* What's an Oort?
@ 2000-12-20 14:49 David S. Goldberg
2000-12-20 15:39 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: David S. Goldberg @ 2000-12-20 14:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
(Justin, I think I've got a soon to be FAQ for you :-)
Please forgive my ignorance, but what's oort? I've tried several
dictionaries to no avail.
Thanks,
--
Dave Goldberg
dsg@world.std.com
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 14:49 What's an Oort? David S. Goldberg
@ 2000-12-20 15:39 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-12-20 15:59 ` William M. Perry
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2000-12-20 15:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: The Gnus Mailing List
Google is your friend. I thought it was a place in Scandinavia, and
now I see that it's a cloud of celestial bodies.
I think Lars used the words `far out' in connection with Oort, which
kinda fits.
But there is also Jan Hendrik Oort, who discovered the Oort Cloud.
kai
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A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 15:39 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2000-12-20 15:59 ` William M. Perry
2000-12-20 16:46 ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-20 16:51 ` Harry Putnam
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From: William M. Perry @ 2000-12-20 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: David S. Goldberg, The Gnus Mailing List
Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) 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.
>
> 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
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 15:59 ` William M. Perry
@ 2000-12-20 16:46 ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-20 16:58 ` Didier Verna
2000-12-20 16:51 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2000-12-20 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Kai Großjohann, David S. Goldberg, The Gnus Mailing List
wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry) writes:
> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) 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.
> >
> > 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'. :)
I thought it was the sound a male Gnu makes when sighting a female.
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 16:46 ` Harry Putnam
@ 2000-12-20 16:58 ` Didier Verna
2000-12-20 17:25 ` John Cooper
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From: Didier Verna @ 2000-12-20 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: wmperry, Kai Großjohann, David S. Goldberg, The Gnus Mailing List
Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> I thought it was the sound a male Gnu makes when sighting a female.
Almost. s/Gnu/Pterodactyl/ :-)
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 16:58 ` Didier Verna
@ 2000-12-20 17:25 ` John Cooper
2000-12-20 17:47 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: John Cooper @ 2000-12-20 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: wmperry, Kai.Grossjohann, dsg, The Gnus Mailing List
Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr> writes:
> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> > I thought it was the sound a male Gnu makes when sighting a female.
>
> Almost. s/Gnu/Pterodactyl/ :-)
And then s/male/mail/ :-)
--- John
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 17:25 ` John Cooper
@ 2000-12-20 17:47 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-12-20 18:01 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2000-12-20 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Harry Putnam, wmperry, dsg, The Gnus Mailing List
On 20 Dec 2000, John Cooper wrote:
> And then s/male/mail/ :-)
The sound a mail pterodactyl makes when sighting a femail?
*confused look*
kai
--
A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 17:47 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2000-12-20 18:01 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2000-12-20 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: John Cooper, wmperry, dsg, The Gnus Mailing List
Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> On 20 Dec 2000, John Cooper wrote:
>
> > And then s/male/mail/ :-)
>
> The sound a mail pterodactyl makes when sighting a femail?
>
> *confused look*
>
I've got it...
Its the thought process, a lisp programmer has when sighting the
meteorite fallout from a female Gnu passing through the Oort cloud.
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 15:59 ` William M. Perry
2000-12-20 16:46 ` Harry Putnam
@ 2000-12-20 16:51 ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-20 17:03 ` Oyvind Moll
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2000-12-20 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Kai Großjohann, David S. Goldberg, The Gnus Mailing List
wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry) writes:
> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) 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.
> >
> > 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'. :)
I feel the beginnings of a round of dumb jokes about this....
Its only fitting that the next name choosen be `nemesis'. `N' is up
and it fits naming gnus after the `theoreticle' star that is thought
to pass through the Oort cloud and provoke the deadly rain of
meteorites that some space buffs think brought on the great dinasour
tradgedy.
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* Re: What's an Oort?
2000-12-20 16:51 ` Harry Putnam
@ 2000-12-20 17:03 ` Oyvind Moll
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From: Oyvind Moll @ 2000-12-20 17:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
* Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
|
| I feel the beginnings of a round of dumb jokes about this....
|
| Its only fitting that the next name choosen be `nemesis'. `N' is up
| and it fits naming gnus after the `theoreticle' star that is thought
| to pass through the Oort cloud and provoke the deadly rain of
| meteorites that some space buffs think brought on the great dinasour
| tradgedy.
My punning plan was to suggest 'No Gnus' when this time arrived.
I would then expect to use 'Good Gnus' in the vicinity of 2013.
--
Øyvind Møll <oyvindmo@initio.no>
Initio IT-løsninger AS <URL: http://www.initio.no/ >
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