Cosmos
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I'm really ticked that my DVR decided it was more important to record Chopped than Cosmos last week. At least I figured out what happened so I recorded last nights.
And now I'm really hoping that the ME in your name doesn't mean we hold the same degree from Iowa State.
Close...that quote was from NDGT, but it was someone else named in the quote...a scientist mentioned in the show, embarrassingly, I'm proving the quote, because I can't remember who it was, the wife and I were watching while booking travel arrangements, so I wasn't paying full attention...
On a funny/related note...has everyone seen the slow motion NDGT video? Pretty funny, he sounds/looks stoned:
[video=youtube;jSHNyppwS5w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSHNyppwS5w[/video]
I think he knew that NDT was talking about someone else, but it fit the situation perfectly.
And it was Hook.
Dangit...I almost said that, but after looking it up, wasn't sure. And *hooke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke
*edit: And yeah onna first part, I guess so, I missed the "to paraphrase" in the post. My "bro" side would say "my bad" or something.
It's sad that these days people (me) can't even spell his name right. (And don't know his first name)
It's sad that these days people (me) can't even spell his name right. (And don't know his first name)
Don't feel bad, I was thinking hooke but wanted to find out if that was the guy mentioned, I was pretty sure he had a 'law' named after him that was mentioned in the show...and the only reason I could correct you was because I googled "hook's law" and smartarse google was all like "uhhh, duh...did you mean "Hooke's law"?
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Not to mention a tiger and a bunch of heavy weight belts.
I watched the original Cosmos with Sagan when it aired and it still blows me away. I'm a little underwhelmed with this version, but they need to find the lowest common denominator for the complexity of the material.
Also - saw a Sagan lecture (I think at ISU) and as he was doing a slide show he noticed many, many people taking flash photographs. He paused and gently reminded the photogs the slide show only works in the dark (or something to that effect).
Alma mater Columbia University (MPhil, PhD)It's sad that these days people (me) can't even spell his name right. (And don't know his first name)
University of Texas at Austin (MA)
Harvard University (BA)
The Bronx High School of Science
Yeah, some of us have seen a lot of this material before and it is not as exciting as the first time.
