An lowly asternaut
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:02 pm
I noticed that my default newbie title is "Asternaut". Is that because I am only standing in the line of sight of an astronaut and only appear to next to her even though she is far away? 
Starship Asterisk*
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An lowly asternaut
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Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:01 pm
It's because you have less than 10 posts. I sense that you've made a joke and that I haven't gotten it, though.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:45 pm
Sorry, this belongs in "Astronomically Bad Jokes". For to explain a joke is a failed joke.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:36 am
The other option is that I'm just being dense. It wouldn't be the first time.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:56 am
I really don't get it?lbeckham wrote:Sorry, this belongs in "Astronomically Bad Jokes". For to explain a joke is a failed joke.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:38 am
Something about a shadow??
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:26 am
According to the rules of this forum:
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=26696
"A person who posts on the Asterisk* board is immediately considered to be a (virtual) asternaut, as opposed to an astronaut. Asternaut is not misspelled -- it is the diminutive of the word astronaut. Although only a few are selected to become astronauts, anyone with a web browser can become an asternaut. After 10 posts, an asternaut is elevated to become (also) an Ensign, and after 100 posts, a Science Officer. At 500 posts, an asternaut is judged to be legally insane, and is therefore allowed to choose their own rank (within reason)."
I suppose one could also think of an asternaut as one who is involved in the navigation of the Starship Asterisk* forum.
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=26696
"A person who posts on the Asterisk* board is immediately considered to be a (virtual) asternaut, as opposed to an astronaut. Asternaut is not misspelled -- it is the diminutive of the word astronaut. Although only a few are selected to become astronauts, anyone with a web browser can become an asternaut. After 10 posts, an asternaut is elevated to become (also) an Ensign, and after 100 posts, a Science Officer. At 500 posts, an asternaut is judged to be legally insane, and is therefore allowed to choose their own rank (within reason)."
I suppose one could also think of an asternaut as one who is involved in the navigation of the Starship Asterisk* forum.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 2:50 pm
The joke is I misread the "aster" in asternaut as in an asterism, not an asterisk. Did ANYBODY get it?
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 3:09 pm
lbeckham wrote:
The joke is I misread the "aster" in asternaut as in an asterism, not an asterisk. Did ANYBODY get it?
- Does ANYBODY get it now?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism_%28typography%29 wrote:
<<In typography, an asterism, from the Greek astēr (star), is a rarely used and nearly obsolete symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle (⁂). It is used to "indicate minor breaks in text," call attention to a passage, or to separate sub-chapters in a book. Asterisms in James Joyce Ulysses, the "Wandering Rocks" chapter, from the 1922 edition. The 1961 edition used a hollow star (☆), the 1984 edition used a dinkus (***).
It can also be used to mean 'untitled' or author or title withheld, for example, some editions of Album for the Young by composer Robert Schumann (no.'s 21, 26, and 30). Besides originating from the same word, "the rarely used asteriscus, which Isidore of Seville says 'is put in place of something that has been omitted so as to call attention to the omission'," also resembles the asterism.
In meteorology, an asterism in a station model indicates moderate snowfall.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 3:54 pm
I like this one.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:36 pm
Beyond wrote:I like this one.
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away—
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.[
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:02 pm
Well, it's plain to see that the Snark would have done just as poorly in the "Stump Art" thread.
Re: An lowly asternaut
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:44 pm
He quotes the Good Rev. Charles Dodgson! A kindred spirit!neufer wrote:Beyond wrote:I like this one.In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away—
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.[
BUT when I search Wikipedia using the Wikipedia search, this comes first:
Asterism (astronomy), a pattern of stars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism