Ghyll talk:Doc Rockett - Revision history

Jcowan: Fixing my name

2005-06-12T03:20:22Z

Fixing my name

Jcowan: /* Mysteries explained */ Wikipedia-fying

2005-04-24T02:08:51Z

Mysteries explained: Wikipedia-fying

Morbus Iff at 01:14, 8 October 2004

2004-10-08T01:14:32Z

Jcowan: Mysteries explained

2004-10-06T22:09:59Z

Mysteries explained

Jcowan: /* The mysteries of Rockett */

2004-09-28T19:16:21Z

The mysteries of Rockett

Joe Bowers: /* The mysteries of Rockett */

2004-09-28T01:16:48Z

The mysteries of Rockett

Sbp: Hmm... some Dr. Seuss connection guessed.

2004-09-27T21:56:54Z

Hmm... some Dr. Seuss connection guessed.

Jcowan: The mysteries of Rockett

2004-09-27T21:22:58Z

The mysteries of Rockett

Jcowan: Out-of-game discussion

2004-09-27T00:16:36Z

Out-of-game discussion

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sbp asks: why Philosophy? I reply: if you know that, you understand where Doc Rockett comes from. (I do appreciate his other notes on #swhack and have corrected my account accordingly.) --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 20:16, 26 Sep 2004 (EDT)

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-sbp asks: why Philosophy?  I reply: if you know that, you understand where Doc Rockett comes from.  (I do appreciate his other notes on #swhack and have corrected my account accordingly.)  --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 20:16, 26 Sep 2004 (EDT)
+sbp asks: why Philosophy?  I reply: if you know that, you understand where Doc Rockett comes from.  (I do appreciate his other notes on #swhack and have corrected my account accordingly.)  --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 20:16, 26 Sep 2004 (EDT)
 == The mysteries of Rockett ==
 * Googling for some of the phrases that don't contain Ghyllian terms may be enlightening.
-* Has anyone figured out why I used the initials "S.J."? --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 17:22, 27 Sep 2004
+* Has anyone figured out why I used the initials "S.J."? --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 17:22, 27 Sep 2004
 All I can think of is that it refers to Dr. Seuss, especially since he didn't have a doctorate as far as I know, and published the book "There's a Wocket in My Pocket!" That wouldn't explain S.J. however since his name was "Theodor Seuss Geisel". --[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] 17:56, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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 There is a famous pilot, Rockett J. S., who had some famous friends and was active in the cold war. Am I getting warm? --[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]] 21:16, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)
-Bingo.  --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 15:16, 28 Sep 2004 (EDT)
+Bingo.  --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 15:16, 28 Sep 2004 (EDT)
 == Mysteries explained ==
-At this point it probably can do no harm to point out that not only is Doc Rockett himself modeled on [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov|Isaac Asimov]] (sans the fiction writing), but that this very article is taken from Wikipedia's Asimov article, seriously cut down and Ghyllified.  Rockett's first and second marriages and his children are Asimov's (though Asimov was firmly het), and his books have titles which are for the most part parodies of Asimov's. --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 18:09, 6 Oct 2004
+At this point it probably can do no harm to point out that not only is Doc Rockett himself modeled on [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov|Isaac Asimov]] (sans the fiction writing), but that this very article is taken from Wikipedia's Asimov article, seriously cut down and Ghyllified.  Rockett's first and second marriages and his children are Asimov's (though Asimov was firmly het), and his books have titles which are for the most part parodies of Asimov's. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 18:09, 6 Oct 2004
 The "Rocket J.S." above is [[Wikipedia:Rocket J. Squirrel|Rocket J. Squirrel]] from the ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|Wikipedia:Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''.  --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 22:08, 23 Apr 2005 (EDT)

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−	At this point it probably can do no harm to point out that not only is Doc Rockett himself modeled on Isaac Asimov (sans the fiction writing), but that this very article is taken from Wikipedia's Asimov article, seriously cut down and Ghyllified. Rockett's first and second marriages and his children are Asimov's (though Asimov was firmly het), and his books have titles which are for the most part parodies of Asimov's. --[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 18:09, 6 Oct 2004	+	At this point it probably can do no harm to point out that not only is Doc Rockett himself modeled on [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Isaac Asimov]] (sans the fiction writing), but that this very article is taken from Wikipedia's Asimov article, seriously cut down and Ghyllified. Rockett's first and second marriages and his children are Asimov's (though Asimov was firmly het), and his books have titles which are for the most part parodies of Asimov's. --[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 18:09, 6 Oct 2004
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		+	The "Rocket J.S." above is [[Wikipedia:Rocket J. Squirrel\|Rocket J. Squirrel]] from the ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky and Bullwinkle Show\|Wikipedia:Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. --[[User:Jcowan\|John Cowan]] 22:08, 23 Apr 2005 (EDT)

