Meet the COLBERT treadmill for the ISS
Pat Flannery
Jeff Findley
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I figured they wouldn't name the node after him, so naming the treadmill
COLBERT (made into a goofy NASA acronym) seems like a good compromise.
Having NASA front and center on the Colbert show isn't a bad thing.
Jeff
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My own standards have changed too." -- Freeman Dyson
Greg D. Moore (Strider)
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> "Pat Flannery" <fla...@daktel.com> wrote in message
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>> http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=27966
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> I figured they wouldn't name the node after him, so naming the treadmill
> COLBERT (made into a goofy NASA acronym) seems like a good compromise.
> Having NASA front and center on the Colbert show isn't a bad thing.
I agree. I think it shows that NASA can have SOME sense of humor.
I also see that the astronaut who announced this was the same one who ran a
marathon on ISS.
Interesting.
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Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.
Pat Flannery
Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
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>
> I also see that the astronaut who announced this was the same one who
> ran a marathon on ISS.
Did anyone think of doing a obvious experiment and have her run it on
the same sort of treadmill on the ground after she got back, so they
could figure out how much the physical exertion varied between
weightlessness and 1G?
Pat
Matt Wiser
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:54:57 -0500, Pat Flannery <flan...@daktel.com>
> wrote:
>
> >http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=27966
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> ...Then maybe there's the way to edge out one choice over another:
> when you vote for a name for a node or probe, make sure it has an
> acronym ready for it. COLBERT at least had a "T" for "Toilet". Pat,
> this one's up your alley. See if you can come up with one better:
>
> Centrifugal
> Onboard
> Liquid &
> Bowel
> Extretion
> Reclaimation
> Toilet
>
> OM
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Count me as someone who would've preferred the station's head be named
after Colbert. I can't stand him anyway.
Alan Erskine
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It means that from now on, all the NASA astronauts will be walking all over
him.... ;-)
Matt Wiser
at the first moon base after Proxcreep, and the waste dump after Mondale.
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> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:39:01 -0700 (PDT), Matt Wiser
> <mattwi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >Count me as someone who would've preferred the station's head be named
> >after Colbert. I can't stand him anyway.
>
> Obama's in power what has he got to whine about? Naming the toilet
> after him would have been apropos, seeing as how NASA doesn't have the
> guts to name the two ISS toilets after the other two more deserving
> schmucks, Proxmire and Mondale.
>
> OM
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Matt Wiser
current ISS treadmill?
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> Or running. Remember Sunni Williams doing the Boston Marathon from the
> current ISS treadmill?
I meant "walking all over" in the figurative sense.
Pat Flannery
Matt Wiser wrote:
> Count me as someone who would've preferred the station's head be named
> after Colbert. I can't stand him anyway.
>
That's un-American, Mr. Wiser.
Maybe you'd respect America more if you had a wall sculpture like this
in your house:
http://www.designtoscano.com/product/wall+decor/wall+sculptures/americana+wall+sculptures/freedom%26rsquo-s+pride+wall+sculpture+-+db43006.do
Some of these at strategic points in the house wouldn't hurt either:
http://www.designtoscano.com/product/wall+decor/wall+sculptures/americana+wall+sculptures/strength+defined+wall+sculpture+-+cl0003.do
Put one on the wall straight across from the toilet so that anyone
sitting there will contemplate the the price paid by our POWs and the
horrible places they had to go potty over the past 100 years.
I was in the Soviet Union once, and the commies didn't even have
flushable toilet paper.
You had to put it into a hamper after use.
It's America's job to free people from things like that, as we flush out
tyranny around the world. ;-)
Pat
Pat Flannery
Alan Erskine wrote:
>
> It means that from now on, all the NASA astronauts will be walking all over
> him.... ;-)
>
The female astronaut NASA sent to the show stated that they'd all be
saying "it was time to jump on the COLBERT", an idea he found appealing.
:-)
Pat
Alan Erskine
>
> The female astronaut NASA sent to the show stated that they'd all be
> saying "it was time to jump on the COLBERT", an idea he found appealing.
> :-)
As long as she's not wearing an M.A.G. and toting duct tape....
