Comments on: Moon Transits Earth

By: ted

ted — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:40:48 +0000

AnUnSi knows that the metric system was designed by homosexuals to make certain body parts sound longer. Which sounds more impressive - 3 inches or 7.62 centimeters?

Oh, and thanks again for saving the civilized world twice there. I guess that makes up for everything since.

By: RM

RM — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:04:36 +0000

I would like to see it in high quality. I´ll search it.

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:10:16 +0000

Nifty! That really gives you an idea of the relative sizes and colors of both Earth and Moon. I guess Deep Impact has nothing better to do at the moment, so why not take in the sights?

By: megusta

megusta — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:23 +0000

AnUnSi, if your post isn't satirical, I have no idea how to respond.

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:00:56 +0000

Hi AnUnSi,

I hope you are well.

I strongly agree with you that you USA'n's should continue to use the system imposed upon you by your ex-rulers Great Britain. Who else will keep the Imperial measurement system alive? Close to all of the Commonwealth of Nations (still ruled and sentenced to Queenish dungeons by Her Maj') were seduced by those ugly Frenchies to use metric.

ps: as a start you might want to check your spelling, CIVILIZED has an S,

By: AnUnSi

AnUnSi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:24:50 +0000

"This is not a Hollywood special effect. This is an actual video of the Earth and moon taken from 50 million kilometers away." Uh, no. Not "50 million kilometers away," but "31 million miles away," as the opening seconds of the video clip mention. Americans (the source of the video clip) RESOUNDINGLY reject the metric system. Even Great Britain retains references to miles. The first attempts to convert the U.S.A. were made (if I recall correctly) in the 1970s, and got a whopping "THUMBS DOWN" from the people of the nation that had SAVED THE CIVILIZED WORLD in World Wars I and II. We Americans are perfectly happy with our inches, feet, yards, miles, ounces, pounds, gallons, etc., thank you -- and we don't need help in measuring things from other parts of the world. Contrary to the desires of misguided idealists (a la John Lennon and Yoko Ono), the world will always consist of separate nations, each with its own customs and standards.