Vatican commemorates Galileo

[Galileo]

Vatican commemorates Galileo

THE Vatican will commemorate physicist and philosopher Galileo Galilei, who was prosecuted by the Inquisition in the 17th century, in an exhibition opening Thursday.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_442209.html

Congratulations Galileo! One of our most esteemed JREF members! You do us proud.

:cool:

[drkitten]

Congratulations What a nutcase Galileo! One of our most esteemed delusional JREF members! You do us proud. make us laugh!


Fixed for you.

[dudalb]

Fixed for you.

Dammit, beat me to it again.

[WildCat]

You are NOT the reincarnation of Galileo.

[rjh01]

You are NOT the reincarnation of Galileo.

Evidence?

[Jontg]

We laugh at him.
Everyone laughed at Galileo.
Therefore, he is Galileo.

[Jungle Jim]

From the linked article: "Not until 1992 did the Roman Catholic Church formally admit its 'error' in condemning Galileo's assertions." Did the church actually apologize for their behavior--like saying we're sorry?

[Galileo]

From the linked article: "Not until 1992 did the Roman Catholic Church formally admit its 'error' in condemning Galileo's assertions." Did the church actually apologize for their behavior--like saying we're sorry?

The apology is not yet complete. I expect to be canonized within the next 50 years.

[IMST]

The apology is not yet complete. I expect to be canonized within the next 50 years.

You realize that you'll have to die within 45 for that to happen. And be something important to the church (hint: some internet troll pretending to be a historical figure doesn't cut it).

[Galileo]

You realize that you'll have to die within 45 for that to happen. And be something important to the church (hint: some internet troll pretending to be a historical figure doesn't cut it).

You do realize that Galileo died in 1642, before the Internet was invented by Algore.

[Galileo]

1609: Galileo introduced new ideas to the world; the world laughed.

2009: The 9/11 Truth Movement introduced new ideas to the world; the JREFers laughed.

WTC 7 = Moons of Jupiter

[paximperium]

1609: Galileo introduced new ideas to the world; the world laughed.

2009: The 9/11 Truth Movement introduced new ideas to the world; the JREFers laughed.

WTC 7 = Moons of Jupiter
1600s: Galileo introduced new ideas to the world and gained aclaim for providing evidence. Enshrined in history for his great accomplishment.
2009: Irrelevant nut makes noise. Everyone laughs at him. Continues to be irrelevant to the entire world. Long forgotten.

[rjh01]

1609: Galileo introduced new ideas to the world; the world laughed.

2009: The 9/11 Truth Movement re-introduced debunked ideas to the world; the world laughed.

NWO = Moons of Jupiter

I think you made some minor mistakes in what you said. I corrected it above. Is this what you meant?

[Akhenaten]

You are NOT the reincarnation of Galileo.




Evidence?





I knew him, Horatio.


You realize that you'll have to die within 45 for that to happen. And be something important to the church (hint: some internet troll pretending to be a historical figure doesn't cut it).





Oh snap!

[quixotecoyote]

You realize that you'll have to die within 45 for that to happen. And be something important to the church (hint: some internet troll pretending to be a historical figure doesn't cut it).

Mais, je suis Napoleon!

[dropzone]

You do realize that Galileo died in 1642, before the Internet was invented by Algore.Show us your miracles.

[Akhenaten]

Mais, je suis Napoleon!





Non! JE suis Napoleon, et ainsi mon épouse!

[dropzone]

I took French in fifth grade, which in any counting outside the US meant I was ten years old. I normally do not complain about posts in French but, as I know the bitchiest posts are in French, I request the very bitchiest be translated into English so we can all enjoy them.

[dropzone]

Regarding another thread, I am partially of Norwegian heritage and know that nothing Grandma and Grandpa discussed could be nearly as entertaining as what I, a child of American TV, could imagine. Honest, guys, I may have been 10 but by the mid-60s divorce had become unremarkable and I knew and liked Uncle John before it, and would've like him and his new wife after it. :(

[Akhenaten]

I took French in fifth grade, which in any counting outside the US meant I was ten years old. I normally do not complain about posts in French but, as I know the bitchiest posts are in French, I request the very bitchiest be translated into English so we can all enjoy them.




Non! JE suis Napoleon, et ainsi mon épouse!





No! I'M Napoleon, and so is my wife!

[Ravenwood]

Heck, If he was Galileo, he could tell us the objective lens magnification of the telescope he built in 1609, or what the FOV was...

[Akhenaten]

Would that be the European telescope or the African telescope?

