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seremtan
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by seremtan » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:14 pm
funny, but when i was making that post about decentralised energy, i thought of the dune books too
MKJ
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by MKJ » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:54 pm
R00k wrote: Quick, get a fleet of floating national security drills out there!
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primaltheory
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by primaltheory » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:56 pm
we can't let the sand invade the vaginas!
Why not?
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MKJ
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by MKJ » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:05 pm
err, terra is the given name for "the earth"
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Grudge
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by Grudge » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:06 pm
It's Latin for Earth.
EDIT: seems like it's latin, not greek
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R00k
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by R00k » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:13 pm
terra firma - solid ground. It's latin.
MKJ
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by MKJ » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:16 pm
Earth's second moon is called Cruithne. It was discovered in 1986 and it takes a convoluted horseshoe path around our planet as it is tossed about by the Earth's and the Moon's gravity.
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fun trivia, when you search google for "earth's second moon is called cruithne", you'll get Q3W twice
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