Like I'm going to believe John watched the Laker game...
C'mon he only learned the names of the Beatles like 20 years AFTER
they broke up.
John, name any four NBA teams. Name any four NFL teams. Name *ANY* of
the living or dead members of Led Zeppelin. Name any four composers
alive between 1756 and 1767. Name any four Hammer films.
I'm telling ya the guy has to get his eyes of those bad videos.
Ozzy
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "tschibasch"
<tschibasch_at_y...> wrote:
> As yes, the "Spherical Earth" thing. When I was young, I was told
that
> Christopher Columbus came to America to prove that the Earth was
> round, since conventional wisdom believed it to be flat.
>
> Of course, the Ancient Greeks already knew about the shape of the
> Earth, and what's more, they had a reasonably good idea of the
> distance to the Sun!
>
> In the Middle Ages, there was not so much a controversy about that
> then. Rather, the problem concerned where the proper "center" of the
> universe was. The upheld belief was that the Earth (no surprise!)
was
> at the center of everything, and therefore the Sun revolved around
the
> Earth. It was the Roman Catholic Church which pushed this view.
(They
> conceded that Mercury and Venus orbitted around the Sun, but that
the
> Sun, Mars, and Jupiter orbitted around Earth.) As astronomers became
> better at tracking objects, there was growing pressure to change
this
> view! Galileo apparently was told by the Church that they already
knew
> that the Earth orbitted around the Sun, but did not want this
> information released to the public, as it would cause a panic. So,
he
> was not permitted to publish his findings...
>
> And regarding Repbulicans on this email list: Sadly, KG, it is not
> always Republicans who make bad choices. Sometimes Democrats make
bad
> ones as well. And occasionally even Greens, though much less so.
>
> I just thank my lucky stars that I didn't bet anything on the Lakers
> last night!
>
> ;-)
>
> John
>
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Bark of Delight
> <barkofdelight_at_y...> wrote:
> > --- Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_y...> wrote:
> > > It also nicely illustrates how the
> > > Greeks figured out about a spherical Earth.
> >
> > Please, G!
> > There are republicans on this email list!
> > You don't want to start another argument, do you?
> >
> > Bark!
> >
> >
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Received on 2003-05-16 11:15:52