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- Geek Trivia: A star in the (un)making
- Which of the three "new" planets considered in a recent IAU resolution was a recognized planet in the 1800s? My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas—that was the mnemonic this mere Trivia Geek learned to remember the names of the nine...
- Tags: IAU, Pluto, Jay Garmon, solar system, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Planet, Astronomer, Asteroid, Ceres, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Technical articles 2006-09-26
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- Geek Trivia: Planet X marks the spot
- What name for a 10th planet did authors Douglas Adams, Larry Niven, and Arthur C. Clarke coincidentally "agree" on? All the recent ruckus about the International Astronomical Union's deliberations over the definition of a planet has warmed this Trivia Geek's recollection of the decades-old search for a...
- Tags: Jay Garmon, Planet X, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Planet, Deviation, Pluto, Lowell, Persephone, Douglas Adams Reference, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing
- Technical articles 2006-09-05
- (Images: Astronomers see three new planets)
- (Images: Astronomers see three new planets)article rootI wonder......what this news is going to do astrology and astrolgers !!! Any astrologers around in TR?A little confusedOn NASA's website it lists a planet as"A body that orbits a star, but does not orbit another body" -- http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/planet_worldbook.htmland"It must orbit around a star,...
- Tags: onbliss
- Discussion threads 2006-08-18
- Geek Trivia: Planet X marks the spot
- I can name that planet in.....My suggestion for the name of the probably-never-to-be-found Planet X is Otiosus.According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the phrase deus otiosus is from the Latin for "hidden god". "In the history of religions and philosophy, a high god who has withdrawn from the immediate details of...
- Tags: DMambo, planet x, career, god, Uranus
- Discussion threads 2006-09-06
- Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature
- Who are the only four writers to have two books win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best science-fiction/fantasy novel? If the Hugo Award is the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent of the Oscar, then the Nebula Award is geekdom's Emmy. Together, these two prestigious paperweights single...
- Tags: Nebula, Jay Garmon, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, novel, science fiction, fantasy, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Hugo, Scott Card, Clarke, Games, Corporate Communications, Professional Development, Personal Technology, Marketing, Career
- Technical articles 2006-10-03
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