FlonkNews: A "Rotini Worm" Fossil on Mars?

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mimus

Guest
The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer bunny,

but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early discovery

by Opportunity of, well:

Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover shot

back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped like a

Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both inside and

outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.

"I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old

'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission," Gorevan

said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with the RAT or

any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer contact

mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's infinitely far from

saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving resistant to

duplication."

Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to

duplicate the "rotini" feature.

"Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan explained.

"What we are doing is looking out for features that might be embryonic or

very old forms of the rotini feature that might have been made with the

RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort toward examination of

terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.

<more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>

http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html

--

tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Where am I, Dove?

< _The Einstein Intersection_

 
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david hillstrom

Guest
On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42:55 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>

wrote:


>The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer bunny,


>but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early discovery


>by Opportunity of, well:


>


>Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover shot


>back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped like a


>Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both inside and


>outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>


>"I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission," Gorevan


>said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with the RAT or


>any M?ssbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer contact


>mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's infinitely far from


>saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving resistant to


>duplication."


>


>Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>


>"Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan explained.


>"What we are doing is looking out for features that might be embryonic or


>very old forms of the rotini feature that might have been made with the


>RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort toward examination of


>terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>


><more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>


>http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html

there looks to be more of them, though smaller, in the crack to the

right.

does this mean that life imitates pasta? or is it the other way

around? these and more cranium bashing questions brought to you by

NASA/JPL.

--

dave hillstrom xrbj

 
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John \C\

Guest
"ah" <splifingate@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:49371d72$0$67970$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.octanews.com...


> mimus wrote:


> > The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer

bunny,


> > but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early

discovery


> > by Opportunity of, well:


> >


> > [...]


> >


> > http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>


> NASA has a really bad habit of doing (or should we say "not doing"?)

this:


>


>

http://www.enterprisemission.com/_articles/03-08-2004/crinoid_cover-up.htm


> --


> ah

Turned-down your astronaut application again, Old Fart?

Geee, Too Bad............................................NOT !

You should have taken the "Greeter" position that Wal-Mart offered you!

HJ

 
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mimus

Guest
On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:37:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42:55 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


> wrote:


>


>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early


>> discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>


>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both


>> inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>


>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with


>> the RAT or any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's


>> infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving


>> resistant to duplication."


>>


>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>


>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>


>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>


>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>


> there looks to be more of them, though smaller, in the crack to the


> right.

So there do, so there do. Much smaller.


> does this mean that life imitates pasta? or is it the other way around?


> these and more cranium bashing questions brought to you by NASA/JPL.

Pasta imitates life, is where I stand.

--

tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

This is part of the eternal wonder of the universe

as man forages out to discover in the womb of time

the nascence of his individuality in the motherhood of possibility.

< Malzberg

 
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chatnoir

Guest
On Dec 3, 4:59?pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:


> mimus wrote:


> > The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer bunny,


> > but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early discovery


> > by Opportunity of, well:


>


> > [...]


>


> >http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>


> NASA has a really bad habit of doing (or should we say "not doing"?) this:


>


> http://www.enterprisemission.com/_articles/03-08-2004/crinoid_cover-u...


> --


> ah

Lots of it looks like **** holes "ah" had dug up there - being a thing

that does not need air to live!

This looks like something from his body "ah" lost up there!:

http://www.enterprisemission.com/_articles/03-08-2004/images/FossilComp1.jpg

Perhaps a sensitive member? Meaning that "ah" has a fake one!

 
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Erifanieid the Hysterical

Guest
We have a report from the alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk Dynamics Officer

that mimus has exploded. Flight director confirms that:


>On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:37:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


>


>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42:55 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


>> wrote:


>>


>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early


>>> discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>


>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both


>>> inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>


>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with


>>> the RAT or any M?ssbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's


>>> infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving


>>> resistant to duplication."


>>>


>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>


>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>


>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>


>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>


>> there looks to be more of them, though smaller, in the crack to the


>> right.


>


>So there do, so there do. Much smaller.


>


>> does this mean that life imitates pasta? or is it the other way around?


