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Ringo
 Post subject: Stephen Hawking & FZ
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I notice FZ dedicates his book to Stephen Hawking.
Did they ever meet? Do we have any info of Frank on Hawking?

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steve also shows up in the yellow shark dedications
    cc:
  • a cold dark matter
  • trance-fusion
  • light is all that matters
  • ask dr. stupid

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I'm also interested in this. Did FZ read some of Hawking's books? I've never read him mentioning him in any interviews. I also remember reading FZ saying that he never read books other than when he was quite young.
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I'm also interested in this. Did FZ read some of Hawking's books? I've never read him mentioning him in any interviews. I also remember reading FZ saying that he never read books other than when he was quite young.
Yer, cos they made him tired :lol:
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slime.oofytv.set wrote:
steve also shows up in the yellow shark dedications
    cc:
  • ask dr. stupid


This is actually a reference to Ren & Stimpy, but you may be right as well.

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slime.oofytv.set wrote:
steve also shows up in the yellow shark dedications
    cc:
  • a cold dark matter
  • trance-fusion
  • light is all that matters
  • ask dr. stupid



    also:
  • Finding Higgs' Boson


Last week I saw an interview with Stephen Hawking. It was conducted by Charlie Rose, who does a show for PBS. They spoke briefly about music, and Hawking mentioned an interest in Wagner (he also bemoaned the fact that his speech synthesizer can't pronounce "Wagner" correctly).

There was no mention of Zappa...

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[quote="MentalTossFlycoon]Hawking mentioned an interest in Wagner (he also bemoaned the fact that his speech synthesizer can't pronounce "Wagner" correctly). [/quote]

Can't?! CAN'T?! Pffft. Some genius he is. :roll:

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php enter: vaugnir

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You should shoot him an e-mail! He'd be ecstatic.

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calvin2hikers wrote:
swiftkicknow wrote:
MentalTossFlycoon wrote:
Hawking mentioned an interest in Wagner (he also bemoaned the fact that his speech synthesizer can't pronounce "Wagner" correctly).


Can't?! CAN'T?! Pffft. Some genius he is. :roll:

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php enter: vaugnir

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You should shoot him an e-mail! He'd be ecstatic.


Oh, he never listens to anything I have to say anymore. He thinks he's the center of the universe.

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swiftkicknow wrote:
calvin2hikers wrote:
swiftkicknow wrote:
MentalTossFlycoon wrote:
Hawking mentioned an interest in Wagner (he also bemoaned the fact that his speech synthesizer can't pronounce "Wagner" correctly).


Can't?! CAN'T?! Pffft. Some genius he is. :roll:

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php enter: vaugnir

:wink:


You should shoot him an e-mail! He'd be ecstatic.


Oh, he never listens to anything I have to say anymore. He thinks he's the id you ever see that Family Guy episode where Hawking finds a woman just like himself and they are sitting in their underwear going back and forth in that robot voice "Ooh, baby" center of the universe.


http://www.jibjab.com/view/145602


Just click View It.

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What sort of moron would make a joke out SH let alone a crap cartoon.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH.
Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

That deserve respect, deep respect!
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What sort of moron would make a joke out SH let alone a crap cartoon.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH.
Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

That deserve respect, deep respect!

So great intelligence means no sense of humour? In that case, I'll stay just plain slightly-above-average.

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calvin2hikers wrote:
swiftkicknow wrote:
calvin2hikers wrote:
swiftkicknow wrote:
MentalTossFlycoon wrote:
Hawking mentioned an interest in Wagner (he also bemoaned the fact that his speech synthesizer can't pronounce "Wagner" correctly).


Can't?! CAN'T?! Pffft. Some genius he is. :roll:

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php enter: vaugnir

:wink:


You should shoot him an e-mail! He'd be ecstatic.


Oh, he never listens to anything I have to say anymore. He thinks he's the id you ever see that Family Guy episode where Hawking finds a woman just like himself and they are sitting in their underwear going back and forth in that robot voice "Ooh, baby" center of the universe.


http://www.jibjab.com/view/145602


Just click View It.


I've been misquoted! I knew nothing of the Family Guy episode! Damn you Calvin! :evil:

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CAL-VIN!
(That's the closest pic I could find of Dave yelling at Alvin)

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just plain doug wrote:
Ringo wrote:
What sort of moron would make a joke out SH let alone a crap cartoon.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH.
Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

That deserve respect, deep respect!

