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**Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:17 am

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Robinson Crusoe

The Tempest

**Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2004 9:00 am

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**Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:35 am

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Phasmidia Elegans

**Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:38 am

irongoddess

Roundworms

**Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:00 pm

Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

Hmm. So Phasmidia is the subclass of nematodes to which C. elegans belongs. The classification name more commonly used is Secernentea.

Origin of Secernentea is the Latin Secerno: to separate, hide

Origin of Phasmidia is the Greek Phasma: appearance

Plus, there's the family Phasmidae (containing the leaf insect things), called that because they mimic inanimate objects.

So there seems to be a theme here. Hiding by changing appearance? Disguise?

[edit] That dictionary seems to think that Secernentasida and Secernentea are different things, one being a class and the latter being a subclass, both of the nematode things. But other sources disagree and call the Phasmidia class Secernentea. Eh, either way, same root, right?

(Google only comes up with 8 pages for Secernentasida, so I'm going to go with Secernentea here)

[one more edit] In other, probably unrelated, news, phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts, where the root "phasma" is used to mean "apparition" rather than "appearance."

**Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:34 pm

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Anonymous observed this, thought it should be posted here (or should it be in the "MAYDAY" thread? What is the purpose of the Reference Desk?):

Another random text-snippet from the "hacked" site:

"It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a flea's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand."

Identical to a line from Robinson Crusoe, except the original line is "a man's naked foot," not a flea's.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:46 am

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Aunt Margaret's Favorite Books

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:35 pm

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I looked up a little about those books, and as far as I know, none of them have anything to do with shipwrecks, bees, or computers.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:10 pm

knewter · Guest

{Perhaps entirely unrelated, but keeping in mind the whole lilliputia idea and also looking into some emails from the way-prior Cortana thing that can be found referenced on the Marathon Story site, there has been much talk of giants...a man's naked footprint becomes a flea's naked footprint if you get tall enough...just a thought...

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:42 pm

addlepated

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:07 pm

Anton Sirius

Comatas

**Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:51 am

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Re: Comatas

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:19 am

Anton P. Nym

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:56 pm

Anonymous Coward · Boot Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 39

Sandbox = computer?

I'm new here too. Be kind. Smile

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:17 pm