When I first saw your name I thought it would be a cool name for a band. Too late, though, it's already taken!

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The bar has been lowered for the promotion of ATM ideas; the bar for the acceptance of ATM ideas must remain high.

I now officially condemn CM's skits as smartaleck, ignorant, sophomoric, inflammatory and and a poor reflection on the level of discussion in BAUT. -- Bob Angstrom

ASL of your friend, please. :P

OMG. I was pre-gothic in the 80's, before it had a name. Gee, now I know how silly I looked.

Thanks for shaking the hoarfrost off that one, AGN Fuel, I missed it the first time.

You do know that goes on today, as well? I don't have any examples, but I have seen the names. I should email my friend, she loves this kind of stuff.

Archer=Sagittarius. I'm thinking of changing my name to Steve (for obvious reasons). When I joined 5/03 there already was a Steve but he never posts and might've been extracted by now. If I switch I'll let y'all know .. I'm getting tired of "Archer" to be honest with younz (some Pittsburghese tossed in for good measure)

Sigh - all the good ones are urban myths, huh.....still, it made me laugh!

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"Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful." - Ian Faith

I'm glad you think this is humorous. However, R B Jones was in my company in Boot Camp. This may actually be the origin of the “urban myth”. That was in 1967 in San Diego, California.

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There are still good ones out there. I just emailed my friend. Hopefully, she will be able to jump onboard. She's married to my cousin and the Mommy of the Year. Now, be gentle with her when she comes aboard. Cross your fingers that she registers, cause she is really busy. She is one of the funniest people I have ever met, besides her Dad.

haha, thats NOT GOTH! lol, definately not. He's a rapper. Underground. Juggalo for life.

Snopes traces it back to 1958. (Scroll way down.)

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Well, remaining cryptic, here's a hint. 2.980 GeV/c^2.

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"If it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be, but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!" - Tweedledee

This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. - Wolfgang Pauli

My favorite of all those urban legend names is LemonJello (le-MON-jah-lo).
I can just SEE some little kid running around with that name! I hope it's true. Too funny not to be. Same with Ronly Bonly. I guess if they're not, I could make it so when I start having kids!

The Eta meson, of course. C because of charm of +1? (I forget the exact statistics for that beastie...)

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I said pre-gothic. Remember, this was the mid 80's. My Generation X started so much of what you see and hear now. :wink: How soon the kids forget. Candy in the mid 80's: Black hair, white face, purple lips and eye shadow to match, black finger nails, and black clothes. I was told I scared people. My favorite movie at that time was Lost Boys. My favorite group was Ratt. MTV was so new, that it played the same FIVE music video's over and over. Ah, good times.

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Well Steve was already taken so you're stuck with Archer17.

Are you talking to yourself now or did I miss something?

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I think the "you" is us. We're stuck with him.

Ding, give the man a cigar. Acutally it has zero net charm being the pseudoscalar (spin 0, negative parity, positive charge conjugation) state of the charm/anti charm system. It's the lesser known cousin of the J/Psi (3096 GeV/c^2). That's the spin 1 state of c/c-bar. Anyway, the eta c played a major role in my dissertation, so it seemed appropriate.

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"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind." - William Thompson, 1st Baron Lord Kelvin

"If it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be, but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!" - Tweedledee

This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. - Wolfgang Pauli

What a charming story.

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Strange how I have never heard it before.... :wink:

Right, zero net charm. Whoops. (Must... Remember... Physics... Stuff... #-o )

I don't smoke, though, so please, no cigar. :wink: :P

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Patrator is latin for "An achiever/accomplisher". I used it as the title of my Curriculum Vitae (Resume) a couple of years ago. Not one single employer asked me about it. I doubt some even noticed it in big, bold letters on the front page.
I'm currently self-employed and doing quite well, so I've no need for a CV but it's such a rarely used word, I've sort of adopted it as a user name/email on various sites. It means I don't have to add a number on the end of it.

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Well, my handle is fairly explanatory.

a_lost_packet_

All data on the internet is transmitted in "packets." Sometimes these, inadvertently, never make it to their destination. If it wasn't for a packet's "halflife" they'd be popping around different routers forever.

I'm just one of those packets that pops up on a random hit every once-in-awhile. I might have something to say.. I might not. But, in either case, I'm usually "lost." Hopefully, my expiration date is forged and I'll live forever.

For more info on "packets" http://grc.com/dos/PacketRouting.htm


a_lost_packet_

But we've found you!

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Man ToSeek, you can find anything on google. :wink:

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Neptune- The original Dark Matter.

The author feels that this technique of deliberately lying will actually make it easier for you to learn the ideas. - Donald Knuth

Since the other Steve is obviously gone, maybe the BA will allow you to be the Steve. Have you asked him? He seems like a man with a good head on his shoulders. I bet he would and could make it happen.

Maybe you could change it to Sagittarius A?

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Argos(*) is a Greek monster with a hundred eyes. It sees everything. I thought it was suited for an informatiomnivore like me.

(*) Argos Panoptes => Pan = all ; optes = eye. There are several Arguses in Greek mythology.

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You could be Adam and Steve.