I really don't know these things so well, but apparently
there's something called "The Mythbusters" on "Discovery
channel". They take some appropriate "myth" and make
a programme out of trying to "debunk" or "confirm" it.
I happened to watch today (from Norway; I've no idea
how this channel operates in other countries), and the
"myth" in question was, interestingly, the idea that
you can get a sunken boat back to the surface by
pumping a large enough number of ping-pong balls
into its vessel. As _we_ already know, the educated listees,
this works, as demonstrated in Barks' May 1949 ten-pager
from Comics & Stories.
So they sank their boat, the "Mythtanic", and invented
a practical scheme for filling it with the ping pong balls.
And after about 27,000 balls, lo & behold, it rose from
the seabed to the surface. So the "myth" was declared
"valid", or "plausible", albeit not very practical -- one thing
is to stir a sunken boat at the seabed, another thing is for
all the balls to actually _lift_ the boat, e.g. creating an
enormous pressure just under the deck, which needs
to be very strong everywhere to not be torn asunder
in the lifting process.
At the very end of the programme the 1949 Duck story
was briefly mentioned, complete with quickly shown scans
of the story, and "Disney / Gladstone" appeared briefly
as acknowledgements scrolled past. No details were given
re the Karl Kr?yer 1964 story; this Danish engineer tried
to patent the idea, after having used it in a Kuwait harbour,
but was told that he couldn't get the patent since the idea
was published in 1949 -- in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories.
See also http://www.starch.dk/isi/kroyer/donald2.htm .
Nils Lid Hjort
Author
Topic: 200512
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Nils
Barks on Discovery Channel
Message 61 -
2005-12-23 at 03:00:01
Goofy313g
Cousin Sock
Message 62 -
2005-12-23 at 07:25:25
Thanks a lot for that piece of info, M.J.!!
I already got the pun between sock/socrates, because i could actually read
the daily strips thanks to the scans provided in coa. But in those prints,
Donald presents him as cousin sock, already (he also refers to gus as "uncle gus"
when he talks to the nephews), and i've seen nowhere the "socrates m. gosling"
thing, even not in the two gags that precede these strips, even if it's said
that sock is a nickname...
http://coa.inducks.org/simp.php?showimage=on&d1=socrates&d2=&d4=&creat=&
exactpg=&pagel=l
But thanks a lot for your useful precisions about the translation, I'm
actually turning the page that presents my duck family tree into a translation page
too :
I try to collect translations of all those secondary duck relatives
characters, as those translations can be found nowhere, and i think it's a very
interresting dimension to explore, bringing sometimes inconsistencies, but above all
a big diversity. For the better known characters, i will simply link them to
their index coa inducks page ...
about the "aristotle" thing, i simply read it on sock's index page on coa, i
don't have a single story involving sock at home
Thanks!!
I already got the pun between sock/socrates, because i could actually read
the daily strips thanks to the scans provided in coa. But in those prints,
Donald presents him as cousin sock, already (he also refers to gus as "uncle gus"
when he talks to the nephews), and i've seen nowhere the "socrates m. gosling"
thing, even not in the two gags that precede these strips, even if it's said
that sock is a nickname...
http://coa.inducks.org/simp.php?showimage=on&d1=socrates&d2=&d4=&creat=&
exactpg=&pagel=l
But thanks a lot for your useful precisions about the translation, I'm
actually turning the page that presents my duck family tree into a translation page
too :
I try to collect translations of all those secondary duck relatives
characters, as those translations can be found nowhere, and i think it's a very
interresting dimension to explore, bringing sometimes inconsistencies, but above all
a big diversity. For the better known characters, i will simply link them to
their index coa inducks page ...
about the "aristotle" thing, i simply read it on sock's index page on coa, i
don't have a single story involving sock at home
Thanks!!
Goofy313g
Sock: final word :-)
Message 63 -
2005-12-23 at 07:28:26
Woopsee!!
I just took a look again at the strips: "socrates m gosling" is given! it's
written on his suitcase and i couldn't read it because the scan was too
small... sorry
Gilles
I just took a look again at the strips: "socrates m gosling" is given! it's
written on his suitcase and i couldn't read it because the scan was too
small... sorry
Gilles
H.W.Fluks
Cousin Sock
Message 64 -
2005-12-23 at 10:24:53
Michiel wrote:
> In Dutch, the pun [Sock-Socrates] was translated into
> Stoot-Aristoteles, which has basically the same meaning
> [punch - ancient Greek philosopher].
An earlier translation (from 1977, I think) had the names Mep -
Mephistocles. I don't know who Mephistocles is, but "mep" is a Dutch
word for "sock".
--Harry.
("Hallo, nep-mep!")
> In Dutch, the pun [Sock-Socrates] was translated into
> Stoot-Aristoteles, which has basically the same meaning
> [punch - ancient Greek philosopher].
An earlier translation (from 1977, I think) had the names Mep -
Mephistocles. I don't know who Mephistocles is, but "mep" is a Dutch
word for "sock".
--Harry.
("Hallo, nep-mep!")
KUR
My NEW Duck Family Tree is online!!! Merry Xmas!
Message 65 -
2005-12-23 at 13:48:21
Tank's Gilles :-))))))))))))))))))
The Three is Super Fantastic. Good Job ;-)
It's simply Cool... I rely don't know what else to say... I just like it that much :-)
Who would suspect Donald's family is sow big... (And he started out as a simple Duck living with Peter Pig without a care in the world...) I wonder how much money he would spent if he would have to make a Christmas diner for all his relatives...
Thanks again....
