If Space Colonization Happens, It Will Be Done By Catholic Church

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On 30 Jun 2006 16:07:02 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Default User"
: made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
: a way as to indicate that:

: Alan Anderson wrote:
:
: (Michael Stemper) wrote:
:
: In article , Eric Chomko writes:
:
: [_Starship Troopers_]
:
: The hero of ST lost his family that was living in South America
:
: No, he didn't. He lost his mother, because she was visiting
: South America when it was bombed.
:
: Wow. He even gets his fiction wrong.
:
: I think that's what happened in the movie.

: Yeah, well in addition to his inability to recall things from one day
: to the next, Eric probably can't read.

Face it Rand, you were wrong...

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:41:50 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: In article , Eric Chomko writes:
:
: [_Starship Troopers_]
:
: The hero of ST lost his family that was living in South America
:
: No, he didn't. He lost his mother, because she was visiting
: South America when it was bombed.
:
: Wow. He even gets his fiction wrong.
:
: I think that's what happened in the movie.

: Yeah, well in addition to his inability to recall things from one day
: to the next, Eric probably can't read.

Face it Rand, you were wrong...

I was wrong about *what*?

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:43:26 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: : Eric, try to take this as a constructive suggestion: consider your
: : demonstrated fallibility when you're about to say something that you
: : think is obviously correct.
:
: : You're assuming a level of rationality and intelligence that simply is
: : not there.
:
:
: Oh, I almost forgot, that PC you're working on, I know it better than you
: do.

: Really?

: What kind of processor is it running? What speed? How much memory?
: What OS?

You're probaly running a 386 at 20 MHz with four megs or RAM and a 120 MB
hard drive.

And the OS is Linux probably. Redhat version 3...

Seriously, if that machine you have broke I could fix it as I often do. I
have been running a side computer repair buisness out of my basement for
15 years.

: So trust me on this one, I know more that just assembly language and
: the Grand Canyon. Your house, too...

: Now you fantasize that you know my house?

Repairing it, you imbecile. Drywall patch when you put your fist through
the wall, as well as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting...

: That's frightening.

What, that I was a general contractor too, at one time? Yeah,
frightening...

Eric

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:57:56 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: : Eric, try to take this as a constructive suggestion: consider your
: : demonstrated fallibility when you're about to say something that you
: : think is obviously correct.
:
: : You're assuming a level of rationality and intelligence that simply is
: : not there.
:
:
: Oh, I almost forgot, that PC you're working on, I know it better than you
: do.

: Really?

: What kind of processor is it running? What speed? How much memory?
: What OS?

You're probaly running a 386 at 20 MHz with four megs or RAM and a 120 MB
hard drive.

And the OS is Linux probably. Redhat version 3...

In other words, contrary to your idiotic assertion, you know
absolutely nothing about my computer.

Seriously, if that machine you have broke I could fix it as I often do. I
have been running a side computer repair buisness out of my basement for
15 years.

: So trust me on this one, I know more that just assembly language and
: the Grand Canyon. Your house, too...

: Now you fantasize that you know my house?

Repairing it, you imbecile. Drywall patch when you put your fist through
the wall, as well as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting...

I never put my fist through the wall. Do you do that often?

I am in fact in the middle of remodeling my house, not that it has
anything to do with anything, except your continuing idiotic
tendencies to introduce non sequiturs into any and every discussion.

Alan Anderson ) wrote:
: "Mike Schilling" wrote:

: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: ...
: My bad. I just checked the wiki website about the story. I could have
: sworn in the film both parents died, but I'll have to check that in the
: film next time I see it.

: Think about it. Rico's dad could hardly have served under him if he
: were dead, could he?
:
: You realize that's negative evidence; whatever happened in the film is the
: least likely thing to be in the book.

: Oh, right. I had forgotten that I heard it was a travesty. I haven't
: seen the movie, and probably won't until it shows up on late-night TV.
: As a measure of how badly the story was mangled, how much energy do you
: think one could extract from the angular momentum of Heinlein's corpse?

