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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 6:39:10 GMT
The Sky at Night just isn't the same without Patrick Moore. I saw the programme about Voyager, incredible achievement.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 11, 2014 9:24:32 GMT
Cool,cool. I'm sometimes not the best at expressing myself and constantly get in trouble for it. I'm 6ft5 and 18 stone so a lot of folk find my mannerisms,and me,pretty hard going. The grief I get at work over it is unbelievable and holds me back in my career quite badly. Not very much I can do about it though. If I may, there is ..... Try Yoga and Aikido Does me a lot of good. Tai Chi and likely some other good stuff I was a big noisy punter for a long time, trouble could have been my middle name. A mere 6'1" though. Now I often scare the crap out of people as I naturally move around quietly and they don't know I'm there -can be fun !  Diet change may also be part of my quietening down |
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Post by hobnob on Jul 11, 2014 10:01:13 GMT
Yeah I remember reading and watching Carl Sagan when I was a Kid in the 70's , 30 odd years later and his work is still going strong. He left a lasting impression on me too and undoubtedly millions of others. I remember being entranced by "cosmos" and spellbound by the book when I got it as a prezzie. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 10:39:22 GMT
Cosmos is available on DVD, although I found it a bit slow to be honest, and the music was very dodgy. Professor Brian Cox acknowledges his debt to Carl Sagan, it seems to me that most of his TV work is an updated version of Cosmos.
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Post by hobnob on Jul 11, 2014 10:42:52 GMT
I'd probs be disappointed if I revisited then. This quote probably sums it up for me: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou edit: though I did like the music and probs still would |
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Post by Dave on Jul 11, 2014 10:47:51 GMT
Cosmos is available on DVD, although I found it a bit slow to be honest, and the music was very dodgy. Professor Brian Cox acknowledges his debt to Carl Sagan, it seems to me that most of his TV work is an updated version of Cosmos. And both of these esteemed gentlemen possess/possessed voices which were/are utterly compelling to listen to |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 11:08:58 GMT
Cosmos is available on DVD, although I found it a bit slow to be honest, and the music was very dodgy. Professor Brian Cox acknowledges his debt to Carl Sagan, it seems to me that most of his TV work is an updated version of Cosmos. And both of these esteemed gentlemen possess/possessed voices which were/are utterly compelling to listen to Have you seen Civilisation with Kenneth Clark? He has the most compelling presenting style of any "serious" TV presenter that I can think of, and I love the way he rolls his Rs. Lawrence hanging on by a thread |
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Post by Dave on Jul 11, 2014 12:07:29 GMT
And both of these esteemed gentlemen possess/possessed voices which were/are utterly compelling to listen to Have you seen Civilisation with Kenneth Clark? He has the most compelling presenting style of any "serious" TV presenter that I can think of, and I love the way he rolls his Rs. Lawrence hanging on by a thread No I haven't Lawrence, is it a BBC program? If so it's probably on iPlayer, thanks for the recommendation...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 12:21:27 GMT
I'm a bit schizophrenic over this (two in every one person is like this). On the one hand, given the size of the known universe and the likely size of the whole thing (this one anyway) the sums seem to suggest that life elsewhere is likely although who knows what form it may take. On the other, why the hell would anyone smart enough to get here actually bother. Given the likely numbers there must be quite a few more interesting things to check out than visiting this back of beyond part of a small, insignificant galaxy. I have seen nothing to suggest that we have been visited. The proof, as ever, has to come from those that believe. There is no burden of proof on the sceptic. When I say proof, I do not mean the word of an abductee or someone that saw a light in the sky once. Nor do I mean a blurred snapshot of something in the sky that could as well be a large bird and a strange cloud formation. Considering that the whole world - bar me - carries a camera guaranteed to auto focus in an instant, it seems very strange there hasn't been one, not even one, photograph that offers anything like positive proof. I would need physical evidence or the word of a very large group of people who all saw EXACTLY the same thing at the same time before I would consider any persuasive case had been made. Until then, I will continue to put it down to wish fulfilment. This is not to criticise those that want to believe it, lets face it, most of the world seems to operate on a faith basis rather than any proof and why should this group be any different. I actually want them to be right. I'm a long time science fiction fan and have been reading about this sort of stuff for over 50 years. Sadly, I suspect its going to remain just that - fiction. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 12:22:21 GMT
Have you seen Civilisation with Kenneth Clark? He has the most compelling presenting style of any "serious" TV presenter that I can think of, and I love the way he rolls his Rs. Lawrence hanging on by a thread No I haven't Lawrence, is it a BBC program? If so it's probably on iPlayer, thanks for the recommendation... It was BBC, commissioned by David Attenborough when he was Controller of BBC2 and wanted a flagship series to launch in colour. Here's a flavour: |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 11, 2014 17:19:08 GMT
Seems that the small bright galaxy (the upper one of the 2 small ones) has careened through the larger galaxy and exploded a ring of gas around it, which has created a storm of star creation around the outer edge. The smaller galaxy, too, has been disturbed enough to initiate a burst of star creation. That's a photo and a half. Hubble? |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 11, 2014 17:25:04 GMT
He left a lasting impression on me too and undoubtedly millions of others. I remember being entranced by "cosmos" and spellbound by the book when I got it as a prezzie. Avoid the remake, with Neil deGrasse Tyson, like the plague. I tried really hard to watch it, but the CGI for everything (what's wrong with the original images from, say, the Voyagers?) and extreme dumbing down were just too much to be bearable. A travesty of Carl Sagan's original. |
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Post by Chris on Jul 11, 2014 18:50:25 GMT
Sounds good that program. Will track it down when I'm home. Cheers!
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Post by Dave on Jul 11, 2014 19:25:49 GMT
Sounds good that program. Will track it down when I'm home. Cheers! As far as I can see Chris they are all on YouTube. Here's episode 1 for you:
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Post by Chris on Jul 12, 2014 0:43:54 GMT
Thanks for that Dave.
Unfortunately I'm not getting all the forum out here - I'm missing various photos and videos and it's why my posts are a bit boring - but I'm home around the 18th ish though so will get a watch of all this then.
Much appreciated.
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Post by Chris on Jul 12, 2014 1:59:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 6:33:22 GMT
Has anyone come up with a good name for a planet yet? Nodrog One. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 7:54:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 8:39:54 GMT
Why? Where is the drive to produce new and exciting material. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 9:06:06 GMT
Why? Where is the drive to produce new and exciting material. I'm guessing money is the main reason, nothing else. |
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