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duh, NASA.

Bill A, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 13:19 (fourteen years ago) link

some neat stuff in that show. inflation theory new to me. but it did follow what's beginnning to feel like a formulaic style for bbc big bang/quantum phsycis etc documentaries, where each theory is intercut with shots of scientists silently peering into the camera or off into the distance, with strange lighting and/or subtle effetcs used to illustrate just how to deep in thought these crazy characters are

gnarly sceptre, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link

Did anyone catch the programme about the universe (first episode focused on the sun) the last day? Was pretty good, looked great, could have done without the script and delivery of same by indie scientist dude.

quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link

Yeah, I saw Wonders of The Solar System and liked it. indie scientist Brian Cox is the "celeb" academic of my workplace and I've sometimes found his style a bit rich in previous stuff, but this time I warmed to him as the show progressed - the footage of the total eclipse and his humbled response to it was quite stirring stuff imo.

Bill A, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link

Saturnian ringshine ftw

and i've enjoyed that dude's presenting before, but i have a feeling his winsomeness might push it by the end of the series. especially when it seems the Sigur Ros track from the BBC ident is perpetually imminent.

gnarly sceptre, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link

yeha i will watch it this week again, don't get me wrong, but he just really grated on me. he's so...deep man, y'know?

quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link

and his teeth don't fit into his lips, which bothered me.

quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4439443924_3d354c38bd_o.jpg

caek, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link

Okay, what's the backstory there? And why have they given him a suit?

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 10:58 (fourteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_the_Chimp

caek, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:03 (fourteen years ago) link

that helmet, yes

idm@hyperreal.org (lukas), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link

Ham was born July 1956 in Cameroon, captured by animal trappers and sent to Rare Bird Farm in Miami, Florida. He was purchased by the United States Air Force and brought to Holloman Air Force Base in 1959

One of the less likely biographies, that. But surely they could've come up with a better tribute than this:

It was decided that the AFIP would retain Ham's skeleton for further study, and his body was cleaned of soft tissue by lengthy placement in the Dermestid beetle colony at the Smithsonian

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:30 (fourteen years ago) link

He's holding a wallet in that B/W picture - probably holding his passport & visa?

StanM, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:34 (fourteen years ago) link

wow that article is full of unusual details for the wikipedia thread.

the story of ham the chimp is a great read in the right stuff, btw

I request "Fireflies" (dyao), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:41 (fourteen years ago) link

Dark Flow is realer than previously expected!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100322-dark-flow-matter-outside-universe-multiverse/

StanM, Thursday, 25 March 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link

lol Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. i actually attended my first talk on this idea today. no idea if it's worth anything tho. not my area. anything "outside the universe"/multiverse is nonsense though, i do know that.

caek, Thursday, 25 March 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link

are u saying u don't believe in the DEADLIGHTS?

Wonders Of the Solar System was very good, I've decided, and I regret missing the second one now.

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link

the whole thing is on iplayer until the season finishes! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qyxfb

caek, Monday, 29 March 2010 10:08 (fourteen years ago) link

is it likely that i will be able to watch that from ireland tho? believe i've had difficulty before.

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 10:11 (fourteen years ago) link

it is not likely.

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 10:12 (fourteen years ago) link

lol ireland. looks like it's on bittorrent.

caek, Monday, 29 March 2010 11:11 (fourteen years ago) link

Wonders Of the Solar System was very good, I've decided, and I regret missing the second one now

The actual content of this has been excellent at times, and Prof Cox has really won me over. Only disappointment is that the cgi recreations of asteroids clashing, geysers on Io etc are all accompanied by KABOOM noises, which for a show that aims to be factual is pretty sloppy (I realise this is to make these events more "exciting", but same applies).

Bill A, Monday, 29 March 2010 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link

also, i didn't experience the sulphur poisoning that i would have expected while hovering above io's explosions O_o

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 11:27 (fourteen years ago) link

Cox hasn't won me over, but he got easier to tolerate.

He had the earnest, dead eyes and smile of an apologetic young canon lecturing to college students.

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 11:29 (fourteen years ago) link

also, i didn't experience the sulphur poisoning that i would have expected while hovering above io's explosions O_o

Hem, hem, I rather think that they gave the Cassini spacecraft a few coats of sulphur-proof paint for this very reason, before it was sent off into the void. If they had equipped it with a Radio Shack condenser mic as well then we could've heard the sound of yon geysers...

Bill A, Monday, 29 March 2010 11:41 (fourteen years ago) link

anyway pictures and graphics of space on prime time telly = win

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link

important space video: http://vimeo.com/3921306

caek, Monday, 29 March 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link

See, that (awesome) vid shows a way that some artistic flair can be fused with incredible space footage. I'm being a churlish about Prof Cox's show simply because the producer has gone with some lazy "rock music and sound FX" accompaniment for sights which deserve a bit more imo (but totally agree with you darragh, wld much rather have more of this kind of thing on the telly - as a youth I'd be bug eyed during The Sky At Night, and if Cox can do the same for today's youngsters then more power to him).

Bill A, Monday, 29 March 2010 12:04 (fourteen years ago) link

i should watch this brian cox thing!

caek, Monday, 29 March 2010 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link

I've enjoyed what I've seen of it but I do find Cox's presentation style a little distracting. Also he looks like a mate of ours which makes it worse.

Allbran Burg (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah i think so- it's baby level stuff for you i'd say but the pattern is beginning to emerge- last night he went to various volcanic sites on earth (jammy get is really milking it imo) and then cut to a segment of "if you thought that was impressive" showing olympus mons and what have you.

it's definitely a show i'd have flipped over as a teen, and as i said it's still well worth watching now.

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link

(xp)

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link

cox's whole steez is "it really makes u *think*" but i'm getting over it tbh.

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link

He just has odd little Jamie Oliver-isms - cool guy thinking baout stuff - that irk a bit.

Allbran Burg (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:36 (fourteen years ago) link

he just really grated on me. he's so...deep man, y'know?

yep

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link

I guess it mightn't be down to Cox so much as the director - don't really need to see establishing shots of you riding a quad bike up a hill for example.

Allbran Burg (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:41 (fourteen years ago) link

could be worse, i suppose- could be davina or claudia winkleman.

Jermaine Jenason (darraghmac), Monday, 29 March 2010 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link

hi caek

velko, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link

sup

caek, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link

hey caek how's munich tonite

Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link

i am drunk x 1 billion so not sure about the city

caek, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link

ok sound

Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link

although i am concerned at your lack of scientific notation usage

Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link

drunk x 10^9

Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link

wait that's an American billion dude

drink more beer and the doctor is a heghog (gbx), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link

there is no such thing as an Irish billion

j0rdslovesomedude (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link

nah i thought we'd all settled on a thousand million at this stage?

xp lol NAMA joke

Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link

oh right that's yr thing innit

xp

drink more beer and the doctor is a heghog (gbx), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link

if there was it would be measured in ale and hats

j0rdslovesomedude (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link


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