On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Wesley (in Texas) > wrote: > > > > In the comments of that story, one guy claims he got the idea to name > > blizzards all the way back in 2000, and that because of the noted legal > > concept of "Firsties" he will be having a stern talking to with the > Weather > > Channel. Meanwhile -- likely using the same powerful computer systems > that > > he used to help design his site, The Weather Space -- he has already > > determined that one storm has met the threshold for naming, and has thus > > claimed the storm and preemptively dubbed it "Adam". Admittedly, his > list of > > names is less stupid/less imaginative than TWCs. > > > Please see http://xkcd.com/827/ for the new policy on "Firsties". > > Looks like from this new post on Geocities Weather, The Weather Channel had the temerity to pull rank and note that "Firsties" is not an actual legal concept at all.
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