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Geek Trivia: The name of the (blame) game

What rather comical misunderstanding of the Internet led to media outlets referring to the dwarf planet Eris as Lila, despite the fact that neither the discovering astronomers nor the International Astronomical Union ever called the celestial object by that name? by Jay Garmon

Tags: Game, Geek Trivia, Planet, Pluto, Eris, Dwarf Planet, International Astronomical Union, Plutoids, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Additional Resources

MB Eris Astrology (exe)

MB Eris Astrology describes the placement of the asteroid Eris or Xena in your birth chart. This sign helps you understand yourself and know more about the discord and problems that you may face. This is a postware. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Discord, MysticBoard, MB Eris Astrology

Software downloads 2008-07-21

Geek Trivia: A star in the (un)making

MnemonicEducated mothers can henceforth until the next planetary reshuffle serve Nachos. Olé!Quibblet -- "Moons of Pluto?""...Charon (Pluto's largest moon). (Pluto has two other moons, Hydra and Nix--both discovered in 2005.)" "Moon n: any natural satellite of a planet." By the accepted definition, Pluto has no moons.Good catchThat's a good...

Tags: career, charon, gfisher@..., hydra, moon, Moon, nix, planet, Pluto, satellite

Discussion threads 2006-09-27

Tips for finding help on the Internet

Having trouble with a client's computer? Here are some of Kyle Harmon's favorite tips for finding help from the comfort of your Web browser.Any good support engineer’s library contains dozens of technical manuals. Unfortunately, there will always be problems that will stump us. Before formatting and starting again from scratch,...

Tags: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Internet, Kyle Harmon, IRC, newsgroup, chat room

Technical articles 1999-12-30