Re: GR translation: two lobes symmetrical about the rocket’s intended azimuth

[David Morris]

And, if so, the two lobes obviously correspond to brain lobes.

On Monday, June 18, 2012, David Morris wrote:

> OK, but please elaborate.  Would the two lobes be the space to either side
> of the rocket's trajectory?
>
> On Monday, June 18, 2012, Prashant Kumar wrote:
>
>> The azimuthal axis splits a sphere in half, depending on whether you take
>> a parallel or transverse cut. Hence two lobes.
>>
>>
>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Azimuth-Altitude_schemati.svg<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Azimuth-Altitude_schematic.svg>
>>
>> This ties in with the three meanings of "ab-hauen"
>>
>> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abhauen
>>
>> On 18 June 2012 23:31, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "two lobes symmetrical about the rocket’s intended azimuth."
>>>
>>> I think the two lobes are the two sides of the rockets trajectory,
>>> upwar and downward.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Mike Jing
>>> <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > P209.27-210.4   Sir Stephen introduces himself, freckles roused by the
>>> > sun, eying the comic book curiously. “I gather this isn’t a study
>>> > period.”
>>> > “Is he cleared?”
>>> > “He’s cleared,” Katje smiling/shrugging at Dodson-Truck.
>>> > “Taking a break from that Telefunken radio control. That ‘Hawaii I.’
>>> > You know anything about that?”
>>> > “Only enough to wonder where they got the name from.”
>>> > “The name?”
>>> > “There’s a poetry to it, engineer’s poetry . . . it suggests Haverie—
>>> > average, you know—certainly you have the two lobes, don’t you,
>>> > symmetrical about the rocket’s intended azimuth . . . hauen, too—
>>> > smashing someone with a hoe or a club . . .” off on a voyage of his
>>> > own here, smiling at no one in particular, bringing in the popular
>>> > wartime expression ab-hauen, quarterstaff technique, peasant humor,
>>> > phallic comedy dating back to the ancient Greeks. . . . Slothrop’s
>>> > first impulse is to get back to what that Plas is into, but something
>>> > about the man, despite obvious membership in the plot, keeps him
>>> > listening . . . an innocence, maybe a try at being friendly in the
>>> > only way he has available, sharing what engages and runs him, a love
>>> > for the Word.
>>> >
>>> > What are these "two lobes"?  Two halves of the rocket, the rocket's
>>> > trajectory, or something else?
>>>
>>
>>
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