http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-droid-eris-appears-online/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-droid-eris-appears-online/#comment-427897 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:18:56 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=48470#comment-427897 I found this page by googling “droid eris discordia.” Now that we’ve found out that the new Google phone, Nexus One, is a likely nod to Philip K Dick, it occurred to me that the Eris is a probably a nod to the Principia Discordia. Both works are popular in the same subculture. Haven’t been able to find much info on it yet.

]]> http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-droid-eris-appears-online/#comment-427896 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:31:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=48470#comment-427896 Eris is the Greek goddess of strife, known in Roman mythology as Discordia. See also Discordianism.

]]> http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-droid-eris-appears-online/#comment-427895 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:16:09 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=48470#comment-427895 Have to totally appreciate Verizon for their product naming. Bet they have some ‘really’ smart & high paid people deciding this stuff.

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