On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 7:21:21 PM UTC-4, Fevric J. Glandules wrote:
Stuf4 wrote:

snip "zero gravity"

Surely Stephen Hawking knew this.

He did.

Even if his website didn't.

It doesn't matter. I still call my vacuum cleaner "the hoover", even
though it was not made by Hoover.

Likewise you can say that you are "Hoovering the floor",
even though it was not made by Hoover.