Happy Birthday, Marrissa Picard!
Joseph Nebus
day when you do not quite exist yet, let's all pause to thank you for
being part of our lives.
Also, thanks to Stephen Ratliff for being unlike anyone else.
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Joseph Nebus
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Stephen aka Old Man ASC
wrote:
> There would never have been MiSTings if not for you. On this
>day when you do not quite exist yet, let's all pause to thank you for
>being part of our lives.
According to the data file, Marrissa will be born July 26, 2358, making
this year her negative 347th birthday.
>
> Also, thanks to Stephen Ratliff for being unlike anyone else.
Now I can't be that unique. Though ...
In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of three million
Earth-type planets. And, in all the universe, three million million
galaxies like this. And in all of that � and perhaps more � only one of
each of us - Dr. McCoy, ST: TOS "Balance of Terror"
Stephen Ratliff
Joseph Nebus
>On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:48:12 +0000 (UTC), nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus)
>wrote:
>> There would never have been MiSTings if not for you. On this
>>day when you do not quite exist yet, let's all pause to thank you for
>>being part of our lives.
>According to the data file, Marrissa will be born July 26, 2358, making
>this year her negative 347th birthday.
I somehow feel like I keep working out the year and then never
manage to remember it or keep it straight. Since it doesn't change and
is reasonably semicanonical you'd think I wouldn't have such trouble,
but I'm a mathematics PhD and therefore can't be expected to do tricky
stuff like arithmetic.
>>
>> Also, thanks to Stephen Ratliff for being unlike anyone else.
>Now I can't be that unique. Though ...
>In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of three million
>Earth-type planets. And, in all the universe, three million million
>galaxies like this. And in all of that -- and perhaps more -- only one of
>each of us - Dr. McCoy, ST: TOS "Balance of Terror"
Nah, everybody's unique, just like everybody else. It's key
to the theory of language, if I'm not mistaken.
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Joseph Nebus
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Stephen aka Old Man ASC
wrote:
>In <cot837t9t8j59orb0...@4ax.com> Stephen aka Old Man ASC <ste...@trekiverse.us> writes:
>
>>On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:48:12 +0000 (UTC), nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus)
>>wrote:
>
>>> There would never have been MiSTings if not for you. On this
>>>day when you do not quite exist yet, let's all pause to thank you for
>>>being part of our lives.
>
>>According to the data file, Marrissa will be born July 26, 2358, making
>>this year her negative 347th birthday.
>
> I somehow feel like I keep working out the year and then never
>manage to remember it or keep it straight. Since it doesn't change and
>is reasonably semicanonical you'd think I wouldn't have such trouble,
>but I'm a mathematics PhD and therefore can't be expected to do tricky
>stuff like arithmetic.
My degree is a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in
Computer Science and English. So I can't be expected to do tricky things
like spell correctly. As for Marrissa's age ... I have a spread sheet.
>>>
>>> Also, thanks to Stephen Ratliff for being unlike anyone else.
>
>>Now I can't be that unique. Though ...
>
>>In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of three million
>>Earth-type planets. And, in all the universe, three million million
>>galaxies like this. And in all of that -- and perhaps more -- only one of
>>each of us - Dr. McCoy, ST: TOS "Balance of Terror"
>
> Nah, everybody's unique, just like everybody else. It's key
>to the theory of language, if I'm not mistaken.
Fortunately, I avoided that in my English Concentration. (Which, to tell
the truth was actually mostly composed with Creative Fiction Writing
courses)
Stephen Ratliff