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How to bring back old characters.
Binary:
It's definitely not a planet.
Kugai:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Jul 2010, 06:49 ---Neither does changing something's title or status.
Right, Pluto?
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Well, she was annoyed when it happened.
Watched Pot:
--- Quote from: Random832 on 30 Jul 2010, 03:51 ---
--- Quote from: akronnick on 11 Jul 2010, 18:42 ---Totally not related to anything, but Firefox spellchecker, you suck. Suggesting brontosaurus (which isn't even a real dinosaur)
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*ahem* Yes it is. It is an alternate name for the apatosaurus. It refers to the apatosaurus, not to a made-up other dinosaur.
And english common names don't always have to be identical to the scientific genus name - or do you have a pet felis or a pet canis? They are for many dinosaurs, but they don't have to be.
--- Quote from: Mojo on 16 Jul 2010, 05:48 ---Allosaurus is a real dinosaur. Brontosaurus isn't, not anymore. He's called Apatosaurus now.
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Closer, but still missing the point that changing something's name doesn't make it stop existing.
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You're oversimplifying things, a bit, Random. Brontosaurus isn't just an alternate name for apatosaurus. It kind of does refer to a made-up other dinosaur. Apatosaurus was discovered first, then "brontosaurus" came along, "discovered" by the same guy who discovered apatosaurus. What he actually did was find an apatosaurus body and a camarasaurus skull (several miles apart), put them together, and declared it a new, distinct creature--Brontosaurus. He was in a 'race' with his rival to discover more dinosaurs, and scientific rigor was perhaps not followed as closely as it should have been. By the time the mistake was realized and scientifically confirmed, the general public already had the idea that Brontosaurus is the name of a real dinosaur, and you know how hard it is to get those assholes to listen to reason. It's true that, today, brontosaurus is generally assumed to refer to apatosaurus, but there's a little more than a simple name change going on here. Strictly speaking, brontosaurus didn't 'stop existing', it never existed in the first place.
Carl-E:
Neither did the planet Vulcan (the real one - sorry, Trekkies), but it didn't stop a bunch of people from sighting it!
Blyss:
--- Quote from: thaX on 28 Jul 2010, 17:07 ---Blyss... I LOVE that Avatar... IT'S SOOOOO FLUFFY!!
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Thank you, I like it too. :)
And yes, Pluto got a raw deal.
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