Sky At Night
Basil Jet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h 15 minutes in...
Pete Lawrence "One of the problems that I have when I'm looking at
Uranus is that there's something much more tempting very close by".
Sadly he copied Patrick Moore's bogus You're-a-nuss pronunciation
instead of the correct Yuh-RAY-nus pronunciation.
GordonD
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But did he mention Bumhole?
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Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."
Tricky Dicky
"GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "Basil Jet" <jo...@journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote in message
> news:4cb12f81$0$2501$db0f...@news.zen.co.uk...
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h 15 minutes in...
>>
>> Pete Lawrence "One of the problems that I have when I'm looking at Uranus
>> is that there's something much more tempting very close by".
>>
>> Sadly he copied Patrick Moore's bogus You're-a-nuss pronunciation instead
>> of the correct Yuh-RAY-nus pronunciation.
>
>
> But did he mention Bumhole?
The Bumho-lay nebula or the Boomhol star formation?
Tricky
CD
>I wonder if he'll take over SAN when Sir Patrick Moore, er, steps down?
We had a thread on this a while back, I think Chris Lintott will get
the gig. PM does look worse every month that passes, doesn't look as
if he has any mobility now.
pete
> "oo-rah-nus"...
>
> Pete Lawrence used to post regularly to a UK astronomy newsgroup, but stopped
> after he joined SAN as a co-presenter. He has a superb website at
><www.digitalsky.org.uk/>. He's a near neighbour of Sir Patrick.
>
> I wonder if he'll take over SAN when Sir Patrick Moore, er, steps down?
>
the only thing that keeps SAN on the screens is Sir P's establishment
connections and "national treasure" status. Once he goes, the "oooh it's
science - we can't have that" brigade will have their knives out for it.
It might last another series, to prevent accusations of unseemly haste,
but the show will have to go. After all: "the people" want reality shows.
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Basil Jet
>
> From the small amount of unqualified scuttlebut I've heard
> the only thing that keeps SAN on the screens is Sir P's establishment
> connections and "national treasure" status. Once he goes, the "oooh it's
> science - we can't have that" brigade will have their knives out for it.
> It might last another series, to prevent accusations of unseemly haste,
> but the show will have to go. After all: "the people" want reality shows.
Heather Couper as host might help the show to survive, on BBC4 at least.
allantracy
> Probably not. From the small amount of unqualified scuttlebut I've heard
> the only thing that keeps SAN on the screens is Sir P's establishment
> connections and "national treasure" status. Once he goes, the "oooh it's
> science - we can't have that" brigade will have their knives out for it.
> It might last another series, to prevent accusations of unseemly haste,
> but the show will have to go. After all: "the people" want reality shows.
>
Yes, sadly the sisters are well ensconced in the hierarchy at the BBC
nowadays.
Angus Rodgers
And the words "reality" - and indeed "Sky" and "stars" (not to
mention "moon" and "Uranus") - will have entirely changed their
meaning, and it will be an endless dark night for us all. We're
doomed, I tell you, doomed!
I do hope that you're wrong, and that this isn't well-informed
insider scuttlebutt.
I'm reminded of the David Attenborough sketches in the Radio 4
comedy series "The Secret World".
--
Angus Rodgers
Angus Rodgers
>We had a thread on this a while back, I think Chris Lintott will get
>the gig. PM does look worse every month that passes, doesn't look as
>if he has any mobility now.
His speech is also getting slurred to the point of unintelligibility
sometimes. His attempt to teach us the correct pronunciation of the
name "Tycho Brahe" was, it its way, quite wonderful!
--
Angus Rodgers
Col
But who's gonna tell him gently that it's really time to move on?
It's a bit like Murray Walker, an 'institution' staying on some
years past their sell-by date.....
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Col
Why is there only *one* Monopolies Commission?
Who arbitrates when ACAS go on strike?
allantracy
It was pointed out recently that had John Cleese turned up at the BBC
with his prospectus for Fawlty Towers, now in 2010 rather than thirty
years ago, they would probably have called the police in on a
complaint of incitement to hatred.
allantracy
> Yeah right. By somebody who doesn't watch current comedy programmes?
>
It shows how far we've come though doesn't it, that one of the
greatest situation comedies of all time simply wouldn't be produced
nowadays.
Not since all the Guardianistas were allowed to have their way.
Let’s see, “I’ve got this great idea for a comedy. It’s all about a
mentally unstable, racist, misogynist hotel owner who bullies his
Spanish waiter using copious amounts physical violence because he
can't speak English."
“He further insults all his guests on the grounds of being old,
mentally deficient, foreign, female or just plain working class.”
“He also racially abuses the local building contractor he employs who
is portrayed as a stereotypical thick Mick.”
