Quote from: Peter B on October 02, 2014, 06:32:28 AM...I'd like some answers to these questions, please, Jockndoris:1. If Apollo was faked how do you explain where the 380+ kilograms of Moon rocks and soil samples came from?2. If Apollo was faked how do you explain how the footage was recorded of astronauts moving around in what appears to be a low-gravity vacuum?3. If Apollo was faked how do you explain how the astronauts were able to discuss the news of the day and live sports scores during the missions?4. If Apollo was faked how do you explain why the Soviets didn't say anything about the fake, especially as they had sources inside NASA providing them with lots of relevant data?5. If Apollo was faked how do you explain how they faked zero gravity during live TV crosses during the journeys to and from the Moon?Thank you.Come on, Jockndoris. You going to answer?
...I'd like some answers to these questions, please, Jockndoris:1. If Apollo was faked how do you explain where the 380+ kilograms of Moon rocks and soil samples came from?2. If Apollo was faked how do you explain how the footage was recorded of astronauts moving around in what appears to be a low-gravity vacuum?3. If Apollo was faked how do you explain how the astronauts were able to discuss the news of the day and live sports scores during the missions?4. If Apollo was faked how do you explain why the Soviets didn't say anything about the fake, especially as they had sources inside NASA providing them with lots of relevant data?5. If Apollo was faked how do you explain how they faked zero gravity during live TV crosses during the journeys to and from the Moon?Thank you.
Mr Moderator Yes. You have been very reasonable. I think however my participation in this post has now run its course until of course we get news that Buzz Aldrin has at last confessed - and that will happen and I hope you will let me know! We have done well though with over 10,000 views. Thanks to you and to all your posters for your contributions to that success . Jockndoris
I don't know what you guys are complaining about. Personally, I enjoyed Mr. Burns' book and found it quite useful. For example, I recently misplaced my funnel...
Oh no! Armstrong's ghost has been transferred to your car engine so now it will only go one-sixth its previous speed.
Sounds interesting. I know they do enjoy playing with their language -- homophones, especially in English loan-words -- and ambiguous meanings inherent in the rather tense grammar are certainly the fodder for certain salariman comics. (I had a subscription for a while to a magazine that used samples of various manga as a teaching tool to learn Japanese). I remember a Tanaka-kun where he is struggling for two panels to open a bottle. On the third panel he finally gets the lid off, just as a friend enters saying "Happy New Year!" To which Tanaka-kun responds "It was nothing." (That's a play on the literal meaning of "Omedetto Gozaimasu!")In another Tanaka-kun, his sometimes-girlfriend suggests they put on some (rock) music -- he proceeds to get up and lock the door!And that's not even touching the fun you can get into with on and kun readings of different kanji.From what little I know (I got to maybe the first month of a first semester in it via self-study) it is an incredibly contextual language. I like to think of it this way; the classic (romance) languages conjugate in order to explain who is going, when they are going, how many are going. English relies on the surrounding words and leaves off a lot of this. Japanese leaves practically everything out of the sentence entirely. So "Vamonos," then in English "Let's go," and in Japanese -- "Go." You have to figure out who is going based on context.
Quote from: beedarko on October 07, 2014, 07:25:34 PMI don't know what you guys are complaining about. Personally, I enjoyed Mr. Burns' book and found it quite useful. For example, I recently misplaced my funnel...I knew someone who had the same idea with a magazine to save making a mess, however they found great difficulty with the dip stick hole until the error was pointed out.
QuoteMr Moderator Yes. You have been very reasonable. I think however my participation in this post has now run its course until of course we get news that Buzz Aldrin has at last confessed - and that will happen and I hope you will let me know! We have done well though with over 10,000 views. Thanks to you and to all your posters for your contributions to that success . JockndorisIf you think that means we are going to stop laughing at you and stop taking the mickey out, then you are very much mistaken!
Clowns are funny. Burns is just pathetic. Clowns are talented and respected. Burns is just pathetic. He's neither intelligent nor talented nor right.
Clowns purposely set out to amuse and entertain.
