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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up52·edit-221 hours agoOrnithologists should hang out with astronomers. They do the same naming scheme with telescopes. They’ve named some classics like the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST). Edit: a word
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 minutes agoCan’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
minus-squarePiJiNWiNglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoNot to mention “The Big Bang”, and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoSpooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·20 hours agoDon’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
minus-squarephdepressedlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·21 hours agoFive-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-221 hours agoIt’s the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you’re replying to left out “Aperture” by mistake.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours ago Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST) Where does the ‘A’ come from? The phonetic “faiv”?
minus-squareBlue Lou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·21 hours agodeleted by creator
Ornithologists should hang out with astronomers. They do the same naming scheme with telescopes. They’ve named some classics like the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST).
Edit: a word
Can’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
Not to mention “The Big Bang”, and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
Spooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.
Don’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
Relevant xkcd
H+M = A?
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
It’s the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you’re replying to left out “Aperture” by mistake.
Where does the ‘A’ come from?
The phonetic “faiv”?
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