Quote from: Kit344 on 12/18/2020 03:57 pmI was reading about the history of Boca Chica on a couple of other websites, including Wikipedia.I'm just trying to understand how many original residents of Boca Chica village are still living there ?It seems to be possibly less than 10.Does anyone here know the answer to this ?I hope that this is appropriate for this forum, if not could you please point to a more suitable place.Check out this thread, much more info and probably a better place to ask: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=49090.0
I was reading about the history of Boca Chica on a couple of other websites, including Wikipedia.I'm just trying to understand how many original residents of Boca Chica village are still living there ?It seems to be possibly less than 10.Does anyone here know the answer to this ?I hope that this is appropriate for this forum, if not could you please point to a more suitable place.
Not sure how official it is, but the Boca Chica restaurant has a listing on Google Maps. The Prancing Pony
Pretty sure anyone can add these location names on google maps. Elon called it "The Pranching Pony", while responding to someone on Twitter a few days ago. Probably not serious tho...
Quote from: raivo45 on 01/12/2021 07:04 pmPretty sure anyone can add these location names on google maps. Elon called it "The Pranching Pony", while responding to someone on Twitter a few days ago. Probably not serious tho... AIUI. A tweet by Elon is official notice of something in one of his companies. Unless clarified or cancel in a later tweet.
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 01/14/2021 08:15 pmQuote from: raivo45 on 01/12/2021 07:04 pmPretty sure anyone can add these location names on google maps. Elon called it "The Pranching Pony", while responding to someone on Twitter a few days ago. Probably not serious tho... AIUI. A tweet by Elon is official notice of something in one of his companies. Unless clarified or cancel in a later tweet.I said that he's probably not serious because I assume "The Prancing Pony" is probably copyrighted/trademarked by whoever owns the rights to Tolkien's books. I don't really know how these things work so I might be wrong...
Quote from: raivo45 on 01/15/2021 03:43 pmQuote from: Zed_Noir on 01/14/2021 08:15 pmQuote from: raivo45 on 01/12/2021 07:04 pmPretty sure anyone can add these location names on google maps. Elon called it "The Pranching Pony", while responding to someone on Twitter a few days ago. Probably not serious tho... AIUI. A tweet by Elon is official notice of something in one of his companies. Unless clarified or cancel in a later tweet.I said that he's probably not serious because I assume "The Prancing Pony" is probably copyrighted/trademarked by whoever owns the rights to Tolkien's books. I don't really know how these things work so I might be wrong...Copyright does not work that way (you cannot name a fictional entity in a book/film/etc and then attempt to demands rights for that name from real entities). And there are already multiple pubs (and other establishments) worldwide named 'The Prancing Pony'.
Quote from: edzieba on 01/15/2021 04:16 pmQuote from: raivo45 on 01/15/2021 03:43 pmQuote from: Zed_Noir on 01/14/2021 08:15 pmQuote from: raivo45 on 01/12/2021 07:04 pmPretty sure anyone can add these location names on google maps. Elon called it "The Pranching Pony", while responding to someone on Twitter a few days ago. Probably not serious tho... AIUI. A tweet by Elon is official notice of something in one of his companies. Unless clarified or cancel in a later tweet.I said that he's probably not serious because I assume "The Prancing Pony" is probably copyrighted/trademarked by whoever owns the rights to Tolkien's books. I don't really know how these things work so I might be wrong...Copyright does not work that way (you cannot name a fictional entity in a book/film/etc and then attempt to demands rights for that name from real entities). And there are already multiple pubs (and other establishments) worldwide named 'The Prancing Pony'.Trademarking is a much stronger protection, but it requires it to have been explicitly trademarked and fees paid around the world to maintain the protection. Copyrighting is much much weaker (but free). A phrase such as "The Prancing Pony" is not copywriteable, but it could have been trademarked (but wont have been).
Since Elon called this "The Prancing Pony", I predict that the first settlement on Mars will be called Rivendell. It also suggests that Mars is only the first step, and as Gwynne says, Musk's aim for Mars is limited, but the aim is to be "out there among the stars".I suggest Elon has sold us the Mars objective, as its achievable, and has the justification of preserving the seed of humanity, whereas privately to him this is the beginning of a much longer journey.
Quote from: waveney on 01/15/2021 06:13 pmQuote from: edzieba on 01/15/2021 04:16 pmQuote from: raivo45 on 01/15/2021 03:43 pmQuote from: Zed_Noir on 01/14/2021 08:15 pmQuote from: raivo45 on 01/12/2021 07:04 pmPretty sure anyone can add these location names on google maps. Elon called it "The Pranching Pony", while responding to someone on Twitter a few days ago. Probably not serious tho... AIUI. A tweet by Elon is official notice of something in one of his companies. Unless clarified or cancel in a later tweet.I said that he's probably not serious because I assume "The Prancing Pony" is probably copyrighted/trademarked by whoever owns the rights to Tolkien's books. I don't really know how these things work so I might be wrong...Copyright does not work that way (you cannot name a fictional entity in a book/film/etc and then attempt to demands rights for that name from real entities). And there are already multiple pubs (and other establishments) worldwide named 'The Prancing Pony'.Trademarking is a much stronger protection, but it requires it to have been explicitly trademarked and fees paid around the world to maintain the protection. Copyrighting is much much weaker (but free). A phrase such as "The Prancing Pony" is not copywriteable, but it could have been trademarked (but wont have been).Since Elon called this "The Prancing Pony", I predict that the first settlement on Mars will be called Rivendell. It also suggests that Mars is only the first step, and as Gwynne says, Musk's aim for Mars is limited, but the aim is to be "out there among the stars".I suggest Elon has sold us the Mars objective, as its achievable, and has the justification of preserving the seed of humanity, whereas privately to him this is the beginning of a much longer journey.
By April 1933, Swan lined up an agreement with a newspaper for a spectacular stunt in Texas. As part of a skydiving exhibition at the Del Mar Beach Resort on Boca Chica, he worked out an elaborate routine. He would bail out of an aircraft, dropping flares and rockets on small chutes as he was in free fall. Finally he would ignite a rocket strapped to his back and head toward the beach, to land in front of the crowd.