>> these and more cranium bashing questions brought to you by NASA/JPL.


>


>Pasta imitates life, is where I stand.

So sayeth the Flying Spaghetti Monster (peace be upon His noodly appendages)!

Behold, definitive proof of His glorious existence!

--

The 2-Belo [the2beloATmsdDOTbiglobeDOTneDOTjp]

alt.flame alt.fan.karl-malden.nose alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk

meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeow

"I kept hearing this 'untz... untz... untz... untz...' sound in the

background of all the music. Fun time, though; lots of young kids with

dilated pupils." -- Bob Dylan, after a visit to a rave party

 
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mimus

Guest
On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:59:55 +0900, Erifanieid the Hysterical wrote:


> We have a report from the alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk Dynamics Officer


> that mimus has exploded. Flight director confirms that:


>


>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:37:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


>>


>>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42:55 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


>>> wrote:


>>>


>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early


>>>> discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>


>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both


>>>> inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>>


>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with


>>>> the RAT or any M?ssbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's


>>>> infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving


>>>> resistant to duplication."


>>>>


>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>


>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>>


>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>


>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>


>>> there looks to be more of them, though smaller, in the crack to the


>>> right.


>>


>> So there do, so there do. Much smaller.


>>


>>> does this mean that life imitates pasta? or is it the other way around?


>>> these and more cranium bashing questions brought to you by NASA/JPL.


>>


>> Pasta imitates life, is where I stand.


>


> So sayeth the Flying Spaghetti Monster (peace be upon His noodly appendages)!


> Behold, definitive proof of His glorious existence!

Yep, there he blows:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/CrawlingCelegans.gif

--

tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

This is part of the eternal wonder of the universe

as man forages out to discover in the womb of time

the nascence of his individuality in the motherhood of possibility.

< Malzberg

 
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david hillstrom

Guest
On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:59:55 +0900, Erifanieid the Hysterical

<the2belo@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp> wrote:


>We have a report from the alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk Dynamics Officer


>that mimus has exploded. Flight director confirms that:


>


>>On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:37:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


>>


>>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42:55 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


>>> wrote:


>>>


>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early


>>>> discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>


>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both


>>>> inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>>


>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with


>>>> the RAT or any M?ssbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's


>>>> infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving


>>>> resistant to duplication."


>>>>


>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>


>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>>


>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>


>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>


>>> there looks to be more of them, though smaller, in the crack to the


>>> right.


>>


>>So there do, so there do. Much smaller.


>>


>>> does this mean that life imitates pasta? or is it the other way around?


>>> these and more cranium bashing questions brought to you by NASA/JPL.


>>


>>Pasta imitates life, is where I stand.


>


>So sayeth the Flying Spaghetti Monster (peace be upon His noodly appendages)!


>Behold, definitive proof of His glorious existence!

so, then, you are on the life imitates pasta theory?

--

dave hillstrom xrbj

 
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Erifanieid the Hysterical

Guest
We have a report from the alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk Dynamics Officer

that david hillstrom has exploded. Flight director confirms that:


>On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:59:55 +0900, Erifanieid the Hysterical


><the2belo@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp> wrote:


>


>>We have a report from the alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk Dynamics Officer


>>that mimus has exploded. Flight director confirms that:


>>


>>>On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:37:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


>>>


>>>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42:55 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


>>>> wrote:


>>>>


>>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early


>>>>> discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>>


>>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both


>>>>> inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>>>


>>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with


>>>>> the RAT or any M?ssbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's


>>>>> infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving


>>>>> resistant to duplication."


>>>>>


>>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>>


>>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>>>


>>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>>


>>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>>


>>>> there looks to be more of them, though smaller, in the crack to the


>>>> right.


>>>


>>>So there do, so there do. Much smaller.


>>>


>>>> does this mean that life imitates pasta? or is it the other way around?


>>>> these and more cranium bashing questions brought to you by NASA/JPL.


>>>


>>>Pasta imitates life, is where I stand.


>>


>>So sayeth the Flying Spaghetti Monster (peace be upon His noodly appendages)!


>>Behold, definitive proof of His glorious existence!


