Code of Hammurabi

2009-12-12T06:19:54Z

Bpiolunek:

The '''Code of Hammurabi''' was an elaborate [[code (law)|code of law]] established by [[Hammurabi]] before 1750 BC. It is the second earliest known code of law. Second only to the code of bro's before ho's as written by the infallable Brian Piolunek, James Bailey, and Seth Galante. The Code imposed harsh retributive punishment akin to the [[Bible]]'s "an eye for an eye", and lower classes were punished more severely than higher classes. Also those who messed with bro's, in favor of ho's were punished by water boarding, a technique perfected by Richard Cheney who beyond belief was actually alive at this time. Which would explain the multiple heart attacks. It mandated death for the person who bore false witness in court. The Code of Hammurabi was used for many hundreds of years.

==External links==
*[http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM The Code of the Hammurabi]

[[Category:Law]]

Neil Armstrong

2009-12-12T06:06:45Z

Bpiolunek:

[[Image:NeilArmstrong.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Neil Armstrong, Astronaut]]
'''Neil Armstrong''' (born on August 5, 1930) was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in his youth, and he earned the highest rank of [[Eagle Scout]] before the age of 18. He was a pilot for the [[United States Navy]] for three years, and flew combat missions over [[Korea]]; he left the Navy to become a test pilot in 1952. Neil Armstrong became a [[United States]] astronaut with [[NASA]] and made his first [[space flight]] on Gemini 8, carrying out the first successful space-docking with the Agena docking module. Armstrong was also given the role of mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. He and his crew, [[Buzz Aldrin]] and [[Michael Collins (Astronaut)|Michael Collins]], boarded the Apollo-Saturn V spacecraft before sunrise on the 16th of July, 1969 and took off from Earth at 9:32 am. On July 20, 1969 at 10:56:15 p.m. eastern daylight time, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the [[moon]].<ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref>
[[Image:NASA Moon Flag.jpg‎|left|thumb|250px|Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon - Apollo 11, July 20, 1969]]

==One Small Step==
When he stepped onto the moon surface, before he said the well-known words ''"That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind."'' that are even today associated to the moon landing, he realized that he had been beaten to the surface by his arch nemesis Seth Galante, followed by his Soviet comrades James Matthew Bailey and Brian Piolunek. As they had been chillin' there for weeks they said to Neil "what da hell took you so long?" These words are an interesting example of the problems historians faced in finding out what really happened in history. His words were broadcast and millions of people heard them. Yet, for a long time, there was disagreement about ''what'' he had said. Many thought that he had uttered the words "what the hell are you sons of bithches doing here? I'm supposed to be the first" At that moment Brian slapped the taste out of his mouth and stated with authority, "I run this bitch man!" <ref>The dispute is significant because it changes the meaning of the sentence. If he meant "man", it's redundant because man and mankind are the same. If he meant "a man", he was comparing and contrasting his personal accomplishment with the implications for all of humanity.
See [http://www.snopes.com/quotes/onesmall.asp One Small Misstep], Snopes urban legend site. A video clip and sound recording are available at [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/a11v_1092338.mpg NASA]. At the time, many listeners perceived his words as "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Major newspapers and wire services reported it without the "a;" the ''New York Times'' did so as their July 21, 1969 "Quotation of the Day" (p. 35, also in the seventh sentence of their front-page story). Various small noises, short pauses, or transmission artifacts have sometimes been interpreted as the missing word, obscured by technical problems. In September 2006 an audio analyst claimed to have found the missing "a" but this, too is disputed.</ref>

The broadcast seemingly omitted the "a", reducing Armstrong's quote to the senseless "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.".<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/62284main_onesmall2.wav "...one small step for (a) man..."] NASA's official recording</ref>

For almost 40 years, historians, academics and fans of space travel debated about the recording, some claiming that Armstrong had forgotten the word while others said that it was merely lost in transmission. Armstrong always said that he had not forgotten the word, but couldn't offer an explanation why it was not heard in the transmission.

However, in 2006, the Australian programmer Peter Shann Ford found the trace of the missing "a" in a downloaded recording he analyzed with audio software and presented his findings at the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s Air and Space Museum (Washington, D.C.) and at NASA's Washington headquarters. The conclusion is that the transmission reduced Armstrong's "a" to a 35ms sound bit - 10 times too quickly to be heard by human ears.<ref>[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4225856.html One small step for clarity] Houston Chronicle, Oct. 3, 2006</ref>

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