So great intelligence means no sense of humour? In that case, I'll stay just plain slightly-above-average.


This has nothing to do with humour because it's not even funny.
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calvin2hikers wrote:
swiftkicknow wrote:
calvin2hikers wrote:
swiftkicknow wrote:
MentalTossFlycoon wrote:
Hawking mentioned an interest in Wagner (he also bemoaned the fact that his speech synthesizer can't pronounce "Wagner" correctly).


Can't?! CAN'T?! Pffft. Some genius he is. :roll:

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php enter: vaugnir

:wink:


You should shoot him an e-mail! He'd be ecstatic.


Oh, he never listens to anything I have to say anymore. He thinks he's the center of the universe.


Did you ever see that Family Guy episode where Hawking finds a woman just like himself and they are sitting in their underwear going back and forth in that robot voice "Ooh, baby".

http://www.jibjab.com/view/145602


Just click View It.

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Hey Poly, your stapler is slightly off from being at a right angle to your deskedge. :shock: Your tie is a little crooked, too. :shock:

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Ringo wrote:
just plain doug wrote:
Ringo wrote:
What sort of moron would make a joke out SH let alone a crap cartoon.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH.
Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

That deserve respect, deep respect!

So great intelligence means no sense of humour? In that case, I'll stay just plain slightly-above-average.


This has nothing to do with humour because it's not even funny.

I made that reply from work, so I wasn't able to actually watch the video clip before posting it. However, now that I am at home, I just saw it for the first time.
My apologies Ringo, but I laughed out loud when it got to the bedroom part. So I stand by what I originally posted. I have a suspicion, though, that it would be a waste of time for the two of us to watch "South Park" together, too. :lol:

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i think sh has a pretty good sense of humor and can poke fun at himself. after all, he did lend his voice to a simpsons episode. :lol:

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And to their toy series.

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And to their toy series.

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I want one! I want one! :)

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I want one! I want one! :)


haha! Yeah, I did, too. I tried to get one when they came out. They were hard to find and only produced for a short while. Now you have to look for them on Ebay. The prices are going to be high, but I'm sure they are still out there. :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Stephen Hawking & FZ
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The voice of Crab Grass Baby on Thingfish sounds a lot like the voice out of Stephen Hawking's speech synthesizer. I've always wondered if it was him and if 'yes' then this is perhaps one of the reasons why FZ thanked him in the TRFZB? (there is no credit on Thingfish for who the voice of Crab Grass Baby belongs to).

I do know that Pink Floyd used samples from Dr. Hawking in 'Keep Talking' so this woudn't be a first for him. On the other hand, I also thought that Dr. Hawking had contributed his speech samples to Radiohead's 'Fitter Happier' but this was not the case.
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i think sh has a pretty good sense of humor and can poke fun at himself. after all, he did lend his voice to a simpsons episode. :lol:

There is one episode of star trek the next generation, where Data plays *SPAM* with Newton, Einstein and Hawking. U can guess, which character has been there in real:
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Your kidding me? An episode of Next Generation I haven't watched? How did that happen?

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> date: fri, 12 sep 2008 03:10:01 +0000
> from: slime.o @ i.l.blank.com
> to: s.w.hawking @ damtp.cam.ac.u k
> subject: frank zappa questions
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> hi steve,
>
> the real frank zappa book, one of the only books written by zappa, is dedicated to you [and 2
> others]…did you ever meet or talk with frank zappa ¿ if so, can you remember approximately
> when, and any details of what you talked about
>
> are you familiar with his music ¿ he almost 100 albums in his catalog; one of the more
> recent is called trance-fusion, an instrumental album of guitar solos completed by zappa
> before he died... some of the titles have reference to physics: finding higgs boson, a
> cold dark matter, light is all that matters
>
> regards
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> [slime.o]

>-----------------------------------------------------------

date: 12 sep 2008 04:10:06 +0100
from: s.w.hawking @ damtp.cam .ac. uk
to: slime.o @ int.left.blank.com
subject: your recent email to professor hawking

thank you for your email to professor hawking

as you can imagine, prof. hawking receives many such every day. he very much
regrets that due to the severe limitations he works under, and the enormous number
of requests he receives, he is unable to compose a reply to every message, and we
do not have the resources to deal with many of the specific scientific enquiries and
theories we receive

please see the website http://www.hawking.org.uk for more
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yours faithfully

sam blackburn
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