[Thomas]

Fixed for you.
Tell me again what kind of forum this is?

[drkitten]

Tell me again what kind of forum this is?

One in which lunatics like Gallileo and Holocaust deniers like you are nevertheless permitted to spew gibberish freely, in the interests of educating the larger population about exactly how poor the reasoning and argument skills of lunatics and Holocaust deniers are.

And thereby supporting critical thinking in all its forms, including the rejection of Holocaust denial as a rational position.

[Thomas]

Yes, because I'm a holocaust denier, suuuuure.. Do you have any futher lies to broaden this hyper intellectual forum with? Or is this more like a Oprah Winfrey/Dr. Phil level discussion? That was a rethorical question.

[Jeff Corey]

No! I'M Napoleon, and so is my wife!

Wouldn't that be ainsi que?

[Akhenaten]

Wouldn't that be ainsi que?





I'm willing to stand corrected Jeff. I'm pretty rusty myself and I only risked my froggyspeak because the joke demanded it.

I might just stick to typing with an outrageous accent in future.

;)


PS Does your pup celebrate Halloween? There's a special on avatars in Community this week.


Cheers Mate,

Dave


ETA:

http://www.yvonneclaireadams.com/HostedStuff/AvatarJeffCorey.jpg

[IMST]

The apology is not yet complete. I expect to be canonized within the next 50 years.

You realize that you'll have to die within 45 for that to happen. And be something important to the church (hint: some internet troll pretending to be a historical figure doesn't cut it).

You do realize that Galileo died in 1642, before the Internet was invented by Algore.

Are you currently dead? If so, you've probably fulfilled one of the required miracles for cannonization just by posting here.

[Jeff Corey]

I'm willing to stand corrected Jeff. I'm pretty rusty myself and I only risked my froggyspeak because the joke demanded it.

I might just stick to typing with an outrageous accent in future.

;)


PS Does your pup celebrate Halloween? There's a special on avatars in Community this week.


Cheers Mate,

Dave

ETA:

http://www.yvonneclaireadams.com/HostedStuff/AvatarJeffCorey.jpg

I think ainsi alone means thus.
I like that avatar. How do I get it?

[dudalb]

One in which lunatics like Gallileo and Holocaust deniers like you are nevertheless permitted to spew gibberish freely, in the interests of educating the larger population about exactly how poor the reasoning and argument skills of lunatics and Holocaust deniers are.

And thereby supporting critical thinking in all its forms, including the rejection of Holocaust denial as a rational position.


I am not sure Thomas is a Holocaust Denier as someone who will take up ANY "Anti Established Opinion" position because it makes him feel "Daring" and "edgy".
He is just another "contrarian" making a fool of himself, and incidently totally misunderstanding what the term "Skeptic" means.

[drkitten]

I am not sure Thomas is a Holocaust Denier as someone who will take up ANY "Anti Established Opinion" position because it makes him feel "Daring" and "edgy".

Well, since the opinion that the Holocaust happened is an established position, and he demonstrably has taken up the opposite position -- that makes him a Holocaust Denier. Being a "contrarian" doesn't prevent him from being a denier.

A person who holds an opinion for a stupid social reason holds that opinion just as much and just as strongly as a person who holds an opinion for a stupid political reason.

[Akhenaten]

I think ainsi alone means thus.





100% correct. Ainsi que ("like") would have been gooderer. I was actually going to use "aussi" but I couldn't remember the syntax for that either.

:)

Note to self: Pull head in.


I like that avatar. How do I get it?






Open 'User CP'.


On left-hand side, click 'Edit Avatar'.


The dialogue that opens has a text box down near the bottom with 'Option 1 - Enter the URL to the Image on Another Website' written above it.


Copypasta this URL into that box: http://www.yvonneclaireadams.com/HostedStuff/AvatarJeffCorey.jpg


Click 'Save Changes' down the bottom there and you're done.


Cheers :)

[dudalb]

Well, since the opinion that the Holocaust happened is an established position, and he demonstrably has taken up the opposite position -- that makes him a Holocaust Denier. Being a "contrarian" doesn't prevent him from being a denier.

A person who holds an opinion for a stupid social reason holds that opinion just as much and just as strongly as a person who holds an opinion for a stupid political reason.

True, but people who holds opinions for stupid social reasons tend to be a little less stubborn about them then those who do for ideological reasons,and tend to abandon them when "the next big thing" comes along.
The thing that really makes me despise the Holocaust Deniers is the Anti Semitism and the desire to whitewash Nazi Germany..take away those and a lot of the digust factor is gone. What we are left with are poor fools who think adpating outrageous opinions make them look daring and edgy. IMHO they are ,in the end, a lot less dangerouos then the hard core bigots who make up the huge bulk of Holocaust deniers.