>


>so, then, you are on the life imitates pasta theory?

Life is pasta, man. The meaning of life is getting the sauce.

--

The 2-Belo [the2beloATmsdDOTbiglobeDOTneDOTjp]

alt.flame alt.fan.karl-malden.nose alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk

meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeow

"I kept hearing this 'untz... untz... untz... untz...' sound in the

background of all the music. Fun time, though; lots of young kids with

dilated pupils." -- Bob Dylan, after a visit to a rave party

 
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mixed nuts

Guest
mimus wrote:


> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer bunny,


> but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early discovery


> by Opportunity of, well:


>


> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover shot


> back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped like a


> Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both inside and


> outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>


> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission," Gorevan


> said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with the RAT or


> any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer contact


> mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's infinitely far from


> saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving resistant to


> duplication."


>


> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>


> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan explained.


> "What we are doing is looking out for features that might be embryonic or


> very old forms of the rotini feature that might have been made with the


> RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort toward examination of


> terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>


> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>


> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>

There's a lack of information. It might be a tooth from an Aldebaranian

wooly newt. Or a scale from some kind of atmospheric fish (the ones with

the needle teeth that attach to your kneecaps and take over your mind).

Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. They would know

about this.

--

nuts

 
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Tim Weaver

Guest
mixed nuts wrote:


>


> Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.

They are dead.

--

Tim Weaver

"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,

difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-

boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."

- Gene Spafford, 1992

 
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david hillstrom

Guest
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:19:02 +0900, Erifanieid the Hysterical

<the2belo@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp> wrote:


>We have a report from the alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk Dynamics Officer


>that david hillstrom has exploded. Flight director confirms that:


>


>>On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:59:55 +0900, Erifanieid the Hysterical


>><the2belo@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp> wrote:


>>


>>>We have a report from the alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk Dynamics Officer


>>>that mimus has exploded. Flight director confirms that:


>>>


>>>>On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:37:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


>>>>


>>>>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42:55 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


>>>>> wrote:


>>>>>


>>>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an early


>>>>>> discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>>>


>>>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>>>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>>>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion both


>>>>>> inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>>>>


>>>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>>>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>>>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape with


>>>>>> the RAT or any M?ssbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>>>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add: "That's


>>>>>> infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it is proving


>>>>>> resistant to duplication."


>>>>>>


>>>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>>>


>>>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>>>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>>>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>>>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>>>>


>>>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>>>


>>>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>>>


>>>>> there looks to be more of them, though smaller, in the crack to the


>>>>> right.


>>>>


>>>>So there do, so there do. Much smaller.


>>>>


>>>>> does this mean that life imitates pasta? or is it the other way around?


>>>>> these and more cranium bashing questions brought to you by NASA/JPL.


>>>>


>>>>Pasta imitates life, is where I stand.


>>>


>>>So sayeth the Flying Spaghetti Monster (peace be upon His noodly appendages)!


>>>Behold, definitive proof of His glorious existence!


>>


>>so, then, you are on the life imitates pasta theory?


>


>Life is pasta, man. The meaning of life is getting the sauce.

i believe we can categorize you as a definitive saucist.

--

dave hillstrom xrbj

 
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Bluuuue Rajah

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mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in

news:ghb84b$qjh$1@aioe.org:


> mimus wrote:


>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an


>> early discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>


>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion


>> both inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>


>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape


>> with the RAT or any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add:


>> "That's infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it


>> is proving resistant to duplication."


>>


>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>


>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>


>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>


>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>


>


> There's a lack of information. It might be a tooth from an


> Aldebaranian wooly newt. Or a scale from some kind of atmospheric fish


> (the ones with the needle teeth that attach to your kneecaps and take


> over your mind).


>


> Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. They would know


> about this.

