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"Xena" To Be Named Eris

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-hail-discorida dept.

rdwald writes, "After over a year of hanging in maybe-planet limbo, newly-classified 2003 UB313, nicknamed Xena, now has a permanent name: Eris, goddess of strife. Its moon will be named Dysnomia, after the goddess of lawlessness — in Greek mythology, Eris's daughter — certainly not a reference there... I don't think I'm alone when I say, 'Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!'" In the same IAU announcement (PDF), Pluto was given its official minor planet number: 134340.

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  1. Why not Xena? by Bob_Villa · · Score: 5, Funny

    She was a great 'warrior' in her own right, I loved watching her show.
    Especially those outfits, that was one of the best parts. I can never get my wife to wear things like that.

    You will be missed, Xena.

    1. Re:Why not Xena? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Get the connection???

      Xena -> Lucy Lawless -> Goddess of Lawlessness

  2. First planet named after an IRC network! by Tillmann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi,

    sweet! First planet named after an IRC network!
    Long live EFnet!

    bye,
    Till

    1. Re:First planet named after an IRC network! by Random832 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      the EF in EFnet stands for "Eris free" - in the sense of "without Eris". There was a misconfigured server called eris.berkeley.edu and a bunch of server admins got together to make a new network so they could ban it.

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    2. Re:First planet named after an IRC network! by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 4, Informative

      "misconfigured" is a bit inaccurate, it was a deliberate configuration to allow anyone to do whatever they wanted (open C/N lines -- Anyone could link anything they wanted as a server). Eris would have been proud.

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  4. Hail Eris by PakProtector · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hail Eris, full of Taste, the IAU is with thee.
    Funky art thou among Goddesses, and Blessed is the Golden Apple of thy planet, Eris.
    Holy Eris, She who Dunnit, pray for all us humans now, and in the lifetime of our confusion.
    Fnord.

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  5. Kind of an appropriate name by miro+f · · Score: 4, Insightful

    given the strife and discord its discovery created within the land of astronomers

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  6. Re:You are alone by Shaper_pmp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Indeed, Kierthos.

    There are plenty of Discordians around, especially on Slashdot. It's just that whenever someone instructs a Discordian to "all hail Eris", most Discordian's first instincts are to do the opposite. Kind of goes with the territory.

    Happily, there are also those like Kierthos, who even rebel against the disorder prevalent in Discordianism[1].

    All Hail Discordia!

    (Hah!)

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  7. Strife and Discord - Xena connection after all! by Nick+Gisburne · · Score: 4, Informative

    I suspect that the astronomer who wanted Xena and Gabrielle to be the names of the planet and its companion has still got his Xenaphile way - Strife and Discord were two very prominent characters in many of the Xena episodes. Usually associated with Ares, the God of War who of course already has his own planet, Mars (the Roman version). The trio is united!

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  8. so now... by Nicaboker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Earth,

          Pleas do not take this letter as me being bitter but I must say I am rather upset. I have been there with you during the good times and the bad. I know I am smaller than most other planets, but I never thought you would reject me for it. We've been friends for so many years and now you no longer wish to call me a Planet. Just know that when the astroid comes flying towards you I wont be there to try and stop it anymore. I guess what I'm trying to say is... SCREW YOU!!

    Pluto

    P.S. Eris, you suck too

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  9. Re:Monty Python by Eccles · · Score: 4, Funny

    This isn't a planet license; this is a Kuiper Belt object license with the words "Kuiper Belt" crossed out and the word "planet" written in in crayon.

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  10. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia! by giblfiz · · Score: 4, Informative
    Its good to know that we Discordians have the pull in the scientific community that one would exspect us to.


    ON PRAYER
    Mal-2 was once asked by one of his Disciples if he often prayed to Eris. He replied with these words:

    No, we Erisians seldom pray, it is much too dangerous. Charles Fort has listed many factual incidences of ignorant people confronted with, say, a drought, and then praying fervently -- and then getting the entire village wiped out in a torrential flood.

            "Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. I'm mad but not ill"