Tarantism Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 A moment for Tolkien...unless i took a moment already...in which case this would be a second moment for Tolkien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 a moment for the moon, who will not be with us alway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarantism Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 A moment for clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeztar Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 take a moment for the wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 A moment for the windy cloud blowing the Moon away like a Tolkien dream. :doh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougF Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 TurtleA moment for the windy cloud blowing the Moon away like a Tolkien dream. across the oceans of my mind. yes lets take a moment for the Oceans (my we find a way to clean them up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrotex Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Take a moment, if we may, for all the poor folks who are still heavily invested in the stock market on this day, January 22, 2008, as they watch their savings fly off on the oceans of the Moon, as it drifts away in a Tolkienesque breeze beyond the clouds of our dreams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Benzene Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Take a moment, if we may, for all the poor folks who are still heavily invested in the stock market on this day, January 22, 2008, as they watch their savings fly off on the oceans of the Moon, as it drifts away in a Tolkienesque breeze beyond the clouds of our dreams. Yeah. Like 10% of our net worth down the drain in the past week. :) Just shows how stupid most people are. They SELL when there's a SALE. Not the way things would work if you walked into a store and saw that a Hi-Def LCD tv was on sale for 75% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarantism Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 A moment for sleep, and a moment for waking calmly and slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Take a moment for taking turns. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougF Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Take a moment for your family and your friends. :doh: and take another moment if your friends are your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarantism Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 A moment for cleaner fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Let us all take a moment for Arthur C. Clarke, who died Wednesday at the age of 90. :phones: The Associated Press: Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said. He was 90. Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome since the 1960s and sometimes used a wheelchair, died at 1:30 a.m. after suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva said. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in 1956, lured by his interest in marine diving which he said was as close as he could get to the weightless feeling of space. "I'm perfectly operational underwater," he once said. Co-author with Stanley Kubrick of Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey," Clarke was regarded as far more than a science fiction writer. He was credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality. Geosynchronous orbits, which keep satellites in a fixed position relative to the ground, are called Clarke orbits. He joined American broadcaster Walter Cronkite as commentator on the U.S. Apollo moonshots in the late 1960s. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/books/19clarke.html?hpMr. Clarke was well aware of the importance of his role as science spokesman to the general population: “Most technological achievements were preceded by people writing and imagining them,” he noted. “I’m sure we would not have had men on the Moon,” he added, if it had not been for H. G. Wells and Jules Verne. “I’m rather proud of the fact that I know several astronauts who became astronauts through reading my books.” Among his legacies are Clarke’s Three Laws, provocative observations on science, science fiction and society that were published in his “Profiles of the Future” (1962): ¶“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.” ¶“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” ¶“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Mr. Clarke’s reputation as a prophet of the space age rests on more than a few accurate predictions. His visions helped bring about the future he longed to see. His contributions to the space program were lauded by Charles Kohlhase, who planned NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn and who said of Mr. Clarke, “When you dream what is possible, and add a knowledge of physics, you make it happen.” We can still remember him through his writing. :eek2: Arthur C. Clarke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeztar Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 With each passing, there should be proliferation. RIP ACC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Another moment for a monolith. Thanks for the dreams Arthur. :phones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrotex Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Another moment for a monolith. Thanks for the dreams Arthur. :evil:I am sad to hear of Clarke's passing. The last of my three great heros are dead. It was the books and stories of Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein that gave me a vision for my life. In the 1960's there were no opportunities for a kid in a wheelchair to start a career, not even any role models to emulate. So, I read their science fiction and dreamed of one day being a "rocket scientist". And here I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarantism Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 A moment for tonality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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