They hit the bricks, and left Bradbury holding the bag. ;(

I just looked up the school of authors groomed by John Campbell , and as

far as I can deduce, they're all gone - Heinlein, Sturgeon, van Vogt and

del Rey, as well as Asimov and Clarke. Rest in Peace; they were great

men, ;(

 
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metro-golden-meower

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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:02:25 GMT, Bluuuue Rajah <Bluuuuue@Rajah.>

wrote:


>mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in


>news:ghb84b$qjh$1@aioe.org:


>


>> mimus wrote:


>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an


>>> early discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>


>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion


>>> both inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>


>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape


>>> with the RAT or any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add:


>>> "That's infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it


>>> is proving resistant to duplication."


>>>


>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>


>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>


>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>


>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>


>>


>> There's a lack of information. It might be a tooth from an


>> Aldebaranian wooly newt. Or a scale from some kind of atmospheric fish


>> (the ones with the needle teeth that attach to your kneecaps and take


>> over your mind).


>>


>> Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. They would know


>> about this.


>


>They hit the bricks, and left Bradbury holding the bag. ;(


>


>I just looked up the school of authors groomed by John Campbell , and as


>far as I can deduce, they're all gone - Heinlein, Sturgeon, van Vogt and


>del Rey, as well as Asimov and Clarke. Rest in Peace; they were great


>men, ;(

i never really cared for van vogt, my old man had shedloads of his

books. i tried reading 'em as a kid and didn't like 'em. i read one

the other week and it was supprizingly entertaining. i may try

rereading him at some point. maybe after i work my way through the 40

or so books i picked up on ebay over the past couple of months.

 
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mimus

Guest
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:18:20 +0000, metro-golden-meower wrote:


> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:02:25 GMT, Bluuuue Rajah <Bluuuuue@Rajah.>


> wrote:


>


>> mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in


>> news:ghb84b$qjh$1@aioe.org:


>>


>>> mimus wrote:


>>>


>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an


>>>> early discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>


>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion


>>>> both inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>>


>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape


>>>> with the RAT or any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add:


>>>> "That's infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it


>>>> is proving resistant to duplication."


>>>>


>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>


>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>>


>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>


>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>>


>>>


>>> There's a lack of information. It might be a tooth from an


>>> Aldebaranian wooly newt. Or a scale from some kind of atmospheric fish


>>> (the ones with the needle teeth that attach to your kneecaps and take


>>> over your mind).


>>>


>>> Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. They would know


>>> about this.


>>


>> They hit the bricks, and left Bradbury holding the bag. ;(


>>


>> I just looked up the school of authors groomed by John Campbell , and


>> as far as I can deduce, they're all gone - Heinlein, Sturgeon, van Vogt


>> and del Rey, as well as Asimov and Clarke. Rest in Peace; they were


>> great men, ;(


>


> i never really cared for van vogt, my old man had shedloads of his


> books. i tried reading 'em as a kid and didn't like 'em. i read one the


> other week and it was supprizingly entertaining. i may try rereading him


> at some point. maybe after i work my way through the 40 or so books i


> picked up on ebay over the past couple of months.

Didja fish through the Cordwainer Smith collection? huh? huh?

--

tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Lady, we are all insane in this place.

I do not think we want to leave.

< "A Planet Named Shayol"

 
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Bluuuue Rajah

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mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in

news:GvmdnY0WoJfVyMjUnZ2dnUVZ_u6dnZ2d@giganews.com:


> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:18:20 +0000, metro-golden-meower wrote:


>


>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:02:25 GMT, Bluuuue Rajah <Bluuuuue@Rajah.>


>> wrote:


>>


>>> mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in


>>> news:ghb84b$qjh$1@aioe.org:


>>>


>>>> mimus wrote:


>>>>


>>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an


>>>>> early discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>>


>>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars


>>>>> rover shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature


>>>>> shaped like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked


>>>>> discussion both inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover


>>>>> Exploration team.


>>>>>


>>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good


>>>>> old 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the


>>>>> mission," Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate


>>>>> that shape with the RAT or any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha


>>>>> Particle X-ray Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan


>>>>> hastened to add: "That's infinitely far from saying it is of


>>>>> biologic origin, but it is proving resistant to duplication."


>>>>>


>>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>>


>>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that


>>>>> might be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that


>>>>> might have been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on


>>>>> this effort toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan


>>>>> noted.


