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Warzone => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Veez on October 02, 2005, 06:47:30 AM
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Has anyone heard that there is something out there in the Kuiper belt that scientists are debating calling a tenth planet? The tentative name is (and I'm not making this up) Xena.
Somewhere the Dark Soul is cackling.
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They've known about the tenth planet.
they just found it's moon.
they named it Gabrielle.
-PFC joe
(i'm serious)
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Yea, i heard about that to and was hit by the same sense of foreboding.
It's also the name of a Doctor Who stuffs store/convention.
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Not only is the planet called Xena, but supposedly it has a moon taht has been named...wait for it...wait for it...
Gabrielle...
This is just something that cannot be made up
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LoL i said that two posts up ^
-PFC joe
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How the hell do we go from naming planets after roman gods to lesbian show's of the nineties???????
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we ran out of lesbian Gods to name planets after?
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Is it really that surprising that they name astronomical objects after popular fantasy or sci-fi shows?
I mean there is probably a very high correlation between scientists and fantasy/SF geeks.
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Considering that almost all of the early greats in Sci-fi were scientists, it doesn't surprise me. (Asimov, Sturgeon, Clark, etc)
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I'm surprised they didn't nake the planet after a SF writer. Although I remember reading an article on Nasa.gov where they said that Xena was a tentative name, and they were thinking about having people vote on the name.
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Which means we have to push the name Nero with a vengeance. Or do some creative editing when the final name comes out.
Veez: See-they predicted it in this book!
Random Person: Dude, you drew a line through "Nero" and hand wrote "Aphrodite".
Veez: No way, it, uh, came that way to give it that back room press look!
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You know Veez if they read the rest of the book without a copy of the rules errata handy they might just believe that. ;D
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You guys are relentless. :o
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Sorry for the jab there Chief. All in good fun. You know we love you guys!
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OK...still bruised but OK. ;)
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Oddly enough I asked that question as well. No one fessed up. :(
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Great stuff in this thread!! ;D