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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 03:53:23 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Tom McDonald writes:
> In lugnet.space, Patrick Leahy writes:
> > HEY! What's going on? Why does a space station have to be some butt-ugly
> > assembly of modules? I think a space station, ship, etc. should be designed
> > and built as a single unit. It looks so much better that way, and it works
> > better that way too.
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> Butt-ugly eh? :) I hope I provide more inspiration for newsgroup fodder for
> years to come! (And he's only seen 4 out of dozens of configurations.)
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> And BTW, when referring to ugliness, some folks might not be able to take it,
> so using "IMO" in such statements can work wonders. But personally, I don't
> give a yak's booger about whether people think my stuff is ugly or not.
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> -Tom McD.
> when replying, once upon a time spamcake was used to weigh down coffins buried
> at sea.
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> The San Francisco Bay Area Users Group
> http://www.baylug.org
I might use IMO if I knew what it stood for. So many acronyms, so few times
you hear what they stand for.
Z
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| (...) IMO, aside from a sour-cream substitute, stands for "In My Opinion" A permutation of IMO is IMHO, where all is as above, and H=Humble. Some people view IMHO as an oxymoron, because if you are truly humble, you don't go around giving your own (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Butt-ugly eh? :) I hope I provide more inspiration for newsgroup fodder for years to come! (And he's only seen 4 out of dozens of configurations.) And BTW, when referring to ugliness, some folks might not be able to take it, so using "IMO" in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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