It will be great to see the new version.
1 posted on
09/30/2006 3:11:29 PM PDT by
wagglebee
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To: KevinDavis
2 posted on
09/30/2006 3:11:43 PM PDT by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
Maybe we can use this software to truly understand what the hell Bubba was 'actually' saying during the 90's. Maybe its true that he was obsessed with Bin Laden and was talking about him all the time and we just couldn't hear it because of the quality of the television transmission.
3 posted on
09/30/2006 3:14:53 PM PDT by
bpjam
(Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Qaida - The Religion of Peace)
To: wagglebee
The transmission of the word "a" was blocked by the UFO when it passed between earth and the transmitter on the lander.
No, wait. It was blocked by interference from a good humor truck passing by the sound stage where the fake landing was filmed. Yeah. That's the ticket.
4 posted on
09/30/2006 3:16:40 PM PDT by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: wagglebee
It was still better than saying "hey, Buzz, could you toss me down the rock hammer." :)
5 posted on
09/30/2006 3:18:50 PM PDT by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: wagglebee
Damn, I'm glad they found it! Now maybe we can all get some sleep!
6 posted on
09/30/2006 3:19:08 PM PDT by
JaguarXKE
To: wagglebee
I still think it should have been:
"That's one giant leap for a man, one small step for mankind."
This would be more true according to scale - on the small scale of a man stepping from the Earth to the moon is a very big step, but on the much larger scale of mankind the step is relatively much smaller, though on that scale this may well have been mankind's very first (and so far only) real step.
8 posted on
09/30/2006 3:25:53 PM PDT by
the anti-liberal
(OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
To: wagglebee
What did Buzz say when he stepped off the LEM? "One small step for a ... no, wait, there is some other guy already here".
To: wagglebee
I thought it was perfect the way it (sort of) was. It became a unique phrase. The missing "a" may make it grammatically correct, but it also reduces it in my eyes to just a simple, straightforward sentence. Sort of the difference between someone saying in a computer game, "All your base are belong to us," which is legendary, vs. saying something like, oh, "You are defeated, lamehead."
To: wagglebee
I heard what he really said was;
"That's one small step for an American, one impossible dream for for anyone else who wants to give it a try"
14 posted on
09/30/2006 3:35:05 PM PDT by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: wagglebee
I distinctly remember Neil issuing a "correction" after his return from the moon, inserting the "a". Unfortunately, a historic recording widely distributed cannot be recalled. Because it is so historic and genuine, I think it has actually shaped grammar as a result. This footnote will not change anything.
16 posted on
09/30/2006 3:38:23 PM PDT by
mission9
(Be a citizen worth living for, in a Nation worth dying for...)
To: wagglebee
You know ... my question has always been not what was said, but who took the pictures ?
Inquiring minds want to know...
18 posted on
09/30/2006 3:41:09 PM PDT by
sawmill trash
(You declare jihad ... we declare DEGUELLO !)
To: wagglebee
I have always heard the 'a' . It's obscured by the nasal stop of the 'm' in "man". Just say it yourself with the midwest twang - "fer a man" - "fer man" ... very little difference.
19 posted on
09/30/2006 3:42:06 PM PDT by
dr_lew
To: wagglebee
"Roger Twanquility ..." the other goof.
21 posted on
09/30/2006 3:46:44 PM PDT by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: wagglebee
Years ago, Martin Gardner, the editor of the wonderful "Mathematical Games" column in the old Scientifc American, did a short write-up on all the ways the number "11" had turned up in the Apollo mission. He pointed out that the omitted "a" from Armstrong's famous line resulted in it's being exactly 11 words long. Even though Armstrong said that he had pronounced the "a", so strong was the numerological karma that the crucial sound was edited out of the radio transmission as it winged it's way to earth.
To: All
"Some historians and critics have dogged Armstrong for not saying the more dramatic and grammatically correct, "One small step for a man . . ." in the version he transmitted to NASA's Mission Control." I suspect that these same historians and critics would have been peeing their pants, hyperventilating, and screaming "mommy get me out of here!!!!!" into the microphone if they were in Armstrong's position at the time.
To: wagglebee
That is the edited version.
What really happened was he slipped and said "One small step for a man and one HOLY S***!"
While Buzz did a redneck half gainer off the first step saying "Hey Y'all watch this!"
Kidding! Truly a great moment for America! I can't wait to go back. I would go if I was asked (not holding my breath). And no, I am not being sarcastic. I think the space program is money well spent! I really do.
31 posted on
09/30/2006 4:02:02 PM PDT by
truemiester
(If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
To: wagglebee
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It's correct as spoken/written. The "...one small step for man,..." refers to genus man which includes the male and female of the species. The only problem here is that problem with the politically correct crowd and I say, "screw 'em."
34 posted on
09/30/2006 4:07:33 PM PDT by
davisfh
To: wagglebee
Since the day I heard it, I've always thought he meant 'One small step for man (the animal), one giant leap for mankind (the toolmaker, inventor, and visionary)'.
I still think there's a meaningful distinction.
36 posted on
09/30/2006 4:11:37 PM PDT by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: wagglebee
I knew it was there all along!
To: All; wagglebee
.
In this new LIBERTY Century...
praise GOD that...
President BUSH is sending us...
back to Earth's Moon,
permanently, and...
then on to the Planet MARS,
...bringing those still living in the 7th Century AD on the Earth...
...along for the ride...?
.
38 posted on
09/30/2006 4:23:26 PM PDT by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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