Re: Re to a lot of stuff

From: Jeffrey Pegnato <jpegnato_at_vt.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 18:00:03 +0500

>>I have no explanation yet for "Mobius". There must be some kind >of
>>significance
>>in this name - I doubt they just made it up.
>
> I'm assuming they named it after the German mathematician, Agust Ferdinand
>Mobius (with two dots over the "o") who discovered the Mobius strip, which is
>like a one sided, three-dimensional loop.

I found that reference also, however, the name "Mobius" as it is pronounced
in the
show is technically different than the mathematician. HIS NAME is pronounced:
<MU.bE.us>
where the U in MU sounds like "you"
who knows, maybe DIC doesn't know much German...;)


Received on Mon Feb 13 1995 - 17:59:32 PST