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3 Oct 2024 08:17:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: IRIDIA (~55kau)  
From: Ryan Mooney
Date: 21 Feb 2000 15:39:46
Message: <38B05358.B3389E54@earthlink.net>
You made it look cylindrical w/ the sphere loop or w/ the negative
components...

I like the sound of the name where did it come from... You and your gray
matter?

Borg don't spell in english i don't think... I will have to look next time my
mom watches star trek...

I guess that means IRIDIUM would not be copy write infringement...?

TonyB wrote:

> >I like the ring propeller shape in the back... How did you do it...?
>
> I put some spheres in a #while loop, making them rotate A degrees each time,
> and varying their radius depending on the height, bigger at 0 and smaller in
> either y direction. I say several spheres, because first you have the main
> shape, and then the grooves that you need to make. The groves would be made
> with negative strengths on smaller spheres, of course.
>
> >I also started in on the blobing madness... My piece is starting to look
> like a
> >mars rover but since i only have the chaise who knows...?
>
> Good luck. I'm sure you'll come up with something good.
>
> >I like the lettering in the corner for IRIDIA...
>
> Beatbox.
>
> >How do you pronounce that... Is it like Orida fries...?
>
> ih-rih-dee-uh
>
> >The TonyB-2000 sounds like a cheesy r&b group like Back Street Boys or
> >N-Sync...
>
> Uh-oh. BTW, did you notice the font? I've never seen to movies or series, so
> I don't know if it's the actual thing, but it's called Borg9. (They use red,
> right?)
>
> >As for a good name to the acronym ...??...
> >How about IRIDIUM instead...( metallic chemical )
>
> I didn't want a good acronym, I wanted better meaning for the letters that
> compose it. Besides, IRIDIUM has been used before (remember the satellite
> "cell" phones that were like $5 a minute, but you could call all over the
> Globe, and they went bankrupt?).


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