I see a nit!!
It was actually TANSTAAFL (which is more pronounceable) and it stands
for There Ain't No and so forth. At least, that's what it was
in Mistress. (Didn't recall that the slogan appeared in Stranger.)
But, don't take my word for it -- let's ask Google.
Search for TNSTAAFL:
UR right. It's impossible to pronounce without the 'A'.
Terry (who grew up saying ain't but got over it)
PS Forgive me Mr. Heinlein. You know, there is an anecdote that
$cientology resulted from a bet between RAH and LRH. Heinlein bet
Hubbard that he could not create a religion that the IRS
Actually, Heinlein didn't invent the phrase, its known use for a LONG
time, and was often also written as tinstaafl, (there is no such..),
but Heinlein used the bastardized version for the official motto of
the Luna colony. I'd not ever seen it just tns, but i have seen it as
tafl (leaving off
Yep, Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land. Also mentioned in
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Terry
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:33 PM, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net wrote:
OrionWorks wrote:
From Terry:
Watch the spin and you will see a beat frequency between the camera
well, any cop on the claim?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB1gslDaeS4
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well, any cop on the claim?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB1gslDaeS4
Great video. It seems so simple. Who-da-thunk!
What's da catch?
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Watch the spin and you will see a beat frequency between the camera
shutter and the lights. If the spin was constant the wheel beat
(motion) would not change. (You've seen car wheels turn backwards on
car commercials as the lighting of 60 hz heterodynes with the shutter
speed of the camera).
From Terry:
Watch the spin and you will see a beat frequency between the camera
shutter and the lights. If the spin was constant the wheel beat
(motion) would not change. (You've seen car wheels turn backwards on
car commercials as the lighting of 60 hz heterodynes with the shutter
speed
OrionWorks wrote:
From Terry:
Watch the spin and you will see a beat frequency between the camera
TNSTAAFL
Yup, I noticed that too, bro. Especially in the beginning. However, in
the last segment the wheel RPM appeared (at least to me) to have
stabilized somewhat. Perhaps that was an
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