Author Topic: Dumb Americans...who do we think we are? (Read 1399 times)

davidpt40 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 05, 2003, 09:47:54 PM »

I see the shadow of the flag, its about midway between the astronaut and the flag pole, and 'up' a bit.

vorticon · « **Reply #31 on:** May 05, 2003, 10:26:00 PM »

i was waiting for that one to ike...

NUKE · « **Reply #32 on:** May 06, 2003, 12:37:04 AM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
i was waiting for that one to ike...

Yeah, that was a pretty descisive way to make Japan surrender.

I wonder if Germany or Japan would have ever used the A-bomb in WWII if they had had one? I doubt it, they are too humane and Americans are just plain evil.

Germany or Japan probably wouldn't have stopped droping A-bombs until the whole world was theirs...that's one difference.

Ike 2K# · « **Reply #33 on:** May 06, 2003, 01:30:14 AM »

1947:

Eniac

Ike 2K# · « **Reply #34 on:** May 06, 2003, 01:35:28 AM »

1980s:

The first G.U.I. computer for the masses is created.

davidpt40 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 06, 2003, 02:00:15 AM »

The typing class in my high school was outfitted with 1983 IBM computers. This was in 97. Learned how to type *correctly* on one of those babies.

blue1 · « **Reply #36 on:** May 06, 2003, 07:41:53 AM »

Grunherz calm down, not all patriots are Nazis. I'm a patriot. I just don't feel the need to go around telling everyone how great my country is. I let people from other countries tell me. Nuke for some reason seems to think there are people out there who need telling.

A true patriot is prepared do die for his country. A nationalist is prepared to make other people die for his country.

Nuke should read the 'Those terrible Americans part II' thread. Those soldier's behaviour is why you should be proud because they represent what America is really about and that is it's people. Not aircraft carriers and space shuttles, People!

PS you cannot really take credit for inventing the computer. I think it was the Brits who did that. The Brits invented a lot of stuff it's just that they are crap at selling them so it's left to the Yanks and Japanese to get rich off them.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #37 on:** May 06, 2003, 07:47:21 AM »

Fine blue but be careful when equating exuberant american patriotism with nazism - certainly thats what you were doing with the whole "nazionaliste" tangent. Too many america haters these days are all to quick to call angry post 911 americans all sorts of bad things.

Boroda · « **Reply #38 on:** May 06, 2003, 08:19:46 AM »

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Fine blue but be careful when equating exuberant american patriotism with nazism - certainly thats what you were doing with the whole "nazionaliste" tangent. Too many america haters these days are all to quick to call angry post 911 americans all sorts of bad things.

GH, I think it's easy to understand why it's you personally who is the target for such generalisations.

I don't want to offend anyone, but it seems to me that many people here went off the rocker after 911. Just like me and many other Russians did after 1999 apartment bombings and Nord-Ost theatre attack... But you have to calm down sooner or later... The sooner the better.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #39 on:** May 06, 2003, 08:31:04 AM »

Of course we were pissed boroda, and now we are taking care of business the american way - tough and viscius towards the enemy but ultimately decent.

SaburoS · « **Reply #40 on:** May 06, 2003, 01:26:56 PM »

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Good point all America loving patriots are NAZIS! The only American patriots who are not NAZIS are those patriots who show their patriotism by hating america, thinking it is always wrong and evil, who are first citizens of the "world" and not of the USA and swear allgience to the UN!

Grunherz,
Who here hates "america, thinking it is always wrong and evil, who are first citizens of the "world" and not of the USA and swear allgience to the UN!"?
Just curious if you're actually going to be specific or continue the broadbrush manufactured statements?
Who among us does as you say they do?

SaburoS · « **Reply #41 on:** May 06, 2003, 01:43:18 PM »

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Originally posted by thrila
How come that flag doesn't have a shadow going to the right like everything else in that pic.

Look at the angle of the sun. It is very low on the horizon.
Look at the shadows of the lunar lander and the astronaut.
Notice how the shadows are very long, but more importantly thinner.
Notice the flag angle to the sun. Very thin shadow both the flag and the pole would cast.
The shadow is there, just the camera didn't pick it up in that shot.
Or did it?
Look just above the astronaut's leg's shadow. You should just make out a thin shadow of the flag pole.
Unlike our Earth that has an atmosphere that acts somewhat as a filter, the moon does not.
Extreme high contrast shots are the norm as bright is REALLY bright on the moon.

threedays · « **Reply #42 on:** May 06, 2003, 05:04:22 PM »

WOW im amazed by your devices...

let me show you piece of our culture

http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/eaglecz/kostnice.jpg

GrimCO · « **Reply #43 on:** May 06, 2003, 05:10:59 PM »

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Originally posted by threedays
WOW im amazed by your devices...

let me show you piece of our culture

http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/eaglecz/kostnice.jpg

Orel,

I think they could have added a few more skulls

AndyH · « **Reply #44 on:** May 06, 2003, 05:23:41 PM »

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Originally posted by blue1
PS you cannot really take credit for inventing the computer. I think it was the Brits who did that. The Brits invented a lot of stuff it's just that they are crap at selling them so it's left to the Yanks and Japanese to get rich off them.

Charles Babbage (December 26, 1791- October 18, 1871) English mathematician and (proto-)computer scientist.

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage