Happy Birthday Nicolaus Copernicus!

[Sean]

540 years old today!

And well done Google for celebrating it with a really cool doodle:
http://www.google.co.uk/

 

[islandman]

Why doesn't it.....wait, nevermind.

ETA: I wonder why .com isn't using it too. Maybe google doesn't think that Americans will recognize his name.

 

[thør]

Will there be a Pole?

 

[islandman]

"My nose was cooler." ~ T. Brahe

 

[Sean]

Why doesn't it.....wait, nevermind.

ETA: I wonder why .com isn't using it too. Maybe google doesn't think that Americans will recognize his name.

It's not the 19th there yet.

 

[kotori]

Why doesn't it.....wait, nevermind.

ETA: I wonder why .com isn't using it too. Maybe google doesn't think that Americans will recognize his name.

It's after midnight in Europe. Maybe tomorrow here.

 

[kotori]

Sean, have you read John Banville 's novel Doctor Copernicus ?

 

[Sean]

"My nose was cooler." ~ T. Brahe

Astronomers should fight more duels, IMO.

 

[Sean]

Sean, have you read John Banville 's novel Doctor Copernicus ?

No, I haven't. Looks cool. That reminds me, I need to pick up a book Iman recommended from the library tomorrow.

 

[islandman]

It's not the 19th there yet.

Egg on my face.

No, I haven't. Looks cool. That reminds me, I need to pick up a book Iman recommended from the library tomorrow.

Which one?

 

[Sean]

Egg on my face.




Which one?

Turing's Cathedral.

 

[islandman]

Turing's Cathedral.

Nice.

That's the bad part of juggling multiple books at once. I never know which one I've told people about.

 

[neci]

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I want this to be my 45th BDay cake!

Maybe I will get a heliocentric sloar system tat to go with it.

 

[neci]

I want this to be my 45th BDay cake!

Maybe I will get a heliocentric sloar system tat to go with it.

that is a fancy cake.

will it be a tramp stamp?

 

[BoyNextDoor]

that is a fancy cake.

will it be a tramp stamp?

No way. Neck tat. I am going prison for my boy Nicolaus.