Many Greek mythological names came into English via Latin. Polyphemus in Greek is really Polyphemos, with the -os being a masculine ending corresponding to the Latin -us. If a Greek name does end in -us in the original, it usually ends in -eus (e.g., Zeus, Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus).This Is Kirk! wrote:I don't know. There's another figure from Greek mythology named Polyphemus. Platypus and Polyphemus sound similar to me.davey wrote:I knew it wasn't platypus, as another poster said it doesn't sound Greek.
Monday, October 24, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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The questions in the gig category referred to memory in iPods when they meant storage space.
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My ten year old kid got this one brother. She reads... nature books.TenPoundHammer wrote:Platypus actually sounded more mythological to me. I saw nothing to "educate" this guess at all.goatman wrote:Not a coin flip TPH, make an educated guess if you don't know for sure... read more mythology... spare us the rant!
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Didn't happen in NY.harrumph wrote:For whatever reason the Philadelphia (and I think also the New York City) channels preempted the regular time and broadcast this game at 1:07 in the morning, I stay up late so I caught it then, the dvr reset itself to the adjusted time.
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I forget what iPod model they were referring to in the question, but many iPods use flash memory rather than a disk, so memory would have been properly used in that case.floridagator wrote:The questions in the gig category referred to memory in iPods when they meant storage space.
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...I think all iPods use flash memory, not just many.This Is Kirk! wrote:I forget what iPod model they were referring to in the question, but many iPods use flash memory rather than a disk, so memory would have been properly used in that case.floridagator wrote:The questions in the gig category referred to memory in iPods when they meant storage space.
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Nope. Pretty sure the early "classic" models used a disk.Volante wrote:...I think all iPods use flash memory, not just many.This Is Kirk! wrote:I forget what iPod model they were referring to in the question, but many iPods use flash memory rather than a disk, so memory would have been properly used in that case.floridagator wrote:The questions in the gig category referred to memory in iPods when they meant storage space.
edit: yeah, "There were six generations of the iPod classic, as well as a spin-off (the iPod Photo) that was later re-integrated into the main iPod line. All generations used a 1.8-inch (46 mm) hard drive for storage." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Classic
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Wow. Totally forgot about those.This Is Kirk! wrote:Nope. Pretty sure the early "classic" models used a disk.Volante wrote: ...I think all iPods use flash memory, not just many.
edit: yeah, "There were six generations of the iPod classic, as well as a spin-off (the iPod Photo) that was later re-integrated into the main iPod line. All generations used a 1.8-inch (46 mm) hard drive for storage." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Classic
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This was the second Monday game in a row to have Jaws show up in the first clue of the game.
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They're gonna need a bigger canon.Robert K S wrote:This was the second Monday game in a row to have Jaws show up in the first clue of the game.
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