Re: What a let down. . .

On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:49:03 -0500, "Jorge R. Frank"
<jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>D. Scott Ferrin <sferrin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>news:k7k051pbf9rhmn5u573cbju831dde1ee68@xxxxxxx:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:28:07 -0500, "Jorge R. Frank"
>><jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>D. Scott Ferrin <sferrin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>news:p430515ckkur3dq9hftt3kr36eff2a0jo0@xxxxxxx:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:17:13 -0600, "Jorge R. Frank"
>>>><jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>He's saying you'd have to be a fool to believe that this article was
>>>>>true, even "at first", even if it was only for a second, regardless of
>>>>>whether you think the shuttle program is the best use of NASA's
>>>>>budget.
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>
>>>Check the date, fool.
>>
>> Read my first post in it's entirety Fool.
>
>I did. I stand by my assessment. The proper "at first" reaction to *any*
>big piece of space news on April 1 is not "Finally" until you figure out
>it's a joke. It's "That's bull***" until you corroborate it by other
>sources. Same thing for *any* piece of space news, big or small, posted on
>Space Daily on any day of the year. When the two conditions are combined,
>multiply the proper level of skepticism.


I figured out it was BS before I got halfway through the article.
That and I'd made the mistake of thinking the site was a bit more
professional than to go for an April Fool's joke. Top it off with the
fact that the so-called "joke" is something they really ought to do. .
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