Talk:1294: Telescope Names - Revision history

172.70.90.49 at 11:33, 2 February 2024

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172.70.162.159 at 17:02, 23 April 2023

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Nitpicking: Nerdfighting

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Nerdfighting

172.69.79.184 at 23:14, 22 April 2023

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Nitpicking: Asimov

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Asimov

Koveras at 10:43, 9 December 2013

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Davidy22 at 07:56, 25 November 2013

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108.162.231.21 at 07:48, 25 November 2013

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Davidy22 at 22:29, 23 November 2013

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	:::I think Asimov is just too subtle, it could have come from anywhere and the ''intention'' to use Asimov, specifically, could have been flagged somehow.		:::I think Asimov is just too subtle, it could have come from anywhere and the ''intention'' to use Asimov, specifically, could have been flagged somehow.
	:::Alternate nerd references could have been "The Second Greatest Telescope" (shades of Deep Thought, already thinking ahead to its successor) or similar. And we don't see "antepenultimate" used often enough, either (or on through "propreantepenultimate"), so a missed trick there too. But I don't fully know Randall's mind, just have an impression that even when he's Muggle-indecipherable, he's rarely quite so shy about acknowledging his inspiration, and very rarely quite so nerd-shy. Even his easter-eggs are at least obvious enough once you realise they are there to be found. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.159\|172.70.162.159]] 17:02, 23 April 2023 (UTC)		:::Alternate nerd references could have been "The Second Greatest Telescope" (shades of Deep Thought, already thinking ahead to its successor) or similar. And we don't see "antepenultimate" used often enough, either (or on through "propreantepenultimate"), so a missed trick there too. But I don't fully know Randall's mind, just have an impression that even when he's Muggle-indecipherable, he's rarely quite so shy about acknowledging his inspiration, and very rarely quite so nerd-shy. Even his easter-eggs are at least obvious enough once you realise they are there to be found. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.159\|172.70.162.159]] 17:02, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
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		+	"Mind-numbingly vast" seems too close to "Mind-bogglingly big" from Hitchtiker's Guide to the Galaxy to not be a subtle reference. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.49\|172.70.90.49]] 11:33, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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	:Sounds more like a reference to the Glam Rock band "Europe", to me. (i.e., I disagree with how definite you seem to be.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.184\|172.69.79.184]] 23:14, 22 April 2023 (UTC)		:Sounds more like a reference to the Glam Rock band "Europe", to me. (i.e., I disagree with how definite you seem to be.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.184\|172.69.79.184]] 23:14, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
	::You have to consider how big a science fiction nerd Randall is (nearly as big as me). [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 01:01, 23 April 2023 (UTC)		::You have to consider how big a science fiction nerd Randall is (nearly as big as me). [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 01:01, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
		+	:::It's still tenuous. There are loads of "The Final <something>"s. And, in TFQ, it isn't even the final question (the final ''remaining'' question, perhaps) as it has been asked before, many times. What's more important is the final ''answer'' (or the first answer that isn't non-commital, or maybe it's the ''first'' answer in the time beyond), and surely a reference to that would be more nerd-worthy than what we have.
		+	:::I think Asimov is just too subtle, it could have come from anywhere and the ''intention'' to use Asimov, specifically, could have been flagged somehow.
		+	:::Alternate nerd references could have been "The Second Greatest Telescope" (shades of Deep Thought, already thinking ahead to its successor) or similar. And we don't see "antepenultimate" used often enough, either (or on through "propreantepenultimate"), so a missed trick there too. But I don't fully know Randall's mind, just have an impression that even when he's Muggle-indecipherable, he's rarely quite so shy about acknowledging his inspiration, and very rarely quite so nerd-shy. Even his easter-eggs are at least obvious enough once you realise they are there to be found. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.159\|172.70.162.159]] 17:02, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

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	The Final Telescope is a reference to Asimov's "The Final Question", which literally describes the last question answered in the lifetime of the universe. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 21:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)		The Final Telescope is a reference to Asimov's "The Final Question", which literally describes the last question answered in the lifetime of the universe. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 21:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
	:Sounds more like a reference to the Glam Rock band "Europe", to me. (i.e., I disagree with how definite you seem to be.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.184\|172.69.79.184]] 23:14, 22 April 2023 (UTC)		:Sounds more like a reference to the Glam Rock band "Europe", to me. (i.e., I disagree with how definite you seem to be.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.184\|172.69.79.184]] 23:14, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
		+	::You have to consider how big a science fiction nerd Randall is (nearly as big as me). [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 01:01, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

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	The Final Telescope is a reference to Asimov's "The Final Question", which literally describes the last question answered in the lifetime of the universe. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 21:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)		The Final Telescope is a reference to Asimov's "The Final Question", which literally describes the last question answered in the lifetime of the universe. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 21:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
		+	:Sounds more like a reference to the Glam Rock band "Europe", to me. (i.e., I disagree with how definite you seem to be.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.184\|172.69.79.184]] 23:14, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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	::The "Infinite" and "Final Telescopes" may be a poke at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Crisis Infinite Crisis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Crisis Final Crisis] crossover events in the DC Comics... --[[User:Koveras\|Koveras]] ([[User talk:Koveras\|talk]]) 10:43, 9 December 2013 (UTC)		::The "Infinite" and "Final Telescopes" may be a poke at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Crisis Infinite Crisis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Crisis Final Crisis] crossover events in the DC Comics... --[[User:Koveras\|Koveras]] ([[User talk:Koveras\|talk]]) 10:43, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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		+	The Final Telescope is a reference to Asimov's "The Final Question", which literally describes the last question answered in the lifetime of the universe. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 21:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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	as having a diameter about the dimension of galaxy clusters.		as having a diameter about the dimension of galaxy clusters.
	[[Special:Contributions/108.162.231.54\|108.162.231.54]] 22:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)		[[Special:Contributions/108.162.231.54\|108.162.231.54]] 22:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
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		+	::The "Infinite" and "Final Telescopes" may be a poke at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Crisis Infinite Crisis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Crisis Final Crisis] crossover events in the DC Comics... --[[User:Koveras\|Koveras]] ([[User talk:Koveras\|talk]]) 10:43, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

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 The infinite is the size of the univers. Still there is a final after that ;-) [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
-Just a note concerning the cancelled 'Overwhelmingly Large Telescope' (=OWL): Today OWL means „Once Was Large“ because it is replaced by the ELT
+Just a note concerning the cancelled 'Overwhelmingly Large Telescope' (=OWL): Today OWL means „Once Was Large“ because it is replaced by the ELT {{unsigned ip|108.162.231.21}}
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	The infinite is the size of the univers. Still there is a final after that ;-) [[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 19:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)		The infinite is the size of the univers. Still there is a final after that ;-) [[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 19:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
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		+	Just a note concerning the cancelled 'Overwhelmingly Large Telescope' (=OWL): Today OWL means „Once Was Large“ because it is replaced by the ELT

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	The infinite is the size of the univers. Still there is a final after that ;-) [[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 19:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)		The infinite is the size of the univers. Still there is a final after that ;-) [[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 19:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
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		+	== Similar topic ==
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		+	I remember
		+	a short piece in SCIAM many years ago, where a well known physicist
		+	ironicly discussed the wish/planning/building of ever bigger colliders.
		+	Among the biggest of them, the "final collider" was described
		+	as having a diameter about the dimension of galaxy clusters.
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