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Article #1901Re: A gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, a pack of wolves...
From: Garrett Pelton
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:39
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:39
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In article <1993Jan27.034323.20949@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>, jek@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (James E. Kittock) writes: |> In article <1993Jan27.000815.24846@mprgate.mpr.ca> mott@mprgate.mpr.ca (Jenni Mott) writes: |> >Brad Smallridge (bsmall@iat.holonet.net) wrote: |> >:> Great! If Asimov used the term "Pod" than I think I'll use it. Too bad I |> >:> didn't think of it first but then Asimov been thinking longer and better |> >:> than I. |> |> >A Pod of Robots ... Definitely the best option I've heard so far. I |> >think I'll use it too. (3 cheers for I. Asimov! ;-) ) |> |> Of course, pod is already in use: a pod of whales. Pod can be used to refer to a small group of whales, the proper collective noun for whales is I believe "GAM of whales". What this has to do with pods of robots I am not sure. Gary
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Newsgroups: comp.robotics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!rtech!pacbell.com!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!TRICERATOPS.SOAR.CS.CMU.EDU!gap From: gap+@CS.CMU.EDU (Garrett Pelton) Subject: Re: A gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, a pack of wolves... Message-ID: <C1JGIK.4pI.1@cs.cmu.edu> Sender: news@cs.cmu.edu (Usenet News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: triceratops.soar.cs.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie Mellon University References: <C19sGE.Eq@iat.holonet.net> <1993Jan27.000815.24846@mprgate.mpr.ca> <1993Jan27.034323.20949@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:39:52 GMT Lines: 18