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In memory of Carl Sagan
Nov. 9, 1934 - Dec. 20, 1996
>> Anonymous
*manly tear*
>> Anonymous
Who the fuck was he?
>> Anonymous
>>263883
You've never failed life so hard until this moment.

Watch Cosmos.
>> Anonymous
You need learning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_sagan
Since this is likely to get tl;dr, its perhaps best you start here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M some of the last words he wrote in Pale Blue Dot.
>> Anonymous
I love Carl Sagan
>> Anonymous
Love isn't a word worth of being used to talk about Sagan.

If God was real, he would worship Sagan.
>> Anonymous
This is not the only one...
>> Anonymous
>>263893
God is real, and his name is Carl Sagan.
>> Anonymous
>>263871
This is brilliant apart from the choice of shot of the Earth. Thanks Americunts, but maybe you could try squeezing someone else in too?
>> Anonymous
>>263942
Aw, does someone feel left out?
>> Anonymous
>>263889
What the fuck is Cosmos?
>> Anonymous
"In 1966, Sagan was asked to contribute an interview about the possibility of extraterrestrials to a proposed introduction to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sagan responded by saying that he wanted editorial control and a percentage of the film's takings, which was rejected."

"began developing the Power Macintosh 7100. They chose the internal code name "Carl Sagan", the in-joke being that the mid-range PowerMac 7100 would make Apple "billions and billions."[2] Though the project name was strictly internal and never used in public marketing, when Sagan learned of this internal usage he sued Apple Computer to force the use of a different project name."

Sounds like a greedy douche.

"Though Sagan lost the suit, Apple engineers complied with his demands anyway, renaming the project "BHA" (for Butt-Head Astronomer). Sagan promptly sued Apple for libel over the new name, claiming that it subjected him to contempt and ridicule, but he lost this lawsuit as well. Still, the 7100 saw another name change: it was finally referred to internally as "LAW" (Lawyers Are Wimps)."

I lol'ed.
>> Anonymous
>>263942
I realize you live in Europe, but you should realize that Earth is close to a sphere shape and it isn't flat. You can't fit every country onto a 2d picture of Earth from orbit.
>> Anonymous
billions and billions was a rad book
>> Anonymous
For anon's info the earth is actually oval do to the coreolus effect and gravitational forces. any stupid retarded 5th grader in a public school (the best kind) would know this.
>> Anonymous
>>263889
lawl i fail at failing fail!!!!
>> Anonymous
this thread is equal parts win and fail.
>> Anonymous
This is very sad. ...... .. who is Carl Sagan?
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Wow, whoever made this image kind of missed the point of Sagan's Speech. It is supposed to be accompanied by this shot, a shot of Earth from 4 billion miles away, it's meant to emphasize the insignificance of earth all things considered.
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just made this with a better earth pic
rip carl sagan
>> Anonymous
Carl Sagan is a faggot.
>> Anonymous
>>264155
Shit sux. Enjoy your AIDS.
>> Anonymous
>>264165
FUCK YOU SAGE YOU FUCKING RETARDED FAG!!!!!!!!!!!!
DIE MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>264190
Psychotic eurofag is psychotic.
>> Fail. Anonymous
Africa is not a better Earth pic. What have niggras contributed to the planet besides cheap labor for civilized societies?
>> Anonymous
>>264347
peanut butter
>> Anonymous
>>264347
epic lulz
>> Anonymous
Correct:
>>263967
>>you should realize that Earth is close to a sphere shape
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Cocky asshole:
>>264002
>>For anon's info the earth is actually oval
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Note that the first post said "close to" a sphere. This is true. The second poster capitalized on the use of "sphere," since it is not a true sphere, and suggested oval, which is a 2-dimensional shape.

Once again, anonymous proves to be a moronic douche, needing to correct something that is already accurate. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Ass.
>> Anonymous
>>263871
>>264155
You're doing it wrong!
>>264086
Anon means like this.
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o wow i didnt just do that
>> Anonymous
>>264376
The earth is considered a "spheroid". Fuck, you're all stupid.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>263932
More like: God is real and determined that Carl was getting to close to understanding it all and so stirred up a bit of cancer to speed up Sagan's knowledge explosion.

Now he knows everything there is to know about the universe, but can't tell us.

God can play some cruel jokes sometimes.
>> Anonymous
>>264416
If this was a bit cleaner, it would make a good cubicle poster at work so you keep your work in perspective.

It would be a little more subtle about ones feelings for their work than the lady at my workplace that has a sign posted in her cube that says "I'd rather go to HELL than to WORK!"

It's for Hell in the Cayman Islands. Pretty strange thing to post at work itself.
>> Anonymous
just wondering.. but how the FUCK did someone get a pic of the earth from billions of miles away? last time i checked the only man-made anything was just outside our solar system. explain so i will not fail on this anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>264511
the picture isnt 4 billion miles from earth. Saturn is only 746 million miles so it's probably about that.
>> Anonymous
Anon would like to say he loved Carl Sagan.
May his memory stir a revolution in the minds of Earth, the Milky Way and ultimately, The Universe.

In a million years when the last hundred year is a paragraph in a textbook, it will be the message of Carl Sagan and all like minds that will be read. That we pushed onward and upward into space, for the first time in our species existence, despite much resistance from lesser minds.

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein

Another great mind who will be remembered for millions of years, even long after hundreds of new models for the universe have replaced his view on the workings of the Universe.
>> Anonymous
>Sagan believed that the Drake equation suggested that a large number of extraterrestrial civilizations would form, but that the lack of evidence of such civilizations pointed out by the Fermi paradox suggests technological civilizations tend to destroy themselves rather quickly. This stimulated his interest in identifying and publicizing ways that humanity could destroy itself, with the hope of avoiding such a cataclysm and eventually becoming a spacefaring species. Sagan's deep concern regarding the potential destruction of human civilization in a nuclear holocaust was conveyed in a memorable cinematic sequence in the final episode of Cosmos, called "Who Speaks for Earth?".

Sorry Sagan, the human race is already fucked. The evil outweighs the kindness.
>> Anonymous
While we're talking about this, how many Anons here honestly believe we are alone in the universe?