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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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 Spherical Telescope (FAST).
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST) Where does the ‘A’ come from? The phonetic “faiv”?
minus-squarePiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNot to mention “The Big Bang”, and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSpooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoCan’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoFive-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoIt’s the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you’re replying to left out “Aperture” by mistake.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoDon’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
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 Spherical Telescope (FAST).
Where does the ‘A’ come from?
The phonetic “faiv”?
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.
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.
Don’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
Relevant xkcd