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Measuring The Distance From Earth To Moon
lewiz writes: "Tom Murphy at UW is attempting to measure the distance between the Earth and The Moon to the nearest millimetre according to this BBC News article. 'His tape measure will be a giant telescope at Apache Point in New Mexico. Retroreflectors left on the surface of the Moon by various space missions, including the Apollo 11 lunar landing, will also come in handy.'"
Do you like giants? Do you like telescopes? Then you'll love giant telescopes.
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Sure it's precise, but is it accurate?
pi314
But honestly people, who the hell cares??
Say it again and I'll shove this moonrock up your ass. (yes, I do have a real one. I got it from someone who was there. weeeee)
:s/Odometer/odometer.
I hate it when I do that.
They that would sacrifice their
that's not a moonrock, it's a crunch-berry!
Say it again and I'll shove this moonrock up your ass.
Wouldn't that turn it into an asteroid?
the moonies.
they post to /. in an effort to change the world for the better! Why are you wasting time on /. when you could be figuring out how to acheive world peace?
[phone rings]
Woman: Hello valy may I help you?
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken?
Woman: Tell me?
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken! Do you have?
Woman: What'd you mean?
Man: Chickety China...the Chinese Chicken...have a drumstick and your brain starts clickin'... you have?
Woman: No.
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken.
Woman: Chinese Chicken?
Man: Chickety China, Chinese Chicken.
Woman: Sorry, I don't understand what you mean.
Man: Chickety China...the Chinese Chicken...have a drumstick and your brain starts clickin'... you have?
Woman: You don't also, you don't know...
Man: Chickety China, The Chinese Chicken.
Woman: Nah, I don't understand what you mean.
Man: Chickety China.... the... chinese... chicken.
Woman: Nope.
Man: No Chickety China the Chinese Chicken?
Woman: No.
Man: Have a drumstick and your brain starts clickin'.
Woman: Excuse me?
Man: Have a drumstick and your brain starts clickin'...crickin'...crickin'...
Woman: What kind of Chicken do you want?
Man: Chickety China... chinese chicken.
Woman: I said I don't understand what you mean.
[phone disconnects]
[phone rings]
Woman: Hello?
Man: Hello, Chickety China the Chinese Chicken.
Woman: Yeah.
Man: Chickety China?
Woman: What is fresh?
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken.
[phone disconnects]
[phone rings]
Caller: Hello?
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken, you have?
Caller: We don't sell dogs.
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken!
Caller: Alright.
Man: Have a drumstick and your brain starts clickin'
Caller: Alright.
Man: You have?
Caller: uh-huh.
Man: Hey Charlie!
Caller: Charlie?
Man: Chickety China!
Caller: That's pretty racist man, want me to call the police?
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken. Hey "round-eye"!
Caller#2: Hello?
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken!
Caller#2: You got time to mess around or what?
Man: Ehhhh! Charlie! Calm down Charlie! Chickety China, the Chinese Chicken, you have?
Caller#2: uh, what'd you want?
Man: Chickety China the Chinese Chicken.
Caller#2: Chinese Chicken?
Man: Chickety China!
Caller#2: What about Caller, Caller ID, how do you work this thing?
Man: You press star-7-2-3...
Caller#2: What?
Man: star-7-2-3, charlie.
Caller#2: What's your number?
Man: 8-2-5
Caller#2: 8-2-5
Man: Eighty Six, sixty seven, forty two.
Caller#2: uh huh.
Man: Hut Hut!
Caller#2: What's your address?
Man: Forty Two, Big Wok Way.
Caller#2: Big Wok Way?
Man: Big Wok Way. Right next door to...small wok way.
Caller#2: uh-huh. Hey!
Man: Across the street from chopsticks town.
Caller#2: Hey!
Man: Hey Charlie!
Caller#2: You got nothin' better to do?
Man: NO!
Caller#2: Take your pants down...
Man: What!?
Caller#2: Put your pants down, and quit playin' with your asshole.[beep blocks AFTER word]
Man: okay charlie, sounds like fun charlie!!!!
[phone disconnects]
/. is the path to inner peace.
Fuck that! I'm the real Tom Murphy!
The solution is simple. Pour hot grits down CowboyNeal's pants and record how long it took for him to hit the moon. After that, create a /. poll asking which is the best way to calculate the distance between the earth and the moon with CowoscopeNeal as one of the options. Multiply the time by the number of votes CowoscopeNeal gets, divided by the error margin and you should have your distance.
Why bother.
I don't mean to be rude or anything but that was the dumbest thing I ever heard! It was offensive to CowboyNeal and all cows as well. You should stop taking 5 dollar crack, leave that for the mods.
Homer: [singing] Oh Mindy, you came and you gave without flaking, But I sent you Ben Gay. Oh Andy, you kissed me and stopped me from something, And I -- [sees Lisa watching] Uh oh.
Lisa: Dad, why are you singing?
Homer: [thinking] Tell a lie, tell a lie. [spoken] Um, because I have a small role in a broadway musical. It's not much, but it's a start. [thinking] Bravo. [sarcastic clapping]
Lisa: Are you hiding something from me?
Homer: Like what?
Lisa: Judging from your song, you're infatuated with a woman named Mindy. [despondent] Or a man named Andy.
Homer: [making things up] Lisa, look out behind you!
Lisa: [jovial] Dad, I'm not gonna fall for that.
Homer: No, Lisa, I swear to you: I'm 100% completely serious! You've got to turn around right now before it's too late!
Lisa: [turns] Huh?
Homer: [running away] Sucker!
Aren't some people dumb? It would require the knowledge of 15 million people to hoax the moon landing, as well as being harder than it would be to really land there.
Love the .sig! I read your journal entry too. I've just begun meta-modding OT, troll and flamebaits as unfair, it's nice to see someone else with a similar take on things.
-underpaidISPtech
Jesus H Christ, the USA has the LOWEST rate of taxation in the industrialized world. Its complete morons like you who whine and complain about taxes when our schools are so horribly underfunded, most kids never see an up to date science book, where kids see scientists as something evil or suspicious and music programs, among other critical aspects of public education are being shut down due to the lack of available tax dollars. The Federal Government has been totally taken over by corporations that hate being regulated, and oppose taxation for this very reason. You are obviously one of those super greedy capitalist fanatics that refuse to take even basic responsibility for living within a society. Quit your whining and move to some fascist south american country where your blather is tolerated.
-- Defenestrate Microsoft!
hrnf! hrnf! erm... did you know lots of people, hrnf! hrnf! erm... *pushes glasses up nose*
Thank you Cliff Claven, for that exciting piece of trivia.