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Thursday 29 April 1999
Alys Started conversation Apr 29, 1999
Okay. This technology is now under my control. Ignore all journal entries that
pre-date this one. And this paragraph.
When I write something, the formatting
matters! Pedantry would be my middle name, were my middle name not
Margaret.
Today I discovered the International Star Registry (which will name a star after
you if you give them money) and (fortunately) also discovered that it's a bit of a scam. However,
this got me thinking:
I now have a number: 29888 (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy looked deep
within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined [1]</i>.
Stars are known by numbers (as well as names in some cases).
If there is a star out there that has the number 29888, then that star is
MINE.
A web surf might give me a list of star numbers.....
.... [some time later].... Well, that's 30 minutes of my life I shan't be seeing
again.
Anyone out there got an online star catalog? Mail me!
[1] I like The Simpsons!
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