“It takes its derisive title from what he regarded as the tendency of astronomers to make positivistic, overly precise, and premature announcements of celestial events and discoveries. Fort portrays them as quack prophets, sententiously pointing towards the skies—inaccurately, as events turn out.”
“Lo! is arguably Fort’s most popular book, perhaps due to the fact that the book deals with an extremely wide and diverse range of phenomena (as can be seen below), and Fort by then had a clear theorem. His book is divided into two sections: the first on the above phenomena; the second, on his above-mentioned attacks on astronomy. The reason for this is that Fort had been working on a follow-up to The Book of the Damned, but he scrapped the idea and incorporated many of the subjects into this one.”
“Lo! is used extensively in Blue Balliett’s book, Chasing Vermeer.”
“According to the registration site, “any .LY domain names may be registered, except domains containing obscene and indecent names/phrases, including words of a sexual nature; furthermore domain names may not contain words/phrases or abbreviations insulting religion or politics, or be related to gambling and lottery industry or be contrary to Libyan law or Islamic morality.””
“The GPTC registers domain names on a first come, first served basis. Applicants may apply for multiple domains with a registration fee of $75 for each domain. Before registration, the domain name, company name, trademark registration and other legal documents must be provided. In addition, the .ly domain names being registered should not violate any rules set forth by the registrar. Domain names may be registered for a minimum of two years.”
“The official website for .ly registration is http://www.nic.ly. Applicants may also register domains through official registrars list herehttp://www.ltt.ly/en/agents/l.php?service=2&city=1 After completing the registration process, an email will be sent to the applicant’s billing contact address. The .ly domain name will become active within 12–24 hours of that email notification.”
“The second-level domains which are officially open to third-level registrations are:
- bin or ibn. Example: “Ibn Sina” (“son of Sina”), “Ibn Khaldun” (“son of Khaldun”), etc.
- U (often misspelled as: ou). Examples: “Usadden” (“son of Sadden”), “Uâli” (“son of Âli”).
- Ayt (often misspelled as: ait or aït). Examples: “Ayt Buyafar” (“sons of Buyafar”), “Ayt Mellul” (“sons of Mellul”).
- N ayt or Nayt (often misspelled as: nait or naït). Examples: “N ayt Ndir” (“son of the Ndir tribe/family”), “Naït Zerrad” (“son of the Zerrad tribe or family”).
- Sen. Example: “Henriksen” (“son of Henrik”), “Jensen” (“son of Jens”), “Andersen” (“son of Anders”), etc.
- Sen. Example: “Jansen” (“son of Jan”), “Petersen” (“son of Peter”), “Pietersen” (“son of Pieter”)
- Zoon. Example: “Janszoon” (“son of Jan”), “Peterszoon” (“son of Peter”), “Pieterszoon” (“son of Pieter”)
- s. Example: “Edwards” (“son of Edward”), “Williams” (“son of William”), “Jeffreys” (“son of Jeffrey”)
- Son. Example: “Jefferson” (“son of Jeffrey”), “Wilson” (“son of William”), “Edson” (“son of Edward”), “Anderson” (“son of Ander”), etc.
- es. Example: “Fernandes” (“son of Fernand”), etc.
- ot. Example: “Pierrot” (“son of Pierre”), etc.
- de. Example: “Danton” (“son of Anton”), etc.
- ben or bin before 1300 BC. Example: “Benjamin” (“son of a right hand man“). Also, the Hebrew word for “person” is ben Adam, meaning “son of Adam“.
- -fi or -ffy. Example: “Petőfi” (“son of Pető”), “Sándorfi” (“son of Sándor”), “Péterffy” (“son of Péter”) (archaic spelling, indicates aristocratic origins), etc.
- Mac or Mc. Example: “MacThomas” (“son of Thomas”), “MacDonald” (“son of Donald”), “MacLean” (“son of Lean”), etc.
- di. Example: “di Stefano” (“son of Steven”), “di Giovanni” (“son of John”), “di Giuseppe” (“son of Joseph”), etc.
- de. Example: “de Paolo” (“son of Paul”), “de Mauro” (“son of Maurus”), “de Giorgio” (“son of George”) etc.
- d`. Example: “d’Antonio” (“son of Anthony”), “d’Adriano” (“son of Adrian”), “d’Agostino” (“son of Augustine”) etc.;
- -i, which comes from Latin ending for Genitive. Example: “Paoli” (“son of Paolo”), “Richetti” (“son of Richetto, a short name for Enrico”) etc.;
- Son. Example: “Magnusson” (“son of Magnus”); “Sigurdsson” (“son of Sigurd”), “Odinson” (“son of Odin”), etc.
- pur/pour. Example: “Mahdipur” (“son of Mahdi”).
- zadeh. Example: “Muhammadzadeh” (“son/daughter of Muhammad”).
- Anak Example: mga Anak ni Pedro (son and daughter of Pedro)
- ski. Example: “Janowski” (“son of John”), “Piotrowski” (“son of Peter”), “Michalski” (“son of Michael”), etc.
- Es. Example: “Gonçalves” (“son of Gonçalo”), “Henriques” (“son of Henrique”), “Fernandes” (“son of Fernando”), etc.
- a as prefix (except for female names that start in a and probably for others that start in vowels) & ei as suffix. Example: “Amariei” (“son of Mary”), “Adomnitei” (“son of Domnita”), “Alenei” (“son of Elena/Leana”), etc.
- escu or sometimes aşcu comes from the Latin -iscus which means “belonging to the people”. Example: “Petrescu” (“Petre’s son”), “Popescu” (“Popa’s son” Popa meaning Priest), “Constantinescu” (“son of Constantin”), etc.
- ski or sky, pronounced /ski/, meaning simply “of”. Example: “Stanislavski” (“son of Stanislav”).
- ov /ɒf/, ovich /əvɪtʃ/, or ovski /ˈɒfskiː/. Example: “Ivanov” (“son of Ivan”), “Davidovich” (“son of David”), “Petrovski” (“son of Peter”), etc.
- ev /ɛf/, evich /ɨvɪtʃ/, or evski /ˈɛfskiː/. Example: “Dmitriev” (“son of Dmitri”), “Danilevich” (“son of Daniel”), “Vorobyevski” (“son of a sparrow”), etc.
- Ez. Example: “González” (“son of Gonzalo”), “Henríquez” (“son of Henrique”), “Fernández” (“son of Fernando”), Gómez (“son of Gome”), Sánchez (“son of Sancho”), etc.
- oğlu. Example: “Alioğlu” (“son of Ali”), “Tarıkoğlu” (“son of Tarık”), “Yusufoğlu” (“son of Yusuf”), etc.
- -enko or -ko, meaning simply “son of”. Example: “Kovalenko” (“son of Koval”)
- ap or ab. Example: “ap Rhys” (“son of Rhys”, anglicized to “Price“), “ab Owain” (“son of Owen”, anglicized to Bowen) etc.
