I seriously hope this is bull**** (or horse****). There is no way I
would ever be forced to use names in a paper when I get to writing any.

If it is that the people own the name of the star then it's not too bad.
It would just be rubbish to say that someone actually owns the star.

How low has the human race fallen... After spoiling earth with money,
it's moved on to space...

Actually, I own this universe and associated parallel universes and I
will soon introduce an IUT (Interstellar and interuniversal tax) so you
have been warned. And if you don't pay your rent I'll kick you out into
the interuniversal void.

If people are really buying pieces of the moon then who's with me for an
invasion of the moon? We need to remove the omnipotent dictator Hope...

Tom

In article ,
"Chuck Taylor" wrote:

"Tom Randy" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:59:02 -0500, Tom wrote:
It's horse****. Like the so called "Star registry". Novelty use only. No
way shape or form official.

No way! Someone asked what SAO stood for and I explained:

It stands for "Sold Astronomical Objects."

These are astronomical objects which have been sold through the
International Star Registry. Since the purchasers have an official
laser-printer certificate, and the names have been published in a book that
is registered with the library of Congress, these names are now official,
and must be used by astronomers. Of course, astronomers are jealous that
they didn't think of it first. Therefore astronomers have resisted using the
names. In a passive-aggressive move, they have refused to use the full
names, and are using only the numbers. The numbers were assigned in the
order of purchase. However congress is now drafting legislation that will
force astronomers to use the full names. This is only right, as these people
paid good money, and have official certificates.

Of course, as an officially published book, the names are protected by
International Copyright, thereby forcing the rest of the world to at least
use the numbers as well. And, as more copies of the book are registered with
governments around the world, eventually astronomers everywhere will have to
acknowledge the officialness of these names and use the full names and not
just the Sold Astronomical Objects numbers.

("It must be official. I have an official laser-printer certificate!")

;-)

Chuck Taylor
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