Re: Real Facts and Good Facts
Eric Cordian writes: In another teletext moment on CNN, the shuttle was described as traveling at Mock 18. There was an interesting article in the New York Times (http://tinyurl.com/5b4x) back in Nov 2001 about stenographers working on 9/11--that was an angle I didn't see anywhere else. When these special reports come on--and then go on and on and on--the captioners don't get a break. There are no commercials and they have to keep typing even though the talking heads get to take turns. On 9/11 it was even worse because communications in NY were so screwed up. Y'all are making a big deal about the dangerous debris. As you may have noticed, there were very few real facts to report so they kept repeating the few tidbits they had, whether they made sense or not. The danger may well be overblown, but it is just prudent of NASA to say not to touch it. There were some pretty big pieces that fell and it is plausible they are still dangerous: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/030203/170/36q9q.html http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/030203/168/36jm1.html Good article from 1980 on the boondoggle that is the space shuttle: http://washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/8004.easterbrook-fulltext.html
Re: Real Facts and Good Facts
At 12:26 PM -0800 2/2/03, Eric Cordian quoted: In another teletext moment on CNN, the shuttle was described as traveling at Mock 18. We mach (sic) their idiocy. Cheers - Bill - Bill Frantz | Due process for all| Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the Ameican | 16345 Englewood Ave. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA
Real Facts and Good Facts
Bill Frantz wrote: At 10:19 AM -0800 2/2/03, Tim May wrote: Last laugh: CNN is carrying (10:06 a.m. PST) an information slug at the bottom of a Wolf Blitzer interview: Columbia was traveling 18 times faster than the speed of light. Please mister spaceman, won't you please take me along for a ride. - J. McGuinn In another teletext moment on CNN, the shuttle was described as traveling at Mock 18. Clearly, the guy who did the legendary Nigger Innis interview is still employed. The nonsense we are hearing about the danger of the shuttle debris is typical of the new truth as defined by the religious and political right wing. Truth is no longer the opposite of false. It is what makes the Sheeple act according to the morality of the day. Thus, liquid nitrogen on the shuttle debris can combine with atmospheric oxygen to produce oxides of nitrogen which are fatal when inhaled is true because it keeps people from touching shuttle debris. This is your brain on drugs is true because it keeps people from smoking pot. There are 100,000 pay child porn sites on the Web is true, because it causes people to exaggerate a problem for which the government wants zero tolerance. Similarly The Islamic world is mad at at us because they hate our freedom is true. If you're not with us, you're with the terrorists is true. etc... You see, there are real facts, and then there are good facts. Orwell would be pleased. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law
