Nessus, House Absolute, etc.

Son of Witz---Where did you get the textfiles of TBotNS? Also, my guess as to the futurity of Urth is no more than 100,000 years. My 2 cents. Dave

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>wrote: To all: I have to step back from my statement that Buenos Aires is not on the Rio de la Plate. It IS in fact on the estuary of that river---an estuary that is so wide at that point that it may as well be a sea. So yes, Nessus was originally probably a native settlement by the sea/where Gyoll meets the sea, and Buenos Aires has already moved north from where it was "founded" by Spaniards. However, the Wiki doesn't mention any previous settlement at all: Seaman Juan D?az de Sol?s<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_de_Sol%C3%ADs>, navigating in the name of Spain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain>, was the first European to reach the R?o de la Plata<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata>in 1516. His expedition was cut short when he was killed, supposedly during an attack by the native Charr?a<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charr%C3%BAa>tribe in what is now Uruguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay>. The city of Buenos Aires was first established as *Ciudad de Nuestra Se?ora Santa Mar a del Buen Ayre*[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires#cite_note-Short_history-6>(literally "City of Our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds") on February 2, 1536 by a Spanish expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza>. The city founded by Mendoza was located in what is today the San Telmo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Telmo>district of Buenos Aires, south of the city centre. More attacks by the indigenous peoples forced the settlers away, and in 1541 the site was abandoned. A second (and permanent) settlement was established in 1580 by Juan de Garay<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Garay>, who arrived by sailing down the Paran? River<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River>from Asunci?n <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n> (now the capital of Paraguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay>). Although upon the refounding, the city itself was named Holy Trinity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Buenos_Aires>( Spanish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language>: *Santisima Trinidad*) and only the port was still called Buenos Aires, over the next two centuries the port's name won out. So, whatever. Does anyone know of any origins/meanings for the name "Nessus"? Son of Witz---Where did you get the textfiles of TBotNS? Also, my guess as to the futurity of Urth is no more than 100,000 years. My 2 cents. Dave ------------------------------ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/>: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 081130-0, 11/30/2008 Tested on: 12/1/2008 3:09:39 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. _______________________________________________

Nessus, if I remember correctly, is the centaur that trains Achilles. Lane On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>wrote:

To all: I have to step back from my statement that Buenos Aires is not on the Rio de la Plate. It IS in fact on the estuary of that river---an estuary that is so wide at that point that it may as well be a sea. So yes, Nessus was originally probably a native settlement by the sea/where Gyoll meets the sea, and Buenos Aires has already moved north from where it was "founded" by Spaniards. However, the Wiki doesn't mention any previous settlement at all: Seaman Juan D?az de Sol?s<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_de_Sol%C3%ADs>, navigating in the name of Spain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain>, was the first European to reach the R?o de la Plata<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata>in 1516. His expedition was cut short when he was killed, supposedly during an attack by the native Charr?a<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charr%C3%BAa>tribe in what is now Uruguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay>. The city of Buenos Aires was first established as *Ciudad de Nuestra Se?ora Santa Mar a del Buen Ayre*[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires#cite_note-Short_history-6>(literally "City of Our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds") on February 2, 1536 by a Spanish expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza>. The city founded by Mendoza was located in what is today the San Telmo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Telmo>district of Buenos Aires, south of the city centre. More attacks by the indigenous peoples forced the settlers away, and in 1541 the site was abandoned. A second (and permanent) settlement was established in 1580 by Juan de Garay<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Garay>, who arrived by sailing down the Paran? River<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River>from Asunci?n <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n> (now the capital of Paraguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay>). Although upon the refounding, the city itself was named Holy Trinity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Buenos_Aires>( Spanish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language>: Santisima Trinidad) and only the port was still called Buenos Aires, over the next two centuries the port's name won out. So, whatever. Does anyone know of any origins/meanings for the name "Nessus"? Son of Witz---Where did you get the textfiles of TBotNS? Also, my guess as to the futurity of Urth is no more than 100,000 years. My 2 cents. Dave ------------------------------ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/>: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 081130-0, 11/30/2008 Tested on: 12/1/2008 3:09:39 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. _______________________________________________