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 * Googling for some of the phrases that don't contain Ghyllian terms may be enlightening.
-* Has anyone figured out why I used the initials "S.J."?
+* Has anyone figured out why I used the initials "S.J."? --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 17:22, 27 Sep 2004
 All I can think of is that it refers to Dr. Seuss, especially since he didn't have a doctorate as far as I know, and published the book "There's a Wocket in My Pocket!" That wouldn't explain S.J. however since his name was "Theodor Seuss Geisel". --[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] 17:56, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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 There is a famous pilot, Rockett J. S., who had some famous friends and was active in the cold war. Am I getting warm? --[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]] 21:16, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)
-* Bingo.  --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 15:16, 28 Sep 2004 (EDT)
+Bingo.  --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 15:16, 28 Sep 2004 (EDT)
 == Mysteries explained ==
-At this point it probably can do no harm to point out that not only is Doc Rockett himself modeled on Isaac Asimov (sans the fiction writing), but that this very article is taken from Wikipedia's Asimov article, seriously cut down and Ghyllified.  Rockett's first and second marriages and his children are Asimov's (though Asimov was firmly het), and his books have titles which are for the most part parodies of Asimov's.
+At this point it probably can do no harm to point out that not only is Doc Rockett himself modeled on Isaac Asimov (sans the fiction writing), but that this very article is taken from Wikipedia's Asimov article, seriously cut down and Ghyllified.  Rockett's first and second marriages and his children are Asimov's (though Asimov was firmly het), and his books have titles which are for the most part parodies of Asimov's. --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 18:09, 6 Oct 2004

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	* Bingo. --[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 15:16, 28 Sep 2004 (EDT)		* Bingo. --[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 15:16, 28 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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		+	== Mysteries explained ==
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		+	At this point it probably can do no harm to point out that not only is Doc Rockett himself modeled on Isaac Asimov (sans the fiction writing), but that this very article is taken from Wikipedia's Asimov article, seriously cut down and Ghyllified. Rockett's first and second marriages and his children are Asimov's (though Asimov was firmly het), and his books have titles which are for the most part parodies of Asimov's.

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	There is a famous pilot, Rockett J. S., who had some famous friends and was active in the cold war. Am I getting warm? --[[User:Joe Bowers\|Joe Bowers]] 21:16, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)		There is a famous pilot, Rockett J. S., who had some famous friends and was active in the cold war. Am I getting warm? --[[User:Joe Bowers\|Joe Bowers]] 21:16, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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		+	* Bingo. --[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 15:16, 28 Sep 2004 (EDT)

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	All I can think of is that it refers to Dr. Seuss, especially since he didn't have a doctorate as far as I know, and published the book "There's a Wocket in My Pocket!" That wouldn't explain S.J. however since his name was "Theodor Seuss Geisel". --[[User:Sbp\|Sean B. Palmer]] 17:56, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)		All I can think of is that it refers to Dr. Seuss, especially since he didn't have a doctorate as far as I know, and published the book "There's a Wocket in My Pocket!" That wouldn't explain S.J. however since his name was "Theodor Seuss Geisel". --[[User:Sbp\|Sean B. Palmer]] 17:56, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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		+	There is a famous pilot, Rockett J. S., who had some famous friends and was active in the cold war. Am I getting warm? --[[User:Joe Bowers\|Joe Bowers]] 21:16, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)

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	* Googling for some of the phrases that don't contain Ghyllian terms may be enlightening.		* Googling for some of the phrases that don't contain Ghyllian terms may be enlightening.
	* Has anyone figured out why I used the initials "S.J."?		* Has anyone figured out why I used the initials "S.J."?
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		+	All I can think of is that it refers to Dr. Seuss, especially since he didn't have a doctorate as far as I know, and published the book "There's a Wocket in My Pocket!" That wouldn't explain S.J. however since his name was "Theodor Seuss Geisel". --[[User:Sbp\|Sean B. Palmer]] 17:56, 27 Sep 2004 (EDT)

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	sbp asks: why Philosophy? I reply: if you know that, you understand where Doc Rockett comes from. (I do appreciate his other notes on #swhack and have corrected my account accordingly.) --[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 20:16, 26 Sep 2004 (EDT)		sbp asks: why Philosophy? I reply: if you know that, you understand where Doc Rockett comes from. (I do appreciate his other notes on #swhack and have corrected my account accordingly.) --[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 20:16, 26 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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		+	== The mysteries of Rockett ==
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		+	* Googling for some of the phrases that don't contain Ghyllian terms may be enlightening.
		+	* Has anyone figured out why I used the initials "S.J."?