Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-07-03 Thread Frank Nordberg
John Chambers wrote: | ... And the English think that English is the language that the English | speak!! | Laurie Yeah, well, the language does have more than a few major dialects. There's that line from My Fair Lady: In America they haven't spoken it in years. And it's probably

Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-07-03 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Let's see; Scotland does have its own parliament now, but it doesn't have its own army or navy, so it must be a dialect (and an inferior one at that ;-). I'd better wait and see what Jack and Phil say - but there seem to me to be many Scotsmen that consider their variant of English a

Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-07-03 Thread Laura Conrad
laurie == laurie griffiths Laurie writes: laurie I'd better wait and see what Jack and Phil say - but there seem to me to be laurie many Scotsmen that consider their variant of English a separate language laurie (some of Burns poetry can be pretty impenetrable to us English).

Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-07-01 Thread Thomas Bending
Any other Brightons there may be need qualification eg Brighton, Planet Zog. When it comes to announcements on the web, it's safe to assume it happens on earth. All other semi-civilized planets have their own (mutually incompatible) networks, and as for *civilized* planets - I guess

Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-07-01 Thread Iain Anderson
see http://www.faqs.org/rfc/rfc3271.txt --On Monday, July 01, 2002 13:40:45 + Thomas Bending [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any other Brightons there may be need qualification eg Brighton, Planet Zog. When it comes to announcements on the web, it's safe to assume it happens on earth. All

Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-07-01 Thread Iain Anderson
Sorry sent wrong reference http://www.ipnsig.org/techinfo.htm -see pdf document - Interplanetary Internet: Architectural Definition --On Monday, July 01, 2002 13:40:45 + Thomas Bending [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any other Brightons there may be need qualification eg Brighton, Planet

Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-07-01 Thread John Chambers
| ... And the English think that English is the language that the English | speak!! | Laurie Yeah, well, the language does have more than a few major dialects. There's that line from My Fair Lady: In America they haven't spoken it in years. And it's probably worth noting that the major

Re: [abcusers] Intergalactic naming conventions.

2002-06-30 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
... And the English think that English is the language that the English speak!! Laurie To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html