W2DR 582 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Darth Vader dies and the monolith disappears at about the same time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wolfko 995 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Yes mysterious! RIP David Prowse BTW, I am curious, why the US-media is always talking of a metal monolith. The is actually nonsense, because Greek "mono" = one, Greek "lithos" = stone/rock. So a monolith is a structure (either natural or manmade), mostly a huge one, which consits just of one single rock or stone (never metal) like e. g. Uluru in Australia. At least that how it is in German and I think in most other languages. Is this different in English? This is a natural monolith, the 2nd largest on earth Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) in Australia: 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sniper31 3,984 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, wolfko said: BTW, I am curious, why the US-media is always talking of a metal monolith Wolfko, I am not sure what US media you listen to, but I have not heard mention of a monolith in our media, at least enough to even know if they call it metal or otherwise. That said, I was always of the impression that the term monolith refers to a very large stone (as in your example of Uluru) or similar. Edited November 29, 2020 by Sniper31 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
renault 6,322 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 24 minutes ago, Sniper31 said: Wolfko, I am not sure what US media you listen to, but I have not heard mention of a monolith in our media, at least enough to even know if they call it metal or otherwise. That said, I was always of the impression that the term monolith refers to a very large stone (as in your example of Uluru) or similar. Hi Landon Utah monolith: The mysterious silver monolith in the desert has disappeared - CNN See you Cheers Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olderndirt 8,592 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 It's now 'multilith' with the addition of a triangular piece of metal - sounds like some sheet metal expert is having some fun. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sniper31 3,984 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Okay, so basically much ado about nothing...got it. Thanks for shedding some light Pete And Wolfko, if that particular news source that Pete linked to is the one calling it a metal monolith, well, there you go. Not a very credible news source to begin with Heck, when I first read this post, I thought we were going to be taking about Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey...lol Cheers! Landon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gulfstreamtwo 89 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) I suspect the OP's reference to the death of Darth Vader (actually, David Prowse, the actor that portrayed him) and the disappearance of a "monolith" (a common term for the large metal object that was a plot device in 2001, a Space Odyssey) was in view. Edited November 30, 2020 by Gulfstreamtwo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wain71 2,126 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 sad news, on a different note, I was taught to cross the road by Dave, he came to my school.. https://youtu.be/CRUBMBi_lp4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wolfko 995 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Sniper31 said: Okay, so basically much ado about nothing...got it. Thanks for shedding some light Pete And Wolfko, if that particular news source that Pete linked to is the one calling it a metal monolith, well, there you go. Not a very credible news source to begin with Heck, when I first read this post, I thought we were going to be taking about Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey...lol Cheers! Landon CNN, USA Today, Fox News, CBS etc. they all called it "metal monolith". I only know, because all these news channels are linked to MSN, which is my MS Edge browser's start site. But you are right Landon, all this is really OT and let's get back to Darth Vader and HAL 9000. Edited November 30, 2020 by wolfko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rodger Pettichord 4,991 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 They are out there 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doc_Z 213 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 And here, too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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