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Re: Question about 7101
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:54:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Bram Lambrecht wrote:
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> > On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:57:20 GMT "Jeff Stembel" <Dragonelf1@aol.com>
> > writes:
> > > Pluto is, of course, an anomoly.
> > > ;)
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> > Hasn't Pluto been demoted to a comet-like, sub-planetary ball of ice? I
> > bet that makes the discoverer of Pluto feel really salty :)
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> Nope. Decision was just taken to keep it as a major, not minor, planet.
When was the decision made(1)? The word just is a vague term, was it this
week, last week or sometime in May? I had not heard a final word either way,
not that I've been keeping close tabs on the matter. I wonder if Disney had
anything to do with the deci$ion? ;-)
-Mike
[1] I'm not familiar with decisions being "taken". I think of decisions being
made. Actions or votes are taken.
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| (...) Not sure, misremembering something I read (in Wired???). (...) You're not a consultant. We take decisions all the time, or failing that, calendarize a status meeting to discuss why the exeutive didn't take one yet and identify an alignment (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Nope. Decision was just taken to keep it as a major, not minor, planet. (...) Larry Pieniazek (URL) Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead... See (URL) for details For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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