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Edvard:
Heard an interesting (possibly apocryphal) story about that pen.
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Apocryphal indeed; Snoped:
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
Darwin:
Heard an interesting (possibly apocryphal) story about that pen.
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Apocryphal indeed; Snoped:
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
-Edvard (June 16, 2008, 11:44 AM)
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Ah dang... and I knew that history as well :-[ I've purchased three Fisher Space Pens over the years and each has come with a printed booklet describing Fisher's drive to perfect the ballpoint pen...
cranioscopical:
"We issue each of our Cosmonauts a box of No.2 lead pencils..."-40hz (June 16, 2008, 09:56 AM)
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My wife presented me with one of those zero-gravity writing devices. "Happy Birthday!", she said.
Mine was custom made for the occasion, I think -- it even had HB imprinted on it!
40hz:
Heard an interesting (possibly apocryphal) story about that pen.
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Apocryphal indeed; Snoped:
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
-Edvard (June 16, 2008, 11:44 AM)
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Forward's Law: never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
(at least it's called that on the Ask Dr. SETI website )
Thanks. It always sounded too perfect a yarn to be true.
And a special thanks to Edvard for letting me know about www.snopes.com! What a fantastic resource. 8) Maybe we sould start a thread on Favorite Tech Tales & Memes?
Darwin:
Forward's Law: never let the facts get in the way of a good story.[/i][/b][/color]
(at least it's called that on the Ask Dr. SETI website )
-40hz (June 16, 2008, 05:14 PM)
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Heh, heh, and I've heard a variant attributed to T.H. Huxley, in reference to, er, someone or other who's name escapes me, who he described as defining "tragedy" as a good theory destroyed by fact.
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