(12-25-2009, 04:12 AM)Questioner Wrote: I want to thank and admire the back-and-forth analysts in this thread for demonstrating such loving graciousness while expressing contrasting opinions. This example might be, for me, a more profound lesson than any facts that could be confirmed about the astronomical event.
Ain't it cool!
(12-25-2009, 04:12 AM)Questioner Wrote:(12-16-2009, 01:00 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: The bottom line is that, even if it does meet all the criteria for possibly being a rocket, still does not tell us conclusively what it actually was...since we don't have any way of disproving other phenomena that it possibly could have been.
Monica, I think that it would take more than one punched card to fully express that if-then-else chain in COBOL.
Indeed it would. Actually, it would end in an Otherwise condition, since there is no way we could eliminate all possibilities, since there might be unknown unknowns!
(By the way, did you know I was a COBOL programmer for many years, when you made that comment?
And another btw, I sent you a pm awhile back...
)(12-25-2009, 04:12 AM)Questioner Wrote: Would you be willing to post a brief summary of their conclusions here, with a link back to their site for the full article?
I'd like to see that too!
(12-25-2009, 01:47 PM)transiten Wrote: ....feels great to know that monica will not remove my post for not sticking to the theme of the thread...
Gosh, we're not that fussy here! (Just don't do it again! HA JUST KIDDING!)
I'm glad your ex-tooth is feeling better! (like the ex-parrot!) And thanks for the link - I will check it out!
Oh and Merry Christmas (or Happy Yule, or whatever you might celebrate, if at all) to everyone!