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July 31, 2012 OT: phobos name | ||||
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According to Wikipedia: "Phobos (Ancient Greek: Φόβος, pronounced [pʰóbos], meaning "fear" or "terror") is the personification of fear in Greek mythology." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_(mythology) I just discovered that. I find it surprisingly. Fear???? Terror???? |
July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to akaz | On Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 13:16:57 UTC, akaz wrote:
> I just discovered that. I find it surprisingly. Fear????
surprisingly -> surprising. sorry.
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July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to akaz | On 31 July 2012 15:16, akaz <akaz@utopia.com> wrote:
> According to Wikipedia:
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> "Phobos (Ancient Greek: Φόβος, pronounced [pʰóbos], meaning "fear" or "terror") is the personification of fear in Greek mythology."
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_(mythology)
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> I just discovered that. I find it surprisingly. Fear???? Terror????
Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars, which was the original name of D.
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July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to akaz Attachments:
| On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:18 PM, akaz <akaz@utopia.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 13:16:57 UTC, akaz wrote: > >> I just discovered that. I find it surprisingly. Fear???? >> > > surprisingly -> surprising. sorry. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_(moon) It's the name of one of Mars's moons. Why Mars? Because Digital Mars. www.digitalmars.com -- Bye, Gor Gyolchanyan. |
July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to Tobias Brandt | On Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 13:22:57 UTC, Tobias Brandt wrote: > On 31 July 2012 15:16, akaz <akaz@utopia.com> wrote: > Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars, which was the original name of D. That, on the other hand, was known to me. What I did not know, was the "fear" factor... Maybe the library should have been renamed to Deimos? :) By the way, I live in the same city as this guy here. So you may say that I live with Phobos over my head: http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/2012/05/scale-of-phobos.html Pretty... scary, isn't? |
July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to akaz Attachments:
| On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:28 PM, akaz <akaz@utopia.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 13:22:57 UTC, Tobias Brandt wrote: > >> On 31 July 2012 15:16, akaz <akaz@utopia.com> wrote: >> Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars, which was the original name >> of D. >> > > That, on the other hand, was known to me. What I did not know, was the "fear" factor... Maybe the library should have been renamed to Deimos? :) > > By the way, I live in the same city as this guy here. So you may say that I live with Phobos over my head: > > http://davinci-marsdesign.**blogspot.fr/2012/05/scale-of-**phobos.html<http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/2012/05/scale-of-phobos.html> > > Pretty... scary, isn't? > > Deimos was mentioned because it's the name of C library bindings package. -- Bye, Gor Gyolchanyan. |
July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to akaz | On Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 13:28:35 UTC, akaz wrote: > On Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 13:22:57 UTC, Tobias Brandt wrote: >> On 31 July 2012 15:16, akaz <akaz@utopia.com> wrote: >> Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars, which was the original name of D. > > That, on the other hand, was known to me. What I did not know, was the "fear" factor... Maybe the library should have been renamed to Deimos? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deimos_(moon) OMG: "It is named after Deimos, a figure representing dread in Greek Mythology." C'mon, Mars was really the God of War... His moons really show it. Fear&Dread???? |
July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to akaz | > That, on the other hand, was known to me. What I did not know, was the "fear" factor... Maybe the library should have been renamed to Deimos? :)
What do you think where the term "PHOBia" came from??
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July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to Dejan Lekic | On 7/31/12 10:31 AM, Dejan Lekic wrote:
>> That, on the other hand, was known to me. What I did not know, was the
>> "fear" factor... Maybe the library should have been renamed to Deimos? :)
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> What do you think where the term "PHOBia" came from??
Whoa! Good point. Now if we could tie all this with Pho soup...
Andrei
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July 31, 2012 Re: OT: phobos name | ||||
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Posted in reply to Dejan Lekic | On Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 14:32:01 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:
>> That, on the other hand, was known to me. What I did not know, was the "fear" factor... Maybe the library should have been renamed to Deimos? :)
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> What do you think where the term "PHOBia" came from??
That, for one, I missed it! Thanks!
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