...AND MARRY X-MAS TO YOU ALL :-)))))))))))
Yours
Maciek Kur,
The Three is Super Fantastic. Good Job ;-)
It's simply Cool... I rely don't know what else to say... I just like it that much :-)
Who would suspect Donald's family is sow big... (And he started out as a simple Duck living with Peter Pig without a care in the world...) I wonder how much money he would spent if he would have to make a Christmas diner for all his relatives...
Thanks again....
...AND MARRY X-MAS TO YOU ALL :-)))))))))))
Yours
Maciek Kur,
Georgios Balanikas
Season's Greetings
Message 66 -
2005-12-23 at 15:14:53
To the members of the list I am sending my Best Wishes for Merry Christmas
and a Very Happy New Year!
Georgios
and a Very Happy New Year!
Georgios
Kimba1962
DCML Digest, Vol 34, Issue 14 (Calendar Artists)
Message 67 -
2005-12-23 at 16:30:24
Just curious -- who are Arild Midthun and Fernando Guell? I don't believe their work has ever appeared in the US.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Chris Barat
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Chris Barat
UNDBKB
Don Rosa's next story?
Message 68 -
2005-12-23 at 18:58:11
> Don Rosa's next story?
I know Don is on Vacation, but he somehow Keeps in touch through his New
computer and cell phone.
I don't want to answer for him, but the last time we spoke
he wasn't planning to release a new story.
I know he has great stories still in his head, but we may never see them.
I don't know what it will take for him to do a new story, I hope someone has
the answer.
It will be a sadder world if we never get another Don Rosa Duck story.
SMcDuck
I know Don is on Vacation, but he somehow Keeps in touch through his New
computer and cell phone.
I don't want to answer for him, but the last time we spoke
he wasn't planning to release a new story.
I know he has great stories still in his head, but we may never see them.
I don't know what it will take for him to do a new story, I hope someone has
the answer.
It will be a sadder world if we never get another Don Rosa Duck story.
SMcDuck
Mogens Sørensen
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Message 69 -
2005-12-24 at 13:26:14
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all you duck lovers out there.
Mogens
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Hello
Message 70 -
2005-12-24 at 17:15:08
Hi there
Im a new member here. Gald to know there are Disney Comics fans around.
Happy Holidays!
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Im a new member here. Gald to know there are Disney Comics fans around.
Happy Holidays!
_________________________________________________________________
Download MSN Messenger emoticons and display pictures.
http://ilovemessenger.msn.com/?mkt=en-sg
Goofy313g
My new paintings...
Message 71 -
2005-12-24 at 19:24:38
Hi!
For those interrested, here is a link to some of my old 2001 and new 2005
works, more or less disney-related:
http://goofy313g.free.fr/works/
the "daisy" has been inspired by a watercolor painting of a flower by Marilyn
Manson :
http://goofy313g.free.fr/works/daisy.jpg
merry christmas again to you all!!!
Gilles
http://calisota.org
For those interrested, here is a link to some of my old 2001 and new 2005
works, more or less disney-related:
http://goofy313g.free.fr/works/
the "daisy" has been inspired by a watercolor painting of a flower by Marilyn
Manson :
http://goofy313g.free.fr/works/daisy.jpg
merry christmas again to you all!!!
Gilles
http://calisota.org
Olivier
Season's Greetings (2005)
Message 72 -
2005-12-25 at 02:20:48
Hello everybody!
Unfortunately, I lack the artistic talent to do it right,
but here's a card I tried to do to wish you all a Merry Christmas :
http://bobcat74.free.fr/pix/OB_2005_X-Mas_Scrooge.gif
Olivier
Unfortunately, I lack the artistic talent to do it right,
but here's a card I tried to do to wish you all a Merry Christmas :
http://bobcat74.free.fr/pix/OB_2005_X-Mas_Scrooge.gif
Olivier
Rob Klein
Rob Klein's Disney Christmas Card
Message 73 -
2005-12-25 at 23:51:19
Merry and happy Christmas, Prettige Kerstdagen, Glad Jul, Glaedelig Jul, Froelich
Weinachten, Joyeux
Noel, feliz Navidad, Chanuka Tovah-
DCML members can view my Duck Holiday Card at the following web address:
<http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/v/3v5R2O99O0G5>
If you can't use this listed address as a direct link, just type the address as is
(upper/lower case
sensitive), and you will get to its uploaded site and view it.
Rob
Klein
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Weinachten, Joyeux
Noel, feliz Navidad, Chanuka Tovah-
DCML members can view my Duck Holiday Card at the following web address:
<http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/v/3v5R2O99O0G5>
If you can't use this listed address as a direct link, just type the address as is
(upper/lower case
sensitive), and you will get to its uploaded site and view it.
Rob
Klein
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Miha
Tom & Jerry meet Mickey Mouse in Africa
Message 74 -
2005-12-26 at 00:17:38
Howdy readers,
here are some news on some rare Disney material, so here it is,
one unpublished Disney comic coming right up :-)
The link can be found at another Disney Comic Fan Page:
http://donaldduck.globalfreeweb.com/
(the link is at the bottom of the page)
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Photos
Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.
here are some news on some rare Disney material, so here it is,
one unpublished Disney comic coming right up :-)
The link can be found at another Disney Comic Fan Page:
http://donaldduck.globalfreeweb.com/
(the link is at the bottom of the page)
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Photos
Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.
Stefan Persson
Rob Klein's Disney Christmas Card
Message 75 -
2005-12-26 at 15:06:54
Rob Klein wrote:
> DCML members can view my Duck Holiday Card at the following web address:
>
> <http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/v/3v5R2O99O0G5>
"Requested image in not found on the server."
Stefan
(who wishes everyone a Merry Christmas)
> DCML members can view my Duck Holiday Card at the following web address:
>
> <http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/v/3v5R2O99O0G5>
"Requested image in not found on the server."
Stefan
(who wishes everyone a Merry Christmas)