>>>>>


>>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>>


>>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>>>


>>>>


>>>> There's a lack of information. It might be a tooth from an


>>>> Aldebaranian wooly newt. Or a scale from some kind of atmospheric


>>>> fish (the ones with the needle teeth that attach to your kneecaps


>>>> and take over your mind).


>>>>


>>>> Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. They would


>>>> know about this.


>>>


>>> They hit the bricks, and left Bradbury holding the bag. ;(


>>>


>>> I just looked up the school of authors groomed by John Campbell ,


>>> and as far as I can deduce, they're all gone - Heinlein, Sturgeon,


>>> van Vogt and del Rey, as well as Asimov and Clarke. Rest in Peace;


>>> they were great men, ;(


>>


>> i never really cared for van vogt, my old man had shedloads of his


>> books. i tried reading 'em as a kid and didn't like 'em. i read one


>> the other week and it was supprizingly entertaining. i may try


>> rereading him at some point. maybe after i work my way through the 40


>> or so books i picked up on ebay over the past couple of months.


>


> Didja fish through the Cordwainer Smith collection? huh? huh?

Cordwainer Bird? ;)

 
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Guest
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:06:45 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>

wrote:


>On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:18:20 +0000, metro-golden-meower wrote:


>


>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:02:25 GMT, Bluuuue Rajah <Bluuuuue@Rajah.>


>> wrote:


>>


>>> mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in


>>> news:ghb84b$qjh$1@aioe.org:


>>>


>>>> mimus wrote:


>>>>


>>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an


>>>>> early discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>>


>>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion


>>>>> both inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>>>


>>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape


>>>>> with the RAT or any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add:


>>>>> "That's infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it


>>>>> is proving resistant to duplication."


>>>>>


>>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>>


>>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>>>


>>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>>


>>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>>>


>>>>


>>>> There's a lack of information. It might be a tooth from an


>>>> Aldebaranian wooly newt. Or a scale from some kind of atmospheric fish


>>>> (the ones with the needle teeth that attach to your kneecaps and take


>>>> over your mind).


>>>>


>>>> Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. They would know


>>>> about this.


>>>


>>> They hit the bricks, and left Bradbury holding the bag. ;(


>>>


>>> I just looked up the school of authors groomed by John Campbell , and


>>> as far as I can deduce, they're all gone - Heinlein, Sturgeon, van Vogt


>>> and del Rey, as well as Asimov and Clarke. Rest in Peace; they were


>>> great men, ;(


>>


>> i never really cared for van vogt, my old man had shedloads of his


>> books. i tried reading 'em as a kid and didn't like 'em. i read one the


>> other week and it was supprizingly entertaining. i may try rereading him


>> at some point. maybe after i work my way through the 40 or so books i


>> picked up on ebay over the past couple of months.


>


>Didja fish through the Cordwainer Smith collection? huh? huh?

why, yes. yes i did. the thing i most thought was how much like the

island of dr. moreau with the animal/humanized people who are

exploited servents. that really is a sick thing to do to any animal.

and the complete dissregard for thier lives if they where injured or

sick.

the other storys where good, but that one in particular sticks out.

i was pretty ****** up with a really nasty cold when i read it, so i

think i'm going to read it again as i think i may have missed

something first read.

currently i'm reading 'mission of gravity' by hal clement which i'm

really enjoying. oh. i also read poul andersons 'broken sword' the

other day. that was one of the best hi fantasy books i've ever read. i

can see why its in the fantasy masterworks series.

 
M

mimus

Guest
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:41:16 +0000, metro-golden-meower wrote:


> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:06:45 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


> wrote:


>


>>On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:18:20 +0000, metro-golden-meower wrote:


>>


>>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:02:25 GMT, Bluuuue Rajah <Bluuuuue@Rajah.>


>>> wrote:


>>>


>>>> mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in


>>>> news:ghb84b$qjh$1@aioe.org:


>>>>


>>>>> mimus wrote:


>>>>>


>>>>>> The "undead rovers" are not only still going on like the Energizer


>>>>>> bunny, but there seems to be a very strange media blackout on an


>>>>>> early discovery by Opportunity of, well:


>>>>>>


>>>>>> Early in its mission at Meridiani Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover


>>>>>> shot back a Microscopic Imager photo that included a feature shaped


>>>>>> like a Rotini pasta. At the time, its profile sparked discussion


>>>>>> both inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team.


