Weird problem matching with REs

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn PointedEars at web.de
Sun May 29 15:06:53 EDT 2011


Andrew Berg wrote:

> On 2011.05.29 10:19 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
>> Named after the governor of Tarsus IV?
> Judging by the graphic at http://kodos.sourceforge.net/help/kodos.html ,
> it's named after the Simpsons character.

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I don't think that's a coincidence; both are from other planets and both are 
rather evil[tm].  Kodos the Executioner, arguably human, became a dictator 
who had thousands killed (by his own account, not to let the rest die of 
hunger); Kodos the slimy extra-terrestrial is a conqueror (and he likes to 
zap humans as well ;-))

[BTW, Tarsus IV, a planet where thousands (would) have died of hunger and 
have died in executions was probably yet another hidden Star Trek euphemism.  
I have found out that Tarsus is, among other things, the name of a 
collection of bones in the human foot next to the heel.  Bones as a 
reference to death aside, see also Achilles for the heel.  But I'm only 
speculating here.]

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