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Well, if I was a president, I'd say you were seven points of light. Ha.
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Re: what am I
« Reply #2 on: May 21st, 2003, 1:57am » |
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You are a French cartoon.
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Re: what am I
« Reply #3 on: May 22nd, 2003, 8:19pm » |
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You are yourself.
You are a person who "rages against the machine" by never using punctuation in your typed/written messages. 
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Re: what am I
« Reply #4 on: May 23rd, 2003, 6:19am » |
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on May 20th, 2003, 5:37pm, maryl wrote:| Well, if I was a president, I'd say you were seven points of light. Ha. |
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How about proceeding in this direction, i.e. towards the Pleiades?
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on May 23rd, 2003, 6:19am, wowbagger wrote:
How about proceeding in this direction, i.e. towards the Pleiades? |
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WOW, that's great, and makes total sense too.
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Re: what am I
« Reply #6 on: May 23rd, 2003, 12:38pm » |
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Why not Ursa Major, then?
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Re: what am I
« Reply #7 on: May 25th, 2003, 9:08am » |
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on May 23rd, 2003, 12:38pm, Leonid Broukhis wrote:Why not Ursa Major, then?
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Well, Ursa Major is a whole constellation, consisting of more than seven stars (except if you meant just the asterism, the "Big Dipper"). The Pleiades, however, are one of the best-known groups of seven stars, I'd say.
(I know that there are more than seven stars in the astronomical object M45, known as Pleiades cluster, as far as I know.)
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Re: what am I
« Reply #8 on: May 25th, 2003, 5:38pm » |
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Yes, I meant just the Big Dipper. And from my perspective (based on my cultural background) I'd say that the Big Dipper is more widely known than Pleiades. A believe that a randomly chosen child will more likely be able to show the Big Dipper on the night sky, rather than the Pleiades. But, back to the riddle, could the answer be simply "an asterism"?
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Re: what am I
« Reply #9 on: May 25th, 2003, 5:59pm » |
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Gee - My answer to the question "what am I" was "too shy to give your name! 
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Re: what am I
« Reply #10 on: May 26th, 2003, 2:33am » |
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on May 25th, 2003, 5:38pm, Leonid Broukhis wrote:| A believe that a randomly chosen child will more likely be able to show the Big Dipper on the night sky, rather than the Pleiades. |
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Yes, that's probably true for children round here, too. Of course, it depends on their astronomical (and mythological) training/background.
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I like this idea. 
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Re: what am I
« Reply #11 on: May 26th, 2003, 8:03am » |
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Here's another idea! A game of Hangman!
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Re: what am I
« Reply #12 on: May 26th, 2003, 8:31am » |
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on May 26th, 2003, 8:03am, Leonid Broukhis wrote:| Here's another idea! A game of Hangman! |
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If the asterisks represent letters (excluding spaces), I'll guess the "word" starts with a "W".
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