[Vo]:Russian Schuaberger website
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Re: [Vo]:leave my poor LEGOs out of this!!
I see a nit!! It was actually TANSTAAFL (which is more pronounceable) and it stands for There Ain't No and so forth. At least, that's what it was in Mistress. (Didn't recall that the slogan appeared in Stranger.) But, don't take my word for it -- let's ask Google. Search for TNSTAAFL:16,100 hits Search for TANSTAAFL: 216,000 hits So the websites of the world vote 13 to 1 in favor of TANSTAAFL. Terry Blanton wrote: Yep, Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land. Also mentioned in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Terry On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:33 PM, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net wrote: OrionWorks wrote: From Terry: Watch the spin and you will see a beat frequency between the camera TNSTAAFL Yup, I noticed that too, bro. Especially in the beginning. However, in the last segment the wheel RPM appeared (at least to me) to have stabilized somewhat. Perhaps that was an optical illusion. BTW: TNSTAAFL: Please translate. There is no such thing as a free lunch --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---
Re: [Vo]:leave my poor LEGOs out of this!!
UR right. It's impossible to pronounce without the 'A'. Terry (who grew up saying ain't but got over it) PS Forgive me Mr. Heinlein. You know, there is an anecdote that $cientology resulted from a bet between RAH and LRH. Heinlein bet Hubbard that he could not create a religion that the IRS would recognize. I wonder if Heinlein paid up? Hail Xenu! On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: I see a nit!! It was actually TANSTAAFL (which is more pronounceable) and it stands for There Ain't No and so forth. At least, that's what it was in Mistress. (Didn't recall that the slogan appeared in Stranger.) But, don't take my word for it -- let's ask Google. Search for TNSTAAFL:16,100 hits Search for TANSTAAFL: 216,000 hits So the websites of the world vote 13 to 1 in favor of TANSTAAFL. Terry Blanton wrote: Yep, Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land. Also mentioned in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Terry On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:33 PM, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net wrote: OrionWorks wrote: From Terry: Watch the spin and you will see a beat frequency between the camera TNSTAAFL Yup, I noticed that too, bro. Especially in the beginning. However, in the last segment the wheel RPM appeared (at least to me) to have stabilized somewhat. Perhaps that was an optical illusion. BTW: TNSTAAFL: Please translate. There is no such thing as a free lunch --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---
Re: [Vo]:leave my poor LEGOs out of this!!
Actually, Heinlein didn't invent the phrase, its known use for a LONG time, and was often also written as tinstaafl, (there is no such..), but Heinlein used the bastardized version for the official motto of the Luna colony. I'd not ever seen it just tns, but i have seen it as tafl (leaving off the extra a for a) so removing the modifier is or ain't isn't too inapropriate for a lettered shortening. It happens in acronym making. As for the bet, it was actually Harlan Ellison that made the bet originally, at a writers retreat, and then others got in on the action. The lot of them there (Ellison, Hubbard, Heinlein, Leguin, and Card, i know were there, i forget the other notables listed, ill dig out the essay Ellison wrote about it) spent several hours brainstorming a religion, and playing ideas off each other. While L.Ron sat there taking notes. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: UR right. It's impossible to pronounce without the 'A'. Terry (who grew up saying ain't but got over it) PS Forgive me Mr. Heinlein. You know, there is an anecdote that $cientology resulted from a bet between RAH and LRH. Heinlein bet Hubbard that he could not create a religion that the IRS would recognize. I wonder if Heinlein paid up? Hail Xenu! On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: I see a nit!! It was actually TANSTAAFL (which is more pronounceable) and it stands for There Ain't No and so forth. At least, that's what it was in Mistress. (Didn't recall that the slogan appeared in Stranger.) But, don't take my word for it -- let's ask Google. Search for TNSTAAFL:16,100 hits Search for TANSTAAFL: 216,000 hits So the websites of the world vote 13 to 1 in favor of TANSTAAFL. Terry Blanton wrote: Yep, Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land. Also mentioned in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Terry On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:33 PM, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net wrote: OrionWorks wrote: From Terry: Watch the spin and you will see a beat frequency between the camera TNSTAAFL Yup, I noticed that too, bro. Especially in the beginning. However, in the last segment the wheel RPM appeared (at least to me) to have stabilized somewhat. Perhaps that was an optical illusion. BTW: TNSTAAFL: Please translate. There is no such thing as a free lunch --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---
[Vo]:More on rooftop turbines ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15novel.html?em http://tinyurl.com/apghmz Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
[Vo]:Tublar Rail
A Low cost rail idea that looks pretty good to me. http://www.tubularrail.com/
Re: [Vo]:More on rooftop turbines ...
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:07:28 -0900: Hi, [snip] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15novel.html?em The energy ball turbine appears to combine all the disadvantages of both types, with none of the advantages. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
