[extropy-chat] lette

[KPJ]

It appears as if Natasha Vita-More <natasha at natasha.cc> wrote:
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|At 04:35 PM 10/9/04 -0400, you wrote:
|>natashavita at earthlink.net wrote:
|>>Queenularity:  A Singularity involving ethics and democracy.
|>
|>Hmph.  Sounds sexist to me.
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|The most powerful chess piece, able to move in any direction in a straight 
|line, which can get there faster than a curved line.

You are undoubtedly aware of the fact that the word "queen" is actually a
mis-translation from Arabic of "vizier" (also spelled visier, vezir, wizier),
a minister or councillor of state in various Muslim states.

Merriam-Webster Online: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=vizier