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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up57·edit-24 months 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-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoSpooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·4 months agoDon’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoCan’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoH+M = A?
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 months agoFive-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoIt’s the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you’re replying to left out “Aperture” by mistake.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months ago Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST) Where does the ‘A’ come from? The phonetic “faiv”?
minus-squareBlue Lou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months 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
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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
Can’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
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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