The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

vivatifosi

Just heard that the Core landed on unmanned barge at 300 mph and shattered, so most of launch went well, but Core did not. I guess that's why that part of the feed was cut.

Pyxis

vivatifosi wrote: »

Just heard that the Core landed on unmanned barge at 300 mph and shattered, so most of launch went well, but Core did not. I guess that's why that part of the feed was cut.

Yes, I saw the simulation and thought it was the real thing, but then heard it had crashed, into the sea, though.

Still two out of three ain't bad! Especially as the two that did land did it in such style!

I'm in awe of the programming that achieved that!





Just read this on the wiki page about him.......interesting.....

"His childhood reading included Isaac Asimov's Foundation series from which he drew the lesson that "you should try to take the set of actions that are likely to prolong civilization, minimize the probability of a dark age and reduce the length of a dark age if there is one"."

I loved that Foundation series.

Also, he was badly bullied at school, and injured.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

I was thinking on another thread that if Canadians can still be knighted, he should get a knighthood.

Anyone can be knighted should Her Majesty choose.

Non-Brits, however, only get an honorary knighthood and cannot call themselves "Sir" - unless they, Like Sir Terry Wogan, subsequently acquire British citizenship and have the knighthood converted to a full one.

chris_m

vivatifosi wrote: »

Just heard that the Core landed on unmanned barge at 300 mph and shattered, so most of launch went well, but Core did not. I guess that's why that part of the feed was cut.

While I was watching last night they said that the feed from the barge often does get cut as the barge pitches up and down - I'm pretty sure that it failed before the core was meant to have landed, rather than the plug being pulled because the landing failed.

The BBC article is saying that the core missed the barge completely, as well as coming down too fast because it couldn't fire enough engines to slow it down.

Still, they got both boosters back and, to quote Michael Aday, two out of three ain't bad

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Anyone can be knighted should Her Majesty choose.

Non-Brits, however, only get an honorary knighthood and cannot call themselves "Sir" - unless they, Like Sir Terry Wogan, subsequently acquire British citizenship and have the knighthood converted to a full one.

Yes,I was wondering whether he could be given a full knighthood.

I know in the olden days, Canadians could, but I didn't know if it was different now.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Yes,I was wondering whether he could be given a full knighthood.

I know in the olden days, Canadians could, but I didn't know if it was different now.

He could probably have got one under his original nationality in the olden days too.

LydiaJ

chris_m wrote: »

But it's not about whether you, or anyone, will ever go up in one, or want to - very, very few people will get the opportunity to do that, whether they have the desire to or not.

However, most of what they put up into orbit benefits every one of us, you included, some of it directly and personally, more of it indirectly...

Very true. The extent to which PN benefits from those things, however, is unaffected by whether she chooses to pay attention to the news coverage.

Pyxis wrote: »

Yes,I was wondering whether he could be given a full knighthood.

I know in the olden days, Canadians could, but I didn't know if it was different now.

Wikipedia wrote:

In 1917 and 1919, the government of Canada passed the Nickle Resolutions, which, despite being non-binding, gradually ended the conferment of titular honours - peerages, baronetcies and knighthoods - to Canadians. Occasional conferments of knighthoods and imperial honours, notably following the Second World War, continued until 1955, when the Canadian government officially ended all awards of imperial honours to Canadians.[24] In 1967, Canada established its own honours system with the Order of Canada and created its own system of bravery decorations in 1972, followed by its own system of military decorations for valour in 1993. Canadian service personnel remained eligible to receive the imperial Victoria Cross until 1993, when a Canadian version was instituted.
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GDB2222 wrote: »

Thanks so much for that. It definitely upset me that somebody was hurting and I wasn't allowed to do anything about it. Clearly, listening was not sufficient.

I thought that he was going to get hurt by that nail when they leaned forward to kiss!

Best strategy for man (or woman who doesn't conform to the stereotype, of course) is to listen a bit longer than he does in that video, and *then* to make suggestions in a non-didactic manner. This is psychologically sound because almost all people are better able to make constructive decisions when they are calm than when they are upset. It also makes the listening less frustrating for the would-be helper if he perceives it as a pre-requisite to being allowed to help, rather than an inadequate substitute.

On the training course I did as a befriender for Widowed Young Support, we were taught to listen first, and then once the new widow(er) feels understood, then to say things like "Have you considered x?", "Do you think y might be helpful?" or "When it happened to me, I found z made a difference." This, we were told, enables the befriender to put across ideas without further diminishing the new widow(er)'s often already fragile sense of being able to make their own decisions, or causing annoyance that damages the befriending relationship. It works, IME, for upset people in general, as well as new widow(er)s in particular.

On a completely different subject... I love the first 2:05 min of this. Maybe, just maybe, the taunt will work.

vivatifosi

Hooray, Eurovision season has started!

PasturesNew

Re: Knighthoods.

I shouldn't think he gives a flying ....

I wouldn't if I had what he has. He has the ability to do what he wants when he wants and have fun/enjoy doing that .... and Knighthoods are from a country he wasn't born in, he's got no real interest in our pomp and ceremony - except maybe at 3am when he's browsing through the telly and randomly spots a bit of a do in fancy dress and thinks "what on earth do those crazy Brits dress up like that for?" .... while munching on his popcorn.

Knighthoods are only "of interest" to people who wish to mix and mingle in the British old buildings in England, wearing funny clothes and having caps doffed at them. For furreners ..... no interest whatsoever 99% of the time.

The real joy in life is having enough health/money to be able to spend the most of your time doing something you enjoy without other people spoiling your fun. He can do that. No need for poncy titles he's got no truck with.

I'd rather have respect as a rogue loner who does his sort of stuff, mostly hidden and off the radar, than by having people doff their caps at me for being a "Lady".

PasturesNew

BBC2. Just started The New Builds Are Coming.
From the viewpoint of the designers etc tonight.