Alan Erskine
>
> The female astronaut NASA sent to the show stated that they'd all be
> saying "it was time to jump on the COLBERT", an idea he found appealing.
> :-)
>
> Pat
I find Steven Colbert rather unnerving... Looks like Mr Rogers, but acts
like Freddy Kruger.
Pat Flannery
Alan Erskine wrote:
> I find Steven Colbert rather unnerving... Looks like Mr Rogers, but acts
> like Freddy Kruger.
>
>
The whole show is a pretty much direct parody of Fox's "The O'Reilly
Factor" in particular and right-wing television commentator shows in
general.
Colbert is acting a part on it, rather like Sacha Cohen in "Borat". :-D
Pat
Pat Flannery
She's getting ready to stand trial BTW:
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090402/NEWS02/904020331/1006/NEWS01
Pat
Matt Wiser
> Matt Wiser wrote:
> > Count me as someone who would've preferred the station's head be named
> > after Colbert. I can't stand him anyway.
>
> That's un-American, Mr. Wiser.
> Maybe you'd respect America more if you had a wall sculpture like this
> Some of these at strategic points in the house wouldn't hurt either:http://www.designtoscano.com/product/wall+decor/wall+sculptures/ameri...
> Put one on the wall straight across from the toilet so that anyone
> sitting there will contemplate the the price paid by our POWs and the
> horrible places they had to go potty over the past 100 years.
> I was in the Soviet Union once, and the commies didn't even have
> flushable toilet paper.
> You had to put it into a hamper after use.
> It's America's job to free people from things like that, as we flush out
> tyranny around the world. ;-)
>
> Pat
You are quite right, Pat, about the price paid for our freedoms. It's
just that as far as Colbert goes, I just can't stand the man. Like OM
said, he made his mark Dubya bashing. Now that Dubya is retired to
private life, what's he gonna do? Besides, this "campaign" for the
node was more like a publicity stunt for his show. Effective, but he
still lost.
Rick Jones
> Especially to the Joss Whedon sycophants who came in second place
> with "Serenity", named for a lousy-looking junkheap from a
> lousier-looking sci-fi western that tanked after only one season for
> good reason.
You mean it wasn't a veiled reference to "Depends" and what that one
astronaut wore during her long drive?-)
rick jones
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Pat Flannery
Matt Wiser wrote:
> You are quite right, Pat, about the price paid for our freedoms. It's
> just that as far as Colbert goes, I just can't stand the man. Like OM
> said, he made his mark Dubya bashing. Now that Dubya is retired to
> private life, what's he gonna do?
He's taken more than a few shots at Obama since he got into office,
believe me.
He does lean toward the Democrats, but he doesn't put them up on a
un-criticizable pedestal by any means.
The TARP bank bailouts under Obama have come in for considerable ripping
on the show.
Actually, it's rather reminiscent of Will Rogers, who, when asked what
his political affiliation was, replied: "I do not belong to a organized
political party...I am a Democrat."
Truer words were never spoken. :-D
The Democrats didn't win the last election, the Republicans lost it.
And if they keep ignoring "Reagan's Rule" about Republicans not
criticizing fellow Republicans, they are going to keep right on losing
elections into the future.
Interesting article about the Neocons trying to crawl back into the
Democratic nest that gave them birth from the Paleocon "The American
Conservative" here: http://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/apr/20/00014/
National Review now wants us to invade Somalia to stop those damn pirates.
Haven't we done that fairly recently?
And didn't it end up being a cocked-up mess, although forming a basis
for a really interesting movie?
Pat
Alan Erskine
>
> The whole show is a pretty much direct parody of Fox's "The O'Reilly
> Factor" in particular and right-wing television commentator shows in
> general.
> Colbert is acting a part on it, rather like Sacha Cohen in "Borat". :-D
>
> Pat
We don't get the O'Reilly Factor here (Bill O'Reilly? - I think I've seen
him on Letterman or the Today show - very loud and obnoxious person).
Pat Flannery
Complete piss-ant asshole... and I'm still blaming Australia's Rupert
Murdoch and his Fox News Channel for inflicting him on us.
Now, I'm not blaming you or any other Australian for the shit the guy's
done to the world, but let's say this... if you ever meet him, I would
be proud to say that you, my friend, stuck a male platypus straight onto
his upper back so that it could dig its venomous rear toes straight into
his spinal cord.
