From: jmfuchs@unix.amherst.edu (JESSE MICHAEL FUCHS)
Subject: Re: Morally good necessary possible sometimes possible reproductiveness
Followup-To: talk.philosophy.misc,rec.arts.books,alt.politics.homosexuality
Organization: Amherst College
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 02:14:58 GMT

Tim Fogarty (fogarty@sir-c.jpl.nasa.gov) wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Dec17.234238.18655@husc3.harvard.edu>,
> zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
> >jmfuchs@unix.amherst.edu (JESSE MICHAEL FUCHS) writes:
> >
> >>Michael Zeleny (zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu) wrote:
> >
> >>>jmfuchs@unix.amherst.edu (JESSE MICHAEL FUCHS) writes:
> >
> >>>>Michael Zeleny (zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu) wrote:
> >
> >>>>>ecl@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper) writes:
> >
> >>>>>>zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
> >
> >>>>>>>jmfuchs@unix.amherst.edu (JESSE MICHAEL FUCHS) writes:
> >
> 
> I just wanted to get my name added to this list.
> 
> Let me take this time to explain my title in my signature
> 
> Systems Manager and Systems Administrator...we have lots of VAXen and a few HP
>                                             workstations, I keep them running.
> 
> EGSE...NASA speak for Electronic Ground Support Equipment, all our computers,
>        printers, network interconnect devices, repeaters, etc. that will be
>        used to operate SRL-1.
> 
> POCC...Payload Operations Command Center, the room across from Mission Control
> 
> JSC....Johnson Space Center in Houston, but we are all currently at JPL in 
>        Pasadena, CA, a 30 minute commute from West Hollywood.  I'll have to
>        pack up all of our equipment 3 months prior to the mission, ship it to
>        Houston, then set it up at JSC.  Then after the mission, I'll have to
>        ship it all back to JPL.
> 
> SRL-1..Shuttle Radar Laboratory, also called Space Radar Laboratory, a big
>        C- L- and X-band radar device that we are building here at JPL to 
>        fly in the space shuttle payload bay.  It will collect images of the
>        earth for various scientists in various diciplines.  (the X-band portion
>        was built by the German and Italian space agencies)  There is suppose
>        to be an SRL-2 and -3, but with FRED taking up all the shuttle flights,
>        we aren't holding our breaths.
> 
> STS-59 Our space shuttle flight, officially scheduled by one group in NASA for
>        Oct 93, while another group within NASA has it offically scheduled for
>        June 94.
> 
> Also, Im 33, 5'10", 185 lbs, can bench 305, and was on a greeting card in 1983.
> And I have a MS degree in Geophysics from USC, and a BS in Geology from Purdue.
> 
> Now wasn't this more interesting than the way the thread was going ?
	He's got a point. Personally, I'm getting to the point where I'm 
starting to annoy *myself*. Therefore, I am going to drop this silly argument,
and tell you about something far more interesting: A CD I purchased last night
for $3.89, entitled "Christmas Rap Music." First off, I bought it at Cumberland
Farms - always a good sign. Let me just say that this thing is *hilarious*. 
They mangle 11 "traditional" Christmas tunes, by setting them to a cheesy
Casio home keyboard hip-hop beat and little else, except for a few anonymous
rappers. In fact, everyone is anonymous, as they (quite wisely, in my opinion)
decided not to list the names of anyone who worked on this project. Certainly
the mastering engineer would not want to be listed, as he forgot to separate
"We Three Kings" and "Jingle Bells," onto separate tracks, instead accidentally
combing them onto one 7 minute long track. No, I know what you're thinking - 
it's not a medley, because there is a five scond pause between the two songs. 
This is truly an amazing artifact - the back of the CD doesn't even have a 
plastic covering. If anyone else is intersted in procuring this (including the
famed 12th song, "The Christmas Rap," guaranteed to leave anyone in stitches)
send your requests to Silver Bells Music, Nashville, TN (where all good rap 
music is of course created) 37203.
	Anyway, Tom, about this greeting card escapade...we want details!

								-Skippy
> 
> --
> Tim Fogarty
> Sys Man and Sys Admin for the EGSE in the POCC at JSC for SRL-1, STS-59
> FOGARTY@SIR-C.JPL.NASA.GOV
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