"Some cruelty to animals is also portrayed."
That would be a great laugh wouldn’t it?
Halmyre
@c13g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>, allanb...@ireland.com says...
What? An incitement to hate hotel managers?
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Halmyre
Sofa - Spud
More like Hotel Inspectors ! some of them make Fawlty look reasonable!
Basil Jet
> Thus spake pete (no_one_...@notthisaddress.com) unto the assembled multitudes:
>
>>> I wonder if he'll take over SAN when Sir Patrick Moore, er, steps down?
>>>
>> Probably not. From the small amount of unqualified scuttlebut I've heard
>> the only thing that keeps SAN on the screens is Sir P's establishment
>> connections and "national treasure" status.
>
> any real astronomers will be out in their back yards doing their thing. But
> with recorders, iPlayer etc that's of little consequence these days, of
> course.
Do you really think that every, or any, real astronomer spends every
dark minute in their back garden, 365 nights a year, and would not dream
of taking 20 minutes off per month to watch TSAN, if they were not able
to record it? Your message is the silliest I've read on Usenet in a good
while.
alexand...@gmail.com
> Thus spake pete (no_one_you_k...@notthisaddress.com) unto the assembled multitudes:
>
> >> I wonder if he'll take over SAN when Sir Patrick Moore, er, steps down?
>
> > Probably not. From the small amount of unqualified scuttlebut I've heard
> > the only thing that keeps SAN on the screens is Sir P's establishment
> > connections and "national treasure" status.
>
> any real astronomers will be out in their back yards doing their thing. But
> with recorders, iPlayer etc that's of little consequence these days, of
> course.
>
It's not broadcast at a "silly hour", last time I saw it it was at 8
PM on BBC-4, although it's still shown after midnight on BBC-2, for
those who haven't moved into the 21st century and got a Freeview
decoder, presumably because of the same contractual obligation that
the BBC still show this final bastion of public-service TV.
Enzo Matrix
I object most strongly to that. I've posted much sillier messages.
--
Enzo
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Basil Jet
I know, but I don't read any of yours! ;-)
Enzo Matrix
Oh... Well, at least I know where I stand! :-D
GordonD
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Oh, I can confirm that!
mcp
<jo...@journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote:
>Do you really think that every, or any, real astronomer spends every
>dark minute in their back garden, 365 nights a year, and would not dream
>of taking 20 minutes off per month to watch TSAN, if they were not able
>to record it?
>while.
Besides they could watch the extended version on BBC4 or the Saturday
repeat in the daylight.
Gordon Freeman
> Latin purists might argue that the correct pronunciation is actually
> "oo-rah-nus"...
All of a sudden Shooting Stars makes sense!
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Col
> A.C...@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
>
>> Latin purists might argue that the correct pronunciation is actually
>> "oo-rah-nus"...
>
> All of a sudden Shooting Stars makes sense!
Where is the planet oo-va-voo?
The Other Mike
>Many Tripadvisor reviews make Fawlty look like paradise.
>
>http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g186346-d191807-r55395405-Elmbank_Hotel-York_North_Yorkshire_England.html#REVIEWS
Holy f*ck, not just a few bad reports but pages and pages of them!
It makes the shithole I once stayed in on a trip to Greece seem like
paradise on earth.
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Calum
> Latin purists might argue that the correct pronunciation is actually
> "oo-rah-nus"...
Given that anybody who actually spoke it as a living language died
rather a long time ago, Latin purists are just guessing as much as the
rest of us.
GordonD
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> Believe it or not there are hotels in York that have far worse reviews
> than the
> Elmbank.
Ping Mick Fanner - tell them about the place you stayed in York!
Basil Jet
Not entirely... names of people and places were transliterated at the
time into other alphabets such as the Greek one, and the
transliterations chosen give strong clues about the pronunciation of
both alphabets.
Lewis A
>On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:11:30 +0100, The Other Mike
><rootpa...@somewhereorother.com> wrote:
>
>Believe it or not there are hotels in York that have far worse reviews than the
>Elmbank.
I remember reading about Tripadvisor the other day. Believe it or not
some people (though admittedly they're mainly hoteliers and guest
house owners) aren't too sure about the accuracy of these reviews. A
few of them are upset enough to consider legal action.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/sep/24/tripadvisor-travelwebsites>
Col
Standard advice for assessing these sites is to ignore the
very best and very worst comments and concentrate on the general
'feel' of the rest.
Jeff Lawrence
news:CIOdndXyqYx40CrR...@bt.com...
> Standard advice for assessing these sites is to ignore the
> very best and very worst comments and concentrate on the general
> 'feel' of the rest.
I use the exact same process when reading UMTM posts actually.
Cheers
Jeff