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Littlest, in Gossamer, reminds me of my own small grandchildren, and of all little ones whose heads are so full of thoughts, and who are so curious and intent on figuring out their place in the world.
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I think Gossamer is correct, but I think he was also called something else, once.
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In addition, Gossamer is about to upgrade our server to a giant: Dual Opterons (state of the art) with 73 gig SCSI drives no less, and 4 gigs of RAM.
Update on upgrades 2006
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Gossamer is about dreams and nightmares and how they can be fixed.
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Nancy Kress: "Clad in Gossamer" (Audio) (Silver Birch, Blood Moon Anthology, 1999)
May 2009 2009
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Nancy Kress: "Clad in Gossamer" (Audio) (Silver Birch, Blood Moon Anthology, 1999)
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Founder of the company AeroVironment, MacCready created a human powered aircraft called the Gossamer Condor.
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Later, he created a solar-powered aircraft called the Gossamer Penguin.
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This one, called Gossamer-1, picks up sound via a microphone, analyzes it with a digital sound processor, and generates an abstract painting.
MSDN Blogs 2008
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Chuck Jones named him 'Gossamer' in 1980 and that's close enough to be official for me!
stuartmathergibson commented on the word Gossamer
Gossamer
Origin: Middle English, 13th century
A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn;
Used to refer to something very light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate.
February 6, 2022