Depends on just how much 'Rumblings from the Grave' he emits...

Got ya! Thanks for spinning that straight line.

Eric

(Eric Chomko) wrote:

:Well since film IS literature these days, why limit yourself? The point is
:no matter how you slice it, reading the book AND seeing the movie is
:better than just one or the other, and to think otherwise makes you
:the moron...

No, Eric. Seeing that particular movie makes YOU the moron. Seeing
it more than once qualifies you for masochist.

--
"They made hypocrite judgments after the fact
But the name of the game is be hit and hit back."

-- "Boom Boom Mancini", Warren Zevon

(Eric Chomko) wrote:

:Alan Anderson ) wrote:
:: "Mike Schilling" wrote:
:
:: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
:: ...
:: My bad. I just checked the wiki website about the story. I could have
:: sworn in the film both parents died, but I'll have to check that in the
:: film next time I see it.
:
:: Think about it. Rico's dad could hardly have served under him if he
:: were dead, could he?
::
:: You realize that's negative evidence; whatever happened in the film is the
:: least likely thing to be in the book.
:
:: Oh, right. I had forgotten that I heard it was a travesty. I haven't
:: seen the movie, and probably won't until it shows up on late-night TV.
:: As a measure of how badly the story was mangled, how much energy do you
:: think one could extract from the angular momentum of Heinlein's corpse?
:
epends on just how much 'Rumblings from the Grave' he emits...

That's 'Grumbles', you idiot!

:Got ya! Thanks for spinning that straight line.

And you still screwed it up.

--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn

(Eric Chomko) wrote:

:Fred J. McCall ) wrote:
:: "Default User" wrote:
:
:: :Alan Anderson wrote:
:: :
:: : (Michael Stemper) wrote:
:: :
:: : In article , Eric Chomko writes:
:: :
:: : [_Starship Troopers_]
:: :
:: : The hero of ST lost his family that was living in South America
:: :
:: : No, he didn't. He lost his mother, because she was visiting
:: : South America when it was bombed.
:: :
:: : Wow. He even gets his fiction wrong.
:: :
:: :I think that's what happened in the movie. I didn't see it, but from
:: :discussions past I seem to remember that they removed the whole "Dad
:: :joins the MI later" business by having the entire family wiped out.
:
:: That's even worse than getting it wrong, to think that movie WAS the
:: story!
:
:Well in the case where there is no book and only the movie, then what?

Then you're not talking about what we're talking about anymore, El
Chimpo? What if there's only your mentally induced hallucinations and
no reality?

:: It is, however, exactly the sort of belief in insanity that we've come
:: to expect from El Chimpo.
:
:Nobody is reading this, McClod, because you are in everyone's killfile...

Guess that means you consider yourself to be nobody, El Chimpo. See,
we CAN agree about some things!

--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:08:07 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: Oh, right. I had forgotten that I heard it was a travesty. I haven't
: seen the movie, and probably won't until it shows up on late-night TV.
: As a measure of how badly the story was mangled, how much energy do you
: think one could extract from the angular momentum of Heinlein's corpse?

Depends on just how much 'Rumblings from the Grave' he emits...

Got ya! Thanks for spinning that straight line.

Eric, a "straight line" is something that sets up a witty comment.
Since you didn't provide one, it wasn't a "straight line." Not to
mention the fact that you got the title wrong. But what else is new?

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:41:50 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: : In article , Eric Chomko writes:
: :
: : [_Starship Troopers_]
: :
: : The hero of ST lost his family that was living in South America
: :
: : No, he didn't. He lost his mother, because she was visiting
: : South America when it was bombed.
: :
: : Wow. He even gets his fiction wrong.
: :
: : I think that's what happened in the movie.
:
: : Yeah, well in addition to his inability to recall things from one day
: : to the next, Eric probably can't read.
:
: Face it Rand, you were wrong...

: I was wrong about *what*?

For starters that books are always superior to their movie counterparts. I
cited "2001", care to take up the argument? Or are you too chicken to back
up your original statement? It'll be interesting to see you try and
backpeddle out of this one...

Eric