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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
07/20/09

In reply to Blastabulous Video of the World's Largest Saturn V Model Launch
Am I the only one who picked up what sounded like disappointing groans when the parachutes deployed, like people actually wanted this to crash? How we have fallen.

Also, can anyone confirm the rumor that the SRB's on the shuttle are "S" motors? I remember hearing this from the model rocketters at my summer camp.
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EBone
07/20/09

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too bad he didn't have an onboard camera to record it.
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Serolf Divad
07/19/09

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Amazing that the bottom stage lands standing up. Nice.
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FrankenPC
07/19/09

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Holy christ! That looks like a ground to air missile.
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The Lab
07/19/09

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Amazing. Although normally I prefer when they misfire (I'm looking at you, X-wing launch), this one was just beautiful. The parachutes looked like jellyfish.

As a sidenote, is it legal to just launch these leviathans just anywhere? What happens if a couple of those rockets don't ignite and the rocket shoots into the freeway over there or those high-tension power lines? Criminal charges?
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strider_mt2k
04/25/09

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WONDERFUL!
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metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal
04/25/09

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I'm really happy for the guy that there were no complications! That must have been supremely satisfying.

As an aside, I didn't know microphones that shitty even existed.
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Nick
04/25/09

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@everyone trying to help: bosskev, sent you a message explaining a bit. when i visit consumerist i can use the reply and profile buttons, etc just fine. i can't do it at Giz, Jalopnik, Deadspin, etc. i am at work so i can't reinstall the browswer, but i don't think that is the issue. the problem first started on 04/01 and went for about a week. it mysteriously fixed itself and then returned a couple days ago. so far i have:
-cleared cache, cookies, internet files, history, checked security, etc.
obviously didn't work.
-tried browsing the site in classic and threaded view, but also no impact.

i am really sorry for the thread jack guys. i am just really hoping crowd sourcing this problem will get it fixed.
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bosskev
04/25/09

@Nick: "bosskev, sent you a message explaining a bit"

Just sent you a message back with a possible fix. Maybe.
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Gann
04/25/09

@Nick: Have you tried portable firefox?
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The Lab
04/25/09

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As per grammar comments, feel free to make them, just email the author. No one else needs to know.
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bosskev
04/25/09

@The Lab: Well, if the offense/offender is egregious enough and your writing is witty enough that you can go all Dorothy Parker on them, then please do lambaste the dullard publicly.
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Nick
04/25/09

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i wish my reply buttong worked, but . . .

@shiftyeyedgoat: you are again wrong about the definition and referring back to the example you provided the third definition does not make use of the word to imply and negative connotation, but instead is actually referring to size.
The enormity of such an act of generosity is staggering.
I don't think the example is trying to convey in any sense the generosity exhibited was heinous.

/finger wag
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The Lab
04/25/09

@Nick: It may be that you are viewing comments in "classic" rather than "threaded" mode. More likely, you need to reinstall your browser. It s kind of embarrassing (for you) to be posting on a tech website without being able to fix a problem with the reply button.
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bosskev
04/25/09

@The Lab: Just for kicks, I switched this thread into "classic" view (I normally run in "threaded" view) and am now using the "reply" button to connect my reply to your comment. Let's see what happens, "submit"...
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bosskev
04/25/09

@bosskev: Worked just fine, as expected. Nick, your system and/or browser would seem to have some kind of major issue. As a quick test, might I suggest you try an alternate browser and see if you get a different result.
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Curves
04/26/09

@bosskev: I have been having trouble with reply as well, on and off, for over a week. Also, I tend to stick to classic view vs threaded since the threaded view will exclude some comments from being shown. If you want to see this for yourself, check back on secret thread (you know the one) and click back and forth between views and watch the # of comments. There is a significant difference on the count

Enormitynessinglyerton. That was just to piss off the grammer Nazis.
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hacku
04/25/09

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Ummm... read definition 3.

3. greatness of size,

I would say it was used in the proper context.
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soggy_cheerio
04/25/09

@soggy_cheerio: It'd be far more helpful if people would use shityeyedgoat's informative comment to learn something, instead of using it as an opportunity to jump down someone's throat.
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Nick
04/25/09

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@shiftyeyedgoat: per your definition tell me how 3. greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity: The enormity of such an act of generosity is staggering. doesn't work?
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bosskev
04/25/09

@Nick: Nick, are you having trouble with the "click here to reply to this comment" button? I've noticed how for quite a while now your replies, like this one as an example, have not been attached to the comment to which you are replying.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/26/09

@bosskev: Nostalgia for the old comment reply method methinks.
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shiftyeyedgoat
04/25/09

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I hate it when the word "enormity" is used incorrectly...

