While browsing an online dealer's pages hoping to update my spotty collection of space stamps, I was struck to see a stamp commemorating Richard Hoagland! This is from Antigua and Barbuda, noted for augmenting their postal revenue by producing stamps intended more for worldwide collectors than for postal use. This doesn't bother me too much once I see that it's part of "A Philatelic Look at Science Fiction", except that he appears in the company of Arthur C. Clarke on a companion issue. Image attached per my understanding of copyright law which allows reproduction of postage stamps in formats which cannot be mistaken for the original...

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I bet if you use that stamp, then, upon delivery, the person who receives the mail has to pay the carrier $6.

Here's my suggestion for the graphic on an RCH commemorative stamp:

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A person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.

I wonder if Hoagland has given his





Stamp of approval



to this.

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Or Seti the First...

Maybe now everyone can give Hoagland a licking.

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Nah, most would spit on the wrong side. It wouldn't stick.

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I wonder how Hoagland feels about his theories being featured on a stamp in the science fiction series?

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My understanding is that because of the uber-nature of Hyperdimensional Physics, if you mail a letter using a Hoaglund stamp, it will arrive to the recipient before you even mail it, with a duplicate letter appearing on the surface of Mars.

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"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

Chances are however that the recipient will read things in your letter that aren't there...

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I love the fact that no mater what meaning you use, "seti" still means something cool. The scary thing is that Hoaxland wears his beard kind of like my dad. Except that it looks uglier on him.
You know you're a BAUTer when Hoagy comes to your door and you call the cops.
Edited: (Not that he did!)

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Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Hmm, now that you mention the beard thing, Theodore Kaczynski (the Unibomber) bears a resemblance to RCH.

Hmmmmmmm........

tbm

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Okay, folks. RH is a crakcpot, and I'm all for a good laugh. But let's not compare him, or his works, to the character of, or loss caused by, the Unibomber. The line here is grey, but that jumps way across it. Let's tone it down a little

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"I have this theory that the Apollo missions were faked when NASA found out that general relativity was wrong because the Earth was expanding due to the Sun's iron core being influenced by magnetic waves from the electric universe after being perturbed by Planet X and thereby causing global warming. Where should I start a thread about this?" ~ ToSeek

"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

Hey, tbm, I know you're not saying my dad is...
George Lucas also looks a bit like that. From a few stories that I've heard, RCH is a lot like Vader, so that kind of fits.
That kind of beat me to the punchline of my joke:
You know you're a psycho BAUTer when Hoagy comes to your door and in five minutes you need to call the hospital...

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I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Serenitude is right. This comparison is insulting and grossly offensive. The responsible parties should apologize to Ted Kaczynski immediately.

Lemerde - you're new, so I'm going to cut you some slack. In the future, you'll do well to heed moderator warnings Please visit the ABOUTBaut forum and read the rules for posting there. Your next crack in this vein will earn you a suspension.

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"I have this theory that the Apollo missions were faked when NASA found out that general relativity was wrong because the Earth was expanding due to the Sun's iron core being influenced by magnetic waves from the electric universe after being perturbed by Planet X and thereby causing global warming. Where should I start a thread about this?" ~ ToSeek

"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

Not to mention my dad!
(Note: I do not agree with what Lemerde said)

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I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

My apologies. I meant no inference that RCH was dangerous. I was only thinking of the passing resemblance.

tbm

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Appology accepted, tbm. If I hypothetically could prove that people have mistreated my dad because he looks like RCH, then could I hypothetically sue? And hypothetically make him shave?

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek