Comments on: Astronaut-guided video tour of the International Space Station http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: l'elk! http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655882 l'elk! Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655882 Sean: im thinking "queer eye for the space guy" Sean: im thinking “queer eye for the space guy”

]]> By: justanotherusername http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656140 justanotherusername Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656140 Duct tape is like the force: it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the International Space Station together. Hatches looking fine, keep up the good work. Duct tape is like the force: it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the International Space Station together.

Hatches looking fine, keep up the good work.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656142 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656142 CTB - Cargo Transfer Bags 30 seconds on Google. CTB – Cargo Transfer Bags

30 seconds on Google.

]]> By: Hawley http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655889 Hawley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655889 thats no space station, its a trash can! thats no space station, its a trash can!

]]> By: victorvodka http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655891 victorvodka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655891 here's the thing that is so fucking infuriating about this sort of tour, and it would be SO FUCKING EASY TO AVOID: the use of techy abbreviations. if the idea is to popularize space for kidz and newbies, then why not just extend the abbreviations into the meaningful phrases they represent? would it kill ya? only about 50 people in the world know what the hell you are talking about. what a waste! here’s the thing that is so fucking infuriating about this sort of tour, and it would be SO FUCKING EASY TO AVOID: the use of techy abbreviations. if the idea is to popularize space for kidz and newbies, then why not just extend the abbreviations into the meaningful phrases they represent? would it kill ya? only about 50 people in the world know what the hell you are talking about. what a waste!

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655900 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655900 Techy abbreviations are what separate the educated from the entitled. I can only imagine the pain it must cause you to look anything up or otherwise educate yourself rather than complaining about no having the world spoon fed to you on your terms. Techy abbreviations are what separate the educated from the entitled. I can only imagine the pain it must cause you to look anything up or otherwise educate yourself rather than complaining about no having the world spoon fed to you on your terms.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-658462 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-658462 Open the pod bay door, Hal. Open the pod bay door, Hal.

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655903 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655903 I believe the video was made for the engineers at Mission Control in Houston, hence the shop-acronyms. I found that slightly annoying too, because it was such a cool thing to see and I wanted to understand. I believe the video was made for the engineers at Mission Control in Houston, hence the shop-acronyms. I found that slightly annoying too, because it was such a cool thing to see and I wanted to understand.

]]> By: victorvodka http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655915 victorvodka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655915 alright, just as an example i want to know what "CTB" stands for. Wikipedia is my friend. I get this: * California Testing Bureau, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies * "Catch the Bus", a euphemism for committing suicide * Ceylon Transport Board, the nationalised passenger transport venture in Sri Lanka * Collegetown Bagels, a bagel shop in Ithaca, New York * Color temperature blue, in photography a specific color of light blue lighting gel useful for correcting incandescent light sources to sunlight * Conditional Turn-Based Battle System in gaming * Combat Trauma Bag by Recon Mountaineer LLC * Certified Transportation Broker in Third Party Logistics * Crash Thunder Buster, a finisher of professional wrestler, Jushin "Thunder" Liger * Citybus, a bus company in Hong Kong * Cadbury Trebor Bassetts * Chemical Time Bomb * Cholera toxin B Subunit * Cut Throat Business, a mission in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas * Chinese Treebank * Crowntail Betta or Siamese Fighting Fish Not a single mention of the International Space Station (or, as you prefer, ISS). Makes me want to FKS! alright, just as an example i want to know what “CTB” stands for. Wikipedia is my friend. I get this:

* California Testing Bureau, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies
* “Catch the Bus”, a euphemism for committing suicide
* Ceylon Transport Board, the nationalised passenger transport venture in Sri Lanka
* Collegetown Bagels, a bagel shop in Ithaca, New York
* Color temperature blue, in photography a specific color of light blue lighting gel useful for correcting incandescent light sources to sunlight
* Conditional Turn-Based Battle System in gaming
* Combat Trauma Bag by Recon Mountaineer LLC
* Certified Transportation Broker in Third Party Logistics
* Crash Thunder Buster, a finisher of professional wrestler, Jushin “Thunder” Liger
* Citybus, a bus company in Hong Kong
* Cadbury Trebor Bassetts
* Chemical Time Bomb
* Cholera toxin B Subunit
* Cut Throat Business, a mission in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
* Chinese Treebank
* Crowntail Betta or Siamese Fighting Fish

Not a single mention of the International Space Station (or, as you prefer, ISS). Makes me want to FKS!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656691 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656691 I wish this was in 3D I wish this was in 3D

]]> By: echolocate chocolate http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656182 echolocate chocolate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656182 I love how this is like being given a tour of an incredible historical site with an intense focus on door frames and cupboards. I love how this is like being given a tour of an incredible historical site with an intense focus on door frames and cupboards.