[Sledge]

WTC 7 = Moons of Jupiter
That makes more sense than most Truther theories.

[Jeff Corey]

Open 'User CP'.


On left-hand side, click 'Edit Avatar'.


The dialogue that opens has a text box down near the bottom with 'Option 1 - Enter the URL to the Image on Another Website' written above it.


Copypasta this URL into that box: http://www.yvonneclaireadams.com/HostedStuff/AvatarJeffCorey.jpg


Click 'Save Changes' down the bottom there and you're done.


Cheers :)

Did all that and got "Invalid file".

[Akhenaten]

Hmmm.


There must be something wrong with my explanation, but I need another set of eyes to spot what it is. As you can see, the file is definitely valid.

Help, gentle readers!!!

[Jeff Corey]

Sorry, tried it again and got "Invalid URL", not "file".

[rjh01]

100% correct. Ainsi que ("like") would have been gooderer. I was actually going to use "aussi" but I couldn't remember the syntax for that either.

:)

Note to self: Pull head in.






Open 'User CP'.


On left-hand side, click 'Edit Avatar'.


The dialogue that opens has a text box down near the bottom with 'Option 1 - Enter the URL to the Image on Another Website' written above it.

Click on reply to this post (the original not rjh01's reply).


Copypasta the URL from the reply to thread box into that box: http://www.yvonneclaireadams.com/HostedStuff/AvatarJeffCorey.jpg


Click 'Save Changes' down the bottom there and you're done.


Cheers :)

I can see the problem. I have made corrections to the instructions above in bold. The problem was that some of the URL is not visible except when you click on the reply. Look for the ... in the URL to see what I mean.

[Eyeron]

I think my nexy forum name will be Galileo Galilee.

[Jeff Corey]

I can see the problem. I have made corrections to the instructions above in bold. The problem was that some of the URL is not visible except when you click on the reply. Look for the ... in the URL to see what I mean.

Tried that too. Didn't work.

[rjh01]

There is nothing wrong with the instructions. See my new temporary avatar for the evidence. You did remove the pre-existing http://www.

[Hokulele]

Tried that too. Didn't work.


Right click on the picture embedded within post 27. Choose "Save picture as" and save it to your local hard drive. You can then use the browse tool when you select your avatar as normal.

[Akhenaten]

^ Yeah that.

Also, "What would Galileo do?"

[Jeff Corey]

There is nothing wrong with the instructions. See my new temporary avatar for the evidence. You did remove the pre-existing http://www.

Yes.

[Akhenaten]

Well oil beef hooked if I know, Jeff. I suspect gremlinry.

I don't know what else to suggest cobber.



ETA: I must point out though, that the current situation is messin' with people a bit ;)

[rjh01]

I think we have suggested everything we can. Next stop a house call. Please send me the return fare to your place from my place and I will fix it.

I suggest post 42 is an alternative.

[Jeff Corey]

This one from my files worked. Awl beef hooked, aussi!

[Akhenaten]

This one from my files worked. Awl beef hooked, aussi!


Legend.


About time, ya fruitcake!


;)

[Jeff Corey]

Who the fork are you calling a fruitcake, you poncetralian? Youse guys call us Seppos, aussi.
Je m'en fois.

[lionking]

I'm glad to see this thread is getting the respect it deserves.

[Audible Click]

If only I could understand the posts. :)

[rjh01]

Glad no-one has reported this thread for rule 11 (off topic) breach.

[Jeff Corey]

It is impossible to have an off topic post if the OP has no topic. Sorta like Seinfeld.
http://www.tbs.com/shows/seinfeld/

[Akhenaten]

1609: Galileo introduced new ideas to the world; the world laughed.





Correct, although it seems the two may be unrelated in this particular case.


ETA: Galileo, perhaps you aren't a reincarnation of Galileo Galilei; maybe you're just his avatar.

There's a lot of that about at the moment.

[Jeff Corey]

No he's not. He's just a naughty boy!

[lionking]

No he's not. He's just a naughty boy!
Bloody hell Jeff, between you and the Pharoah I don't know who's posting what. ;)

[Akhenaten]

Bloody hell Jeff, between you and the Pharoah I don't know who's posting what. ;)





Neither do we.

[JoeTheJuggler]

You are NOT the reincarnation of Galileo.


Evidence?


I knew him, Horatio.


