And I must add; the U.S. is the only country, barring the USSR which has
managed to do any space exploration at all. The need for advanced computing
ability to calculate trajectories and to communicate and control... earth to
space and vice versa... drove the developemnt of computer technology... also
accomplished in the U.S. Manned landing on the moon, who did that again?
Failures?.....of course! This is after all...rocket science and beyond. Take
a look at the history of space exploration though and it becomes
clear...even to this day... that without the U.S effort...well.... heard
about any other country, consortium which even comes close to the record of
U.S. accomplishment. I think not! Damn right we make mistakes but generally
learn something from them. That I believe is what science is best at.
Rednecks?...Hell yes we've got Rednecks... with a capital R. But also the
most pluralistic and diverse population in the world. Wouldn't have it any
other way!
Deano
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Jones [mailto:Jones_M2@popmail.firn.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 10:31 PM
Cc: 1-Triumph List
Subject: Re: Imperial vs Metric
Odd Hedberg wrote:
> "PS
> Reading some of the commentary from redneck Americans taking part
> in this thread regarding the universally accepted ISO standard I
> must say I'm not surprised You lost the Mars probes..."
>
I represent that remark
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> "The Yanks seems to think civilization started in 1776."
A lot of what is worthwhile did.
>
> "Well, I'll let You in on a little secret the rest of the global
> population already know: It did not! It's much, much older...
> Grow up, and join the next millennium TOGETHER with the rest of
> the globe. --"
And I bet he doesn't like Country music either.
Bob
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