buy you a "walk up, here's my black American Express Card" climb aboard flight. It gets you the "training", the flight jacket, the "My granddad flew on SS-2 and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" etc. In short, you're not buying 5 minutes of weightlessness, you're buying the whole experience. Go to Recall and get the same thing for $500. |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
Scott Hedrick wrote: I thought the whole flight was fascinating, and the view wonderful; but I can guarantee you I don't remember it anywhere near as much as that time I was up in the Bridger Range of mountains near Bozeman, Montana all on my own, and hyperventilated to the point where I almost fell off the mountain because of my senses getting muddled and unconsciousness setting in. That was memorable, because if things had gone just a little differently, it would have been all over. Well, gee, Pat, *I* almost lost it at the Grand Canyon because of a poor choice in picking the rock to put my weight on. Don't you just hate it when they start moving? We've got a earth-fill dam just north of town, and you'd really think that all the boulders on the water side would have achieved some angle of repose after thirty years... but no... they just sit there as precariously balanced as they were on day one, and then you step on a odd-shaped multi-ton piece of granite, hear the grinding noise under your feet as it does a teeter-totter on you, and start heading downhill. At least in the Bridger Range two hummingbirds came flying out of the tree range near me, hovered a foot or so in front of my face giving me the once-over, and then flew off as I sat in a wobbly super-oxygenated state thinking "I'm going to fall off the mountain now, aren't I? Okay, I can deal with this... it's just my karma, isn't it?". I just thought it was odd and funny, but new-age vision quests have been made out of far less substantial things. :-) Pat |
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Bezos' Blue Origin revealed!
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... Well, gee, Pat, *I* almost lost it at the Grand Canyon because of a poor choice in picking the rock to put my weight on. Don't you just hate it when they start moving? It was a Wile E. Coyote moment, I tell ya, especially since that same rock held me fine on the way down. My wife won't let me climb rocks anymore. Ropes are for pussies. |
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