Tuesday, May 17, 2005

So many questions

We have a facility where we name servers after rivers. Apparently I keep finding rivers that no one has ever heard of. This time I was sure I picked one that everyone knew:

The Blue Nile is one of the two main courses of the river Nile. The Saharan part of the river is formed by the union at the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, of the White Nile coming from the lacustrine region in Eastern Africa, and the Blue Nile coming from the Ethiopian Highlands. Though with a shorter length, the Blue Nile course amounts to more than 60 % of total Nile water flow.

[ Blue Nile, IGAD Sudan Peace talks ]

Someone must have heard of the Blue Nile before reading it here, please!

Update: James Bruce had heard of the Blue Nile.

travel | trivia

Comments [3] |

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:07:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

I doubt that "everyone" has heard of the Blue Nile, but I've known about it since I was a wee lad. Of course, the world was a much bigger, more mysterious place in those days....

:)

David A. Kearns

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:02:42 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

I've heard of the Blue Nile [url]http://www.bluenile.com[/url].

That's where the diamond's for my wife's engagement ring came from.

Alex

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:56:18 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Blue Nile? Oh, right, never heard of it. I thought you said Bill Nye...and who hasn't heard of the science guy?

Nate

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