by "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
Published 06/04/2017 at 17:50
by "MrDakka" (mrdakka)
Published 06/04/2017 at 17:50
Tags: IARPA
; Amon-Hen
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Some program manager at IARPA must be a YUUUUGE fan of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings since there’s a program called Amon-Hen , which in the LOTR lore is where Frodo ran to after Boromir got a little too handsy. In the movie, its where Fellowship broke apart after getting ambushed by Orcs.
Hilariously enough, in Sindarin, it apparently means Hill of the Eye , which makes sense considering the program objective is about using ground based interferometers as a GEO imaging system.
"Azrek" (azrek)
06/09/2017 at 08:13, STARS: 0
I occasionally use a program called Palantir, which is a LOTR seeing stone!
"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
06/09/2017 at 14:06, STARS: 1
A college friend of mine once worked for Palantir Technologies; always joked that he worked for Sauruman