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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just looking again at the image and reading Carl Sagan's comments. Everything is in perspective and you realise how you should be thankful for what you have and realise, in the greater context, don't worry be happy  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Just looking again at the image and reading Carl Sagan's comments. Everything is in perspective and you realise how you should be thankful for what you have and realise, in the greater context, don't worry be happy "
Wasn't that Bobby McFerrin?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I thought it was Great Uncle Bulgaria
Nooooo - that was "Remember You're a Womble!"  "
Unless it was December when it was more a case of "Wombling Merry Christmas".
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Thinking about it some more, wouldnt it make more sense to beam out a medley of songs at full volume by such as the Wombles, Renee & Renato and them who did the Birdie Dance and then if there are any aliens out there, then were likely to at least get a message : "Turn that f***ing racket off" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The intellectual debate is overwhelming,lol"
C'est la vie.
As that well known frenchman Greg Lake may say. Or he who may throw his chapeau into the debate Chuck Berry. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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It must be friday. I ll save this discussion until moday when minds are focussed on reality of working week ahead and contemplating more than a leg over on weekends lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It must be friday. I ll save this discussion until moday when minds are focussed on reality of working week ahead and contemplating more than a leg over on weekends lol"
This lot will focus when the Pale Blue dot implodes.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It must be friday. I ll save this discussion until moday when minds are focussed on reality of working week ahead and contemplating more than a leg over on weekends lol
This lot will focus when the Pale Blue dot implodes...."
One would hope one gets a big bang long before then. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Interesting how the serious replies are from, ermmm, mature folk(like myself). I think friday evenings are not the best place to discuss this lol. So, instead, who will win big brother? (is it even on tv?) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Thinking about it some more, wouldnt it make more sense to beam out a medley of songs at full volume by such as the Wombles, Renee & Renato and them who did the Birdie Dance and then if there are any aliens out there, then were likely to at least get a message : "Turn that f***ing racket off""
I have a few of them on vinyl lol xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Whats really hard to grasp, er excuse the shaky typing, is that the blue dot picture was taken from what 1bn miles away?
Just imagine what it would look like from the edge, say 11nm lights years worth of miles away. Although i believe the boffins use km, or A units. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ok, i admit defeat. Wrong tipic at wrong time lol. So, just to blend in.... I will change topic half way through. Why is it so difficult as a single guy on this site? Why do men like bbw? Am i bi if i put straight on my status? Why do women never reply to my messages? Have i covered everything lol? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Just looking again at the image and reading Carl Sagan's comments. Everything is in perspective and you realise how you should be thankful for what you have and realise, in the greater context, don't worry be happy "
I hadn't heard of it so I googled it. Cool stuff. A little flick and we're gone. Enjoy it while we can.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Just looking again at the image and reading Carl Sagan's comments. Everything is in perspective and you realise how you should be thankful for what you have and realise, in the greater context, don't worry be happy
I hadn't heard of it so I googled it. Cool stuff. A little flick and we're gone. Enjoy it while we can. "
Thank you, an intelligent reply |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Whats really hard to grasp, er excuse the shaky typing, is that the blue dot picture was taken from what 1bn miles away?
Just imagine what it would look like from the edge, say 11nm lights years worth of miles away. Although i believe the boffins use km, or A units."
How do they know the spacecraft was 'on the edge'? What's over the edge? Is that blue dot in the middle of a larger black dot but part of something even bigger? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Whats really hard to grasp, er excuse the shaky typing, is that the blue dot picture was taken from what 1bn miles away?
Just imagine what it would look like from the edge, say 11nm lights years worth of miles away. Although i believe the boffins use km, or A units.
How do they know the spacecraft was 'on the edge'? What's over the edge? Is that blue dot in the middle of a larger black dot but part of something even bigger?"
No, the space craft was nowhere near the edge, massively nowhere near the edge. But i take your point, is there an edge.
I suspect that all of what we think of as the great universe may just be inside Ms Gods beach ball. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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If you google it you will see that it was a picture taken by an early spacecraft launch. A bit deep i know, but it always serves to remind me of the importance of being a decent person and not being too materialistic when you consider our place in the scheme of things. And, carl sagen, an amazing individual who really had a grasp on things |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
It's not guaranteed that on a Monday you would get a more serious response.
I started one about super gas clouds and the great images that are now available. The space nerds aren't around anymore and if there are new ones they are lurkers not posters.
No one has mentioned Star Trekking Across the Universe. |
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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago
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Arthur C Clark remarked that as we have been sending out radio and TV signals for decades (at the speed of light) the first think we'll hear from aliens will be a banging on the 'wall' and a polite request to keep the noise down.
If it's the crap music mentioned above it may not be a polite request! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Arthur C Clark remarked that as we have been sending out radio and TV signals for decades (at the speed of light) the first think we'll hear from aliens will be a banging on the 'wall' and a polite request to keep the noise down.
If it's the crap music mentioned above it may not be a polite request!"