In fact, if you did that, I'd build a small, but very impressive, shrine
to you as a savior of all of humanity. :-)
Pat
Fred J. McCall
:"Pat Flannery" <fla...@daktel.com> wrote in message
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:>
:> The whole show is a pretty much direct parody of Fox's "The O'Reilly
:> Factor" in particular and right-wing television commentator shows in
:> general.
:> Colbert is acting a part on it, rather like Sacha Cohen in "Borat". :-D
:>
:
:We don't get the O'Reilly Factor here (Bill O'Reilly? - I think I've seen
:him on Letterman or the Today show - very loud and obnoxious person).
:
You're confuse, then. Bill O'Reilly actually tends to be fairly soft
spoken, no matter how annoying you might find his views. Colbert, on
the other hand, tends to be very loud.
--
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Fred J. McCall
:
:Alan Erskine wrote:
:>
:> We don't get the O'Reilly Factor here (Bill O'Reilly? - I think I've seen
:>
:
:Complete piss-ant asshole... and I'm still blaming Australia's Rupert
:Murdoch and his Fox News Channel for inflicting him on us.
:Now, I'm not blaming you or any other Australian for the shit the guy's
:done to the world, but let's say this... if you ever meet him, I would
:be proud to say that you, my friend, stuck a male platypus straight onto
:his upper back so that it could dig its venomous rear toes straight into
:his spinal cord.
:In fact, if you did that, I'd build a small, but very impressive, shrine
:to you as a savior of all of humanity. :-)
Yeah, heaven forfend that anyone we with disagree with ever actually
be allowed to express their opinion. Why, such people should be
drawn, quartered, hanged, and shot!
--
"I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right
to say it."
-- Voltaire
Joseph Nebus
>The Democrats didn't win the last election, the Republicans lost it.
Yeah, 'cause if there's one thing which marked the Obama
candidacy it was his failure to build an enthusiastic or growing base
of support for him.
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Joseph Nebus
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Alan Erskine
> Complete piss-ant asshole... and I'm still blaming Australia's Rupert
> Murdoch
<sniperoonee>
Murdoch's an American citizen now - please feel free to keep him. :-)
Pat Flannery
Joseph Nebus wrote:
> Pat Flannery <fla...@daktel.com> writes:
>
>
>> The Democrats didn't win the last election, the Republicans lost it.
>>
>
> Yeah, 'cause if there's one thing which marked the Obama
> candidacy it was his failure to build an enthusiastic or growing base
> of support for him.
>
I voted for Obama, but watching the Republicans trying to tear McCain
apart rather than going after Obama showed just how far they had sunk
into chaos.
McCain had the smell of death emanating from him long before election
day arrived.
Meanwhile, the Republicans are now trying to make inroads with a whole
new voting block:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/17/mccain-strategist-warns-gop-risks-religious-party/
Yes, when when you think "Republican Party", the first words that should
come to mind are: "Gay Friendly".
No longer must Republican congressmen be forced to hang out in airport
restrooms... morality demands they must stop their philandering and get
_married_ to their male lovers.
It's the Christian thing to do. :-D
Pat
Pat Flannery
Yeah, and we thank you for the Cane Toads also. :-)
Pat
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Alan Erskine
>
> Yeah, and we thank you for the Cane Toads also. :-)
They're _not_ Australian, but you're welcome. They make great golf practice
apparently. Makes a gooey mess of the club though.
Pat Flannery
Australia intentionally introduced them into their ecosystem, then they
somehow got over here and into Florida.
I think some swam over from Australia, or that Olivia Newton-John
brought them over as another one of the spiteful acts that she was so
noted for after US critics panned "Xanadu" and "Two Of A Kind". ;-)
Pat
Alan Erskine
>
> Australia intentionally introduced them into their ecosystem, then they
> somehow got over here and into Florida.
> I think some swam over from Australia, or that Olivia Newton-John brought
> them over as another one of the spiteful acts that she was so noted for
> after US critics panned "Xanadu" and "Two Of A Kind". ;-)
>
> Pat
Pat, it wasn't just U.S. critics... ;-)