In addition to being an abbreviation for "network", "net" is also a romanisation of the Russian word нет ("no" or "not", also commonly romanised as the more acoustically appropriate "nyet"), and a domain name like "object.net" can be interpreted as "there is no object". Some domains exploit this pun, for example mozga.net (brain absent)...BTW, for etymology buffs who didn't know, mozga is a distant cognate of the English word marrow. Discussion here.
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Nose as a primarium of knowledge
No one would have challenged my title if I had added "for dogs and other animals". However, I am writing about the human nose. After all, the…
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Spartan accordion
This golden "ring" was found in the Bulgarian village of Ezerovo, located near the city of Plovdiv, in 1912. ΡΟΛΙΣΤΕΝΕΑΣΝ / ΕΡΕΝΕΑΤΙΛ / ΤΕΑΝΗΣΚΟΑ…
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Interpretation of the Legend
(inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)
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Nose as a primarium of knowledge
No one would have challenged my title if I had added "for dogs and other animals". However, I am writing about the human nose. After all, the…
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Spartan accordion
This golden "ring" was found in the Bulgarian village of Ezerovo, located near the city of Plovdiv, in 1912. ΡΟΛΙΣΤΕΝΕΑΣΝ / ΕΡΕΝΕΑΤΙΛ / ΤΕΑΝΗΣΚΟΑ…
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Interpretation of the Legend
(inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)