On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Mark Tapley wrote:
At 12:00 -0600 12/2/06, cctalk-request at
classiccmp.org wrote:
Okay... It's good to know you are back --
some of the most recent
deliveries of dwarfs had some samples that were out-of-tolerance.
<Grin>
:-) actually, the .sig is a slam at the International Astronomical Union for
demoting Pluto from "planet" to "Dwarf planet" because it
"hasn't cleared its
neighborhood". I'm working on a spacecraft headed for Pluto (New Horizons),
so I'm peeved.
--
Mark Tapley, Dwarf Engineer
(I haven't cleared my neighborhood)
And here I thought the .sig was something to the effect of you hadn't yet
created a large enough "bang" to scare away any remaining neighborhood
residents, thus you were still considered a 'dwarf' engineer ;)
-Toth