>>>>>>


>>>>>> "I am surprised I do not hear any more commotion about the good old


>>>>>> 'rotini' shape from Meridiani in the early part of the mission,"


>>>>>> Gorevan said. "We have not yet been able to duplicate that shape


>>>>>> with the RAT or any Mössbauer Spectrometer or Alpha Particle X-ray


>>>>>> Spectrometer contact mechanisms." But Gorevan hastened to add:


>>>>>> "That's infinitely far from saying it is of biologic origin, but it


>>>>>> is proving resistant to duplication."


>>>>>>


>>>>>> Gorevan and his team have performed no direct tests attempting to


>>>>>> duplicate the "rotini" feature.


>>>>>>


>>>>>> "Frankly I do not know how to construct such a test," Gorevan


>>>>>> explained. "What we are doing is looking out for features that might


>>>>>> be embryonic or very old forms of the rotini feature that might have


>>>>>> been made with the RAT. More attention will be paid on this effort


>>>>>> toward examination of terrestrial specimens," Gorevan noted.


>>>>>>


>>>>>> <more and photo, click on it to enlarge:>


>>>>>>


>>>>>> http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2008/11/martian-rotini-anyone.html


>>>>>>


>>>>>


>>>>> There's a lack of information. It might be a tooth from an


>>>>> Aldebaranian wooly newt. Or a scale from some kind of atmospheric fish


>>>>> (the ones with the needle teeth that attach to your kneecaps and take


>>>>> over your mind).


>>>>>


>>>>> Where the **** are Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. They would know


>>>>> about this.


>>>>


>>>> They hit the bricks, and left Bradbury holding the bag. ;(


>>>>


>>>> I just looked up the school of authors groomed by John Campbell , and


>>>> as far as I can deduce, they're all gone - Heinlein, Sturgeon, van Vogt


>>>> and del Rey, as well as Asimov and Clarke. Rest in Peace; they were


>>>> great men, ;(


>>>


>>> i never really cared for van vogt, my old man had shedloads of his


>>> books. i tried reading 'em as a kid and didn't like 'em. i read one the


>>> other week and it was supprizingly entertaining. i may try rereading him


>>> at some point. maybe after i work my way through the 40 or so books i


>>> picked up on ebay over the past couple of months.


>>


>> Didja fish through the Cordwainer Smith collection? huh? huh?


>


> why, yes. yes i did. the thing i most thought was how much like the


> island of dr. moreau with the animal/humanized people who are


> exploited servents. that really is a sick thing to do to any animal.


> and the complete dissregard for thier lives if they where injured or


> sick.

The long struggle for civil rights of the Underpeople is a prominent theme

in the later stories, climactically of course in the extremely disturbing

"The Dead Lady of Clown Town" and stepping down a bit in "The Ballad of

Lost C'Mell".


> the other storys where good, but that one in particular sticks out.


>


> i was pretty ****** up with a really nasty cold when i read it, so i


> think i'm going to read it again as i think i may have missed


> something first read.

All the best ones need savored over time and many many re-readings.

The man was a (somewhat twisty) genius.


> currently i'm reading 'mission of gravity' by hal clement which i'm


> really enjoying.

He wrote an excellent sequel to that, _Star Light_, where the Mesklinites

are being used as explorers on another high-grav world.


> oh. i also read poul andersons 'broken sword' the


> other day. that was one of the best hi fantasy books i've ever read. i


> can see why its in the fantasy masterworks series.

I've never been much on Anderson, although _Omnivore_ was distinctly odd,

and the one novel of his "personifications" series, about Death, _On a

White Horse_ IIRC, wasn't too bad, about on the level or better of

Zelazny's "Amber" series (which I'm so-so about, too).

--

tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Should we be strange to you, we animals of Earth

that you have brought to the stars?

< "The Dead Lady of Clown Town"

 
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