ignatz (10/30/82)
There was a glaring error in the wordlist definitions posted a Friday: gafiate (gaa-fee-ate) It is a term from science fiction fandom; it is the verb form of "gafia", which stands for "Get Away From It All". Thus, after a particularly grueling round of work/parties/conventions/whatever, you might hear a fan say, "I've had it! I'm gonna gafiate for a week or so.". It really isn't nonsense, and doesn't necessarily connote failure or destruction, depending on why the person has decided to gafiate. Along the same lines, you might hear the term "smoffing". This is the verb form of "smof", which stands for "Secret Master of Fandom". This is the kind of person who volunteers to work conventions, talks fannish politics, etc. I've started a similar word here in Chicago fandom because of all the heavy computer types: "smoc" (pronounced 'smawk'), and the related "smocing": "Secret Masters of Computers". As for your new words, "arcology" is a term for a science-fictional concept of a complete community in a single, huge building. Homes, work, shopping, etc. are ALL in the structure; people would never have to, and possibly wouldn't, ever leave the building. "dagobah" is a star system in the original Star Wars flick; it was the site of the abandoned rebel base with which Leia hoped to stall off the baddies. It is also, I am told, the sitename of a Lucasfilms computer on the net. (If this is true, somebody from dagobah please mail me a note.) "gygax" is a proper name, Gerry Gygax. He is credited with the original Dungeons and Dragons, and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. At least he's the one with his name on the books. Hope I've helped, Dave Ihnat ihuxx!ignatz
thomas (11/01/82)
Wrong!!!! Dagobah is where Luke went to get trained by Yoda. The system which Leia used to try to trick the Empire about the rebel base location was Dantooine. =Spencer
plw (11/01/82)
As long as everyone is making mistakes concerning Dagobah, let me throw my 2-cents in. Dagobah was indeed the system to which Luke traveled to be trained by Yoda. That was in SW-II. Tatooine was either Luke's home planet or the one blown up by the Death Star in SW-I. Pete Wilson ...we13!plw
randals (11/01/82)
As long as everyone is making mistakes concerning Dagobah, let me throw my 2-cents in. Dagobah was indeed the system to which Luke traveled to be trained by Yoda. That was in SW-II. Tatooine was either Luke's home planet or the one blown up by the Death Star in SW-I. Pete Wilson ...we13!plw As long as everyone else is making mistakes regarding fixing the mistakes made concerning Dagobah, I'll throw in my two cents worth also. Yoda appeared in SW-V (The Empire Strikes Back), and Tatooine was presented as Luke's home planet (*not* the one blown up by the Death Star, that was Alderaan) in SW-IV (A New Hope). SW-I and SW-II have not been made yet. SW-VI (Revenge of the Jedi) is due out next May, and I will certainly be in the Portland-area opening audience at *any* cost. No one else would bother signing my name, Randal L. Schwartz Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products Beaverton, Oregon, USA UUCP: ...!{ucbvax or decvax}!teklabs!tekmdp!randals (ignore return address) CSNET: tekmdp!randals @ tektronix ARPA: tekmdp!randals.tektronix @ udel-relay
wmartin (11/02/82)
Alderan (spelling uncertain?) was the planet blown up by the Death Star; Princess Leia's home planet. How did all this get started? (I think my host missed the initial message of the "wordlist" series.) Are all these terms names of hosts on uucp, or just a bunch of words including hostnames, signatures, slang, etc., picked off the net, or what? Will