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656191 TimmoWarner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656191 I love how they cleaned everything up shortly before the video was taken. Oh no! Company's coming! I love how they cleaned everything up shortly before the video was taken.

Oh no! Company’s coming!

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655937 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655937 OK, I change my parody proposal idea to a video-remix; This is so ripe for a video-remix in which someone erroneously subtitles all the acronyms. Better yet, re-dub the soundtrack so that the narrator uses well-know acronyms like WTF, etc. OK, I change my parody proposal idea to a video-remix; This is so ripe for a video-remix in which someone erroneously subtitles all the acronyms. Better yet, re-dub the soundtrack so that the narrator uses well-know acronyms like WTF, etc.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656976 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656976 It's "Lighten up, Francis." Sheesh - no wonder we haven't been back to the moon. It’s “Lighten up, Francis.”

Sheesh – no wonder we haven’t been back to the moon.

]]> By: juanolator http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656218 juanolator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656218 Whatever you call it, it's not a "walk through". ("float through"?) Whatever you call it, it’s not a “walk through”.

(“float through”?)

]]> By: x99901 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656223 x99901 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656223 It's really sad that this video is so boring. I want to see more videos like the water sphere experiments, or better yet videos detailing the actual science they went out there to do. It’s really sad that this video is so boring. I want to see more videos like the water sphere experiments, or better yet videos detailing the actual science they went out there to do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656239 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656239 Some of the acronyms you can figure out, because he's >>pointing the camera right at the labelled item<<: PBA, Portable Breathing Apparatus, et c. Some of the acronyms you can figure out, because he’s >>pointing the camera right at the labelled item<<: PBA, Portable Breathing Apparatus, et c.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655987 I want to go to there! I want to go to there!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656009 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656009 Simmer down, Francis. No one is paying any attention to them guys anyway. They can reduce the whole thing to abbreviations and save a lot of time. LOL Simmer down, Francis. No one is paying any attention to them guys anyway. They can reduce the whole thing to abbreviations and save a lot of time. LOL

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-707491 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707491 we---love---spacestation----from--name---montra--trimek--pig--thailand we—love—spacestation—-from–name—montra–trimek–pig–thailand

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656296 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656296 Really. And yes, I do know I am a tool, occasionally the right one. Really.

And yes, I do know I am a tool, occasionally the right one.

]]> By: fartle http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656049 fartle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656049 Holy heck; stowage stowage stowage. Space has never been s oboring Holy heck; stowage stowage stowage. Space has never been s oboring

]]> By: spaldy http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656323 spaldy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656323 the space station runs on acronyms the space station runs on acronyms

]]> By: Mastertahj http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656330 Mastertahj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656330 Come On!!! You gotta love astronauts!! There's a guy skipping along in zero G, which is sort of all I want to see, and he's giving us a 10 minute hatch porn... I feel all nerded. Come On!!! You gotta love astronauts!! There’s a guy skipping along in zero G, which is sort of all I want to see, and he’s giving us a 10 minute hatch porn… I feel all nerded.

]]> By: seanpatgallagher http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656345 seanpatgallagher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656345 Wow, its kind of like living on a submarine that's been filled with water. And I couldn't help feeling like the astronauts were an afterthought in the design. Feng Shui Code Red!!! -S Wow, its kind of like living on a submarine that’s been filled with water.

And I couldn’t help feeling like the astronauts were an afterthought in the design.

Feng Shui Code Red!!!

-S

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656604 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656604 NASA abbreviations: http://www.abbreviations.com/acronyms/NASA/1 NASA abbreviations: http://www.abbreviations.com/acronyms/NASA/1

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656095 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656095 This is why the Robinsons brought three kids. All scientists and nobody to do chores makes for a messy saucer. This is why the Robinsons brought three kids. All scientists and nobody to do chores makes for a messy saucer.

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-655860 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655860 This is so ripe for a parody of one of those clutter-buster TV shows. This is so ripe for a parody of one of those clutter-buster TV shows.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-682741 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-682741 visit----spacestation--nasa---and---people---world------------from--name--montra---trimek---pig---thailand----------very--good--------thankyou--good--luck---success/ visit—-spacestation–nasa—and—people—world————from–name–montra—trimek—pig—thailand———-very–good——–thankyou–good–luck—success/

]]> By: rhinny http://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/astronaut-guided-vid.html#comment-656377 rhinny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656377 GAWD MOM... I *DID* CLEAN MY ROOM. SEE? GAWD MOM… I *DID* CLEAN MY ROOM. SEE?

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