Alas! you got the quote a little bit wrong. It should be:

"Because I knew Galileo, and you, sir, are no Galileo!"

[Aurelian]

Have you tried praying to Galileo for a miracle?:covereyes

A.

[Wildy]

If only I could understand the posts. :)

Ich weiß. Die Mods hat gesagt dass wir müssen Posts nur auf Englisch gescreiben.


Apologies to actual speakers of German for ruining their language. I my defence I'm Australian and you know what we've done to English.

[wollery]

wo kan bu dong!

qing xie yingwen, xie xie.

[timhau]

Jösses mitä sekoilua.

[Akhenaten]

Oh cool. It's another NC thread!

Where's dafydd? Let's get this show on the road.

[Marduk]

Jösses mitä sekoilua.

http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/psl/img/popup/Ohye.pnghttp://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/psl/img/popup/Offm.png

translation : I win the foreign language competition
:p

[Akhenaten]

Have you read NC's stuff? It ain't foreign, it's alien!

Then again, some of you Easterners don't seem quite right either. If I wasn't so busy with these troublesome priests I'd look into it further.


;)

Mornin' Guv.

[Galileo]

please stay on topic, people.

[paximperium]

please stay on topic, people.
No.

[Galileo]

No.

yes.

[timhau]

please stay on topic, people.

Hey, it's about your delusions, so anything goes.

[paximperium]

yes.
Thanks for capitulating to me. Sorry if nobody cares about your demands.

[Akhenaten]

No.





yes.





Look, I didn't come here for an argument!

[Jeff Corey]

Sorry, this is abuse.

[rjh01]

please stay on topic, people.

If you think certain posters have gone off topic then you can report one post in this thread and say in the report there are several others in the thread. If the mods move some posts (bonus points for yellow flags and mod warnings) you have won. If the mods do nothing then all posts are on topic.

Either way you lose nothing.

[Akhenaten]

my bolding
If you think certain posters have gone off topic then you can report one post in this thread and say in the report there are several others in the thread. If the mods move some posts (bonus points for yellow flags and mod warnings) you have won. If the mods do nothing then all posts are on topic.

Either way you lose nothing.





I know a man in Norway named Andreas who runs a message board known as OCMB.

For many years his sig has been

"Life is not a contest."



Wise words, I reckon.

They sound almost like something that the real Galileo would have said.

[Jeff Corey]

OK, now that we all have been rightly chided, let's get back to the original thing about whether Galileo actually had three buttocks rather than the usual two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqosS6DBwhA

[MattusMaximus]

1609: Galileo introduced new ideas to the world; the world laughed.

2009: The 9/11 Truth Movement introduced new ideas to the world; the JREFers laughed.

WTC 7 = Moons of Jupiter

You mean like this?...

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/774747dc5f01571c1.gif (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=11269)

[Jeff Corey]

They laughed at Soup Sales. And cried. zhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNv3rVV1mfs

[Jeff Corey]

They laffed at Soupy Sales. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNv3rVV1mfs

[wollery]

please stay on topic, people.There's a topic??? :boggled:

[Aitch]

There's a topic??? :boggled:

Yep (http://ravingsfromtheblogdweller.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/topic_chocolate_bar.jpg). ;)

[wollery]

Yep (http://ravingsfromtheblogdweller.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/topic_chocolate_bar.jpg). ;)Well, I'll be. There is a topic after all! :clap:

[Akhenaten]

Yep (http://ravingsfromtheblogdweller.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/topic_chocolate_bar.jpg). ;)





Sweet!

[timhau]

Hey look! Not only do we have a renaissance scientist posting here, we have an authentic Egyptian pharaoh too!

[Akhenaten]

Only one of them is a raving loony though.

[MattusMaximus]

Hey look! Not only do we have a renaissance scientist posting here, we have an authentic Egyptian pharaoh too!

And the DevilTM

<======== :)

[Akhenaten]

Wow! This thread has everything except a point.

[Aitch]

Will this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226314/) do? ;)

[Damien Evans]

yes.

maybe.

[timhau]

Will this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226314/) do? ;)

It's about a pointless individual in a society where everyone has a point, so...

BURMA! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1ccguXiws)

[Akhenaten]

"I think she's daid!"


"What's on the telly then?"


"I think it's a penguin."


Galileo, being from the warmer climes of Europe, would have had little experience of penguins. The most northerly of the penguins is in fact the Galapagos Penguin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Penguin) Spheniscus mendiculus.

A member of this forum, Orphia Nay (http://www.zooreka.com/photo-447226.html), is a penguin.


Waenre