TOO MUCH EDUCATION

[DAKDAK]

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[Laurel]

Never mind. The many, many Apollo-related questions put to you are more relevant to this section of the board anyway.

[Bob B.]

Would pairs figure skating and ice dancing count as sports with co-ed teams?

I dont understand the question

Really?  That's the question you decided to respond to?

[ChrLz]

Dak, may I delicately suggest you go back to *your* last post on the thread, and then work forward from there?

[Jason Thompson]

DAK, that's typical seagull posting right there. Stop playing games and actually engage in the debate you claimed you wanted to start.

[Luke Pemberton]

Sadly, about the only sport I will sit and watch is curling.

That was the hot ticket at the 2002 Winter Games here.  Wow.

That's probably because the UK won the gold. It became big news here. I guess a lot of ex-pats probably took an interest. That's my theory.

[sts60]

DAKAK, I am still waiting for answers:

8.   YOU DON’T KNOW FOR SURE IF THE COMMAND MODULE WAS BIG ENOUGH OR IF THE ROCKETS, LIFE SUPPORT COMPUTER   SYSYTEM COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SPACESUITS AND OTHER TOOLS NEEDED FOR A MANNED MISSION TO THE MOON WAS SUFFICIENT IN THE 1960’S ANY MORE THAN I DO!!

First, you are simply wrong.  I do this sort of thing for a living, and have for a couple of decades now.  I have worked on, tested, and operated real spacecraft, and have been all over the places where they are built and tested and launched, and I used to work for the guys who designed the Command Module.   

You, on the other hand - and I sincerely do not mean to give offense on my part - had trouble figuring out the volume of a cone.

Have you seriously considered that your "common sense" might simply be wrong?

Now, about that crack about "too much education":  I have an undergraduate degree in physics, and two masters' in engineering.  I want to know exactly why you think these things might be a handicap for someone like me, who actually works in this field.  Would it be somehow better if I was ignorant of the principles behind my work?

[Glom]

I want to know exactly why you think these things might be a handicap for someone like me, who actually works in this field.  Would it be somehow better if I was ignorant of the principles behind my work?

If he told you that he'd be educating you.

[raven]

Sadly, about the only sport I will sit and watch is curling.

That was the hot ticket at the 2002 Winter Games here.  Wow.

That's probably because the UK won the gold. It became big news here. I guess a lot of ex-pats probably took an interest. That's my theory.

I wonder what curling sounds like to a blind man. 

[gillianren]

I wonder what curling sounds like to a blind man. 

"Sweep!  Sweep!"

[Echnaton]

I wonder what curling sounds like to a blind man. 

Yawn?


Joking aside, curling is an inexplicably compelling sport to watch.  It has a level of tension driven by the slow determination of the players in devising a strategy punctuated by few seconds of thrill as the stone is let go and the brooms fly.  And best of all, the public address system is not hitting the audience with overly loud and compressed music at every break. 

[PetersCreek]

I wonder what curling sounds like to a blind man. 

Yawn?

Get.out.of.my.head!  That's just what I intended to post.

[Al Johnston]

So the biathlon combines target shooting and cross-country skiing, which I guess is important if you want to be in the Swiss army.  And not just to get the knife.

Actually, it was invented by the Norwegians

[JayUtah]

Actually, it was invented by the Norwegians

Yeah, but who wants a Norwegian army knife?

My favorite is the French army knife:  http://imgace.com/pic/2011/10/french-army-knife/

[DataCable]

My favorite is the French army knife

From the national stereotype, I was expecting it to be all white flags.