Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 14:36:24 -0500 From: "tony" <tony@tntpro.com> To: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Julian Elischer" <julian@elischer.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: -current marcketting name? Message-ID: <CNEFKDNEFDGFAHFOFONBEEHJCNAA.tony@tntpro.com> In-Reply-To: <3DC31D0D.6ED82205@mindspring.com>
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I would prefer to think of its definition other then things that happened almost 50 years ago van.guard Pronunciation Key (vngard) 1. The foremost position in an army or fleet advancing into battle. 2. The foremost or leading position in a trend or movement. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Lambert [mailto:tlambert2@mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 7:32 PM To: tony Cc: Julian Elischer; chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current marcketting name? tony wrote: > > Vanguard does have a nice ring to it. Oh, brutal... name it after a rocket that exploded on the launch pad on 6 December 1957, attempting to launch a satellite to compete with the Russian launch of Sputnik... commonly called "Kauptnik" by the world press at the time... "Test of Vanguard launch vehicle for U.S. International Geophysical Year (IGY) program to place satellite in Earth orbit to determine atmospheric density and conduct geodetic measurements. Malfunction in first stage caused vehicle to lose thrust after two seconds and vehicle was destroyed. Photo released by U.S. Navy." http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2001-000008.jpg -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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