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Offline Andromeda

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Sounds familiar...
« on: July 09, 2013, 03:29:42 PM »
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" - Isaac Asimov.

Offline Inanimate Carbon Rod

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Re: Sounds familiar...
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2013, 04:10:55 PM »
Given some of the morons and their crackpot theories that turn up round here, it's hard to tell.
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Offline AtomicDog

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Re: Sounds familiar...
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2013, 08:47:09 PM »
Amazing how many people will cut and paste Tom Bishop's flat earth merde all over the Internet.

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Offline AtomicDog

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Re: Sounds familiar...
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2013, 08:48:26 PM »
Hmmm. The question seems to have been deleted.
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Offline BazBear

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Re: Sounds familiar...
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2013, 12:04:06 AM »
I'm not sure if this guy is trolling or serious.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuHdzMjjusXz2oW0rRfkilMlT31G;_ylv=3?qid=20130709121131AA9OK08
As noted above, the question has been deleted, but the responses have piqued my curiosity. What was the the gist of the question?
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Offline Andromeda

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Re: Sounds familiar...
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2013, 04:09:27 AM »
Sonmething about the LM not being able to lift off the Moon to meet the CM because they didn't know exactly where they were in some co-ordinate system or other.  One of the hoax believers here made that claim recently, I think.
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Offline twik

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Re: Sounds familiar...
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2013, 09:43:12 AM »
Yes, vaguely familiar.  ;)

Offline Andromeda

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Re: Sounds familiar...
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2013, 10:07:29 AM »
Yes, vaguely familiar.  ;)

;) hee hee
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" - Isaac Asimov.