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Originally Posted by Giligan
We could have hired a nurse to write it for him, as he dictated.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Div..._the_Butterfly
Sadly, given the book was so difficult for him to write, the translation is very poor. They've got the title wrong for a start. Scaphandre is Diving
Suit the intended image being his mind (the butterfly) being trapped in his body, a humanoid form it can't move (the diving suit)
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Originally Posted by Jat316sob
Oi, get back in your wheelchair Hawking!
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But he want's to fly. (as already done to death. I hate how quickly this thing moves on)
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Originally Posted by Giligan
In which an aircraft flies to altitude, then nose dives toward the planet. In such a case, you're not really weightless, you realise, but the fact that the aircraft is falling as fast as you are lends to that illusion. Also, air and objects inside the aircraft are stationary in relation to the aircraft, and the aircraft is stationary in relation to the passenger, and thus there is no sense of falling.
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I knew that!
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Originally Posted by rlpw
Thank you Squinky for the nod on the Avatar. Daddy's proud you even know who it is.
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Originally Posted by Squinky
Pops, I approve of the new avatar.
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Originally Posted by stepurhan
Oh, and as Squinky said, the new avatar is so you. The cat from Outland isn't it?
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Squinky just nodded. I was the one who new who it was (but I am old so that probably doesn't count
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