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Offline DAKDAK

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« Reply #135 on: June 02, 2012, 11:18:00 PM »
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Offline Laurel

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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #136 on: June 02, 2012, 11:23:27 PM »
Never mind. The many, many Apollo-related questions put to you are more relevant to this section of the board anyway.
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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #137 on: June 03, 2012, 01:22:01 AM »
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?

Offline ChrLz

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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #138 on: June 03, 2012, 04:17:52 AM »
Dak, may I delicately suggest you go back to *your* last post on the thread, and then work forward from there?

Offline Jason Thompson

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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #139 on: June 03, 2012, 06:37:10 AM »
DAK, that's typical seagull posting right there. Stop playing games and actually engage in the debate you claimed you wanted to start.
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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #140 on: June 03, 2012, 04:47:39 PM »
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.
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Offline sts60

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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #141 on: June 03, 2012, 11:16:19 PM »
DAKAK, I am still waiting for answers:

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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?

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« Reply #142 on: June 04, 2012, 12:18:27 AM »
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.

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« Reply #143 on: June 04, 2012, 02:14:11 AM »
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.  ;)

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« Reply #144 on: June 04, 2012, 01:44:15 PM »
I wonder what curling sounds like to a blind man.  ;)

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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #145 on: June 04, 2012, 02:58:24 PM »
I wonder what curling sounds like to a blind man.  ;)
Yawn?


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« Reply #146 on: June 04, 2012, 04:37:08 PM »
I wonder what curling sounds like to a blind man.  ;)
Yawn?

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

Offline Al Johnston

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Re: TOO MUCH EDUCATION
« Reply #147 on: June 04, 2012, 05:26:36 PM »
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 ;D
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« Reply #148 on: June 04, 2012, 05:50:59 PM »
Actually, it was invented by the Norwegians ;D

Yeah, but who wants a Norwegian army knife?

My favorite is the French army knife:  http://imgace.com/pic/2011/10/french-army-knife/
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« Reply #149 on: June 04, 2012, 05:56:19 PM »
My favorite is the French army knife
From the national stereotype, I was expecting it to be all white flags.
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