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(Message started by: ******* on May 20^th, 2003, 4:57pm)

Title: what am I
Post by ******* on May 20^th, 2003, 4:57pm

what am I

Title: Re: what am I
Post by maryl on May 20^th, 2003, 5:37pm

Well, if I was a president, I'd say you were seven points of light. Ha.

Title: Re: what am I
Post by Speaker on May 21^st, 2003, 1:57am

You are a French cartoon.

Title: Re: what am I
Post by jade_conundrum on May 22^nd, 2003, 8:19pm

You are yourself.

You are a person who "rages against the machine" by never using punctuation in your typed/written messages. ;D

Title: Re: what am I
Post by wowbagger on May 23^rd, 2003, 6:19am

on 05/20/03 at 17:37:52, maryl wrote:

Well, if I was a president, I'd say you were seven points of light. Ha.

How about proceeding in this direction, i.e. towards [hide]the Pleiades[/hide]?

Title: Re: what am I
Post by maryl on May 23^rd, 2003, 9:24am

on 05/23/03 at 06:19:28, wowbagger wrote:

How about proceeding in this direction, i.e. towards [hide]the Pleiades[/hide]?

WOW, that's great, and makes total sense too.

Title: Re: what am I
Post by Leonid Broukhis on May 23^rd, 2003, 12:38pm

Why not Ursa Major, then?

Title: Re: what am I
Post by wowbagger on May 25^th, 2003, 9:08am

on 05/23/03 at 12:38:08, Leonid Broukhis wrote:

Why not Ursa Major, then?

Well, Ursa Major is a whole constellation, consisting of more than seven stars (except if you meant just the asterism, the "Big Dipper"). The Pleiades, however, are one of the best-known groups of seven stars, I'd say.
(I know that there are more than seven stars in the astronomical object M45, known as Pleiades cluster, as far as I know.)

Title: Re: what am I
Post by Leonid Broukhis on May 25^th, 2003, 5:38pm

Yes, I meant just the Big Dipper. And from my perspective (based on my cultural background) I'd say that the Big Dipper is more widely known than Pleiades. A believe that a randomly chosen child will more likely be able to show the Big Dipper on the night sky, rather than the Pleiades. But, back to the riddle, could the answer be simply "an asterism"?

Title: Re: what am I
Post by Icarus on May 25^th, 2003, 5:59pm

Gee - My answer to the question "what am I" was "too shy to give your name! ;)

Title: Re: what am I
Post by wowbagger on May 26^th, 2003, 2:33am

on 05/25/03 at 17:38:12, Leonid Broukhis wrote:

A believe that a randomly chosen child will more likely be able to show the Big Dipper on the night sky, rather than the Pleiades.

Yes, that's probably true for children round here, too. Of course, it depends on their astronomical (and mythological) training/background. ;)

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But, back to the riddle, could the answer be simply "an asterism"?

I like this idea. :)

Title: Re: what am I
Post by Leonid Broukhis on May 26^th, 2003, 8:03am

Here's another idea! A game of Hangman!

Title: Re: what am I
Post by wowbagger on May 26^th, 2003, 8:31am

on 05/26/03 at 08:03:09, Leonid Broukhis wrote:

Here's another idea! A game of Hangman!

If the asterisks represent letters (excluding spaces), I'll guess the "word" starts with a "W". ;D