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Old April 19th 05, 07:11 PM
Grümwîtch thë Ünflãppåblê
 
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"KØHB" wrote in message
nk.net...
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: wrote in message
: ups.com...
:
: Sorry, can't think of any fancy names applied to
: any of the land-based systems. :-) Guess it isn't
: as romantic as what the Navy had with names like
: ADONIS or JASON (if you like horror that one might
: be considered "romantic" - :-] ).
:
: Land based/sea based all have the same names. They were assigned by NSA
(who
: ultimately controls all US Government crypto systems), and were based on
names
: from Greek mythology, ie., ADONIS, BACCUS, JASON, NESTOR, ORESTES, PONTUS,
etc.
: By convention they are always written in "all caps".
:

Hans spreading greek myths again!

We thought you'd died.