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fritzm
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 Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:00 pm Post subject: Vote to name an asteroid Ubuntu |
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The South African Astronomical Observatory is running a competition to name a recently discovered asteroid; the name is being selected by public vote from a short list of names, one of which is Ubuntu. I think it would be cool to have an asteroid named after a Linux distro, especially appropriate when its founder is an astronaut, so go vote online.
The website is http://www.nameourasteroid.org.za/ and voting is open until 31 January 2010.
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heiowge
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| Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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nelz
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There was a comma at the end of the URL, which I've removed (another reason to use url tags).
Is the asteroid brown?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| heiowge wrote: | | I get a not found error... |
You need a better telescope. 
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nelz
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| LeeNukes wrote: | | You do realise the word Ubuntu was around BEFORE the distro, right? |
And the original meaning has little to do with a barren lump of rock millions of miles from the nearest human being... which brings us back to the asteroid being brown as the most compelling argument for this 
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M-Saunders
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:56 am Post subject: |
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| nelz wrote: | | a barren lump of rock |
Let's not be so harsh -- it might be colonised! See this NASA photo for instance:
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awh Mikey showing off your toys now 
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Hi towy71...
I am glad you said toys and not kit... ;oO
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