Ah well, apparently you cannot buy a TV licence if you live outside even if you wish to, so maybe the Aliens are scared of receiving a monthly letter and the odd visit by a nerd with a clipboard so they keep schtum. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I have no idea if aliens exist. The point is everyone is so preoccupied with their own importance (well, a lot of people are at least)' it is nice to see things in the grander picture. Looking at this picture, it is reminiscent of a man looking at an ant hill. Watching all the individuals rushing around, who no doubt believe their task is so important, but when viwed from our perpesctive it is nothing more than a small bump in the ground. Right, i will shut up now as i am rambling,lol |
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bn light years, not nm. "
The"Pale Blue Dot" image was taken 3.7 Billion MILES away. If Voyager 1 had taken the photograph from 1 billion light years away, it would have been outwith the bounds of our own galaxy, where as Voyager 1 was still inside our own solar system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have no idea if aliens exist. The point is everyone is so preoccupied with their own importance (well, a lot of people are at least)' it is nice to see things in the grander picture. Looking at this picture, it is reminiscent of a man looking at an ant hill. Watching all the individuals rushing around, who no doubt believe their task is so important, but when viwed from our perpesctive it is nothing more than a small bump in the ground. Right, i will shut up now as i am rambling,lol"
Where I live I often drive over a big hill and from the top you can see for miles. You can see little towns sitting in the valleys. Masses of green fields and tiny little cars driving along. It looks so beautiful... until you look closer. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I have no idea if aliens exist. The point is everyone is so preoccupied with their own importance (well, a lot of people are at least)' it is nice to see things in the grander picture. Looking at this picture, it is reminiscent of a man looking at an ant hill. Watching all the individuals rushing around, who no doubt believe their task is so important, but when viwed from our perpesctive it is nothing more than a small bump in the ground. Right, i will shut up now as i am rambling,lol"
For the self-important the fact that it's all so insignificant may be reason enough to be utterly selfish and even hurtful to others. In the grand scheme of things what would it matter?
I prefer the idea of living well in the here and now, that every act carries it's own importance and ripple effect on the world and the people and things around us.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's not guaranteed that on a Monday you would get a more serious response.
I started one about super gas clouds and the great images that are now available. The space nerds aren't around anymore and if there are new ones they are lurkers not posters.
No one has mentioned Star Trekking Across the Universe."
On the Star Ship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk ...............  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Good analogy. Just makes you think that is all( well, makes me think anyway,lol). Particularly in welsh hillside whenyou have beautiful views of nightime sky |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I have no idea if aliens exist. The point is everyone is so preoccupied with their own importance (well, a lot of people are at least)' it is nice to see things in the grander picture. Looking at this picture, it is reminiscent of a man looking at an ant hill. Watching all the individuals rushing around, who no doubt believe their task is so important, but when viwed from our perpesctive it is nothing more than a small bump in the ground. Right, i will shut up now as i am rambling,lol
Where I live I often drive over a big hill and from the top you can see for miles. You can see little towns sitting in the valleys. Masses of green fields and tiny little cars driving along. It looks so beautiful... until you look closer."
It's like paintings, isn't it? The completed picture, viewed at the correct distance, can be breathtaking. Get up close and it's just dirty little marks that make no sense. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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bn light years, not nm.
The"Pale Blue Dot" image was taken 3.7 Billion MILES away. If Voyager 1 had taken the photograph from 1 billion light years away, it would have been outwith the bounds of our own galaxy, where as Voyager 1 was still inside our own solar system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M"
Yes, im pretty much aware, thats why i posted it was taken from some 1bn miles away, in question format.
I also made the point that 1bn miles, or 3.7bn MILES is itself insignificant when compared to the edge of the universe, said to be some 11-13bn LIGHT YEARS away. Some difference. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's not guaranteed that on a Monday you would get a more serious response.
I started one about super gas clouds and the great images that are now available. The space nerds aren't around anymore and if there are new ones they are lurkers not posters.
No one has mentioned Star Trekking Across the Universe.
On the Star Ship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk ............... "
What about the Good Ship Venus and Mabel? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Well - just so I knew what this 'highbrow' post was all about (being the sex crazed Neanderthal that I am of course!) I've just watched the 'Carl Sagan - blue dot' three and a half minute youtube clip.
And wow - made it half way through before looking to the right of the screen and clicking on this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9ImScQGAo
It's Friday. I'm drinking wine and had a looooooooooooong old day at work. So much as I like a good intellectual debate I still think the Family Guy clip was more entertaining!
Sorry!  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Well - just so I knew what this 'highbrow' post was all about (being the sex crazed Neanderthal that I am of course!) I've just watched the 'Carl Sagan - blue dot' three and a half minute youtube clip.
And wow - made it half way through before looking to the right of the screen and clicking on this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9ImScQGAo
It's Friday. I'm drinking wine and had a looooooooooooong old day at work. So much as I like a good intellectual debate I still think the Family Guy clip was more entertaining!
Sorry! "
I like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184 |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Well - just so I knew what this 'highbrow' post was all about (being the sex crazed Neanderthal that I am of course!) I've just watched the 'Carl Sagan - blue dot' three and a half minute youtube clip.
And wow - made it half way through before looking to the right of the screen and clicking on this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9ImScQGAo
It's Friday. I'm drinking wine and had a looooooooooooong old day at work. So much as I like a good intellectual debate I still think the Family Guy clip was more entertaining!
Sorry!
I like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5yplRHE9g |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Well - just so I knew what this 'highbrow' post was all about (being the sex crazed Neanderthal that I am of course!) I've just watched the 'Carl Sagan - blue dot' three and a half minute youtube clip.
And wow - made it half way through before looking to the right of the screen and clicking on this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9ImScQGAo
It's Friday. I'm drinking wine and had a looooooooooooong old day at work. So much as I like a good intellectual debate I still think the Family Guy clip was more entertaining!
Sorry!
I like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184"
It's good Lickety - but not a patch on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6zzm95BOw |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9ImScQGAo
It's Friday. I'm drinking wine and had a looooooooooooong old day at work. So much as I like a good intellectual debate I still think the Family Guy clip was more entertaining!
Sorry!
I like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5yplRHE9g "
I love that episode. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
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It's Friday. I'm drinking wine and had a looooooooooooong old day at work. So much as I like a good intellectual debate I still think the Family Guy clip was more entertaining!
Sorry!
I like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184
It's good Lickety - but not a patch on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6zzm95BOw"
Nah! Not for me - I could never work out why he was a banana. |
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