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I heard this on the NASA stream... but don't quote me on this
by kid0m4n 11y ago
I heard this on the NASA stream... but don't quote me on this
- jacquesm 11y agoYou're quoting yourself here, what do you mean? If you're not supposed to say this then simply don't or do it with a throwaway.
- mikeash 11y ago"Don't quote me" means something like, I am not a reliable source and I could be wrong.
- jacquesm 11y agoAh, I see. The English Language never ceases to surprise :)
- mikeash 11y agoYeah, that one is not very obvious. Think of it like a warning: "Don't quote me on this, because if you do, you might find yourself repeating incorrect information." A literal command of "don't quote me because I'm telling you something I shouldn't" would be something like, "Off the record, this is what happened." And yeah, that would be silly to say on the internet.
- Dylan16807 11y agoI would say that the literal aspect is the same no matter how you interpret it. It's just that jacquesm guessed the wrong reason for not quoting. It's still a command.
- jambo 11y agoHeard something similar on the stream just a few minutes ago. Something like: we are trying to correlate the timelines of data from Falcon to the timing of the Range Safety Officer ...(turning on?)... the flight termination system. Edit: Falcon Launch Control on "We are trying to correlate timelines and compare data with what they were able to see with down range cameras and put together what happened. We stopped receiving data at 2 min 19 sec from the vehicle. It is still not clear exactly what happened and why... At this point we don't have additional information we can provide on NASA Television until the contingency Press Conference, no earlier than 12:30? ET."