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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:

> Google is your friend.  I thought it was a place in Scandinavia, and
> now I see that it's a cloud of celestial bodies.
>=20
> I think Lars used the words `far out' in connection with Oort, which
> kinda fits.

If I recall the original reasoning was something along the lines of 'it is
far out, pretty, and occasionally rains fairy destruction down upon the
earth'. :)

-bp