It does not mean something large. The closest word is enormousness. Enormity means (per dictionary.com)

1.outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of war crimes.

2. something outrageous or heinous, as an offense: The bombing of the defenseless population was an enormity beyond belief.

3. greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity: The enormity of such an act of generosity is staggering.
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HaukCarbo
04/25/09

from your own post:

*greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence**

if greatness of size isn't a definition of large, then I don't know wtf is...
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bosskev
04/25/09

@shiftyeyedgoat: And in my dictionary:

"the large size or scale of something"

I'm a (reformed) grammar/spelling Nazi, but before I (used to) chastise someone for poor usage, I always made damn sure I knew what the hell I was talking about.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
04/25/09

@shiftyeyedgoat: I hate to say this but I think the enormity of your comment fail is staggering...

[/sarcasm]
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shiftyeyedgoat
04/25/09

@HaukCarbo: It's... supposed to be used with a negative connotation, given its negatively swayed definition.

But sure, use English as you wish. Just know grammarians worldwide and wagging their fingers derisively: [blog.oup.com]
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shiftyeyedgoat
04/25/09

@shiftyeyedgoat: Also, from the same continued entry at dictionary.com:

Usage note:

3. Enormity has been in frequent and continuous use in the sense "immensity" since the 18th century: The enormity of the task was overwhelming. Some hold that enormousness is the correct word in that sense and that enormity can only mean "outrageousness" or "atrociousness": The enormity of his offenses appalled the public. Enormity occurs regularly in edited writing with the meanings both of great size and of outrageous or horrifying character, behavior, etc. Many people, however, continue to regard enormity in the sense of great size as nonstandard.
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bosskev
04/25/09

@shiftyeyedgoat: Dude, you are digging in your heels in a situation that simply does not warrant such obstinacy. Language evolves. Even in the article to which you linked it is recognized that the word "enormity" has multiple usages, including a meaning of great size.

Wait for someone to go all there/their/they're incorrectly, then jump all over them, and preferably in a witty or entertaining way. In the meantime, settle down with "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" until you get this out of your system.
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shiftyeyedgoat
04/25/09

@bosskev: The enormousness of the enormities in this thread cannot compare to the enorm abnormality against "enormity."

I have severe disdain for "evolving" language. I prefer the creationist philosophy of words.

@1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: Really, guy? If this weren't such a blatant affront to all that is holy in both English and acronyms, maybe.. but the punctuation had to go, too?
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shiftyeyedgoat
04/25/09

@shiftyeyedgoat: And this was a joke, before anyone else decides to jump up my ass.

Christ, people, it's Saturday; do you have to shit on people seven days a week?
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bosskev
04/25/09

@shiftyeyedgoat: "And this was a joke, before anyone else decides to jump up my ass."

I save that for Saturday night. Preferably after a few drinks.
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soggy_cheerio
04/25/09

@shiftyeyedgoat: I'm with you. You are 100% correct. The people trying to correct you are uneducated twits. Unfortunately, after enough of these heathens use a word incorrectly, it does become acceptable usage.

Quit bastardizing the language!
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scuba_steve
04/25/09

@soggy_cheerio: Of all the arguments against this usage, you managed to chose the least defensible one. Originally, enormity meant enormousness but has evolved into the usage it has now. If you are against the bastardisation of the English language, you should really be defending the original meaning, no?

Language has been evolving for hundreds of years before we got our dirty little hands on it, so I find it hard to understand what you feel you are defending. Our English is no more 'correct' than it was 200 years ago or will be 200 years from now.
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soggy_cheerio
04/25/09

@scuba_steve: No, sir. You are incorrect. The use of enormity as a synonym for enormousness has gradually become more accepted. The use of the word as shiftyeyedgoat suggests dates from the 15th century, while the use of the word as a synonym for enormousness or immensity dates from the late 18th century(as mentioned above).
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NewtonMelbo
12/25/08

In reply to The Apollo 8 Original Press Kit
There is no dark side of the moon. Well, there is one but like on earth it's always changing. What the Apollo 8 austronauts saw was the side of the moon not facing the earth. And this side is actually lit from time to time. When there is new moon on earth the side not facing the earth is fully lit from the sun.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
12/25/08

@NewtonMelbo: There is a dark side of the moon. It's where the alien craft landed on Devil's Rock. Duh.
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JasonBison
12/25/08

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Coffee stains? Really?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
12/26/08

@JasonBison: That's no coffee stain. It's Tang!
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