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Old May 9th, 2004, 06:09 AM

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Default Re: Ringworlds

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
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The latter should, correctly be called dyson spheres
Only if you are in the Star Trek universe... otherwise, they are not "Dyson Spheres" at all.
Oh really?

http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/dysonFAQ.html#WHO

Dyson is a real person, and ussually credited as the inspiration for sphereworlds. He isn't someone Star Trek made up.
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