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Our Solar System's Nomenclature Wars
RobotRunAmok writes "Plutinos, Centaurs, Cubewanos - the names Detroit has given some of their next gen SUVs? Nope. They are among the many colorful, and, some complain, confusing names which astronomers have given to celestial objects in the last decade. Ever wonder about the system of organization which astronomers use to name new space rocks? Apparently, so have many astronomers, because, according a Yahoo!/Space.com article, it's neither very systematic nor organized. Fear not: some clever star-minded chaps from Oxford and Cambridge have a plan to wring some order from the damp dishrag of astro-nomenclature chaos."
I've always subscribed to chaos theory...
I Did it!
FR !
http://members.xoom.com 4eva fuckfaces !
Wow, and I thought I was on an island with those thoughts.
heh..
Gee golly, can't imagine why they're having so much trouble, having just plopped their highly religious country right on top of where another group of highly religious people called home.
I won't begin to draw all of the parallels, but suffice it to say Nazi:Jews::Israelis:Palestinians
i got firsties
The Palestinians got online and got hold of the wealth of bombmaking content availiable online. They'd be blowing up Israelis much more efficiently in next to no time at all!
c hy/
A couple of choice links:
http://www.twistedinternet.com/library-files/Anar
http://web.textfiles.com/destruction/
Hunt down and kill bloody zionists !
Never mind, when one of the nuclear reactors Israel says it doesn't have finally explodes killing all life within a few hundred kilometers peace will reign in the region at long last.
But hey, it was much wiser to attack Iraq since they got WMDs, right ? Oh wait, THEY DIDN'T.
The only nuclear power in the Middle East is <PBSVoice>brought to you in part by U.S. TAXPAYERS LIKE YOU.</PBSVoice> They even give you another Berlin Wall for free this year, isn't that wonderful ?
I just heard some sad news on talk radio, sci-fi/horror writer steven king was found dead in his New York home. Even if you didn't like his work there is no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an american icon.
Time to watch that old Steve Ballmer clip again.
"Chinamen" is still not the preferred nomenclature
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero!
[Krusty:] Hey Hey
The Federal Highway comission has ruled the
Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving.
Canyonero!
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
65 tons of American Pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)
She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!
Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
Drive Canyonero!
Woah Canyonero!
Woah!
-no broken link