Re: OT - Programming Languages w/o English Syntax
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 02:31, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:39:04 -0700,
> Vineet Kumar <vineet@doorstop.net> wrote in message
> <[🔎] 20031021223904.GA19540@doorstop.net>:
>
> > * Tom (tb.31020.nospam@comcast.net) [031021 15:32]:
> > > Have we figured out who owns the Moon yet?
>
> > Narrator: By 1964, experts say man will have established twelve
> > colonies on the moon, ideal for family vacations.
> > [a man fishes a comely moon maiden out of a crater. She
> > winks at the audience]
> > [a chart shows the difference]
> > Once there, you'll weigh only a small percentage of what
> > you weigh on Earth.
> > [cut to a shot of a chubby boy eating pie]
> > Slow down, tubby! You're not on the moon yet!
> > [cut to a shot of the moon, with an American flag
> > superimposed on it. The camera pulls back to reveal some
> > men in spacesuits]
> > The moon belongs to America, and anxiously awaits the
> > arrival of our astro-men. Will you be among them?
> > [fini. The film runs off the reel]
>
> ..by human international legal etc tradition, whoever populates it
> first.
> The Chinese? ;-)
Has the PRC ratified the Moon treaty?
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SpaceLaw/moontxt.htm
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