Comments on: Not Much http://sparxmind.com/not-much/ Escaping Thoughts - Posted Daily Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sparx http://sparxmind.com/not-much/comment-page-1/#comment-293 sparx Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:25:17 +0000 http://sparxmind.com/not-much/#comment-293 I guess you're right.. still, I'm not about to start referring to the moon as "the world" - which brings up an interesting question: Let's say we don't destroy ourselves before we begin colonizing other planets. Obviously the occupants of a newly colonized planet wouldn't call their home "Earth" as that would be dumb. But would a colonizer of Mars refer to their planet as "the world"? Oh, and would phrases related to "digging into the earth" or machines that are called "earth movers" (where "earth" refers to the ground/land) be reworded or renamed? I guess you're right.. still, I'm not about to start referring to the moon as "the world" - which brings up an interesting question:

Let's say we don't destroy ourselves before we begin colonizing other planets. Obviously the occupants of a newly colonized planet wouldn't call their home "Earth" as that would be dumb. But would a colonizer of Mars refer to their planet as "the world"?

Oh, and would phrases related to "digging into the earth" or machines that are called "earth movers" (where "earth" refers to the ground/land) be reworded or renamed?

]]> By: spudart http://sparxmind.com/not-much/comment-page-1/#comment-292 spudart Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:23:44 +0000 http://sparxmind.com/not-much/#comment-292 oh what the hey. let's put all the definitions down: 1. the planet Earth (usually prec. by the). 2. a planet or other celestial body. 3. a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe). 4. a spherical body; sphere. 5. anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl. 6. a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb. –verb (used with object) 7. to form into a globe. –verb (used without object) 8. to take the form of a globe. oh what the hey. let's put all the definitions down:
1. the planet Earth (usually prec. by the).
2. a planet or other celestial body.
3. a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe).
4. a spherical body; sphere.
5. anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl.
6. a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb.
–verb (used with object)
7. to form into a globe.
–verb (used without object)
8. to take the form of a globe.

]]> By: spudart http://sparxmind.com/not-much/comment-page-1/#comment-291 spudart Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:15:02 +0000 http://sparxmind.com/not-much/#comment-291 Thanks for bringing that up, sparx. That quote is going out to 25 newspapers today. Here's what dictionary.com says for <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/globe" rel="nofollow">globe</a>: 1. the planet Earth (usually prec. by the). Thanks for bringing that up, sparx. That quote is going out to 25 newspapers today. Here's what dictionary.com says for globe:
1. the planet Earth (usually prec. by the).

]]> By: sparx http://sparxmind.com/not-much/comment-page-1/#comment-290 sparx Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:14:55 +0000 http://sparxmind.com/not-much/#comment-290 Do we live on a globe? I thought a globe was a representation of the world. Also, the little stick-me is on the moon. Not so little I guess, he's about half as tall as the diameter of the moon. I'm like a moon monster! Do we live on a globe? I thought a globe was a representation of the world.
Also, the little stick-me is on the moon. Not so little I guess, he's about half as tall as the diameter of the moon. I'm like a moon monster!

]]> By: spudart http://sparxmind.com/not-much/comment-page-1/#comment-287 spudart Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:02:44 +0000 http://sparxmind.com/not-much/#comment-287 "Because we live on a globe, wherever you are, you are on top of the world." —<a href="http://www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/P76_0_3_0/" rel="nofollow">spudart</a> "Because we live on a globe, wherever you are, you are on top of the world."
—spudart

]]> By: Kate http://sparxmind.com/not-much/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Kate Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:22:21 +0000 http://sparxmind.com/not-much/#comment-286 world domination?....or maybe too much time to think about life and making an interesting drawing that might be of interest in a psychology class :-P world domination?….or maybe too much time to think about life and making an interesting drawing that might be of interest in a psychology class :-P

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